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	Annie Raines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Annie Raines, born near Boston, Massachusetts, July 3, 1969, took up harmonica at age 17.
		While working regularly on the regional blues circuit, Annie taught harmonica and began developing her own style within the blues tradition.
		Fast becoming one of the most sought-after harmonica players in New England, she had earned a reputation for playing with energy, soulfulness and taste, but she was ready to take her musical education to a deeper level.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Annie_Raines (242 words)

	Artemis Records - Paul Rishell & Annie Raines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		While her friends were listening to Pink Floyd, Annie was enthralled by the sounds of the Muddy Waters Band, and particularly drawn to the blues harmonica playing of Little Walter Jacobs, Big Walter Horton and Sonny Boy Williamson.
		Annie began to play gigs at local Boston area clubs, and later traveled to Chicago where she met and played with Pinetop Perkins, Louis Myers, and James Cotton.
		Paul and Annie both base their ensemble playing style on close communication, listening keenly to the other players to support rather than overshadow them, and their duo work here is marked by the sensitive interplay that has become so central to their performances.
	artemisrecords.com /rishellraines_bio.aspx?idx=50&abbr=rishellraines (679 words)

	Paul Rishell and Annie Raines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Of the new self-penned songs by Rishell and Raines, "Got To Fly" fits nicely in beside the old country blues, while "Ol' Heartbreak" represents a fatter blues style with Rishell on electric and Raines on a miked harmonica, reminiscent of Little Walter.
		In each case Annie and Paul accurately capture the original blues vision, one that appears deceptively simple on the surface yet harbors the basic elements of the human condition.
		Just before I spoke with Rishell and Raines they were the subject of a chat-line call where Compuserve subscribers asked them questions about their music.
	www.worcesterphoenix.com /archive/music/97/05/23/RISHELL_RAINES.html (817 words)

	ARTISTS: Annie Raines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Annie Raines was born near Boston in 1969.
		Annie began crafting harmonica parts to blend with Paul's authentic and soulful interpretations of Delta and Piedmont classics, and Paul in turn lent support to Annie's considerable harmonica, piano, singing and songwriting skills.
		Within the band, Annie and John share the harmonica duties, highlighting the set with a sweet harp duet.
	www.hohnerusa.com /artistaraines.shtml (273 words)

	data_guide_03_03
		In finding Sarah, Jarod also provides Raines with closure when he finds the heart shaped locket Annie was wearing on the day she was abducted, in the same barn at which Sarah was being held.
		Raines and Sydney seem to be conspiring to keep Miss Parker and her team in Florida.
		Raines wanted Jarod to solve The Blue Moon serial killer case and find out for certain what happened to Annie, because she was his daughterÑher full name was Annie Raines.
	alt.tnt.tv /series/pretender/data_guide_03_03.html (402 words)

	Paul Rishell and Annie Raines - Night Eagle Cafe Artists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		While working on Swear to Tell the Truth, Paul met blues harpist extraordinaire Annie Raines, A rising star herself, Annie has shared the stage with Pinetop Perkins, James Cotton, Ronnie Earl, and John Sebastian, captivating the audiences with her astonishing harmonica work.
		Her work on the project foreshadowed things to come: Paul and Annie have continued to play together, touring as an acoustic duo as well as with a band, performing and teaching at clubs, festivals, and workshops all over the world.
		Paul Rishell and Annie Raines form an explosive blues combination, infusing their performances with the inspiration of blues tradition as well as the power of their unique musical chemistry.
	www.nighteaglecafe.org /artists/raines.html (715 words)

	Paul Rishell & Annie Raines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Raines was a wayfaring musical soul when the harmonica took over her life in 1986, at age 17.
		But Raines says it wasn't until she hooked up with Rishell about five years ago that she earned the "right to Walter-ize," as she puts it, or blow from the trick bag developed by Chicago harmonica heavies Little Walter Jacobs and Big Walter Horton.
		Both Raines and Rishell say they've drawn inspiration for I Want You To Know from Rishell's late wife, Leslie, who died of cancer last summer as they were recording.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /alt1/archive/music/reviews/12-12-96/RISHELL_RAINES.html (765 words)

