Delaney & Bonnie - The Best of Delaney & Bonnie * Delaney & Bonnie - The Best of Delaney & Bonnie * (CD)

Delaney & Bonnie: Delaney Bramlett (vocals, guitar); Bonnie Bramlett (vocals).
Additional personnel: Leon Russell (guitar, piano); Eric Clapton, Dave Mason, Jerry McGhee, Charlie Freeman (guitar); Duane Allman (slide guitar); Bobby Keys (saxophone); Ed Logan (tenor sax); Floyd Newman (baritone sax); Jack Hale (trombone); Jim Price (trumpet, trombone); Jim Dickinson (piano); Bobby Whitlock (organ, vocals); Carl Radle, Tom McClure, Jerry Scheff (bass); Jim Keltner, Ron Tutt, Sammy Creason, Jim Gordon (drums); Tex Johnson (conga, bongo drums); Sam Clayton (congas); Alan Estes (percussion); Rita Coolidge (background vocals); Gram Parsons, Iva Bramlett, Eddie James, Jay York, Sandy Konikoff, John Hartford, Kenny Gradney, Ben Benay.
The Memphis Horns: Andrew Love (tenor saxophone); Wayne Jackson (trumpet).
Producers: Delaney Bramlett, David Anderle, Jimmy Miller, Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd.
Reissue producer: Bill Inglot.
Personnel: Delaney Bramlett (vocals, guitar); Bobby Whitlock (vocals, organ); Rita Coolidge, Bonnie Bramlett (vocals); Freeman (guitar, slide guitar); Leon Russell (guitar, piano); Dave Mason, Eric Clapton, Bob Mason , Jerry McGee, Charlie Freeman (guitar); Duane Allman (slide guitar); Bobby Keys (saxophone); Andrew Love (tenor saxophone, horns); Ed Logan (tenor saxophone); Floyd Newman (baritone saxophone); Jim Price (trumpet, trombone); Wayne Jackson (trumpet); Jack Hale (trombone); Jim Dickinson (piano); Carl Radle (bass guitar); Jim Keltner (drums, percussion); Jim Gordon , Ron Tutt, Sammy Creason (drums); Tex Johnson (congas, bongos); Sam Clayton (congas); Alan Estes (percussion).
Liner Note Author: Joe Tortelli.
Photographer: Michael Ochs.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Dave Mason; Jay York; Duane Allman; Eric Clapton; Gram Parsons; Jim Keltner; John Hartford; Kenny Gradney; Leon Russell; Rita Coolidge; Steve Cropper; Sanford Konikoff; Ben Benay; Bobby Keys.
Arranger: Jimmie Haskell.
Husband-and-wife duo Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett were among the foremost proponents of blue-eyed soul in the 1960s and '70s. They're famous for luring Eric Clapton into their midst and influencing the direction of his solo work, but their own legacy stands up well beyond that. BEST OF DELANEY & BONNIE culls the best tracks from the pair's key releases, including their effervescent signature song, "Get Ourselves Together"; the New Orleans parade-band number "Free the People"; and the propulsive, Stax-indebted "Soul Shake." Delaney & Bonnie operated in a time when the boundaries of music were bursting open, and their sound is an organic mix of rock, blues, soul, gospel, and country that ultimately becomes its own unique paradigm. The Bramletts were at once musical relatives of the contemporaneous Southern rock of the Allman Brothers and their crowd, and a band apart.

• Format: CD
• Genre: Pop