American singer from Lafayette,Tenessee, Rita Coolidge joined in the music industry as backing vocalist for Delaney & Bonnie and Friends. After D & B she moved to L.A. and lended her voice to albums and live acts of Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker and Leon Russell. Rita Coolidge 1971 is her debut album a strong mix of folk-rock, blues, soul,country and pop backed by an all-star cast..
Rita Coolidge - vocals. Booker T Jones - organ, electric piano, piano, guitar, bass. Chris Ethridge, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Fuzzy Samuels- bass. Spooner Oldham - piano, electric piano, organ. Leon Russell - piano, organ. Clarence White - acoustic guitar, guitar. Ry Cooder - bottleneck guitar, dobro, electric sitar. Jerry McGee - guitar, dobro,e lectric sitar. Stephen Stills - acoustic guitar, guitar. Bobbye Hall Porter - tambourine, congas, bongos. Jim Horn - alto, baritone & tenor saxophone. Plas Johnson - alto & tenor saxophone. Clifford Scott,Peter Christlieb - tenor saxophone. Don Menza - alto & tenor saxophone, bass clarinet. John Kelson - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet. Dick Hyde, Ernie Tack, Jack Redmont,Lew McCreary - trombone. George Bohanon - trombone, baritone horns. Al Aarons, Charles Findley, Dalton Smith, Oliver Mitchell - trumpet, flugelhorn. Gareth Nuttycombe,Samuel Boghossian - viola. Harry Bluestone, James Getzoff, Leonard Malarskv, Ralph Schaeffer, Wilbert Nuttycombe, William Kurasch - violin. Arthur Maebe, David Duke, Vince DeRosa, Bill Hinshaw - French horn. Jerome Kessler, Jesse Ehrlich - cello. Jim Horn and his Dynamite Horn Section - horns. Priscilla Coolidge, Randy Bishop, Graham Nash, Donna Weiss, Bob Segarini, The Blackberries - backing vocals.
That man is my weakness. Second story window. Crazy love. The happy song. Seven Bridges Road. Born under a bad sign. Ain't that peculiar. (I always called them) Mountains. Mud Island. I believe in you.