	..:Stuff@Night \| Call and response with Rishell & Raines:.. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Raines: One of the things we really try to give people with all of our albums is a sense of place, and I think we’re also really trying to give ourselves that.
		We hope that with the process of making the album and being able to go out on the road, that we’ll be able to inherit that sense of place back from the people we’re giving it to just by going out to play different towns and surveying the landscape.
		Rishell: I heard Annie play with Shirley Lewis, and liked the fact that she didn’t play harmonica like 99.9 percent of the people who play harmonica play it — which is, they try to make everything sound like Chicago blues.
	www.stuffatnight.com /sound_check/documents/04186401.asp (1042 words)

	SoundStage! Paul Rishell and Annie Raines - Moving Back to the Country
		The other five tunes are written by Paul Rishell and/or Annie Raines and have a slightly more modern feel to them, a great deal of which comes from Rishell’s switch to Fender electric guitar on these tunes.
		Annie Raines fills in on mandolin and piano on several tunes, and they add a drummer and bass player on most of the songs.
		It’s nice to have performers like Paul Rishell and Annie Raines out there keeping some of these older songs alive and giving them a voice -- especially when they do it in a way that preserves the original character of the songs while giving them the best possible showcase for a newly appreciative audience.
	www.soundstage.com /music/reviews/rev231.htm (592 words)

	Welcome to Tone-Cool Records featuring the Tone-Cool Online Store (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Annie Raines was born near Boston, Massachusetts on July 3rd 1969.
		As with Paul Rishell some twenty years earlier, the blues hit Annie so hard she just had to follow, and she dropped out of college halfway through her Freshman year to become one of the first serious female blues harmonica players in the country.
		Between them Raines and Rishell cover so much instrumental territory-on this CD alone they cover the entire spectrum of electric and acoustic blues guitar styles, about five generations' worth of diatonic and chromatic harmonica techniques, mandolin, piano, organ, and zither-that they constitute a blues orchestra on four legs.
	www.tonecool.com /artists/paulannie.html (1211 words)

	Rishell/Raines
		Paul and Annie dynamic musical interplay was captured on their first totally collaborative CD on Tone-Cool; "I Want You To Know" (1996).
		As members of John Sebastian's J Band, Paul and Annie can also be heard on the J Band's 1996 release, I Want My Roots (Music Masters/BMG) and on their 1999 CD on Hollywood Records, "Chasin' Gus' Ghost", which also features Geoff Muldaur and Jimmy Vivino.
		Paul Rishell and Annie Raines form an explosive blues combination, infusing their musical performances with the inspiration of blues tradition as well as the power of their unique musical chemistry.
	www.wordofmouthproductions.org /RishellRaines.htm (716 words)

	Review: Paul Rishell And Annie Raines, "I Want You To Know" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		I was not yet through my first listening when I found myself in the grip of a sweet affliction, that musical condition when one listens exclusively and obsessively to a song or album, unable, apparently, to satisfy the appetite for it.
		Like "Swear To Tell The Truth," the previous album on Tone-Cool/Rounder by Paul and Annie, this is a mixture of accoustic and electric blues (with Ronnie Earl in a supporting role); unlike the earlier one this one includes three electric duets (a minimalist electric blues band), and three songs that feature Little Annie on vocals.
		Annie's sound is perfect -- her tone is perfect, her idioms for the genre are absolutely true, and her execution can only be called flawless.
	www.people.fas.harvard.edu /~sawyer/iwantyoutoknow.html (635 words)

