Album Notes Personnel: Bonnie Raitt (vocals, acoustic & slide guitars, keyboards); David Hidalgo (guitar, bass, background vocals); Steve Donnelly (guitar, background vocals); Marty Grebb (tenor & baritone saxophones); Joe Sublett (tenor saxophone); Jimmy Roberts (saxophone); Darrell Leonard, Richard Braun (trumpet); Nick Lane (trombone, euphonium); Mitchell Froom (Moog synthesizer, keyboards, accordion); Terry Adams (keyboards, background vocals); Scott Thurston (keyboards); Joey Spampinato (bass, background vocals); James "Hutch" Hutchinson (bass); Pete Thomas (drums, percussion); Tony Braunagel (tambourine); Dillon O'Brian, Renee Geyer, Jeff Young, Mark Shark, Sir Harry Bowens, Terrance Forsythe (background vocals).Producers: Mitchell Froom, Bonnie Raitt, Tchad Blake.Recorded at Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, California.Personnel: Bonnie Raitt (vocals, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, keyboards); David Hidalgo (guitar, background vocals); Mitchell Froom (accordion, keyboards); Jimmy Roberts (saxophone); Marty Grebb (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Joe Sublett (tenor saxophone); Darrell Leonard, Rick Braun (trumpet); Nick Lane (trombone, euphonium); Terry Adams (keyboards, background vocals); Scott Thurston (keyboards); Pete Thomas (drums, percussion); Tony Braunagel (tambourine); Dillon O'Brian, Terrence Forsythe, Joey Spampinato, Ren e Geyer, Steve Donnelly (background vocals).Audio Mixer: Tchad Blake.Recording information: Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, CA (1997).Photographer: Dana Tynan.On FUNDAMENTAL, Bonnie Raitt trades in the smooth, rich L.A.-sounding production of Don Was for the edgy, reverbless, angular studio approach of Mitchell Froom. Another FUNDAMENTAL difference is that Raitt is writing more of her own material, a trend that's been slowly developing for some time now. Besides her own tunes, there are contributions from Raitt regulars like John Hiatt and Paul Brady as well a tune by Los Lobos' David Hidalgo and Louie Perez ("Cure For Love") and one by NRBQ's Joey Spampinato, who appears here with keyboard-playing bandmate Terry Adams. One thing that hasn't changed is Raitt's muscular slide guitar work and strong, emotional vocal style, both of which are in evidence here. |