Lovable
Katie Webster
had some high-profile help for this impressive comeback album --
Bonnie Raitt
shares the vocal on
"Somebody's on Your Case"
and plays guitar on "On the Run";
Kim Wilson
duets with
Webster
for a cover of
Johnnie Taylor's
"Who's Making Love" (a track that
Robert Cray
contributes crisp guitar to). Throughout,
Webster's
vocals are throatier than they used to be (she soulfully covers one-time mentor
Otis Redding's
"Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa [Sad Song]" and "Try a Little Tenderness"), while her driving left hand still lays down some powerhouse boogie rhythms. ~ Bill Dahl