These guys are incredibly gifted in their own right, ... but over the last few years, we've grown into something much more than the sum of our parts. We got into something deep on my last album, Silver Lining, and I'm just knocked out by their ability to stretch and morph into whatever style I want to delve into.

Bonnie Raitt

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