	Blues4u Modern Artists - Paul Rishell & Annie Raines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Born in the Boston area in 1969, Annie had been fascinated with the Chicago Blues sounds of Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson and Big Walter Horton, since learning to play the harmonica in high school.
		By the time she joined Rishell in the studio to record "Swear to Tell the Truth" in 1993 she was one of the most in demand players on the Boston Scene.
		Although their first musical common ground was based on the Chicago/Texas Blues sound, their unique ability to breathe new life into pre-war acoustic blues standards has earned them a well deserved reputation as one of the premier purveyor of acoustic blues and most entertaining acts on the circuit today.
	www.allblues4u.com /artists/rishellraines.htm (428 words)

	Richard Hunter/harmonica: Annie Raines Favorites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Annie Raines is a young blues harmonica player whose initial training was with Jerry Portnoy (of Muddy Waters and Eric Clapton's bands).
		To my ears, Annie's best work is done with a Chicago-style amped setup, where her subtle tone changes and ability to work the mic and amp are projected with lots of style and authority.
		Annie's answers are below, and we note in particular her very detailed comments on the differences between Green Bullet and Astatic mics (a subject of great interest to many blues players), as well as her favorite records, a virtual catalog of blues must-haves.
	www.hunterharp.com /araines1.html (957 words)

	Tone-Cool Records - Official Store: Paul Rishell and Annie Raines Department (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Annie’s versatility and skill are showcased as she adds diatonic and chromatic harmonica, Hammond organ, piano, mandolin, Hawaiian Mandolin Harp, and vocal harmonies to the mix.
		The live songs boil Paul and Annie down to their essentials: the achingly slow, soulful, acoustic gospel of “Some of These Days,” followed by the jaw-dropping “Lookin’ Good,” their fiery, driving electric guitar and harmonica show-stopper that leaves the crowd roaring for more.
		When I was first approached to write the liner notes for Paul and Annie's new CD I jumped at the chance because I had liked "I Want You To Know," their previous one, so much.
	stores.musictoday.com /store/dept.asp?dept_id=1922&band_id=556&sfid=2 (552 words)

	Artemis Records - Paul Rishell & Annie Raines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Tone-cool/Artemis country-blues duo Paul Rishell and Annie Raines’ third release Goin' Home is in stores album.
		The album is a musical journey that embarks on a road filled with ragtime melodies and Piedmont styling gospel, jug band rhythms, Texas blues, and Chicago funk (both South and West sides).
		At about this time Annie Raines was just across town, working her way through kindergarten.
	www.artemisrecords.com /rishellraines_bio.aspx?idx=50&abbr=rishellraines (727 words)

	FAME Review: I Want You To Know: Paul Rishell & Annie Raines
		Five cuts are Rishell/Raines (or Raines/Rishell) compositions and two are trad/arranged by R/R. The remaining nine are cuts by well known blues artists from the thirties to the sixties, from such frequently covered tunes as Big Bill Broonzy's "Key to the Highway" to lesser known ones by Barbecue Bob and Peg Leg Howell.
		Raines' harp work garners a holler of appreciation from somebody in the studio when she pulls off a chromatic walkdown at the end of one turnaround on "I Want You To Know."
		Raines does the vocals and the harp is again Chicago style.
	www.acousticmusic.com /fame/p00403.htm (583 words)

	Raines Family History and Genealogy
		Dennis Raines provided the information on the descendants of William Henderson Raines, a copy of pages from the bible of W. Raines and photos of the Raines Cemetery in Humbolt, Crockett Co. TN.
		Further information on the children of Abel Raines' first marriage was by Linda Kaldowski who is descended from John M Raines, the youngest of this family who was in the migration to Texas.
		Chadwick Raines sent the descendants of his grandfather, George William Raines and photos of his grandfather and sons and a photo of his father.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Meadows/3150/raines.html (1119 words)

