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1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/motel_shot_1675.png]]
2	->''"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."''
3	-->'''Bonnie Bramlett''', from the liner notes
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5	Released in 1971, ''Motel Shot'' is the fifth album recorded by soul singers Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett. Designed to recreate for listeners an informal jam session of the sort touring musicians would engage in to unwind, similarly to the oft-bootlegged ''Million Dollar Quartet'' sessions. ''Motel Shot'' features high-profile guests - Delaney & Bonnie and Friends had a LOT of friends in the pop community - playing acoustic takes, mostly of old standards. Seven of the twelve tracks are [[CoverVersion covers]] and four of those are religious hymns. The album's concept prefigured MTV Unplugged by nearly two decades, serving as the TropeMaker for the UnpluggedVersion.
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8	!!Tracklist:
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10	[[AC:Side One]]
11	# "Where the Soul Never Dies" - 3:24
12	# "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" - 2:42
13	# "Rock of Ages" - 2:17
14	# "Long Road Ahead" - 3:25
15	# "Faded Love" - 4:03
16	# "Talkin' about Jesus" - 6:51
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18	[[AC:Side Two]]
19	# "Come on in My Kitchen" - 2:41
20	# "Don't Deceive Me (Please Don't Go)" - 3:54
21	# "Never Ending Song of Love" - 3:20
22	# "Sing My Way Home" - 4:02
23	# "Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad" - 5:12
24	# "Lonesome and a Long Way from Home" - 3:55
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26	!! ''I've got a neverending list of tropes, from now on, that's all I wanna do...''
27	* ConceptAlbum: A motel room jam session in album form.
28	* CoverVersion: Most of the album.
29	** "Where The Soul Never Dies", "Will The Circle Be Unbroken?", "Rock Of Ages", and "Talkin' Bout Jesus" are traditional hymns
30	** "Come On In My Kitchen" by Music/RobertJohnson
31	** "Don't Deceive Me (Please Don't Go)" by Chuck Willis
32	** "Faded Love" by Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys, famous at the time in a cover version by Music/ElvisPresley on ''Elvis Country''
33	** "Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad" is a traditional song of unknown origin
34	* CutSong: "The Gift Of Love", which had appeared on the couple's "Accept No Substitute". This version later appeared on the Duane Allman BoxedSet "Skydog".
35	* EverythingIsAnInstrument: To contribute to the "motel room jam" feel, the backing band used empty suitcases for percussion.
36	* MinimalisticCoverArt: Just a photo of the door to a motel room.
37	* NewSoundAlbum: See the introduction to this article.
38	* RearrangeTheSong: "Come On In My Kitchen", originally a one-chord blues, is played here with the "Key To The Highway" progression. Apparently, ThreeChordsAndTheTruth was too elaborate for Music/RobertJohnson.
39	* SillyLoveSongs: "Neverending Song Of Love"
40	* SpecialGuest: Leon Russell, Music/JoeCocker, Stephen Stills, Dave Mason, and [[Music/TheAllmanBrothersBand Duane Allman]] all guest on the record.
41	* UnpluggedVersion: TropeMaker

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