{"id":7835,"date":"2021-07-18T15:30:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T13:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=7835"},"modified":"2021-08-29T19:41:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T17:41:30","slug":"episode-98-john-raitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/18\/episode-98-john-raitt\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 98. John Raitt"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\" data-hover-intent-timeout=\"300\" data-hover-intent-interval=\"100\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 98.  John Raitt<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=373-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>SOCIAL SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button alignright\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/\">SUBSCRIBE VIA YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLATFORM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Handsome-John.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7926\" width=\"456\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Handsome-John.jpg 378w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Handsome-John-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today I feature as part of my summer series on Great Baritones, one of the greatest Broadway baritones of all time, John Raitt (1917-2005). Wait: did I say <em>one of the greatest<\/em>? Make that <em>possibly the greatest<\/em>. Along with Alfred Drake and a handful of others, John Raitt completely redefined the Broadway leading man: strapping, robust, virile, handsome, with an operatic caliber voice and splendid acting chops to match. His creation of the role of Billy Bigelow in Rodgers and Hammerstein\u2019s <em>magnum opus<\/em>, <em>Carousel<\/em>, turned a deeply problematic character into a sympathetic one. In this episode we hear excerpts from this role, as well as some of Raitt\u2019s other hits (and non-hits), both on\u2014and away from\u2014Broadway: <em>The Pajama Game<\/em>, <em>Oklahoma!<\/em>, <em>Annie Get Your Gun<\/em>, <em>Three Wishes for Jamie<\/em>, <em>Show Boat<\/em>, and others, as well as a bit of opera! I also feature tracks from four of his solo records, recorded and released between 1955 and 1970, which include Neopolitan songs, folk songs, and pure late 60s pop as well as Broadway standards not normally associated with him. Some of his duet partners include Barbara Cook, Rosemary Clooney, Florence Henderson, Doretta Morrow, Anne Jeffreys, as well as his daughter Bonnie, herself one of the great blues singers and guitarists of the late 20th century. We also hear Bonnie\u2019s deeply personal song \u201cCircle Dance,\u201d which concerns their sometimes fraught\u2014but eventually fully reconciled\u2014relationship. Was he really a baritone, was he a tenor masquerading as a baritone, or was he a true \u201cbaritenor\u201d? I consider all these possibilities but leave it to my listeners to draw their own conclusions. No matter how you assess John Raitt\u2019s voice, in the end, it sustained him through a career that lasted seven decades; it is a thrill to present him to my listeners in his full baritenorial splendor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-Street-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7931\" width=\"443\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-Street-1.jpg 353w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-Street-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"899\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Early-Billy-Bigelow-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Early-Billy-Bigelow-1.jpg 710w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Early-Billy-Bigelow-1-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II: If I Loved You (<em>Carousel<\/em>). John Raitt, Doretta Morrow, Orchestra conducted by Jay Blackton [1953]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"824\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Doretta-Morrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Doretta-Morrow.jpg 824w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Doretta-Morrow-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Doretta-Morrow-768x501.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><figcaption>Doretta Morrow<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"981\" height=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Barbiere.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Barbiere.png 981w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Barbiere-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Barbiere-768x527.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 981px) 100vw, 981px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Gioacchino Rossini, unknown English lyricist: Largo al factotum (<em>Il barbiere di Siviglia<\/em>) [in English, unknown lyricist]. John Raitt [Unknown television show 1950s]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"538\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-Fringy-Leather-538x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-Fringy-Leather-538x1024.jpg 538w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-Fringy-Leather-158x300.jpg 158w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-Fringy-Leather.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II: The Surrey with the Fringe on the Top (<em>Oklahoma!<\/em>) John Raitt, Orchestra conducted by Jay Blackton [1953]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Oklahoma-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Oklahoma-Cover.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Oklahoma-Cover-296x300.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II: People Will Say We\u2019re in Love (<em>Oklahoma!<\/em>) John Raitt, Florence Henderson, Orchestra conducted by Franz Allers [1964]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-Clayton2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7900\" width=\"487\" height=\"617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-Clayton2.jpg 355w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-Clayton2-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><figcaption>Jan Clayton and John Raitt in the original Broadway production of <em>Carousel<\/em>, 1945<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II: Soliloquy (<em>Carousel<\/em>). John Raitt, Orchestra conducted by George Bassman [from <em>Highlights of Broadway<\/em>,1955]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1965-Carousel-LP-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1965-Carousel-LP-cover.jpg 598w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1965-Carousel-LP-cover-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1965-Carousel-LP-cover-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II: The Highest Judge of All. John Raitt, Orchestra conducted by Fritz Allers [Lincoln Center revival, 1965]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Three-Wishes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7902\" width=\"555\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Three-Wishes.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Three-Wishes-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Three-Wishes-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ralph Blane: My Heart\u2019s Darlin\u2019 (<em>Three Wishes for Jamie<\/em>). John Raitt, Anne Jeffreys, Orchestra conducted by Joseph Littau [1952]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Anne-Jeffreys-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Anne-Jeffreys-1.jpg 469w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Anne-Jeffreys-1-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><figcaption>Anne Jeffreys<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-and-Paige-in-The-Pajama-Game.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-and-Paige-in-The-Pajama-Game.jpg 526w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-and-Paige-in-The-Pajama-Game-264x300.