Bonnie Raitt

BIOGRAPHy

Bonnie Raitt

The daughter of Broadway star John Raitt and pianist Marjorie, Bonnie Raitt grew up in LA in a family of artists. Bonnie’s six-string prowess and singing would ultimately land her a major-label deal by 1971. “Bonnie Raitt,” her debut, featured blues classics, as well as her trademark mix of R&B, rock, originals and contemporary songs by great songwriters. It displayed precocious power – chops the performer had honed in East coast coffeehouses and on the road as she’d joined the vanguard of the folk and blues revival. In 1989 came Bonnie’s breakthrough, the hugely successful “Nick of Time.” Garnering four Grammy Awards in 1990, including Best Album. It catapulted the record to #1 and soon she was off on a whole new tour, this time playing to up to 20,000 a night. With “Luck of the Draw” and its hits, “Something to Talk About” and “I Can’t Make You Love Me,” the winning streak continued. 1993’s “Longing in Their Hearts” followed with more critical and commercial success and “Road Tested,” a live tour-de-force double CD and movie, marked the culmination of a career-long dream. Raitt resurfaced in 1998 with “Fundamental.” “Silver Lining” appeared in 2002, followed by “Souls Alike” in 2005. A year later, “Bonnie Raitt and Friends” was released, featuring guest appearances from Norah Jones and Ben Harper, among others. Raitt has received ten Grammy Awards as of 2013. In 2016, Raitt came out with “Dig in Deep.” Bonnie Raitt continues to tour the world.

Career Path

1971Released her self-titled debut on Warner Bros., blending blues classics with R&B and rock, chops honed in East Coast coffeehouses and on the road during the folk and blues revival.
1989Released 'Nick of Time', produced by Don Was, which climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and won three Grammy Awards including Album of the Year at the 32nd Annual Grammy Awards, a breakthrough after nearly two decades on the road.
1991'Something to Talk About', from 'Luck of the Draw', peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, her highest-charting single, and won the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female at the 34th Annual Grammy Awards.
1994Released 'Longing in Their Hearts', which reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and earned a Grammy for Best Pop Album, extending one of the most dominant commercial runs in roots-rock history.
1995Released 'Road Tested', a double live album and concert film that fulfilled a career-long ambition to document her live show, capturing the full breadth of her catalog before a crowd.
2006'Bonnie Raitt and Friends' featured guest performances from Norah Jones and Ben Harper, extending her tradition of deep collaborations with fellow artists across generations.
2016Released 'Dig in Deep', her seventeenth studio album, reaffirming her creative vitality and earning continued critical acclaim more than four decades into her recording career.
2022Released 'Just Like That…', her eighteenth studio album, inspired by a news story about organ donation, an intimate, self-written record that became the most talked-about roots album of the year.
2023'Just Like That' won both Song of the Year and Best American Roots Song at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, an upset over Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, and Adele that drew worldwide attention to the song's quiet emotional power.
2024Received the Kennedy Center Honor, with the tribute hosted by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, recognizing more than fifty years of blues, rock, and Americana artistry.

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