Find Bonnie Raitt discography, albums and singles on AllMusic AllMusic. The DVD was released by Capitol Records on August 15. Grebb had played on some of their albums.[31]. "I said it wasn't really fair," recalled Raitt. Her second album, Give It Up, was released in 1972 to positive reviews. [42] Raitt is part of the No Nukes group, which opposes the expansion of nuclear power. Bonnie Raitt Home Tour News Images Music Activism Bio Social Store. Featured New Releases ... Blues-rock slide guitarist with a bewitching, heartfelt voice who built a cult following befored rocketing to pop stardom with 1989's Nick of Time. Bonnie Raitt is considered one of the greatest female rock stars and best singer/songwriters of all time. I'd grow my hair real long so I looked like a beatnik. She later credited Stevie Ray Vaughan for his help in a Minnesota State Fair concert[20] the night after Vaughan's 1990 death. Produit par Michael Cuscuna. In February 2016, Raitt released her seventeenth studio album Dig in Deep. I just sat in my room and played my guitar" said Raitt. During the 1970s, Raitt released a series of roots-influenced albums that incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk and country. For her next studio album, Raitt hired Mitchell Froom and Tchad Blake as her producers. 1:00pm - 5:00pm Discover releases, reviews, credits, songs, and more about Bonnie Raitt - Fundamental at Discogs. Listen Now Buy song $0.89. Daughter of John Raitt.She was married to Michael O'Keefe (divorced). [10] At first, Raitt played the piano, but was intimidated by her mother's talent. [3] Australian country music artist Graeme Connors has said, "Bonnie Raitt does something with a lyric no one else can do; she bends it and twists it right into your heart. She is also a songwriter, musician, and activist. For her next record, 1982's Green Light, Raitt made a conscious attempt to revisit the sound of her earlier records. After working with Was on the Stay Awake album, Raitt's management, Gold Mountain, approached numerous labels about a new record deal and found interest from Capitol Records. Whether it’s an original or a song she has adopted and made her own, Bonnie Raitt’s ability to realize a lush soundscape out of … lang and Jennifer Warnes as female background vocalists for Roy Orbison's television special, Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night. The song was written as a duet with Bryan Adams and Bonnie Raitt for her Road Tested tour, which also became one of her albums. Bonnie Raitt embodies how far Blues music has come in a century. Read about Write Me A Few Of Your Lines / Kokomo Blues (Remastered Album Release) by Bonnie Raitt and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. She was a founding member of Musicians United for Safe Energy in 1979 and a catalyst for the larger anti-nuclear movement, becoming involved with groups like the Abalone Alliance and Alliance for Survival. [29] In 2013, she appeared on Foy Vance's album Joy of Nothing. Recast as a heavy rhythm and blues recording based on a rhythmic groove inspired by Al Green, Raitt's version of "Runaway" was disparaged by many critics. "There was this big Columbia–Warner war going on at the time", recalled Raitt in a 1990 interview. The astounding thing about Bonnie Raitt's blues album isn't that it's the work of a preternaturally gifted blues woman, it's that Raitt doesn't choose to stick to the blues. With 'Dig In Deep', her twentieth album, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bonnie Raitt comes out swinging. [15] She was the lead singer in a campus music group called the "Revolutionary Music Collective" founded by songwriter Bob Telson which played for striking Harvard students during the Student strike of 1970. Raitt worked with Reverb, a non-profit environmental organization, for her 2005 fall/winter and 2006 spring/summer/fall tours. Bonnie Raitt - Women Be Wise; Toon meer Toon minder. Scouts from major record companies were soon attending her shows to watch her play. Members. Te bestellen bij Sounds Delft. After debuting in '71, it took years for Bonnie Raitt to gain mass acclaim. Amazon iTunes Bonnie's Store. In 1994 at the urging of Dick Waterman, Raitt funded the replacement of a headstone for one of her mentors, blues guitarist Fred McDowell through the Mt. Best Bonnie Raitt Songs: 20 Bluesy Classics. At the Stockholm Jazz Festival in July 2004, Raitt dedicated a classic to sitting (and later re-elected) U.S. President George W. Bush. [5] Her mother, Marge Goddard (née Haydock), was a pianist, while her father, John Raitt, was an actor in musical productions such as Oklahoma! Bonnie Raitt is considered one of the greatest female rock stars and