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Road Tested is the matching P/V/G folio to Bonnie Raitts 1st live album!With 25 years of club and concert dates under her belt, eight- time Grammy-winner Bonnie Raitt has crafted Road Tested from a winning combination of tried and true material plus several exciting new songs. ... Read more

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Bonnie is the best!
Not only is Bonnie Raitt an excellent performer, she brings to her stage the best of her generation, the older generation, and the younger stars who play music.Buy it, you will wear it out!

You'll LOVE this ...
I love this DVD. I bought it for a party I was giving and it was a smash success -- like actually being there! If you love Bonnie, then you have to get this.

Bonnie Rocks The House
Let us take a trip down memory lane to the Boston Common in the summer of that fateful year, 1968. A bunch of us were sitting (on the ground, no less) fairly far back in that locale and then suddenly a woman's voice came booming through the air. Moreover, she was playing not the female de rigueur acoustic guitar but an electric one. Just like the guys! That, my friends was my introduction to Bonnie Raitt and she has been rockin', bluesin' and folkin' ever since. This San Francisco concert from 1995 brings all those musical forms together. For Bonnie Raitt fans, or just the casual blues/folk/rock fan this is a treat. When I occasionally call back memories of the 1960's and say that that was a time when men (and women) played Rock `n' Roll for keeps it is Bonnie that I have in mind as one of the women. She does not fail us here.

Honestly though, after that early introduction to Bonnie on that long ago summer day mentioned above I did not follow her career that closely for a time although I knew she learned here craft later at the feet of Mississippi Fred McDowell and would catch her at various Cambridge night spots (read bars). However, this concert brings all that back. Not only that but the added attractions of Jackson Browne and the legendary blues singer Ruth Brown (a favorite of mine from way back) round out a very nice concert. What's good here: John Prine's Angel From Montgomery; Never Make Your Move Too Soon (with Brown); Chris Smither's Love Me Like A Man and Rock Steady. Nice stuff, well performed with her band and guest artists.

road tested rocks
bonnie raitt is excellent. i've been listening to her for 33 years. since about the time she first hit the music scene. yep you can always tell an old hippie but ya cant tell him much-the dvd has most of whats on the cd. maybe all i never checked. but it's great and especially good w/ surround sound. (pass the popcorn) i think you'll enjoy it. i like it even more than the live at montreaux dvd

Not A Bad Song In The Bunch!
You get a lot for your money here: about an hour and three-quarters of Bonnie Raitt songs, her hits and otherwise. Just about every song is a winner because her voice fits her blues- rock material extremely well and her band is outstanding. She comments at one point about her band being the "best" their is, and she may not be far off.

There is so much music here I often break this up into a couple of viewings, but no matter where I pick this back up in the concert, it's a good starting point because it's simply one good song after another. You'd except a dud here or there, but it's just not the case.

The first part of the concert has more upbeat songs, so it you want a 45-minute fast-moving mini-concert, the first nine songs will do well. It's a good workout disc, too! Later on, Raitt goes through several slow songs in a row and the tape ends with the slow-but-dramatic "Angel From Montgomery."

Guests include Bruce Hornsby, Jackson Browne, Bryan Adams, Kim Wilson and the old blues couple Ruth and Charles Brown. All of them are excellent, as well.

The only thing missing in this DVD is more colorful camera-work. That would have really made this a spectacular concert disc. Hey, the the music is the main attraction here anyway, so I am not complaining. I used to own this on VHS but acquired the DVD because of the better sound.

Obviously, this is very highly recommended. ... Read more

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The matching folio to Bonnie's Grammy-winning album. Features the songs 'Thing Called Love,' 'Love Letter' and the title track. Includes complete lyrics and photos. ... Read more

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The matching folio to Bonnie Raitt's best-selling album, featuring the hit single 'Something to Talk About.' ... Read more

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This matching folio assembles 20 of Bonnie's best performances from her 1971 debut album to 1989's Green Light. Includes originals: Finest Lovin' Man ¥ Give It Up or Let Me Go - plus bluesy, R&B, and rockin' covers of such classics as: Under the Falling Sky ¥ Runaway ¥ Guilty ¥ Angel from Montgomery. Also features Bonnie's comments on the songs, plus photos. ... Read more

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the Bonnie Raitt Collection songbook
Great for piano. OK for guitar.Guitar tabs would make it even better.Great selection of Bonnie's songs over the years. ... Read more

