“Slow Turning” by John Hiatt

"Slow Turning" is the title track of John Hiatt's ninth album, released on A&M in 1988, and it did something none of his other songs managed: it gave him his only significant radio hit. Hiatt wrote it alone, words and music, and Glyn Johns produced. The band backing him across the album is the Goners, even though the cover never gives them a credit.

The single got a second wind on the big screen in 2002, when it turned up in The Rookie, the drama starring Dennis Quaid. The record around it proved a deep well for other singers, too: Buddy Guy and Aaron Neville both took on "Feels Like Rain", and Emmylou Harris covered "Icy Blue Heart".

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