BONNIE RAITT
''THE BEST OF BONNIE RAITT''
SEPTEMBER 30 2003
76:15
1/Thing Called Love
John Hiatt/3:50
2/Nick of Time
Bonnie Raitt/4:05
3/Love Letter
Bonnie Hayes/4:05
4/Have a Heart
Bonnie Hayes/4:48
5/Something to Talk About
Shirley Eikhard/3:47
6/I Can't Make You Love Me
Michael Reid / Allen Shamblin/5:31
7/Not the Only One
Paul Brady/4:10
8/Love Sneakin' Up on You
Jimmy Scott / Little Jimmy Scott / Tom Snow/3:40
9/You
Bob Thiele Jr. / Tonio K. / John Shanks/4:27
10/Dimming of the Day
Richard Thompson/3:39
11/Love Me Like a Man
Chris Smither/4:48
12/Spit of Love
Bonnie Raitt/4:41
13/One Belief Away
Paul Brady / Dillon O'Brian / Bonnie Raitt/3:57
14/Lover's Will
John Hiatt/3:37
15/I Can't Help You Now
Gordon Kennedy / Wayne Kirkpatrick / Tommy Sims/3:12
16/Gnawin' on It
Bonnie Raitt / Roy Rogers/4:48
17/Silver Lining
David Gray/3:37
18/Hear Me Lord
Oliver Mtukudzi/5:33
Andy Abad /Guitar
Alex Acuña /Congas, Talking Drum
Arthur Adams /Guitar
Sweet Pea Atkinson /Vocals (Background)
Bill Bergman /Sax (Alto)
Steve Berlin /Sax (Baritone)
John Berry, Jr. /Trumpet
Curt Bisquera /Drums
Sir Harry Bowens /Vocals (Background)
Paul Brady /Gut String Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Tony Braunagel /Drums, Percussion, Timbales
Stephen Bruton /Guitar (Acoustic)
B.S. Bull /Trumpet
Jon Cleary /Keyboards, Vocals (Background)
Debra Dobkin /Percussion
Steve Donnelly /Guitar (Rhythm)
Dennis Farias /Trumpet
Ricky Fataar /Drums, Percussion, Vocals (Background)
Bernard Fowler /Vocals (Background)
Mitchell Froom /Clavinet, Harmonium, Keyboards, Marxophone, Moog Bass, Moog Synthesizer, Piano, Reed Organ
Renée Geyer /Vocals (Background)
Gary Gold /Drum Loop, Drums (Snare)
Mark Goldenberg /Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Oud
Marty Grebb /Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
The Heart Attack Horns
Bruce Hornsby /Keyboards
James "Hutch" Hutchinson /Bass
Michael Landau /Guitar
Nick Lane /Euphonium, Trombone
David Lasley /Vocals (Background)
Darrell Leonard /Trumpet
George Marinelli /Guitar (Electric), Vocals (Background)
Arnold McCuller /Vocals (Background)
Buell Neidlinger /Bass (Acoustic)
Bonnie Raitt /Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Horn Arrangements, Organ Arrangement, Piano, Slide Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Jimmy Roberts /Saxophone
Roy Rogers /Slide Guitar
Johnny Lee Schell /Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Andrew Scheps /Drum Loop
Tommy Sims /Vocals (Background)
Greg "Frosty" Smith /Sax (Baritone)
Joey Spampinato /Bass
Joe Sublett /Sax (Tenor)
Benmont Tench /Organ (Hammond), Piano
Texicali Horns
Bob Thiele Jr. /Arranger, Synthesizer Accordian
Pete Thomas /Drums, Percussion
Richard Thompson /Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
Scott Thurston /Keyboards
Jeff Scott Young /Gut String Guitar
REVIEW
by Thom Jurek
The Best of Bonnie Raitt on Capitol 1989-2003, its 18 tracks handpicked by the artist herself as a portrait of her renaissance years, are indicative of the high-quality work ethic she has imposed on herself. Sometimes these songs reveal the queen doing a definitive read, such as on John Hiatt's "Lovers Will" (a song that deserves far, far more than it got -- the ache in her voice is the real grain of somebody who has been on both sides of love's hot broken arrow and still has faith enough to sing) or "Thing Called Love." Sometimes she's bringing the songs of Paul Brady ("Not the Only One"), Bonnie Hayes ("Love Letter" and "Have a Heart"), or even David Gray ("Silver Lining") and Richard Thompson ("Dimming of the Day") to the masses in ways that define them for a different audience. And sometimes, it's simply Raitt playing her own songs ("Nick of Time" and "Spit of Love") full of a poetic, sensual ferocity that oozes tenderness and commitment. And throughout it all is her trademark bottleneck slide, coaxing love notes or razored snarls out of her Stratocaster. There aren't any unreleased tracks here, but for the money you get the best of the best and her own comments on each song as well as a short essay about what this music means to her. Given that you don't have that box set (yet), that means this is worth whatever you happen to pay for it -- but don't forget about getting some of those Warner albums (Give It Up is a great place to start). Here is the astonishing range, from deep blue-eyed bluesy soul, sheeny reggae-tinged pop, and adult rock & roll that moves and inspires anyone with an open mind.
