Motel Shot


Motel Shot is a fifth album by Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, released in 1971. The album, their third for Atco/Atlantic and fifth overall, is a mostly acoustic set. The album's title refers to the impromptu, sometimes late-night, jam sessions pursued by touring musicians when on the road.
In the liner notes, Delaney Bramlett dedicates the album to "My mom who sang alto." Bonnie Bramlett wrote "If this album can make one person feel half of what I felt on this session, then I am happy. It is to all of you with love."
The album reached #65 on the Billboard album chart, and includes Delaney and Bonnie's biggest chart single, "Never [Ending Song of Love]", which peaked at #13. "Never Ending Song of Love" would immediately become a popular tune to cover, with hit versions being recorded by The New Seekers and Dickey Lee at the same time as Delaney & Bonnie's version and the Osmond Brothers having a minor hit with it a decade later.
Guest musicians on the album include Leon Russell, Joe Cocker, Duane Allman, Dave Mason, John Hartford, Ben Benay, Clarence White, Gram Parsons and Bobby Whitlock.

Track listing

  1. "Where the Soul Never Dies" – 3:24
  2. "Will [the Circle Be Unbroken]" – 2:42
  3. "Rock of Ages" – 2:17
  4. "Long Road Ahead" – 3:25
  5. "Faded Love" – 4:03
  6. "Talkin' about Jesus" – 6:51
  7. "Come On In My Kitchen" – 2:41
  8. "Don't Deceive Me " – 3:54
  9. "Never Ending Song of Love" – 3:20
  10. "Sing My Way Home" – 4:02
  11. "Going [Down the Road Feeling Bad|Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad]" – 5:12
  12. "Lonesome and a Long Way from Home" – 3:55
Note that original pressings of the album credit "Come On In My Kitchen" not to Robert Johnson but to "Payne", a pseudonym under which some of Johnson's music was published at the time..

Personnel

Production