bonnie raitt live historical video - love has no pride, written by Eric Kaz & Libby Titus

[charvesa]

Libby Titus wrote this re her relationship with Levon Helm, with whom she sired a daughter.

She is now married to Donald Fagan...

blah blah blah

[cifuareal1]

This beautiful, powerful song and Bonnie's flawless soulful delivery STILL moves me to tears. This song - for me - is true art.

[makemeateeshirt]

beautiful...er...innit?

[biancaschuit]

Thanks fot sharing!

[Trollificusv2]

Awesome! Talent, technique and taste. Bonnie's great and the song is just painfully true...it should be embarrassing to recall being that desperate, just being so dependent, so pathetic, that you'd admit to being helpless, completely vulnerable...but somehow I remember that as the time I was most completely honest with someone.

Of course, it was a disaster, but it helped me appreciate this song!

[jullivia]

She brings me to a place that NO other singer, male or female, can take me. her voice is that of an angel. I would marry her just to sing me to sleep every night. Thank god for Bonnie Raitt.

[53opus]

some folks just are born knowing...

[dielauwen]

1970 or therabouts LVHS in the hall I met the Girl who sang the blues. She has a Carear she said. She can't hang around. Would she sing this song for me today and mean it?That question will never be answered I guess .I have my pride........

[yoeydude]

She is at once the focus of the old , traditional strains , AND a starting point for another generation of female story tellers ..... she is an archetype

[birdhaus0449]

Brings me to tears every time. Thank you.

[roygumpphoto]

how old she here?? my god.

[ireneruthfox]

This takes me back.

Bonnie and Freebo played all over New England in the early 70's.

Great track.

[dielauwen]

A most beautiful song. And her rendition is so heartfelt.

[slackkeylady]

Take 2 34 5 67 ................allgood

[godiva869]

ok im 50 somthing and i remember bonnie very well. had her albums back in the '70 and played them til they were all scratched. if u think about it how many women have lasted in music this long?nearly 40 plus years? i think we should all give h er the props she so dearly deserves. she still moves us after all this time. who else does that?

[SuperMwilliams1]

She also may be the only singer/ guitarist that has kept her great figure....She takes great care of her gift from God....

[mcarlo7878]

Does not get any better than this... or hurt any worse than a true love not returned

[GarciaLopez11]

this is the diference, yesterday writing songs was something, today people seems to have forget it!

[Bummelz]

Wow, what an amazing gem you uploaded here...I've been driven to tears while listening to that take

[custardflan]

Thanks.

[jcboutoire]

I hurt

[joeknee4767]

I think what I love most about Bonnie is that she's never "over the top" with her singing...just soulful, thoughtful and heart felt..

[SkipVanLenten]

Think I met Freebo in Manitou Springs in '79 or '80. If I'm right, we shared a few songs the night before I boarded a Greyhound for SF. If not, somebody stole his name and played a credible guitar, just the same.

[SkipVanLenten]

Think I met Freebo in Manitou Springs in '79 or '80. If I'm right, we shared a few songs the night before I boarded a Greyhound for SF. If not, somebody stole his name and played a credible guitar.

[kjmachado]

I first saw Bonnie at KCET in LA back in the early 70's..... Fell in love with her music... bought all her (records) then (tapes) then CD's..... Now there's YouTube! Thank you for posting this (one of the first) recording!

[joeknee4767]

there's no doubt...she's been there,done that

[joeknee4767]

greg, this is an insight to me ...

[lbanaszak2]

You can find it on iTunes now.

[lbanaszak2]

Makes me cry everytime.

[mrrapp1]

wow

[mamadebj]

Exquisite performance of a young Bonnie Raitt.

[TheAlysheba]

I didn't know Bonnie did this! Always loved Linda's version.. They're both incredible with this beautiful piece...

[hughmackie]

@TheAlysheba She recorded it on her early -- and for me, best -- album, "Give It Up" (1972).