	Live & On Record \| PAUL RISHELL AND ANNIE RAINES
		When the Blues Foundation’s members convene to nominate the best albums and artists of the genre next year, the Cambridge-based duo Paul Rishell and Annie Raines are a shoo-in.
		They opened as a duo, with Raines pulling full, rich tones from both standard and chromatic harmonicas and Rishell hunched over his resonator guitar plucking out angelic chords and melodies.
		And Raines doubled on mandolin for the Phillips number, adding her own bright, ringing lines.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /boston/music/live/documents/04220700.asp (361 words)

	Valley Advocate: Exploring Country Blues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Paul Rishell and Annie Raines: an intuitive and well-researched blues partnership.
		The blues muse struck Raines during her high school years in the mid-1980s.
		In 1992, at the suggestion of Rishell's wife, he teamed with Raines' acoustic harmonica and unwittingly began the transfer of intimate lessons to a willing student.
	www.valleyadvocate.com /gbase/Music/content?oid=oid:97685 (841 words)

	The Winchester Star (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Rishell and Raines have won three W.C. Handy awards from the Blues Foundation, the “equivalent of the Grammys,” Raines noted during a recent telephone interview from her home in Cambridge.
		And, Raines added, the audience will see that Rishell is “one of the best singers playing this kind of music.
		Raines adds her voice to the vocals and plays guitar, harmonica, mandolin, and “piano, if there’s one available.”
	www.winchesterstar.com /TheWinchesterStar/051014/Life_barn.asp (354 words)

	Paul Rishell and Annie Raines at Towne Crier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		While he's internationally recognized as a keeper of the country blues flame, his mastery of the electric guitar is impressive.
		Annie Raines took up harmonica in high school and dropped out of college to pursue a music career.
		Annie has been hailed as one of today's top blues harpists with her authentic style and soulful approach.
	www.townecrier.com /acts/rishell.htm (404 words)

	Paul Rishell & Annie Raines Appear in Santa Barbara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Rishell and Raines tour widely and have released multiple lauded albums, included 2004's "Goin' Home," recipient of 2 Handy Award nominations for Acoustic Blues Artist of the year and Acoustic Blues Album of the Year.
		As he was gaining fame, Annie Raines across town in Boston succumbed to the magic sounds of harmonica greats Little WalterJacobs, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Big Walter Horton.
		She became a star in the Boston area, played with Pinetop Perkins and James Cotton, and in the 90s joined forces with Rishell.
	www.sbblues.org /showpromos/050813RishellRaines (183 words)

	Paul Rishell & Annie Raines \| Outpost Performance Space
		Country blues guitarist and singer, Paul Rishell is a master of the intricate and rhythmic fingerpicking styles of Blind Blake, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Robert Johnson." Annie Raines, acclaimed as the world's best female harmonica player, also plays mandolin and piano and writes her own songs.
		Blues harpist James Cotton dubbed her "James Cotton Junior." Working as a team for 13 years, Raines and Rishell have released 3 CDs together incluing Moving to the Country, for which they won the W.C. Handy Award for "Acoustic Blues Album of the Year." Their latest CD is Goin' Home.
		Paul Rishell and Annie Raines will also perform in Silver City at the Silver City Blues Festival, Sunday, May 28 mimbresarts.org or 1-888-758-7289 for information.
	www.outpostspace.org /node/112 (244 words)

	Freight and Salvage: Paul Rishell & Annie Raines
		The spirits of Son House and Robert Johnson will surely be on hand, invoked by the tremendous talent and passion of country blues guitar and harmonica duo Paul Rishell & Annie Raines.
		Genuine followers of the old masters, the two play straight to the heart of the music, letting the grit and soul of country blues speak out.
		With her authentic tone and soulful style, Annie is one of today's top blues harpists Together, they are simply explosiveótheir latest album, Moving to the Country (Tone-Cool), won the 2000 W.C. Handy Award (the blues equivalent of a Grammy) for Acoustic Blues Album of the Year.
	www.thefreight.org /2002/august/info_07.html (161 words)

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