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Album Review: Bonnie Raitt – ‘Bonnie Raitt and Friends’

By Jeff Swindoll Aug 23, 2006, 17:16 GMT

VH1 Classic Decades Rock Live! Presents ‘Bonnie Raitt and Friends’ features the legendary singer/guitarist teaming up with some of music industry’s biggest acts (including Norah Jones, Ben Harper, Alison Krauss and Keb’Mo’), and is something that fans will not want to pass on buying.

VH1 Classic presents Decades Rock Live! features performances by celebrated artists from rock to soul who have influenced popular music over the last 50 years, as well as performances from some of today’s hottest recording acts who have been inspired by these legends. This concert was recorded on September 30, 2005 at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The celebrated artist in this case is Bonnie Raitt. She is joined by special guest stars Norah Jones, Ben Harper, Alison Krauss, and Keb’Mo’. Tracks include an introduction by Bonnie Raitt, ‘Unnecessarily Mercenary’ (featuring Jon Cleary), ‘I Will Not be Broken’, ‘God was in the Water’, ‘Gnawin’ on it’, ‘You’ (featuring Alison Kraus), ‘Love Letter’ (featuring Keb’Mo’), ‘Two Lights in the Nighttime’ (featuring Ben Harper), ‘Well, Well, Well’ (featuring Ben Harper), ‘Something to Talk About’, ‘I Don’t Want Anything to Change’ (featuring Norah Jones), and ‘Love Sneakin’ Up on You’ (featuring all special guests). In a truly nice feature, they also include a DVD of the concert. The concert runs 1 hour and 23 minutes. You can play the full concert or select the individual songs that you want to hear. You also have the audio choice of PCM Stereo or Dolby Digital 5.1. The concert also features 6 performances that are not on the CD. These include ‘Papa Come Quick’ (featuring Alison Kraus), ‘No Getting Over You’ (featuring Keb’Mo’), ‘Crooked Crown’, ‘Trinkets’, ‘Hear Me Lord’, and ‘Tennessee Waltz’ (featuring Norah Jones).

The DVD is not bare bones and actually has some special features. These include interviews with Bonnie Raitt, Keb’Mo’, Alison Krauss, Ben Harper, and Norah Jones. The DVD also has a photo gallery and web links. Bonnie Raitt is her usual rockin’ self, performs several songs from her (then) latest album, and the guest performers are nice to hear. The concert is full of energy and is really a good time. The inclusion of the DVD of the concert is also an extremely welcome touch since they could’ve just released the CD by itself. Fans of Bonnie Raitt can’t really go wrong in buying this release.‘Bonnie Raitt and Friends’ is now available at Amazon. Visit the music database for more information.

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