Rita Coolidge

Artist:  Rita Coolidge
Born:  May 1, 1945.  Lafayette, Tennessee, USA
Genre:  Pop, Country, Soft Rock, Adult Contemporary, Country Rock, Contemporary Pop
Occupation:  Singer, Songwriter
Instruments:  Vocals, Piano

Rita Coolidge is an American Singer and Songwriter from Lafayette, Tennessee.  Her husband Kris Kristofferson.  During the 1970s and 1980s, she has the charted hits on Billboard Magazine's Pop, Country, Adult Contemporary and Jazz Charts.  She was discovered by Delaney & Bonnie, who took her to Los Angeles where, besides her work with Delaney & Bonnie, she became a popular background singer on many other people's albums.  She sang for Leon Russell, Joe Cocker, Harry Chapin, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Dave Mason, Graham Nash and Stephen Stills.  She became known as "The Delta Lady".  In 1970, she met Kris Kristofferson at Los Angeles Airport and in 1973, the two married and recorded several duet albums and earned the duo a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1974 for "From The Bottle To The Bottom", and in 1976 for "Lover Please".  Her greatest success on the pop charts came during 1977-78 with four consecutive top25 hits, remakes of Jackie Wilson's "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher", Boz Scaggs' "We're All Alone", The Temptations' "The Way You Do The Things You Do", and Marcia Hines' "You".

Title:  Safe In The Arms Of Time  (2018)
Genre:  Pop, Country, Soft Rock, Adult Contemporary, Country Rock, Contemporary Pop
Label:  Blue Elan Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Satisfied  (4:19)
 2.  Doing Fine Without You  (4:12)
 3.  Walking On Water (feat. Keb' Mo')  (3:46)
 4.  Spirit World  (4:27)
 5.  The Things We Carry  (4:27)
 6.  Naked All Night  (5:25)
 7.  Van Gogh  (4:28)
 8.  Rainbow  (3:38)
 9.  Over You  (4:25)
10. We Are Blood  (4:03)
11. You Can Fall In Love  (4:34)
12. Please Grow Old With Me  (3:31)

Personnel:

Rita Coolidge:  Vocals

The Band:

David Grissom:  Electric & Acoustic Guitars
Bob Glaub:  Bass
Brian MacLeod:  Drums, Percussion
Joh "JT" Thomas:  Piano, Keyboards

Additional Musicians:

Joey Landreth:  Vocals on Tracks: 1, 2, 5, 9, Slide Guitar on Tracks: 2, 4, 5
John McFee:  Banjo on Track 2
Cameron Stone:  Cello on Tracks:  1, 7, 12
Tim Pierce:  Guitar on Tracks: 1, 5-8, 10, 12
Stan Lynch:  Guitar, Keyboards on Track 12
Phil Madeira:  Organ on Track 3
Tom Canning:  Organ on Track 4
Peter Adams:  Organ on Track 6, Keyboards on Tracks: 8, 9, 11
Ross Hogarth:  Percussion on Tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10-12, Guitar on Tracks: 6, 10, Keyboards on Track 12
Ramon Yslas:  Percussion on Tracks: 2-4, 6-8, 10-12 
Ross Garren:  Harmonica on Track 6, Keyboards on Track 8, Pump Organ on Track 12
Sammy Tedder:  Indian Flute on Track 10
Chelsea Williams:  Background Vocals on Track 1, Vocals on Track 8
Sara Niemietz:  Background Vocals on Tracks: 1, 2, 5
Dorian Holley:  Background Vocals on Tracks: 3, 4, 10, 11
Denise Janae Green:  Background Vocals on Tracks: 3, 4, 10, 11
Brandon Winbush:  Background Vocals on Tracks: 3, 4, 10, 11
Robbie Brooks Moore:  Background Vocals on Track 6
Meg Manning:  Background Vocals on Track 6
Stephanie Bentley:  Background Vocals on Track 6
Gordon Kennedy:  Background Vocals on Track 10
Wayne Kirkpatrick: Background Vocals on Track 10
Rip Patton:  Background Vocals on Track 6


Special Guest:

Keb' Mo':  Vocals on Tracks:  3, 6, Resonator Guitar on Track 3, Guitar on Track 6

Safe In The Arms Of Time is the 2018 studio album by Rita Coolidge, released on May 4, 2018 by Blue Elan Records, featuring Keb' Mo', John McFee, Joey Landreth, Tim Pierce and many more!.