best singer/songwriters of all time. In the summer of 1970, she played with her brother David on stand-up bass with Mississippi Fred McDowell at the Philly Folk Festival as well as opening for John Hammond at the Gaslight Cafe in New York, she was seen by a reporter from Newsweek, who began to spread the word about her performance. Productspecificaties. Read Full Biography. Souls Alike was released in September 2005. Bonnie Raitt - I Ain't Blue; 11. During this time, Raitt considered signing with the Prince-owned Paisley Park Records, but they could not come to an agreement and negotiations fell through. She reported that a "full recovery" is expected and that she planned to resume touring with already-scheduled dates in June 2018. Children (12 and under with an adult): Free. The following two albums, Luck of the Draw (1991) and Longing in Their Hearts (1994), were multimillion sellers, generating several hit singles, including "Something to Talk About", "Love Sneakin' Up On You", and the ballad "I Can't Make You Love Me" (with Bruce Hornsby on piano). Zoooooo wat een plaat! [6] Raitt is of Scottish ancestry; her ancestors constructed Rait Castle near Nairn. From the Vault: Listen to Bonnie's induction [26][27], In February 2012, Raitt performed a duet with Alicia Keys at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards in 2012 honoring Etta James. She performed two blues songs with Keb' Mo': "No Getting Over You" and "There Ain't Nothin' in Ramblin'". She's decided to blend her love of classic folk blues with folk music, including new folk-rock tunes, along with a slight R&B, New Orleans, and jazz bent and a mellow Californian vibe. The album charted at number 11 on the US Billboard 200 chart[32] and received favorable reviews. This became the basis for a signature model in 1996. Produced by Willie Murphy. At the same time, Raitt received a fourth Grammy Award for her duet "I'm in the Mood" with John Lee Hooker on his album The Healer. Members. Silver Lining was released in 2002. In 1983, Raitt was finishing work on her follow-up album, Tongue and Groove. Also in 1987, Raitt organized a benefit in Los Angeles for Countdown '87 to Stop Contra Aid. The New Album Dig In Deep Available Now! Read reviews and press about the new album & tour. Her contributions to the blues have also included assisting artists in royalty recovery as co-founder of the Rhythm & Blues Foundation, helping to fund headstones and memorials, and quietly, sometimes anonymously, donating money to blues singers in need. Best Bonnie Raitt Songs: 20 Bluesy Classics. Raitt's political involvement goes back to the early 1970s. Tenminste, als je iets anders zoekt dan gillende harmonica’s en jankende gitaren (waar op zich niets mis mee is natuurlijk) want dan moet je snel naar het volgende item klikken. "James Taylor had just left Warner Bros. and made a big album for Columbia...And then, Warner signed Paul Simon away from Columbia, and they didn't want me to have a hit record for Columbia – no matter what! Raitt’s highest level of commercial success came in the 1989 with the album Nick of Time and in the 1990s with Luck of the Draw and Longing in Their Hearts. New Releases. Her honesty, her warmth, her been-there, felt-that songs seem to be ripped from the pages of our own diaries. [30], On May 30, 2015, Leon Russell, Bonnie Raitt and Ivan Neville gave a performance at The Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, California to raise cash for Marty Grebb who was battling cancer. By this point, Raitt was already experimenting with different producers and different styles, and she began to adopt a more mainstream sound that continued through 1975's Home Plate. Raitt had met Was through Hal Wilner, who was putting together Stay Awake, a tribute album to Disney music for A&M. [40] Singer and guitarist David Crosby has said that Raitt is his favorite singer of all time.[41]. [33] The album features the single "Gypsy in Me" as well as a cover of the INXS song "Need You Tonight". Her work with Froom and Blake was released on Fundamental in 1998. Bonnie Raitt Home Tour News Images Music Activism Bio Social Store. With 'Dig In Deep', her twentieth album, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bonnie Raitt comes out swinging. In late 1987, Raitt joined singers k.d. 1973's Takin' My Time was also met with critical acclaim, but these notices were not matched by the sales. Nick of Time was also the first of many of her recordings to feature her longtime rhythm section of Ricky Fataar and James "Hutch" Hutchinson (although previously Fataar had played on her Green Light album and Hutchinson had worked on Nine Lives), both of whom continue to record and tour with her.