Bonnie Raitt, the American blues singer with decades of experience in the industry wins the Song of The Year Category in the 2023 65th Annual Grammy Awards. She won the tile with her song Just Like That.
The other nominations for the category were Break My Soul by Beyoncé, Easy on Me by Adele, All Too Well by Taylor Swift, As It Was by Harry Styles, abcdefu by Gayle, About Damn Time by Lizzo, The Heart Part 5 by Kendrick Lamar, and God Did by DJ Khaled. Bonnie Raitt received the award from Jill Biden, the First Lady of the United States of America.
In her award acceptance speech, she said that she was inspired by the song by the incredible story of the love and the grace and generosity of someone who donating their loved one’s organs to save the life of another individual.
She continued that the story was so simple and so beautiful for the times and people have been responding to the song partly because of the love that everyone has for John Prine and that was the inspiration for the music of the song, that was the art of telling a story from inside.
Bonnie Raitt has two other wins in the Grammys in the categories of Best Americana Roots Song, and Best Americana Performance. She was also nominated for the category of Best Americana Album.
Bonnie Raitt: Bio And Age
Bonnie Raitt is a musician from America best known for the roles of singer and guitarist from America. She is specialized in the musical genre of Blues.
She performs in other genres as well such as country, folk, rock, folk rock, blues rock, roots rock, and Americana. She is also noted as a writer of songs.
She is best known for her song I Can’t Make You Love Me which was released in 1991. Bonnie Raitt has won a record number of 10 Grammy Awards in her lifetime. Born in 1949, Bonnie Raitt is 73 years old now.
Bonnie Raitt: Early Life And Background
Bonnie Raitt was born in Burbank, California to her father John Raitt, and to her mother, Marge Goddard. Her father was an acting artist in musical productions and her mother was a pianist. Her full name is Bonnie Lynn Raitt.
She has two brothers Steve Raitt, and David Raitt with whom she grew up. She is of Scottish descent.
Bonnie Raitt: Career
Raitt began her career on stage with her brother David Raitt by playing in stand-up bass. Her first commercial breakthrough was her sixth album Sweet Forgiveness in 1977.
Bonnie is one of the few artists to have the contralto vocal range, which is the lowest voice type that a female singer can have. Her voice is popularly regarded as textured.
Bonnie Raitt has the American record labels of Warner Bros and Capitol. She has the English record label of Proper. Another record label possessed by her is Redwing.
Bonnie Raitt: Discography
Bonnie Raitt released her first album in 1971 in her own name, Bonnie Raitt.
For the following four consecutive years, she released an album each. Give It Up in 1972, Takin’ My Time in 1973, Streetlights in 1974, and Home Plate in 1975. Two years later in 1977, she released her sixth album under the title of Sweet Forgiveness.
In 1979 she released The Glow, Green Light in 1982, Nine Lives in 1986, Nick Of Time in 1989, Luck of the Draw in 1991, Longing In Their Hearts in 1994, Fundamental in 1998, Silver Lining in 2002, Souls Alike in 2005, Slipstream in 2012, Dig In Deep in 2016 and Just Like That in 2022.
Her songs from her albums are Bluebird, Mighty Tight Woman, Thank You, Finest Lovin’ Man, Any Day Woman, Big Road, Walking Blue, Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead, Since I Fell for You, I Ain’t Blue, and Women Be Wise in Bonnie Raitt.
Too Long at the Fair, Give It Up or Let Me Go, I Know, If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody, Love Me Like a Man, Under the Falling Sky, Nothing Seems to Matter, You Got to Know How, You Told Me Baby, and Love Has No Pride in Give It Up.
Cry Like a Rainstorm, You’ve Been in Love Too Long, Let Me In, Everybody’s Cryin’ Mercy, Wah She Go Do, I Feel the Same, I Thought I Was a Child, I Gave My Love a Candle, Write Me a Few of Your Lines/Kokomo Blues, and Guilty in Takin’ My Time.
Rainy Day Man, That Song About the Midway, Angel from Montgomery, Streetlights, What Is Success, Ain’t Nobody Home, Everything That Touches You, I Got Plenty, Got You on My Mind, and You Got to Be Ready for Love (If You Wanna Be Mine) in Streetlights.
What Do You Want the Boy to Do?, Good Enough, Run Like a Thief, Fool Yourself, My First Night Alone Without You, Walk Out the Front Door, Sugar Mama, Pleasin’ Each Other, I’m Blowin’ Away, and Your Sweet and Shiny Eyes in Home Plate.
About to Make Me Leave Home, Runaway, Two Lives, Louise, Gamblin’ Man, Sweet Forgiveness, My Opening Farewell, Three Time Loser, Takin’ My Time, and Home in Sweet Forgiveness.
I Thank You, Your Good Thing (Is About to End), Standin’ by the Same Old Love, Sleep’s Dark and Silent Gate, The Glow, Bye Bye Baby, The Boy Can’t Help It, (I Could Have Been Your) Best Old Friend, You’re Gonna Get What’s Coming, and (Goin’) Wild for You Baby in The Glow.
River of Tears, Keep This Heart in Mind, Can’t Get Enough, Let’s Keep It Between Us, Willya Wontcha, Me and the Boys, Baby Come Back, I Can’t Help Myself Talk to Me, and Green Lights in Green Light.
Excited, No Way to Treat a Lady, Runnin’ Back to Me, Who but a Fool (Thief Into Paradise), All Day, All Night, Crime of Passion, Stand Up to the Night, Freezin’ (For a Little Human Love), True Love Is Hard to Find and Angel in Nine Lives.
Her last album was released in 2022 with the title Just Like That… The tracks in the album are Something’s Got a Hold of My Heart, Made Up Mind, Livin’ for the Ones, Just Like That, When We Say Goodnight, Blame It on Me, Waitin’ for You to Blow, Love So Strong, Here Comes Love, and Down the Hall.
Bonnie Raitt: Personal Life
Raitt was previously married to Michael O’Keefe, an American actor. She divorced the marriage after nine years of togetherness. Bonnie Raitt has given deep priority to her relations and family which made her take multiple sabbaticals from her career when she lost her near ones.
Bonnie Raitt: Alcoholism, Drug Usage, And Recovery
Bonnie Raitt was a user of alcohol and drugs in her young years. She overcame it with psychotherapy.
She has stated that she took inspiration from other musicians such as Stevie Ray Vaughan to quit alcoholism and learned that musicians can produce quality content without the influence of substance drugs.
Bonnie Raitt: In Activism
Raitt has dedicated her album, Give It Up to the people of North Vietnam. She has cared for the causes of tsunamis, and environmental conservation. She supports the anti-nuclear movement.
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Bonnie Raitt: Awards And Honors
Bonnie Raitt has won 10 Grammy Awards and is honored with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Raitt, in 2000, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2012 she won the Americana Music Honors and Awards in the category of Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance. Further, in 2016 she was nominated for the Artist of the Year award by the same award group.
Bonnie Raitt is recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Guitar Museum, an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music, and the People’s Voice Award from the Folk Alliance International Awards in that recognized her contributions to activism.
She was awarded the Harvard Arts Medal in 1997, Icon Award at the Billboard Women in Music Awards in 2022.
Bonnie Raitt: Net Worth
As of the latest data, Bonnie Raitt is calculated to have an estimated net worth of 12 million US Dollars.
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