Friday 18 August 2023

   

From a recently seen guitar post about great players of the Fender Stratocaster to a previous list by Joe Bonamassa of his Top 10 Blues-Rock Guitar solos of all time - Bonnie Raitt stood out amongst mostly male players. 
"Thing Called Love" from 1989 was the solo selected (by Joe) with "Three Time Loser" mentioned in the post for Bonnie Raitt's "supernatural slide work infusing the song with deep blues feeling as her 'strat' tones burn." 
On television this evening (BBC4 at 21:55) in "Sessions" you may well hear and see all of the above (from a 2013 concert). 
I'm going with "Thing Called Love". Written by John Hiatt in 1987 and covered on her breakthrough 'Nick of Time' album by Bonnie Raitt. The video is a live performance at the Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium, Oakland at the end of 1989 > 
Encore:
Try "Three Time Loser" from 'Later with Jools Holland' in 1994 (link here): Jimmie Vaughan and Jools are playing along with this comment noted: "after Jimmie's solo, Bonnie slinks up to the Mic in time! She is a great musician and gets my vote as the coolest chick ever to strap on a guitar."
This track was also performed at the excellent Oakland concert. (Link2 fyi). 
 

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