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Bonnie Raitt's 1971 debut is a beautifully mellow affair that shows off her seemingly effortless ease with the blues. Only 21-years-old at the time of the album's release, Raitt had already served her apprenticeship in the club circuit around Boston, opening for blues greats like Buddy Guy, Fred McDowell, and Junior Wells (who appears on this album). The strength and authenticity conferred from such illustrious company is evident here in Raitt's impressive slide-guitar work and nuanced, in-the-cut vocals.
Raitt's blues chops can be heard in her impressive take on Robert Johnson's "Walking Blues" and her passionate renditions of two Sippie Wallace tunes, "Women Be Wise" and "Mighty Tight Woman." Yet BONNIE RAITT is more than just a straight blues album. There are shades here of folk and R&B, especially on her cover of Stephen Stills's "Bluebird" and her reworking of the Marvelettes' "Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead," respectively. The breezy, good-time feel that would dominate Raitt's later albums (and would soon come to typify West Coast '70s rock) is evident here, yet BONNIE RAITT has more edge and roots than her subsequent releases, and remains one of the gems in her fine catalogue.
Personnel: Bonnie Raitt (vocals, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, piano); Willie Murphy (guitar, piano); Russell Hagen (guitar); Peter Bell (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Maurice Jacox (flute, baritone saxophone); Junior Wells (harmonica); Eugene Hoffman (tenor saxophone, cowbells); A.C. Reed (tenor saxophone); Voyle Harris (trumpet); Douglas Spurgeon (trombone); Freebo (tuba, bass instrument); John Beach (piano); Steve Bradley (drums); Paul Pena, Reeve Little (background vocals).
Liner Note Author: Bonnie Raitt.
1971
Q (12/01, p.162) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Frankly awesome..."t Bonnie Raitt Music | List Price | $7.98 (You save $1.13) | | Category | Rock Albums, Pop CDs, Country, Rock/Pop, Singer/Songwriter | | Label | Warner Bros. (Record Label) | | Orig Year | 1971 | | All Time Sales Rank |  9850  | | CD Universe Part number | 2187930 | | Catalog number | 78377 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 16, 2001 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Willie Murphy | | Engineer | Dave Ray; Sylvia Ray | | Recording Time | 37 minutes | | Personnel | Bonnie Raitt - vocals, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, piano
Freebo - tuba, bass instrument
A.C. Reed - tenor saxophone
Willie Murphy - guitar, piano
Douglas Spurgeon - trombone
Eugene Hoffman - tenor saxophone, cowbells
John Beach - piano
Maurice Jacox - flute, baritone saxophone
Paul Pena
Peter Bell - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Reeve Little - background vocals
Russell Hagen - guitar
Steve Bradley - drums
Voyle Harris - trumpet
Also: Junior Wells | | Additional Info | Remastered |
Bonnie Raitt Music Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  Way back when Bonnie Raitt arrived....
...into a rock land filled with 99% men
who for the most part did not appreciate women singers, never mind slide guitarist. Bonnie Raitt is
filled with her love of
the blues/country blues, folk and rock touches and some great guitar
stylings, Bonnie Raitt burst out into
the gate like a seasoned pro, she had
taken in with the greats of the blues
and it certainly rubs off on many
songs here, but that slide guitar is
there, the key that has always set
her apart. Her voice here is girlish
yet wise to all the tricks that will
bring her up and downs in this crazy
business she's fallen into. Great first
collection shows touches of her mixed
variety that would pepper her albums
over the coming years. One of a kind
artist for sure, it wasn't easy in this
mans world she chose to shine in.
Submitted by littlebibs (kingston, nh)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful. This is her best
If you like stripped-down blues, this is her best. She sounds young, none of the pop-stylings that she has in her later albums. Gems on this include Mighty Tight Woman, Bluebird, Big Road, Walking Blues, Woman Be Wise, I Ain't Blue. This album more than any other shows off her vocal range and her ability to sing the blues the way blues were meant to sound. If I could only have a handful of albums, this is an absolute must in the collection!