BIOGRAPHY
by Jason Ankeny
Long a critic's darling, singer/guitarist Bonnie Raitt did not begin to win the comparable commercial success due her until the release of the aptly titled 1989 blockbuster Nick of Time; her tenth album, it rocketed her into the mainstream consciousness nearly two decades after she first committed her unique blend of blues, rock, and R&B to vinyl. Born in Burbank, CA, on November 8, 1949, she was the daughter of Broadway star John Raitt, best known for his starring performances in such smashes as Carousel and Pajama Game. After picking up the guitar at the age of 12, Raitt felt an immediate affinity for the blues, and although she went off to attend Radcliffe in 1967, within two years she had dropped out to begin playing the Boston folk and blues club circuit. Signing with noted blues manager Dick Waterman, she was soon performing alongside the likes of idols including Howlin' Wolf, Sippie Wallace, and Mississippi Fred McDowell and in time earned such a strong reputation that she was signed to Warner Bros.
Debuting in 1971 with an eponymously titled effort, Raitt immediately emerged as a critical favorite, applauded not only for her soulful vocals and thoughtful song selection but also for her guitar prowess, turning heads as one of the few women to play bottleneck. Her 1972 follow-up, Give It Up, made better use of her eclectic tastes, featuring material by contemporaries like Jackson Browne and Eric Kaz, in addition to a number of R&B chestnuts and even three Raitt originals. 1973's Takin' My Time was much acclaimed, and throughout the middle of the decade she released an LP annually, returning with Streetlights in 1974 and Home Plate a year later. With 1977's Sweet Forgiveness, Raitt scored her first significant pop airplay with her hit cover of the Del Shannon classic "Runaway"; its follow-up, 1979's The Glow, appeared around the same time as a massive all-star anti-nuclear concert at Madison Square Garden mounted by MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy), an organization she'd co-founded earlier.
Throughout her career, Raitt remained a committed activist, playing hundreds of benefit concerts and working tirelessly on behalf of the Rhythm and Blues Foundation. By the early '80s, however, her own career was in trouble -- 1982's Green Light, while greeted with the usual good reviews, again failed to break her to a wide audience, and while beginning work on the follow-up, Warner unceremoniously dropped her. By this time, Raitt was also battling drug and alcohol problems as well; she worked on a few tracks with Prince, but their schedules never aligned and the material went unreleased. Instead, she finally released the patchwork Nine Lives in 1986, her worst-selling effort since her debut.
Many had written Raitt off when she teamed with producer Don Was and recorded Nick of Time; seemingly out of the blue, the LP won a handful of Grammys, including Album of the Year, and overnight she was a superstar. 1991's Luck of the Draw was also a smash, yielding the hits "Something to Talk About" and "I Can't Make You Love Me." After 1994's Longing in Their Hearts, Raitt resurfaced in 1998 with Fundamental. Silver Lining appeared in 2002, followed by Souls Alike in 2005, both on Capitol Records. A year later, a bootleg-feel live set, Bonnie Raitt and Friends, was released, featuring guest appearances from Norah Jones and Ben Harper, among others. Raitt stepped back from the life of a professional musician over the next few years as she dealt with the passing of her parents, her brother, and her best friend. The break from recording and touring was redemptive for Raitt in many ways, and she returned focused and renewed in 2012 with her first studio album in seven years, Slipstream, released on her own new Redwing label imprint.
