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I can't really say that I've heard anyone that sounds like Ruth, before or after
R&B great Ruth Brown dies at 78 Nov 17, 2006
It was funny to be the doyenne, with the younger generation paying tribute to me, because I'm usually in the other position
'Friends' join Bonnie Raitt on new album Aug 15, 2006
We're gonna sing this for George Bush because he's out of here, people
Analysis: Permission to speak freely? Jul 22, 2004
Fred McDowell was one of those amazing, elemental musicians that only come along once in a lifetime
Heartland -- UPI Arts & Entertainment Feb 27, 2003
I just really hope we are in agreeance that this war should go away as soon as possible
Analysis: What price free speech? Feb 25, 2003
Bonnie Lynn Raitt (born November 8, 1949) is an American blues singer-songwriter, born in Burbank, California. During the 1970s, Raitt released a series of acclaimed roots-influenced albums which incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk and country, but she is perhaps best known for her more commercially accessible recordings in the 1990s including "Nick of Time", "Something to Talk About", "Love Sneakin' Up on You", and the slow ballad "I Can't Make You Love Me". Raitt has received nine Grammy Awards in her career and is a lifelong political activist.
Raitt, the daughter of Broadway musical star John Raitt and his first wife, pianist Marjorie Haydock, began playing guitar at an early age, something few of her high school female friends did. Later she would become famous for her bottleneck-style guitar playing. "I had played a little at school and at camp", she later recalled in a July 2002 interview. The camp Raitt refers to is Camp Regis-Applejack, located in the heart of the Adirondacks.
My parents would drag me out to perform for my family, like all parents do, but it was a hobby—nothing more... I think people must wonder how a white girl like me became a blues guitarist. The truth is, I never intended to do this for a living. I grew up... in a Quaker family, and for me being Quaker was a political calling rather than a religious one.