Submitted by Kathleen (Carbondale, IL)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful. Her Best
If you like your music stripped down when the 70's gave us the best Rolling Stones, Little Feat, Grateful Dead and Allman Brothers you will love this disc. Bluebird is a real sweeet treat, Mighty Tight Woman rocks, Big Road blows away any Country Blues you can name and Women Be Wise cannonizes the wisdom of straight ahead lyrics from the roots of rock n' roll. This is a must for any serious collection!
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Though she didn't write any of the material on STREETLIGHTS, Raitt's treatment of songs by the likes of Joni Mitchell ("That Song about the Midway") and James Taylor ("Rainy Day Man") are performed with an authority and nuance that let the singer claim them as her own. ...
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GIVE IT UP is the high point in Bonnie Raitt's early career. On it she brings together her R&B, folk, and straight blues influences with a mellow soft rock approach that would become synonymous with the California FM sound, yet none of these elements dominate--Raitt mixes the sounds perfectly. The result is an accessible, sensual music that never relies on cliché for effect, a sound that laid the foundation for her future commercial success.
Raitt contributes a handful of fine originals here, including the snappy, bluesy "Give It Up or Let Me Go," and the beautiful "Nothing Seems to Matter." Yet her excellent renditions of cover tunes like Jackson Browne's "Under a Falling Sky" and Chris Smithers's "Love Me Like a Man" prove she is as powerful an interpreter as she is as a songwriter. (Raitt's next two albums--TAKIN' MY TIME and STREETLIGHTS--would be all covers). Most impressive is the precise, easy feel of her backing ...
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Raitt looks directly to her influences on a version of the Martha and the Vandellas' R&B classic "You've Been In Love Too Long," which kicks off the album, then looks further back with an acoustic rendition of Mississippi Fred McDowell's "Write ...
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Recorded between 1970 & 1975. Includes liner notes by Laurence Zwisohn.
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This is the very first disk released by David, who went on to become the landslide top vote-getter at the Falcon Ridge (NY) Folk Festival’s “Most-Wanted” competition and a NAIRD “Indie” nominee (singer-songwriter album of the year for “Digging Through My Closet”, the follow-up to this recording). David strikes many chords, hearts, and minds with his unique songs, offbeat observations, moving stories, and powerful singing and subject matter. Since emerging from another nationwide field of several hundred songwriters to open the Kerrville (TX) Folk Festival as it’s New Folk Winner, the Chicago native (and two-time national anthem singer for the NBA’s Michael Jordan-era Bulls) has garnered accolades for his performances, workshops, writing, and recordings. Featured on many of Christine Lavin’s Rounder compilations, the former artist-in-residence at New York’s Omega Institute has also been a songwriting judge at Kerrville, Napa Valley (CA), Tumbleweed (WA), and the South Florida Folk Festival. In addition to singing “Earth” at the 40th Anniversary of the United Nations, David’s “Rising in Love” was performed at the 100th Anniversary of Carnegie Hall in 1991, and “Manuel Garcia” and “Nine Gold Medals” both appear in the international best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul series by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen. Noel Paul Stookey (of Peter, Paul & Mary) performs David’s “Spacesuits” on PPM tours and produced “If You Can’t Fly” for his 2002 children’s album “World Around Song” and the BOSE Corporation includes “Taller Than My Hair” and “Five Blind ...