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''THE BEST OF BONNIE RAITT''
SEPTEMBER 30 2003
76:15
1/Thing Called Love
John Hiatt/3:50
2/Nick of Time
Bonnie Raitt/4:05
3/Love Letter
Bonnie Hayes/4:05
4/Have a Heart
Bonnie Hayes/4:48
5/Something to Talk About
Shirley Eikhard/3:47
6/I Can't Make You Love Me
Michael Reid / Allen Shamblin/5:31
7/Not the Only One
Paul Brady/4:10
8/Love Sneakin' Up on You
Jimmy Scott / Little Jimmy Scott / Tom Snow/3:40
9/You
Bob Thiele Jr. / Tonio K. / John Shanks/4:27
10/Dimming of the Day
Richard Thompson/3:39
11/Love Me Like a Man
Chris Smither/4:48
12/Spit of Love
Bonnie Raitt/4:41
13/One Belief Away
Paul Brady / Dillon O'Brian / Bonnie Raitt/3:57
14/Lover's Will
John Hiatt/3:37
15/I Can't Help You Now
Gordon Kennedy / Wayne Kirkpatrick / Tommy Sims/3:12
16/Gnawin' on It
Bonnie Raitt / Roy Rogers/4:48
17/Silver Lining
David Gray/3:37
18/Hear Me Lord
Oliver Mtukudzi/5:33
Andy Abad /Guitar
Alex Acuña /Congas, Talking Drum
Arthur Adams /Guitar
Sweet Pea Atkinson /Vocals (Background)
Bill Bergman /Sax (Alto)
Steve Berlin /Sax (Baritone)
John Berry, Jr. /Trumpet
Curt Bisquera /Drums
Sir Harry Bowens /Vocals (Background)
Paul Brady /Gut String Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Tony Braunagel /Drums, Percussion, Timbales
Stephen Bruton /Guitar (Acoustic)
B.S. Bull /Trumpet
Jon Cleary /Keyboards, Vocals (Background)
Debra Dobkin /Percussion
Steve Donnelly /Guitar (Rhythm)
Dennis Farias /Trumpet
Ricky Fataar /Drums, Percussion, Vocals (Background)
Bernard Fowler /Vocals (Background)
Mitchell Froom /Clavinet, Harmonium, Keyboards, Marxophone, Moog Bass, Moog Synthesizer, Piano, Reed Organ
Renée Geyer /Vocals (Background)
Gary Gold /Drum Loop, Drums (Snare)
Mark Goldenberg /Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Oud
Marty Grebb /Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
The Heart Attack Horns
Bruce Hornsby /Keyboards
James "Hutch" Hutchinson /Bass
Michael Landau /Guitar
Nick Lane /Euphonium, Trombone
David Lasley /Vocals (Background)
Darrell Leonard /Trumpet
George Marinelli /Guitar (Electric), Vocals (Background)
Arnold McCuller /Vocals (Background)
Buell Neidlinger /Bass (Acoustic)
Bonnie Raitt /Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Horn Arrangements, Organ Arrangement, Piano, Slide Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Jimmy Roberts /Saxophone
Roy Rogers /Slide Guitar
Johnny Lee Schell /Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Andrew Scheps /Drum Loop
Tommy Sims /Vocals (Background)
Greg "Frosty" Smith /Sax (Baritone)
Joey Spampinato /Bass
Joe Sublett /Sax (Tenor)
Benmont Tench /Organ (Hammond), Piano
Texicali Horns
Bob Thiele Jr. /Arranger, Synthesizer Accordian
Pete Thomas /Drums, Percussion
Richard Thompson /Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
Scott Thurston /Keyboards
Jeff Scott Young /Gut String Guitar
REVIEW
by Thom Jurek
The Best of Bonnie Raitt on Capitol 1989-2003, its 18 tracks handpicked by the artist herself as a portrait of her renaissance years, are indicative of the high-quality work ethic she has imposed on herself. Sometimes these songs reveal the queen doing a definitive read, such as on John Hiatt's "Lovers Will" (a song that deserves far, far more than it got -- the ache in her voice is the real grain of somebody who has been on both sides of love's hot broken arrow and still has faith enough to sing) or "Thing Called Love." Sometimes she's bringing the songs of Paul Brady ("Not the Only One"), Bonnie Hayes ("Love Letter" and "Have a Heart"), or even David Gray ("Silver Lining") and Richard Thompson ("Dimming of the Day") to the masses in ways that define them for a different audience. And sometimes, it's simply Raitt playing her own songs ("Nick of Time" and "Spit of Love") full of a poetic, sensual ferocity that oozes tenderness and commitment. And throughout it all is her trademark bottleneck slide, coaxing love notes or razored snarls out of her Stratocaster. There aren't any unreleased tracks here, but for the money you get the best of the best and her own comments on each song as well as a short essay about what this music means to her. Given that you don't have that box set (yet), that means this is worth whatever you happen to pay for it -- but don't forget about getting some of those Warner albums (Give It Up is a great place to start). Here is the astonishing range, from deep blue-eyed bluesy soul, sheeny reggae-tinged pop, and adult rock & roll that moves and inspires anyone with an open mind.
