Saw Bonnie Raitt on a Saturday morning show.
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So smoooooooooooooooth, so tasty........
For me that's a dream bill, Bonnie and Lucinda. You're in for a treat man!
KeithDavies 100
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Bonnie and Roy doing their thing.
If anyone recognises the reference to Friends, and having a list? Yeah, she's top of mine!!
The first time I saw Bonnie was in 1972 at some school in Trenton. I remember paying 50 cents and she played in a very small theater, maybe even a classroom. Maybe 50 people there sitting in folding chairs. I did see her open for the Allmans a few years later.
Been a fan since the mid-'70s. "Sweet Forgiveness" was the first album of hers I got, and it set the hook deep. It's still my favorite in her catalog. After she won a Grammy, she got overproduced and it lost something IMHO. That happens to a lot of performers (BB King, EC, etc.). The only thing I love more than her voice is her slide.
Here's 2 of my all-time favorites teamed up (Prine wrote the song):
Finally got a chance to see her live about 4 years ago. After she did "Angel from Montgomery," I told the wife I got what I came for ... She's back in our little hamlet in August, but tickets start north of $100 for the cheap seats. I think a lot of people want to see her before she hangs up her spurs, hence the high ticket price. We won't be going this time.
Here's 2 of my all-time favorites teamed up (Prine wrote the song):
Finally got a chance to see her live about 4 years ago. After she did "Angel from Montgomery," I told the wife I got what I came for ... She's back in our little hamlet in August, but tickets start north of $100 for the cheap seats. I think a lot of people want to see her before she hangs up her spurs, hence the high ticket price. We won't be going this time.
I'm still not going to shows, as I still don't want to stand shoulder to shoulder with a thousand other air-breathing mammals, so...
It was agonizing to avoid the the trip to either Syracuse or Rochester, NY to see her two shows there WITH NRBQ OPENING! NRBQ is on my before-I-leave bucket list and I've never seen Bonnie.
It was agonizing to avoid the the trip to either Syracuse or Rochester, NY to see her two shows there WITH NRBQ OPENING! NRBQ is on my before-I-leave bucket list and I've never seen Bonnie.
Well said.
First discovered Bonnie in the early ‘70’s in New York where she opened for blues players like Lightning Hopkins. We have been fans ever since.
BB
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I've seen Bonnie at least 7 times over the years.....mostly in the 70's-80's. Every show was simply amazing.
Like Delbert McClinton, she is a national treasure in my book.
Like Delbert McClinton, she is a national treasure in my book.
Bonnie was heavily influenced by Lowell George and Little Feat. Her compressed slide tone is still reminiscent of Lowell George.
burntfrijoles
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Her "Love Me Like A Man" from her early "Give It Up" album is as fine an acoustic blues as you can hear.
Beautiful Lady with a beautiful voice!
And talented!
And talented!
She picked up a lot of cues from Lowell George for her slide work.
The tone of her guitar on this INXS cover is about as greazy as you can get.
- D
According to producer Don Was, she did that song in a single take. That still boggles my mind, the performance is perfect.
Stereogum's oral history of that song is an amazing read. https://www.stereogum.com/1907437/i...versary-oral-history/interviews/oral-history/
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