To Bonnie from Delaney is a 1970 album by Delaney & Bonnie and Friends. It was their first studio album for the Atco/Atlantic

Atlantic Records

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 label (catalog no. SD 33-341), and their fourth album overall. Coincidentally, Atco/Atlantic's parent company purchased the Bramletts' previous label Elektra Records

Elektra Records

Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....

 around this time.

The album peaked at #58 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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 album chart in October 1970, with a single from the album released around that same time, "Soul Shake," also charting. Several of the album's songs ("Living on the Open Road," "The Love of My Man," "Alone Together," "Going Down the Road Feeling Bad") became staples of Delaney and Bonnie's live shows, and remained so until their breakup in 1972.

"Friends" on the album include Duane Allman

Duane Allman

Howard Duane Allman was an American guitarist, session musician and the primary co-founder of the southern rock group The Allman Brothers Band...

, Little Richard

Little Richard

Richard Wayne Penniman , known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist, and actor, considered key in the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll in the 1950s. He was also the first artist to put the funk in the rock and roll beat and...

, King Curtis

King Curtis

Curtis Ousley , who performed under the stage name King Curtis, was an American saxophone virtuoso known for rhythm and blues, rock and roll, soul, funk and soul jazz. Variously a bandleader, band member, and session musician, he was also a musical director and record producer...

, and Sneaky Pete Kleinow

Sneaky Pete Kleinow

Peter E. "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow was an American country-rock musician, songwriter, and a motion picture special effects artist...

.

Track listing

1. "Hard Luck and Troubles" (Delaney Bramlett) - 2:35
2. "God Knows I Love You" (Delaney Bramlett, Mac Davis
   Mac Davis
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   ) - 2:46
3. "Lay Down My Burden" (Steve Bogard, Michael Utley
   Michael Utley
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   ) - 3:35
4. Medley: "Come On In My Kitchen
   Come On in My Kitchen
   "Come On in My Kitchen" is a blues song by Robert Johnson. Johnson recorded the song on Monday, November 23rd, 1936 at the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio, Texas - his first recording session...
   
   " (Robert Johnson)/"Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean" (Herbert Lance, Charles Singleton, John Wallace)/"Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad" (Traditional, arr. Delaney Bramlett) - 4:10
5. "The Love of My Man" (Ed Townsend
   Ed Townsend
   Edward Benjamin 'Ed' Townsend was an American attorney, songwriter, and producer. He was best known for performing his composition, "For Your Love," a rhythm and blues doo wop classic, and as the co-writer of "Let's Get It On" with Marvin Gaye.-Biography:Although he was born in Fayetteville,...
   
   ) - 4:28
6. "They Call It Rock & Roll Music" (Delaney Bramlett) - 3:33
7. "Soul Shake" (Margaret Lewis, Myrna Smith
   Myrna Smith
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   ) - 3:10
8. "Miss Ann" (Richard Penniman
   Little Richard
   Richard Wayne Penniman , known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist, and actor, considered key in the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll in the 1950s. He was also the first artist to put the funk in the rock and roll beat and...
   
   , Enotris Johnson) - 5:01
9. "Alone Together" (Delaney Bramlett, Bonnie Bramlett, Bobby Whitlock
   Bobby Whitlock
   Robert Stanley 'Bobby' Whitlock is a songwriter and performer, best known as a member of Derek and the Dominos.- Biography :...
   
   ) - 3:13
10. "Living on the Open Road" (Delaney Bramlett) - 3:02
11. "Let Me Be Your Man" (George Soulé
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    , Terry Woodford) - 3:20
12. "Free the People" (Barbara Keith) - 2:47

Personnel

• Delaney Bramlett
  Delaney Bramlett
  Delaney Bramlett was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and producer. Bramlett's five decade career reached peaks in creativity, performance, and notoriety in partnership with his then wife Bonnie Bramlett, in a revolving troupe of professional musicians and Rock superstars dubbed Delaney...
  
   - guitar, vocals
• Bonnie Bramlett
  Bonnie Bramlett
  Bonnie Bramlett is an American singer and sometime actress known for her distinctive vocals in rock and pop music. This began in the mid 1960s as a backing singer, forming the husband-and-wife team of Delaney & Bonnie, and continuing to the present day as a solo artist.-Life and career:Bramlett...
  
   - vocals
• Duane Allman
  Duane Allman
  Howard Duane Allman was an American guitarist, session musician and the primary co-founder of the southern rock group The Allman Brothers Band...
  
   - guitar
• Mike Utley
  Michael Utley
  Michael Utley, often credited as Mike Utley, is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer for Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band. He is the musical director of the band...
  
   - piano
• Jim Gordon
  Jim Gordon (musician)
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   - keyboards
• Sneaky Pete Kleinow
  Sneaky Pete Kleinow
  Peter E. "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow was an American country-rock musician, songwriter, and a motion picture special effects artist...
  
   - steel guitar
• Little Richard
  Little Richard
  Richard Wayne Penniman , known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist, and actor, considered key in the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll in the 1950s. He was also the first artist to put the funk in the rock and roll beat and...
  
   - piano
• Jim Dickinson
  Jim Dickinson
  James Luther "Jim" Dickinson was an American record producer, pianist, and singer who fronted, among others, the Memphis based band, Mudboy & The Neutrons.- Biography :...
  
   - piano
• Charlie Freeman
  Charlie Freeman
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   - guitar
• Ben Benay - guitar
• Kenny Gradney
  Kenny Gradney
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   - bass
• Bobby Whitlock
  Bobby Whitlock
  Robert Stanley 'Bobby' Whitlock is a songwriter and performer, best known as a member of Derek and the Dominos.- Biography :...
  
   - piano
• Ron Tutt - drums
• Sammy Creason
  Sammy Creason
  Sammy Creason was an American session drummer who played with Tony Joe White, Kris Kristofferson and Bob Dylan among others....
  
   - drums
• Jerry Jumonville - alto saxophone
• King Curtis
  King Curtis
  Curtis Ousley , who performed under the stage name King Curtis, was an American saxophone virtuoso known for rhythm and blues, rock and roll, soul, funk and soul jazz. Variously a bandleader, band member, and session musician, he was also a musical director and record producer...
  
   - tenor saxophone
• Darrell Leonard
  Darrell Leonard
  Darrell Leonard is a Los Angeles based trumpet player, composer and arranger.He recorded and toured with Delaney and Bonnie and Friends from 1970 through 1972.He is a Grammy winner for his work with Taj Mahal and the Phantom Blues Band....
  
   - trumpet, trombone
• Sam Clayton
  Sam Clayton
  Sam Clayton has been a singer and percussionist, primarily focusing on drums; conga and djembe, throughout his musical career. He is best known for his membership as percussionist and supporting vocalist with the American rock band Little Feat since 1972....
  
   - congas
• Wayne Jackson
  The Memphis Horns
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   - trumpet
• Jack Hale
  Jack Hale
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   - trombone, trumpet
• Alan Estes - conga, percussion
• Jerry Scheff
  Jerry Scheff
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   - bass
• Tommy McClure - bass
• Ed Logan - tenor saxophone
• Andrew Love
  Andrew Love
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   - saxophone
• Frank Mayes - tenor saxophone
• Floyd Newman - baritone saxophone

Production

• Producer: Tom Dowd
• Recording Engineer: Tom Dowd/Ron Albert/Chuck Kirkpatrick/Don Casale
• Art Direction: n/a
• Photography: Tom Wilkes/Barry Feinstein
• Liner Notes: n/a