Bonnie Raitt - Bonnie Raitt

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, All Music Guide

Name Credits A.C. Reed Sax (Tenor), Saxophone Bonnie Raitt Vocals, Guitar (Electric), Vocals (Background), Slide Guitar, Guitar (Steel), Liner Notes, Piano, Guitar, Arranger, Guitar (Acoustic) Chris Rhodes Vocals (Background) Dave Ray Engineer Dave Snaker Ray Engineer Douglas Spurgeon Trombone Eugene Hoffman Saxophone, Sax (Tenor), Cowbell Freebo Tuba, Fretless Bass, Bass, Vocals (Background), Vocals Gregg Geller Series Producer Jo Motta Project Coordinator John Beach Arranger, Piano Junior Wells Harmonica, Harp Kendall Pacios Remixing Maurice Jacox Wind, Sax (Baritone), Flute Paul Pena Bass, Vocals (Background) Peter Bell Percussion, Guitar (Acoustic), Bass (Electric), Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Vocals (Background) Reeve Little Vocals (Background) Russell Hagen Guitar (Electric), Guitar Stephen Bradley Drums Steve Bradley Drums Steve Raitt Vocals (Background), Percussion, Sound Effects Sylvia Ray Engineer Voyle Harris Trumpet Willie Murphy Guitar, Vocals (Background), Keyboards, Vocals, Piano, Producer, Percussion