Bonnie Raitt

by Bonnie Raitt

Overview

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

Product Details

Release Date:	10/16/2001
Label:	Warner Bros. / Rhino
UPC:	0081227837723
Rank:	1662

Tracks

1. Bluebird
2. Mighty Tight Woman
3. Thank You
4. Finest Lovin' Man
5. Any Day Woman
6. Big Road
7. Walking Blues
8. Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead
9. Since I Fell for You
10. I Ain't Blue
11. Women Be Wise

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bonnie Raitt   Primary Artist,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Slide Guitar,Guitar (Steel),Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Junior Wells   Guest Artist,Harp,Harmonica
Chris Rhodes   Vocals (Background)
Maurice Jacox   Flute,Saxophone,Wind,Flute,Sax (Baritone)
Willie Murphy   Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards,Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Paul "Earthquake" Pena   Bass,Vocals (Background)
Steve Bradley   Drums
Steven Bradley   Drums
Eugene Hoffman   Cowbell,Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)
Voyle Harris   Trumpet
Russell Hagen   Guitar,Guitar (Electric)
John Beach   Piano
Steve Raitt   Percussion,Sound Effects,Vocals (Background)
Russell Hagan   Guitar (Electric)
Douglas Spurgeon   Trombone
Stephen Bradley   Drums
Freebo   Bass,Tuba,Vocals,Fretless Bass,Guitar (Bass),Vocals (Background)
Peter Bell   Guitar,Percussion,Bass (Electric),Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
A.C. Reed   Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)
Reeve Little   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Dave "Snaker" Ray   Engineer
William "Mickey" Stevenson   Composer
"Spider" John Koerner   Composer
Paul Siebel   Composer
Gregg Geller   Series Producer
Robert Johnson   Composer
Willie Murphy   Composer,Producer
Sippie Wallace   Composer
Stephen Stills   Composer
Dave Ray   Engineer
Jo Motta   Project Coordinator
Sylvia Ray   Engineer
Paul Seibel   Composer
Kendall Pacios   Remixing
John Beach   Arranger,Composer
William Stevenson   Composer
John Koerner   Composer
Ivy Jo Hunter   Composer
Bonnie Raitt   Arranger,Composer,Liner Notes
Clarence Paul   Composer
Buddy Johnson   Composer
Tommy Johnson   Composer