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 | Title : Silver Lining
Author : Raitt, Bonnie
Release Date : 20020409
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $18.98
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Editorial Reviews :
The latest in a series of highly polished albums of good-natured boogie, blues, and singer-songwriter fare, Bonnie Raitt's Silver Lining won't disappoint the initiated. Recorded with her highly seasoned road band and coproduced (again) by the ubiquitous Mitchell Froom and Tchad Blake, this is a high-quality product. The question, as always, is whether the material raises it to the level of extraordinary. Raitt picks songs shrewdly. Here, the unearthed gems are David Gray's title song and the closing ballad, 'Wounded Heart,' by Jude Johnson. Less successful and more, well, familiar are the songs cowritten with her bandmates. Instrumental highlights include Bonnie's slide duel with Roy Rogers on 'Gnawin' It' and Andy Abad's highlife guitar chops on Oliver Mtukudzi's 'Hear Me Lord.' Jon Cleary's barrelhouse keys throughout owe a debt to Billy Payne of Little Feat. One may occasionally wish the producers had been allowed more rein to pepper the arrangements with their trademark quirky instrumentation, but the record rewards repeated listens.
Buyer Reviews :
As I opened up Bonnie's 16th release after retrieving it from my mailbox, I suddenly realized I was more excited about getting this CD than I was a few weeks ago when my tax refund came in the mail! If you can relate to that kind of obsession with Raitt's music, then you are going to love this CD.
Produced by Tchad Blake and Mitchell Froom, who also produced 1998's Fundamental', this CD takes you through many different styles of music and moods, which is something I have always loved about Bonnie's albums. If you are looking for a traditional blues album, then this CD might not be for you, but if you enjoy many different styles of blues mixed with sounds of the Big Easy, Funk, a little Caribbean tossed in for good measure, then hop on board and hang on baby! Of course Bonnie's wicked slide guitar is always on the menu.
The interesting mix of song styles is attributed to the 15 guest artists and 5 guest vocalists who grace this release, in addition to her 'house band' consisting of Hutch 'The Touch' Hutchinson on bass, Ricky Fataar on drums, George Marinelli on guitar and the most recent addition of Jon Cleary on keyboards. I saw Jon with Bonnie's band back in September at the Puyallup Fair show and was impressed with his playing ability, which captured some of the early Littlefeat style of Billy Payne.
Bonnie wrote or co-wrote 3 of the 12 songs on Silver Lining. The title track is a David Grey song, which is also on his 1999 release White Ladder. The CD jumps in headfirst with Track one - Fools Game, which has that Big Easy, Littlefeat groove to it. Track 10 - No Getting Over You, also continues the feel, with Bonnie and her incredible custom National Slide Guitar. Track 3 - I Can't Help You Now was the first single released prior to the albums release date and is getting a lot of airplay locally. Bluesman Roy Rogers co-wrote and plays slide on Track 5 - Gnawin' on it, which is a nasty, hot blues number. With lyrics like - 'I got to get off early, I just got to get you home, Gonna show you, little woman, why a dog loves a bone', Bonnie is indeed in her element, and loving every minute of it.
Other notable songs are the Motown-inspired Time of Our Lives (Track 4), and Monkey Business, (Track 6), written by Keyboardist Jon Cleary. This one lays down the funk the way only Bonnie can do it. Then Bonnie takes you through two gospel-inspired numbers, Valley of Pain and Hear Me Lord. Habib Koite and Bamada lend some very interesting sounds to the acoustic mix of Back Around (Track 11).
This is one of those releases that will quickly become a favorite. It is very obvious that Bonnie had a lot of fun putting this one out.
(by Todd Obermire)
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