Including this album on our channel is a little bit of a stretch. We are adding it to provide context of where Bonnie Bramlett came from. She was actually had a very successful secular career in “Delaney & Bonnie” which was her and her husband Delaney. This album is one they released of entirely gospel songs so I thought it might be a good fit for the channel. This album actually reached number 13 on the Hot 100 from July 14 to 24, 1971, and was Billboard’s number 67 single of 1971. The band and their marriage ended in 1972 in part, according to Bonnie, due to drug use. Bonnie then had a solo career spanning 4 albums before her Christian release in 1981. I found the following story about Bonnie on Wikipedia and thought it would be fun to share. “While on tour with Stills in 1979, Bramlett punched Elvis Costello in the face at a hotel bar in Columbus, Ohio, after Costello referred to James Brown as a “jive-ass nier” and Ray Charles a “blind, ignorant nier.” Bramlett having brought his remarks to the attention of the press, Costello apologized at a press conference in New York City a few days later, stating he had been drunk and had been trying to be obnoxious in order to bring the conversation to a swift conclusion. According to Costello, “it became necessary for me to outrage these people with about the most obnoxious and offensive remarks that I could muster.”
Tracklist
1 – Where The Soul Never Dies – 3:25
2 – Will The Circle Be Unbroken – 2:42
3 – Rock Of Ages – 2:15
4 – Long Road Ahead – 3:25
5 – Faded Love – 4:03
6 – Talkin’ About Jesus – 6:40
7 – Come On In My Kitchen – 2:43
8 – Don’t Deceive Me – 3:53
9 – Never Ending Song Of Love – 3:20
10 – Sing My Way Home – 4:07
11 – Going Down The Road Feeling Bad – 5:10
12 – Lonesome & Long Way From Home – 4:00
Credits
Alto Vocals – Iva Bramlett
Engineer – Bruce Botnick, Lewis Peters, Richard Moore
Musician – Eddie James, Jim Keltner
Musician, Vocals – Ben Benay, Bobby Whitlock, Bonnie Bramlett, Carl Radle, Dave Mason, Delaney Bramlett, Duane Allman, Gram Parsons, Jay York, John Hartford, Kenny Gradney, Leon Russell, Sandy Konikoff
Photography By, Design [Album Design] – Barry Feinstein, Tom Wilkes
Photography, Design – Camouflage Productions
Producer, Arranged By – Delaney Bramlett
Companies, etc.
Manufactured By – Warner Bros. Records Of Canada, Ltd.
Distributed By – Warner Bros. Records Of Canada, Ltd.
Published By – Delbon
Published By – Cotillion
Published By – Metric
Published By – Hill & Range
Published By – Noma
Published By – Nice Songs
Published By – Tideland
Published By – Skyhill
Produced For – Delbon Productions
Printed By – Ever Reddy
Lacquer Cut At – RCA Studios, Toronto
