Bonnie Bramlett - Its Time

it's time - album reviews

Although Delaney Bramlett co-wrote the first track, "Your Kind Of Kindness" along with Bonnie and Jerry Allison, he is nowhere else to be found on It's Time, a project recorded in Macon, Georgia. This is Bonnie Bramlett with a little help from her friends, Gregg Allman, Butch Trucks, Chuck Leavell, saxophone player Randall Bramblett, Big Bill Stewart, Eddie Hinton, Clydie King, Shirley Matthews and lots of others. This is Bonnie going deep into Cajun soul music with chirping horns and earthy guitars. Ivory Joe Hunter's "Since I Met You Baby" oozes authenticity with Tommy Talton's slide guitar and Chuck Leavall's keys. Even a cover of Jackie Wilson's smash "Higher & Higher" moves away from pop and gets immersed in Southern Rock and blues. And a modern instrument like Tom Ridgeway's ARP Synthesizer does nothing to change that. This is probably the artistic album Janis Joplin wanted to make, free from the constraints of a Top 40 mentality. The same year, Stone The Crows' Maggie Bell put out Queen Of The Night produced by Jerry Wexler in New York. The similarities - and differences - in these two albums by women whose voices shake the foundations of everything in their path, are worth studying. While Joplin electrified the Kozmic Blues with a touch of psychedelia five years earlier, Bonnie Bramlett takes the Gregg and Janice Allman title "Oncoming Traffic and creates a subtle explosion utilizing traditional sounds. From sweet to violent, Chuck Leavell on piano, Gregg Allman on organ, the result is mesmerizing. That the Allman Brothers enormous popularity, coupled with the success of Delaney & Bonnie did not propel It's Time to a more solid place in rock history is a mystery. Bonnie Bramlett is so much more than the gal on Roseanne's TV show - and these ten titles speak with an authority that Etta James' legion of fans have come to embrace. It's Time is a treasure ripe to be discovered by a new generation of blues enthusiasts, the title track just a magnificent and powerful work of art. ~ Joe Viglione, All Music Guide

it's time - track listing
track#	song name	track time
1	Your Kind of Kindness	(3:50)
2	Atlanta, Georgia	(2:49)
3	It's Time	(5:11)
4	Cover Me	(4:05)
5	Higher and Higher	(2:20)
6	Where You Come From	(2:47)
7	Cowboys and Indians	(4:15)
8	(Your Love Has Brought Me A) Mighty Long Way	(3:02)
9	Since I Met You Baby	(3:03)
10	Oncoming Traffic	(7:14)

it's time - album credits
	Tom Ridgeway		Synthesizer
	Johnny Sandlin		Guitar, Percussion, Producer
	Tommy Talton		Guitar
	Jerry Thompson		Drums
	Kenny Tibbetts		Bass, Percussion
	Butch Trucks		Conductor
	Harold Williams		Saxophone
	Bill Stewart		Drums
	Dave Brown		Saxophone
	Sherlie Matthews		Vocals
	Bonnie Bramlett		Vocals, Main Performer
	Clydie King		Vocals
	Lagatha Beck Smallwood		Vocals
	Scott Boyer		Guitar
	Randall Bramblett		Saxophone
	Earl Ford		Trombone
	Eddie Hinton		Guitar
	Ricky Hirsch		Horn
	Paul Hornsby		Keyboards
	Jaimoe		Conductor
	Leo Labranche		Trumpet
	Chuck Leavell		Piano
	Gregg Allman		Organ

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