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Note-for-note guitar transcriptions of 18 Raitt hits, including: Have a Heart * I Can't Make You Love Me * Love Letter * Love Sneakin' up on You * Not the Only One * Something to Talk About (Let's Give Them Something to Talk About) * Thing Called Love (Are You Ready for This Thing Called Love) * and more. ... Read more

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Our matching folio to Raitt's critically acclaimed 2002 release includes note-for-note guitar transcriptions with tab highlighting her own playing as well as that of guest guitarist Roy Rogers. Contains 12 songs, including the David Gray-cover title track and: Back Around * Fool's Game * Gnawin' on It * Hear Me Lord * I Can't Help You Now * Monkey Business * No Gettin' Over You * Time of Our Lives * Valley of Pain * Wherever You May Be * Wounded Heart. ... Read more

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This book is the definitive biography of the Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter and political activist whose career rose rapidly in the 1970's, stalled in the 1980's, and resurged in the 1990's. ... Read more

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A Great Lady
Bonnie was a hidden treasure for far too long (Nick of Time, get it?). Leaving WEA for Capitol was the best thing she could have done- 5 Grammys in one year proves that. Her guitar playing, Fender,Gibson, or Dobro were unheard of "for a girl" when she played in the early '70s.It's great to read about her life. I'm a little biased- I've seen her perform 40-50 times. ... Read more

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A revealing look at the life of Bonnie Raitt chronicles the ups and downs of her career, showing how she broke away from her hard-drinking blues singer image, put her life back in order, and recorded her biggest album. ... Read more

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So, So, but.........
Being a huge Bonnie Raitt fan, I was of course disappointed.Yes, it is informative if you don't know anything about Ms. Raitt.I applaud her in being able to keep her private life so private. We may want all the "dirt" or what ever but it's really none of our business.She deserves that.Bego copied from alot of already printed material, but if you're not familure with or you're new to Bonnie's material then I guess this is an ok read.I'm not a fan of unauthorized autobiographys for this simple reason.But, being a huge fan of Raitt, well, you get what you get. If your not, save your money.

Review of reviews
Instead of spending money on this book, just go back and read every review written on Bonnie Raitt's work, and you will get the same information. Mr. Bego offers nothing new and no inside information, no childhood background, no authorization or cooperation from the artist herself. Disappointing.

Not so bad as people here think!
Half way through reading this book I checked what amazon.com reviewers thought about it and I was very surprised with black-and-white opinionsexpressed here:seems that people find this book either the best biographyever written (which is not) or the worst biography ever written (which isnot).I think that Mr.Bego did loving job,writting about the artist heobviously care for (no dirty sensationalism here) and if he used everyavailable information he could (LP cover lines and so on) I understand thatwas the only information to be found,in his place I would probably do thesame!As the book intrigued me to look for more of Bonnie Raitt's music,itdid good job and even if its not the most exciting book ever written,it didprovide me with some information about Bonnie which I didnt know before andit make me curious to listen ALL of her albums.Is that "the worstbiography ever written" as the previous reviewers think?

Disappointing
Being a hugh Bonnie Raitt fan one may imagine how excited I was to get this book.It actually is the liner notes from Ms Raitt's albums and various interviews she has given over the years strung together.Some ofthe text is taken verbatium off of liner notes.

I enjoyed the book....but
Without going into alot about this book, it was first, unauthorized so it just isn't going to have the impact as if Bonnie was sitting there by the fire on a cold night, playing some acoustic slide and starting from thebeginning, but there are alot of people out their who are new to Bonnie'smusic and don't know much about her and it was informative without gettinginto a whole personal detail. I enjoyed this for what it was, some dayBonnie will sit down and tell all but until then I just get off on hermusic and the great human being she is. That is all you need to know, justlisten to what her song say to the heart and mind. ... Read more

