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Venue: Saratoga, CA .. August 27 1999

Thank you, Martha Harvey, for this in-depth and informative review.

"The Sensitive Ones"

From front row, center at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Friday August 27, I experienced a transcending three and a quarter hours with some of the most talented musicians of our era. On only the second night of their tour, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Hornsby, Jackson Browne and Shawn Colvin communicated their love of rock and its roots to a sold out house and a packed lawn. They shared lead vocals on each other's songs, backed each other up with harmonies, and generally had a great time on stage.

David Lindley and percussionist Wally Ingram opened the night with a selection of blues, including They Call Me The Meat Man, and a wacky Cat Food Sandwiches, written by Lindley from his road experiences with back-stage food. Jackson Browne and Shawn Colvin then began a moving rendition of his Everywhere I Go, and were joined mid-song by Raitt and Hornsby, and backed by a multi-talented six piece band. Bonnie Raitt began Thing Called Love by saying she had waited all her life to play slide guitar with the amazing David Lindley, who also played violin for Shawn Colvin's Sunny Came Home. Bruce Hornsby performed a lengthy piano solo introduction with morphing themes from Avalanche, which evolved into a roof-raising The Way It Is, with the other artists' accompaniment. Browne and Colvin performed moving duets on his The Next Voice You Hear and her The Facts About Jimmy. Her Shotgun Down The Avalanche was one of the highlights of the night, on which she and Raitt traded lead vocals.

Watching these four gifted, song writing musicians blend their talents, share the spotlight with no one-upmanship, and genuinely have a good time playing each other's music was a not-to-be-missed opportunity. It's hard to put into words, but I know that I was participating in rock history in the making. I'm anxiously awaiting news that they've released a live CD from the tour. From Saratoga they move on to Long Island, New Jersey, Maryland, Raleigh and Atlanta, then on through the middle of the country and the West Coast. I encourage everyone who appreciates great talent and real, honest rock, without the glitz and distraction of lasers and slick packaging, to make the pilgrimage to the nearest venue to share in this phenomenal musical experience.


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	Venue: Saratoga, CA .. August 27 1999 Thank you, Martha Harvey, for this in-depth and informative review. "The Sensitive Ones" From front row, center at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Friday August 27, I experienced a transcending three and a quarter hours with some of the most talented musicians of our era. On only the second night of their tour, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Hornsby, Jackson Browne and Shawn Colvin communicated their love of rock and its roots to a sold out house and a packed lawn. They shared lead vocals on each other's songs, backed each other up with harmonies, and generally had a great time on stage. David Lindley and percussionist Wally Ingram opened the night with a selection of blues, including They Call Me The Meat Man, and a wacky Cat Food Sandwiches, written by Lindley from his road experiences with back-stage food. Jackson Browne and Shawn Colvin then began a moving rendition of his Everywhere I Go, and were joined mid-song by Raitt and Hornsby, and backed by a multi-talented six piece band. Bonnie Raitt began Thing Called Love by saying she had waited all her life to play slide guitar with the amazing David Lindley, who also played violin for Shawn Colvin's Sunny Came Home. Bruce Hornsby performed a lengthy piano solo introduction with morphing themes from Avalanche, which evolved into a roof-raising The Way It Is, with the other artists' accompaniment. Browne and Colvin performed moving duets on his The Next Voice You Hear and her The Facts About Jimmy. Her Shotgun Down The Avalanche was one of the highlights of the night, on which she and Raitt traded lead vocals. Watching these four gifted, song writing musicians blend their talents, share the spotlight with no one-upmanship, and genuinely have a good time playing each other's music was a not-to-be-missed opportunity. It's hard to put into words, but I know that I was participating in rock history in the making. I'm anxiously awaiting news that they've released a live CD from the tour. From Saratoga they move on to Long Island, New Jersey, Maryland, Raleigh and Atlanta, then on through the middle of the country and the West Coast. I encourage everyone who appreciates great talent and real, honest rock, without the glitz and distraction of lasers and slick packaging, to make the pilgrimage to the nearest venue to share in this phenomenal musical experience.