BIOGRAPHY
by Jason Ankeny
Long a critic's darling, singer/guitarist Bonnie Raitt did not begin to win the comparable commercial success due her until the release of the aptly titled 1989 blockbuster Nick of Time; her tenth album, it rocketed her into the mainstream consciousness nearly two decades after she first committed her unique blend of blues, rock, and R&B to vinyl. Born in Burbank, CA, on November 8, 1949, she was the daughter of Broadway star John Raitt, best known for his starring performances in such smashes as Carousel and Pajama Game. After picking up the guitar at the age of 12, Raitt felt an immediate affinity for the blues, and although she went off to attend Radcliffe in 1967, within two years she had dropped out to begin playing the Boston folk and blues club circuit. Signing with noted blues manager Dick Waterman, she was soon performing alongside the likes of idols including Howlin' Wolf, Sippie Wallace, and Mississippi Fred McDowell and in time earned such a strong reputation that she was signed to Warner Bros.
Debuting in 1971 with an eponymously titled effort, Raitt immediately emerged as a critical favorite, applauded not only for her soulful vocals and thoughtful song selection but also for her guitar prowess, turning heads as one of the few women to play bottleneck. Her 1972 follow-up, Give It Up, made better use of her eclectic tastes, featuring material by contemporaries like Jackson Browne and Eric Kaz, in addition to a number of R&B chestnuts and even three Raitt originals. 1973's Takin' My Time was much acclaimed, and throughout the middle of the decade she released an LP annually, returning with Streetlights in 1974 and Home Plate a year later. With 1977's Sweet Forgiveness, Raitt scored her first significant pop airplay with her hit cover of the Del Shannon classic "Runaway"; its follow-up, 1979's The Glow, appeared around the same time as a massive all-star anti-nuclear concert at Madison Square Garden mounted by MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy), an organization she'd co-founded earlier.
Throughout her career, Raitt remained a committed activist, playing hundreds of benefit concerts and working tirelessly on behalf of the Rhythm and Blues Foundation. By the early '80s, however, her own career was in trouble -- 1982's Green Light, while greeted with the usual good reviews, again failed to break her to a wide audience, and while beginning work on the follow-up, Warner unceremoniously dropped her. By this time, Raitt was also battling drug and alcohol problems as well; she worked on a few tracks with Prince, but their schedules never aligned and the material went unreleased. Instead, she finally released the patchwork Nine Lives in 1986, her worst-selling effort since her debut.
Many had written Raitt off when she teamed with producer Don Was and recorded Nick of Time; seemingly out of the blue, the LP won a handful of Grammys, including Album of the Year, and overnight she was a superstar. 1991's Luck of the Draw was also a smash, yielding the hits "Something to Talk About" and "I Can't Make You Love Me." After 1994's Longing in Their Hearts, Raitt resurfaced in 1998 with Fundamental. Silver Lining appeared in 2002, followed by Souls Alike in 2005, both on Capitol Records. A year later, a bootleg-feel live set, Bonnie Raitt and Friends, was released, featuring guest appearances from Norah Jones and Ben Harper, among others. Raitt stepped back from the life of a professional musician over the next few years as she dealt with the passing of her parents, her brother, and her best friend. The break from recording and touring was redemptive for Raitt in many ways, and she returned focused and renewed in 2012 with her first studio album in seven years, Slipstream, released on her own new Redwing label imprint.
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