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><figcaption>John Raitt and Janis Paige onstage in <em>The Pajama Game<\/em>, 1954<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Adler, Jerry Ross: A New Town Is a Blue Town (<em>The Pajama Game<\/em>). John Raitt, Orchestra conducted by Harold Hastings [1954]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Embracing-PJs.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7903\" width=\"548\" height=\"685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Embracing-PJs.jpg 431w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Embracing-PJs-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><figcaption>Doris Day and John Raitt in a publicity still for the film version of <em>The Pajama Game<\/em>, 1957<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"721\" height=\"886\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-Clooney-Hey-There.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-Clooney-Hey-There.jpg 721w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-Clooney-Hey-There-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Adler, Jerry Ross: Hey There (<em>The Pajama Game<\/em>). John Raitt, Rosemary Clooney [from <em>The Lux Show<\/em>, first aired 05 June 1958]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Highlights-of-Broadway.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7905\" width=\"555\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Highlights-of-Broadway.jpg 475w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Highlights-of-Broadway-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Wright, George Forrest, after Alexander Borodin: Stranger in Paradise (<em>Kismet<\/em>). John Raitt, Orchestra conducted by George Bassman [from <em>Highlights of Broadway<\/em>,1955]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"353\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-and-Marian-Anderson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-and-Marian-Anderson.jpg 353w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-and-Marian-Anderson-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/><figcaption>With Marian Anderson at the Kennedy Center Honors, 1978<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Burton Lane, Yip Harburg: How Are Things in Glocca Morra (<em>Finian\u2019s Rainbow<\/em>). John Raitt, Orchestra conducted by George Bassman [from <em>Highlights of Broadway<\/em>,1955]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Under-Open-Skies.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Under-Open-Skies.jpg 578w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Under-Open-Skies-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Under-Open-Skies-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner: They Call the Wind Maria (<em>Paint Your Wagon<\/em>). John Raitt, Orchestra and chorus conducted by Pete King [from <em>Under Open Skies<\/em>,1958]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/John-Full-Figure.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/John-Full-Figure.jpg 320w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/John-Full-Figure-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Maurice Keller, Sail Ho! John Raitt, Orchestra and chorus conducted by Pete King [from <em>Under Open Skies<\/em>,1958]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"826\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-Autograph.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-Autograph.jpg 826w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-Autograph-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-Autograph-768x952.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional, arr. C. Dudley King: Loch Lomond. 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John Raitt, Orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser [from <em>Mediterranean Magic<\/em>, 1958]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-Studly.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7916\" width=\"280\" height=\"430\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ernesto de Curtis, English lyrics by Kalmanoff, Hoffman: Torna a Surriento [Hold Me in Your Heart]. John Raitt, Orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser [from <em>Mediterranean Magic<\/em>, 1958]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-in-68.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-in-68.jpg 472w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-in-68-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ruggero Leoncavallo, English words by Pat Genaro, Sunny Skyler: Mattinata [You\u2019re Breaking My Heart]. John Raitt, Orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser [from <em>Mediterranean Magic<\/em>, 1958]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/The-Giant.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/The-Giant.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/The-Giant-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/The-Giant-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Otis Redding: Dock of the Bay; Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II: Old Man River (Show Boat). John Raitt, arranged and conducted by Joe Guercio and Bill Reddie [from <em>Today<\/em>, 1969 \/ <em>The Giant<\/em>, 1970]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"462\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/John-as-Frank.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/John-as-Frank.png 462w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/John-as-Frank-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Irving Berlin: An Old-Fashioned Wedding (<em>Annie Get Your Gun<\/em>). John Raitt, Karen Morrow [live from the Melody Top in Milwaukee, Summer 1975]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"807\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Karen-Morrow-807x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Karen-Morrow-807x1024.jpg 807w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Karen-Morrow-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Karen-Morrow-768x974.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Karen-Morrow.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/><figcaption>Karen Morrow<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bonnie-Longing.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7909\" width=\"597\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bonnie-Longing.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bonnie-Longing-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bonnie-Longing-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bonnie Raitt: Circle Dance [from Longing in Their Hearts 1994]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/John-and-Bonnie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7910\" width=\"449\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/John-and-Bonnie.jpg 332w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/John-and-Bonnie-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Irving Berlin: They Say It\u2019s Wonderful (<em>Annie Get Your Gun<\/em>). Bonnie Raitt, John Raitt [Recording session for <em>Broadway Legend<\/em>, ca. 1994]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-Cook-Allers-Warfield.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7914\" width=\"631\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-Cook-Allers-Warfield.jpg 560w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-Cook-Allers-Warfield-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><figcaption>John Raitt, Barbara Cook, Franz Allers, and William Warfield at the 1962 <em>Show Boat<\/em> recording sessions<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II: You Are Love (<em>Show Boat<\/em>). John Raitt, Barbara Cook, Orchestra conducted by Franz Allers [1962]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-Striped-Background.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-Striped-Background.jpg 602w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Raitt-Striped-Background-284x300.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 98. John Raitt SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today I feature as part of my summer series on Great 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