Delaney & Bonnie Homecoming Knocks 'Em Dead
Lenny Kaye, Rolling Stone, 7 March 1970
NEW YORK – They weren't welcomed at the airport by hordes of screaming, pushing teenagers. They didn't receive a standing ovation at the Fillmore East when they first came out to tune their instruments. But make no mistake about it: Delaney, Bonnie and their gaggle of Friends are going to be Very Big.
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