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The astounding thing about Bonnie Raitt's blues album isn't that it's the work of a preternaturally gifted blues woman, it's that Raitt doesn't choose to stick to the blues. She's decided to blend her love of classic folk blues with folk music, including new folk-rock tunes, along with a slight R&B, New Orleans, and jazz bent and a mellow Californian vibe. Surely, Bonnie Raitt is a record of its times, as much as Jackson Browne's first album is, but with this, she not only sketches out the blueprint for her future recordings, but for the roots music that would later be labeled as Americana. The reason that Bonnie Raitt works is that she is such a warm, subtle singer. She never oversells these songs, she lays back and sings them with heart and wonderfully textured reading. Her singing is complemented by her band, who is equally as warm, relaxed, and engaging. This is music that goes down so easy, it's only on the subsequent plays that you realize how fully realized and textured it is. A terrific debut that has only grown in stature since its release.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Stephen Stills, Writer - BONNIE RAITT, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Junior Wells, Harp - Douglas Spurgeon, Trombone - Eugene Hoffman, Saxophone - Freebo, Bass Guitar - John Beach, Piano - Maurice Jacox, Flute, Saxophone - Peter Bell, Electric Guitar - Russell Hagan, Electric Guitar - Steven Bradley, Drums - Voyle Harris, Trumpet - Willie Murphy, Producer, Piano - A.C. Reed, Tenor Saxophone
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
BONNIE RAITT, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Junior Wells, Harp - Douglas Spurgeon, Trombone - Eugene Hoffman, Saxophone - Freebo, Bass Guitar - John Beach, Piano - Maurice Jacox, Flute, Saxophone - Peter Bell, Electric Guitar - Russell Hagan, Electric Guitar - Steven Bradley, Drums - Voyle Harris, Trumpet - Willie Murphy, Producer, Piano - A.C. Reed, Tenor Saxophone - Sippie Wallace, Writer
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
BONNIE RAITT, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Junior Wells, Harp - Douglas Spurgeon, Trombone - Eugene Hoffman, Saxophone - Freebo, Bass Guitar - John Beach, Piano - Maurice Jacox, Flute, Saxophone - Peter Bell, Electric Guitar - Russell Hagan, Electric Guitar - Steven Bradley, Drums - Voyle Harris, Trumpet - Willie Murphy, Producer, Piano - A.C. Reed, Tenor Saxophone
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
BONNIE RAITT, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Junior Wells, Harp - Douglas Spurgeon, Trombone - Eugene Hoffman, Saxophone - Freebo, Bass Guitar - John Beach, Piano - Maurice Jacox, Flute, Saxophone - Peter Bell, Electric Guitar - Russell Hagan, Electric Guitar - Steven Bradley, Drums - Voyle Harris, Trumpet - Willie Murphy, Producer, Piano - A.C. Reed, Tenor Saxophone
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
BONNIE RAITT, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Junior Wells, Harp - PAUL SIEBEL, Writer - Douglas Spurgeon, Trombone - Eugene Hoffman, Saxophone - Freebo, Bass Guitar - John Beach, Piano - Maurice Jacox, Flute, Saxophone - Peter Bell, Electric Guitar - Russell Hagan, Electric Guitar - Steven Bradley, Drums - Voyle Harris, Trumpet - Willie Murphy, Producer, Piano - A.C. Reed, Tenor Saxophone
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
BONNIE RAITT, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Junior Wells, Harp - Douglas Spurgeon, Trombone - Eugene Hoffman, Saxophone - Freebo, Bass Guitar - John Beach, Piano - Maurice Jacox, Flute, Saxophone - Peter Bell, Electric Guitar - Russell Hagan, Electric Guitar - Steven Bradley, Drums - Voyle Harris, Trumpet - Willie Murphy, Producer, Piano - A.C. Reed, Tenor Saxophone - Tommy Johnson, Writer
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
BONNIE RAITT, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Junior Wells, Harp - Douglas Spurgeon, Trombone - Eugene Hoffman, Saxophone - Freebo, Bass Guitar - John Beach, Piano - Maurice Jacox, Flute, Saxophone - Peter Bell, Electric Guitar - Russell Hagan, Electric Guitar - Steven Bradley, Drums - Voyle Harris, Trumpet - Willie Murphy, Producer, Piano - A.C. Reed, Tenor Saxophone - Robert Johnson, Writer
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
William Stevenson, Writer - Ivy Hunter, Writer - BONNIE RAITT, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Clarence Paul, Writer - Junior Wells, Harp - Douglas Spurgeon, Trombone - Eugene Hoffman, Saxophone - Freebo, Bass Guitar - John Beach, Piano - Maurice Jacox, Flute, Saxophone - Peter Bell, Electric Guitar - Russell Hagan, Electric Guitar - Steven Bradley, Drums - Voyle Harris, Trumpet - Willie Murphy, Producer, Piano - A.C. Reed, Tenor Saxophone
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
BONNIE RAITT, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Junior Wells, Harp - Buddy Johnson, Writer - Douglas Spurgeon, Trombone - Eugene Hoffman, Saxophone - Freebo, Bass Guitar - John Beach, Piano - Maurice Jacox, Flute, Saxophone - Peter Bell, Electric Guitar - Russell Hagan, Electric Guitar - Steven Bradley, Drums - Voyle Harris, Trumpet - Willie Murphy, Producer, Piano - A.C. Reed, Tenor Saxophone
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
BONNIE RAITT, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Junior Wells, Harp - Douglas Spurgeon, Trombone - Eugene Hoffman, Saxophone - Freebo, Bass Guitar - John Beach, Piano - Maurice Jacox, Flute, Saxophone - Peter Bell, Electric Guitar - Russell Hagan, Electric Guitar - Steven Bradley, Drums - Voyle Harris, Trumpet - Willie Murphy, Producer, Piano, Writer - A.C. Reed, Tenor Saxophone - John Koerner, Writer
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
BONNIE RAITT, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Junior Wells, Harp - Douglas Spurgeon, Trombone - Eugene Hoffman, Saxophone - Freebo, Bass Guitar - John Beach, Composer, Piano - Maurice Jacox, Flute, Saxophone - Peter Bell, Electric Guitar - Russell Hagan, Electric Guitar - Steven Bradley, Drums - Voyle Harris, Trumpet - Willie Murphy, Producer, Piano - A.C. Reed, Tenor Saxophone - Sippie Wallace, Composer
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
Album review
The astounding thing about Bonnie Raitt's blues album isn't that it's the work of a preternaturally gifted blues woman, it's that Raitt doesn't choose to stick to the blues. She's decided to blend her love of classic folk blues with folk music, including new folk-rock tunes, along with a slight R&B, New Orleans, and jazz bent and a mellow Californian vibe. Surely, Bonnie Raitt is a record of its times, as much as Jackson Browne's first album is, but with this, she not only sketches out the blueprint for her future recordings, but for the roots music that would later be labeled as Americana. The reason that Bonnie Raitt works is that she is such a warm, subtle singer. She never oversells these songs, she lays back and sings them with heart and wonderfully textured reading. Her singing is complemented by her band, who is equally as warm, relaxed, and engaging. This is music that goes down so easy, it's only on the subsequent plays that you realize how fully realized and textured it is. A terrific debut that has only grown in stature since its release.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:37:28
- Main artists: Bonnie Raitt
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rhino - Warner Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
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