[TheAlysheba]

@hughmackie Do you happen to know which album (from a long time ago) had Runaway on it and the song about a gamblin' man?

[hughmackie]

@TheAlysheba I bought only her first few albums, and my interest waned as her recordings became more "produced," in the late '70s, so I didn't know, until I consulted the allmusic.com website, that both of the songs you ask about are on her 1977 album "Sweet Forgiveness." Go to her discography on allmusic.com.

[TheAlysheba]

@hughmackie Thanks so much; I truly appreciate it. I looked on one of Bonnie's sites myself, but had no luck in finding that album... This song, and Runaway, are on a collection album...not what I was looking for.. Very few people were crazy about Bonnie then, in the mid 70's. It was all about Linda.. Both had great careers..needless to say.. Thanks, again!.

[MrCaribbean]

An amazing voice, fantastic guitar player, by a really wonderful woman :-)

[BlindMelonChick]

played twice yea, for me to nail it!.....Freebo n Bonnie!

[embhawaii]

All TIME FAVORITE ~ Thank You Thank You Thank You...

[boundsie99]

LOVE the fact you play it again very funny - just saved me the bother of clicking play again. There's another Bonnie Raitt version of this song, I downloaded it and must have played it a hundred times. Good on yer!

[MrHano2013]

Thanks for finding this .. Soo beautifull ..

[journey46]

eric kaz from your work with craig lee fuller ? thanks for the music man !

[missinglowell]

thnx for posting - this is a rare gem. she, and only she, does justice to this incredible song. linda ronstadt's 70's cover lacked the soul and "been there" heart that Bonnie always brings to it. One of a kind.

[vintagetraveltrailer]

beautiful, that just says it all.

[JeanneRousseau]

Great song! I have had some of Bonnie's albums in the mid 70s.--before she went mainstream. Unforgettable.

[swifturtle12]

Thank you so much.

[Tomaji69]

@sweetestgurl4u2luv - yeah, this is a golden "era" of music really and she still sounds sweet and soulful. Frebo is great on bass and backing vocals...he comes to Kerrville Folk Festival usually and I see him out there...lots of fun. Going there in two days for the 18 day festival of music and love and camping with nature. I will tell him of your comment along with the others... We are all together!....we are all together....

[rupprulesgouk]

Thanks for posting this video. At age 60 myself, Bonnie has sang me thru several heartaches. My brother turned me onto Bonnie in the 70s; I still have my LP copy of Bonnie's early album "Give It Up". If anything, Bonnie's voice has gotten better. Keep on keepin' on Bonnie. This hillbilly thinks you still rule.

[Bmialone]

Freebo!

[knoxunflower1]

(CHILL BUMPS!!)

[Podartha]

This is the earliest Bonnie I've ever seen. I wish more people knew about it.

She sounds as pure today as she did then.

Bonnie reigns.

[makissoflife]

This is incredible early Bonnie! : )

Thanks for posting.

[littlebibs]

Thanks so much for posting this slice of early Bonnie Raitt with Freebo. They made a great team way back in the 70's. I loved the way Bonnie changed gears from the blues, to ballads, to rock inspired to country blues to soulful funky to swampy to jazzy,

she did it all so well, still does at 60, a legendary treasure of pleasure to the heart and ears, has all these years gone bye. Can't

wait to see what Bonnie comes up with next to welcome in her 60's!! can you believe it! Oh a great tune!!

[hughmackie]

Not exactly. It was written by Libby Titus and Eric Kaz, in 1971 or so, long before Jane Monheit was born.

Nice find on the video. I remember several times seeing Bonnie, and Freebo, playing at a bar in Poughkeepsie, NY, back in the early '70s. Takes me back.

[Tomaji69]

Fixed it again!!

I researched it and there was a false credit given to Monheit (I didn't make it up)...thanks for your comment to make sure it's right.

I can't imagine anyone singing it better than Bonnie....a songwriter's dream!