| | Hoyt Axton Joy To The World/Country Anthem CD (2001) (Import) Australia
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Raven Records from Australia has released exemplary discs by Ronnie Spector, the Joe Perry Project, Scott McKenzie, and a brilliant What Goes On boxed set of the Velvet Underground prior to Polygram's release of Peel Slowly and See. Here they take two Hoyt Axton 1971 Capitol albums and add a bonus track, "It's Been Fun," which really is fun as well as keyboard-heavy with uplifting backing vocals. What this single disc does not have is the usually excellent liner notes found with Raven's other releases. The music is worthy of additional notation, but credits for all the tracks except the bonus are included, as well as what appears to be the liner notes from one of the Capitol discs. The lyrics to Axton's biggest hit, "Joy to the World," are inside the booklet with Reverend W. Stevens' words to "Farther Along" printed inside the tray cover under which the CD is placed. Hoyt Axton's arrangement of "Farther Along" has his voice out front in the mix, with wonderful gospel vocals surrounding him and the simple bass guitar accompaniment. The son of the woman who wrote Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" had more than a couple of hits in him and this document speaks volumes about the environment that nurtured a creative force. "Never Been to Spain" is amazing with Chris Darrow's fiddle; the band's swelling vocals in "Joy to the World" make it a treat. This is solid stuff beyond the familiar tunes; "Ease Your Pain" becomes as enjoyable a listening experience as Hoyt's gritty performance of "The Pusher." Sure, John Kay growled this epic and made it a '60s classic, proving the Easy Rider soundtrack a truly influential disc, but it is Axton's reading of this "let's storm the castle and get the dealer" composition that is truly timeless. "Indian Song" is country leaning toward pop, and that is the magic of Hoyt Axton: he had a good sense of what the public at large could absorb and he told his stories with master strokes of the brushes that were his voice and pen. David Jackson's piano playing adds much to the song and the album; he's on every track save four. "California Women" drives with heavy John Ware drums, as does "Lightnin' Bar Blues," which is almost a sequel to "Joy to the World," and had the Band followed "Up on Cripple Creek" with this tune, they might've had another big hit. The barroom brawl gets a bit silly, but the song itself works. "Farther Along" and "Old Time Religion" are a wonderful combination, displaying the multi-talents of the eventual ...
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A Conversation with Herb Foutainbleu of The Jazz Examiner and Victor Acker about “If That, Then This”HF: What made you want to record this CD now? What was the catalyst?VA: It was time. It had been two years since "Swingin’ Singles" had been released and we wanted to keep up the momentum we had going.HF: How long have the Acker Bros been recording together? VA: In total, about 35 years in one form or another. The Acker Brothers first legitimate commercial release “Behold The Donkey Head” happened in 1995. Although some sinister, legal tomfoolery held it up for about a year. HF: How about the rest of your personnel on this record? Are they new to your group?VA: We’ve been working with John Soukey since the 1970s. I met him in 7th grade gym class. His twisted style of keyboard manipulation and impeccable manners always seem to have us bringing him back into the fold once the projects start rolling. Lee Goodness is a new and welcome addition. He was Curtis Mayfield’s drummer for years and has played with a bunch of other folks. He is a hell of a nice guy to boot.HF: I hear such a variation of styles and influences in your music. Who would you count as some of your chief influences?VA: Well, we try real hard to sound like us, but it’s difficult for us not to draw inspiration from a few heroes. Zawinul, Jim Beard, Scott Henderson, Jobim, I was listening to a lot of Donald Fagan during these writing sessions and kind of got lulled into some of those 70s grooves. It just felt too good to deny them. Is that so wrong?HF: From a writing standpoint, what comes first for you?A stylistic choice, e.g. this one is gonna be a samba style piece or does the melody and harmony dictate where a song goes? VA: Wow, that’s a good question. I’d have to say that for me; the stylistic decision comes first, which in turn dictates what the harmony will be like. i.e. Samba equals, lush pretty chords, while a Tarantella might call for an Ebmin7(b5) (btire) with a twist of Limon.HF: What is your primary writing instrument, piano, guitar? VA: I write mainly at the piano but occasionally find some changes on the guitar which will spawn a tune.HF: How did the Acker Bros. come to settle in Boston? VA: The short story is that we both got scholarships to the Berklee College of Music and once we arrived, fell in love with the place. The long story involves a badger and some corn.HF: Do you find the musical scene there rewarding and satisfying?VA: We’re very lucky to have so many great artists not only originate here but also perform here often. Boston has a huge jazz history. As far as us being involved in the scene, Dana and I are such a self contained unit that we don’t actively seek collaborators. We also play music which often strays outside the norm for your average Coltrane disciple. We’re not hard bop or bound to tradition and we like to add abstract humor into the music occasionally. There are not a lot of people who get that sort of aesthetic or are willing to risk being labeled non-serious. We are certainly open to collaborating with players that can appreciate what we are trying to do but we don’t go looking for them and for that reason, I’d say we are outsiders to the scene. Which I like.HF: You have stated in other interviews that this will be the last record for you guys in this style. Why?VA: We’ve flown the Fusion Freak Flag for a very long time but I think we’d like ...
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