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
Viewer Reviews 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.