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Chapters: American Alternative Country Singers, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Ryan Adams, Neko Case, Will Oldham, Townes Van Zandt, Lucinda Williams, Grey Delisle, Brandi Carlile, Hank Williams Iii, Johnny Dowd, Josh Ritter, Mike Ness, Brian Henneman, Rita Hosking, Matthew Ryan, Dave Gonzalez, Randy Crouch, Thad Cockrell, George Ducas, Brodie Foster Hubbard, Gary Louris, Blaze Foley, Neilson Hubbard, Chris Gaffney, Alejandro Escovedo, Robbie Fulks, Rhett Miller, Jim White, Neil Nathan, Tift Merritt, Mary Gauthier, Sarah Borges, Richard Buckner, Paula Frazer, Max Johnston, Cory Branan, Dale Watson, Caitlin Cary, Joe Pernice, Mike Daly, David Eugene Edwards, Sarah White, Jay Munly, A. A. Bondy, Paul Burch, Edith Frost, Kurt Wagner, Kenny Roby, Laurie Stirratt. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 284. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Elektra/Asylum RecordsVerveVanguard Linda Ronstadt (b. July 15, 1946) is an American popular music singer. Her many vocal styles in a variety of genres have resonated with the general public over the course of her four-decade career. As a result, she has earned multiple Grammy Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, an ALMA Award, numerous United States and internationally certified gold, platinum and multiplatinum albums, in addition to Tony Award and Golden Globe nominations. A singer-songwriter and record producer, she is recognized as a definitive interpreter of songs. Being one of music's most versatile and commercially successful female singers in U.S. history, she is recognized for her many public stages of self-reinvention and public incarnations. With a one time standing as the Queen of Rock where she was bestowed the title of "highest paid woman in rock", and known as the First Lady of Rock, she has more recently emerged as musi...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=160760 ... Read more

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Matching folio to the blues-rocking Grammy-winner's latest album. Includes the single 'Love Sneakin' Up on You' plus: Circle Dance * I Sho Do * Steal Your Heart Away * and more. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Tom Jones, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, Joe Cocker, Van Morrison, George Michael, Jamiroquai, Bonnie Raitt, Arthur Brown, Amy Winehouse, John Mayer, Guy Sebastian, Steve Marriott, Elliott Yamin, Joss Stone, Blake Lewis, Duffy, Chris Cornell, Hall ... Read more

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This edition published November 20, 1975 for newsstand sales from Dec. 2 to 18. ... Read more

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Commentary (music and lyrics not included).Chapters: Runaway, I Can't Make You Love Me, Sing, You Got It, Poor Poor Pitiful Me, Something to Talk About, Angel From Montgomery, Rock Steady. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: 453099 (Germany) London HL-1796"Runaway" was a number one Billboard Hot 100 song in the spring of 1961 by Del Shannon. It was written by Shannon and keyboardist Max Crook, and became a major international hit. It is #466 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Singer-guitarist Charles Westover and keyboard player Max Crook performed together as members of "Charlie Johnson and the Big Little Show Band" in Battle Creek, Michigan, before their group won a recording contract in 1960. Westover took the new stage name "Del Shannon", and Crook, who had invented his own clavioline-based electric keyboard called a Musitron, became "Maximilian". After their first recording session for Big Top Records in New York had ended in failure, their manager Ollie McLaughlin persuaded them to rewrite and re-record an earlier song they had written, "Little Runaway", to highlight Crook's unique instrumental sound. On January 21, 1961, they recorded "Runaway" at the Bell Sound recording studios, with Harry Balk as producer, Fred Weinberg as audio engineer and also session musician on several sections- session musician Al Caiola on guitar, and Crook playing the central Musitron break. "Runaway" was released in February 1961 and was immediately successful. In April, Shannon appeared on Dick Clark's American Bandstand helping to catapult it to the number one spot on the Billboard charts where it remained for four weeks. Two months later, it also reached number one in the UK.. On the R&B charts, "Runaway" peaked at number three . The so...http://booksllc.net/?id=2614120 ... Read more

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Title: Cuthbert crowd rocks to bluesy show.(Entertainment)(Concert: Bonnie Raitt and Lyle Lovett bring joy to a large crowd at the amphitheater.)
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: September 13, 2002
Publisher: The Register Guard
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! TNT is the ninth album by Tanya Tucker. Working with a new producer in Jerry Goldstein, Tucker drifts away from her earlier country style to do a much more rock-based effort. She covers well-known rock songs originally performed by such artists as Buddy Holly ("Not Fade Away"), Elvis Presley ("Heartbreak Hotel"), and Chuck Berry ("Brown Eyed Handsome Man"). Tucker also covers John Prine's bluesy "Angel from Montgomery," previously performed by Prine himself, and more notably, by Bonnie Raitt. However, the best song on the album may be the original "Texas (When I Die)," which had never been previously recorded. The album was Tucker's second-highest ranked ever on the Billboard Country charts at #2, and even reached #54 in the Pop category. Released singles and their Billboard positions were: "Texas (When I Die)" at #5, "Not Fade Away" at #70, and "I'm the Singer, You're the Song" at #18. ... Read more