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page eight/the Carolina journal/april 12, 0)77 Bonnie Raitt’s new album shows she has soul By Brad Rich Over the years, Bonnie Raitt has acquired the reputation of being one of America’s best and most powerful interpreters of the blues. She’s been described by at least one critic as having “more soul than any white female singer alive,’’ and regularly delivers enjoyable, intense music. Raitt’s new album on Warner Brothers Records, Sweet Forgiveness is no exception. The album opens with a pulsating blues-rocker “About to Make Me Leave Home”. Raitt’s vocals are strong and supple, she rasps the lyrics from deep down inside. When she sings “I ain’t got the strength to turn a good lover loose But I never met a man who could whoop it to me Like you do.” you simply have to believe it. “Runaway” is even better. Will McFarlane’s electric guitar is strong, and Raitt’s voice rings out like a bell. Dennis Whitted pounds fiercely on drums, setting a furious pace. On “Two lives”, Raitt excels. Her slow ballads often don’t receive enough credit, but this one should. Michael McDonald and Rosemary Butler’s backing harmonies are beautiful, and Raitt’s acoustic guitar is a nice touch. “Louise” at 2:43 is the Ip’ shortest cut. It is another slow ballad, but deals with a substantially different subject. The opening lines alone are clue enough: “They all said Louise was not half bad It was written on the walls and window shades” Raitt’s acoustic guitar is lovely, and her voice mellws out into a pleasant country twang. One of her more interesting tunes, for sure. Side One closes with ‘‘Gamblin’ Man”, a medium-rocker written by Eric Kay, a regular contributer to Raitt’s albums. Kay and Raitt have succeeded again,, led by McFarlane’s crying lead guitar. Side Two opens with the title cut, “Sweet Forgiveness”. The song begins as a rocker, breaks into a slower pace, then rebuilds and falls again. The tempo changes serve as excellent vehicles for some great high harmonies and some sensous, slithering vocals by Raitt. Next is “My Opening Farewell”, by Jackson Browne. Raitt almost always borrows a tune from Browne, with whom she has toured in the past, and this one, from his first album is one of the best.' Sweet Forgiveness is a continuation of Raitt’s evolution and improvement. Somehow, her vocals seem to be getting even more powerful and emotion-laden, and her band seem tighter than ever before. This may be an album without a weekspot. tomorrow^ night, Wednesday Bonnie Raitt will be April 13. Tickets aie $5.50 and appearing in concert at $6.50. Do yourself a favor and Charlotte’s Ovens Auditorium get e)ut to see her. FOR THE CHOICEST /F DEUCIOU'EY PREPAKEU FOODS AJND SELECT BEVERAGlS TAKEOUT ORDERS OPEN 11:AM ’ TO 11:30PM CLOSbD SUNDAY PHONE 596-0256 ONE MILE NORTH OF ENTRANCE lOUNCC UNIVERSITY CrrYBLVD BLACK HE AND TAIL OPTIONAL ’ BUFFALO GUS” YOU’LL WISH YOU WERE IN OIXIE Because you can't afford to waste money when you buy a fine sound system. Let's face it, when you buy an audio system designed by one of the leading manufacturers (Kenwood, Pioneer, Technics, KLH, Sansui, Marantz, BIC, Jensen, Teac, etc.), each component delivers the same superb sound whether you buy it from Dixie or another audio store. But the thing to keep in mind, is that we will never put our price on an item until we're certain that no other store is selling that same item for less. V\/e'll even give you that in writing "if you buy something from Dixie, and in the next 30 days find it advertised We've kept a few cost-cutting secrets the 17 years we've been in the audio business. One secret will become obvious on your first visit - our stores look more like warehouses than audio salons. This no frills approach keeps our overhead low and lets us cut our prices on every item. Quite a few of our secrets aren't so obvious. None of our salesmen are paid a commission. This means that they won't try to pressure you to buy when all you want to do is look. And we try to locate all our stores (we've got 27 now) a little off the beaten path - the rents stay a lot lower that way. With so many stores around the country our buyers have the power to make some really incredible deals. These guys wind up reducing our costs tremen dously - and again, this saves you money! Another thing that size does for us (and this is one of our best kept secrets) is encourage our manufacturers to keep us well supplied with the latest developments in sound. We've made it our business to cut costs so that we can make certain that your investment in audio equipment is a sound one. We guarantee it! We've got four Dixie stores right here in North Carolina. Charlotte 3109 Freedom Drive Raleigh 6800 Glenwood Ave Greensboro 2601 High Point Road Winston-Salem 1545B Silas Creek Parkway HI FI v» Take this coupon to any North Carolina Dixie store before June 1st, and we II give you our 1977 Stereo Buyer's Guide . and a 5% discount on anything in the store.
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