Bonnie Raitt
This from Grant Britt:
Bonnie Raitt – Memorial Hall UNC Wednesday December 7, 05. $75- sold out show-
Raitt Still Rockin’
Her new album, Souls Alike, is missing her trademark slithery whomp—it’s downright melancholy. But Bonnie Raitt managed to stir things up with a mix of old and new material at her sold-out concert Wednesday night at UNC’s Memorial Hall. She dedicated some of the new stuff to family. Her hit single “I Will Not Be Broken” went out to her ailing older brother, whose brain cancer is now in remission. “Nick Of Time “ was for her parents, who passed away this year. But it wasn’t all sad and blue. Raitt got rockin’ with the T’Birds’ “I Believe I’m In Love With You,” and tore up the joint with keyboardist Jon Cleary singing Delbert McClinton’s part on “Good Man, Good Woman.”
Raitt waited until the third song into her encore to bring out former guitarist Will McFarlane to do a very un-ministerial version of Sam and Dave’s “I Thank You.” Raitt’s undiminished vocal skills, stellar guitar technique and magnificent back-up band made it all seem effortless- a smooth, two and a half-hour glide, courtesy of the queen of slide guitar.
