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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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While there were some people who recognized Bonnie's talent from the beginning, Bonnie had to wait almost twenty years after its release for her major breakthrough, during which time she gradually acquired more fans. So it was that this album, which remains one of Bonnie's best, has continued to sell steadily as all those new fans discover Bonnie's legacy. This album mixes blues, pop, rock and R+B - other influences came later - though blues is the main influence here.
Bonnie wrote two of the songs here (Thank you, Finest loving man) but relied mainly on covers, beginning with a cover of Bluebird (written by Stephen Stills, famous as a member first of Buffalo Springfield then of Crosby Stills and Nash). One of Bonnie's major influences, Sippie Wallace, is represented by two songs (Mighty tight woman, Women be wise) while Bonnie also covers Any day woman (Paul Siebel), Walking blues (Robert Johnson) and Since I fell for you (Bud Johnson) among others.
No serious Bonnie Raitt fan should be without this classic album.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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After being introduced to Bonnie through a good friend this was the first of her albums that I came across and I think its amazing. From what I can remember reading the album was made when her and all her friends went off to a house in the sticks to just record and record. The sound is so fresh and her voice so beautiful.
It has the toe tapping songs that make you want to learn guitar, as well as the love songs that make your heart break in empathy. All together a brilliant album that cheers me up in all situations.
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Bonnie Raitt`s delightful debut reminds me of Van Morrison`s similarly laid-back album His Band And Street Choir, made around the same time. They both have a `front porch` feel, as if a few friends have gathered together to sing and play good time music. And that`s pretty much what happened on an August day in 1971 "at an empty summer camp on Enchanted Island, about 30 miles west of Minneapolis on Lake Minnetonka" as Bonnie herself tells us in her sleevenotes. It was recorded `live`, no overdubs, and you can tell.
The music on this fine album stands up so well today because these guys can really play, and Bonnie was and is one of the freshest and finest singer-guitarists of the last fifty years. She`s sometimes compared with Linda Ronstadt, but Bonnie`s talent was the more versatile, her voice far bluesier, as well as playing a very tasty guitar.
There`s nothing wishy-washy here, however much of a grand old time the musicians sound like they`re having. Bonnie has never made an album that wasn`t tight as a drum. Her debut is both tight - everyone is right on the money - and as loose as a sultry summer day when the wine is flowing and the sun`s shining.
There`s an eclectic choice of songs here, starting with Bluebird, from the often underrated Stephen Stills, taking in a couple of charmers by Bonnie, Paul Siebel`s brief but touching Any Day Woman, an eloquent Robert Johnson blues, the wonderful Since I Fell For You, a pair of blues numbers by Raitt favourite Sippie Wallace, and a languorous, flute-led drifter called I Ain`t Blue.
Jimmy Reed`s brother AC Reed plays sax, Junior Wells sucks on a mean harp, and a trusted group of Bonnie`s friends make up the rest of the superb band backing her stylish vocals. She was still only 21 at the time, but Bonnie always sounded wiser, and not a little more wanton, than her years.
I can`t imagine a time when I wouldn`t want to hear Bonnie`s hugely likeable first
effort. Her second album, Give It Up, is terrific too (though the front porch has been dismantled) and I`d particularly recommend all her early records, plus the marvellous live Road Tested, on which Bonnie and selected illustrious friends rock out and sing the blues too on one of the best live albums ever made.
Bonnie is up there with the best of `em. This only begins to do her talents justice, but it was a fine and fancy-free start.
The music on this fine album stands up so well today because these guys can really play, and Bonnie was and is one of the freshest and finest singer-guitarists of the last fifty years. She`s sometimes compared with Linda Ronstadt, but Bonnie`s talent was the more versatile, her voice far bluesier, as well as playing a very tasty guitar.
There`s nothing wishy-washy here, however much of a grand old time the musicians sound like they`re having. Bonnie has never made an album that wasn`t tight as a drum. Her debut is both tight - everyone is right on the money - and as loose as a sultry summer day when the wine is flowing and the sun`s shining.
There`s an eclectic choice of songs here, starting with Bluebird, from the often underrated Stephen Stills, taking in a couple of charmers by Bonnie, Paul Siebel`s brief but touching Any Day Woman, an eloquent Robert Johnson blues, the wonderful Since I Fell For You, a pair of blues numbers by Raitt favourite Sippie Wallace, and a languorous, flute-led drifter called I Ain`t Blue.
Jimmy Reed`s brother AC Reed plays sax, Junior Wells sucks on a mean harp, and a trusted group of Bonnie`s friends make up the rest of the superb band backing her stylish vocals. She was still only 21 at the time, but Bonnie always sounded wiser, and not a little more wanton, than her years.
I can`t imagine a time when I wouldn`t want to hear Bonnie`s hugely likeable first
effort. Her second album, Give It Up, is terrific too (though the front porch has been dismantled) and I`d particularly recommend all her early records, plus the marvellous live Road Tested, on which Bonnie and selected illustrious friends rock out and sing the blues too on one of the best live albums ever made.
Bonnie is up there with the best of `em. This only begins to do her talents justice, but it was a fine and fancy-free start.
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