Editing Bonnie Raitt

{{Short description|American musician (born 1949)}}
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{{Not to be confused|Bonnie Wright}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| birth_name        = Bonnie Lynn Raitt
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| birth_place       = [[Burbank, California]], U.S.
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* [[Blues]]
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* [[Country music|country]]
* [[Rock music|rock]]
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| occupation        = {{hlist|Singer|musician|songwriter}}
| years_active      = 1971–present
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* [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
* [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
* Redwing
* [[Proper Records|Proper]]
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'''Bonnie Lynn Raitt''' ({{IPAc-en|r|eɪ|t}};<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/nls/about/organization/standards-guidelines/qrst/#r|title=Say How: R|publisher=National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled|access-date=December 31, 2020}}</ref> born November 8, 1949) is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. In 1971, Raitt released her [[Bonnie Raitt (album)|self-titled debut album]]. Following this, she released a series of critically acclaimed [[Americana (music)|roots]]-influenced albums that incorporated elements of [[blues]], [[rock music|rock]], [[Folk music|folk]], and [[Country music|country]]. She was also a frequent session player and collaborator with other artists, including [[Warren Zevon]], [[Little Feat]], [[Jackson Browne]], [[the Pointer Sisters]], [[John Prine]], and [[Leon Russell]].

In 1989, after several years of limited commercial success, she had a major hit with her tenth studio album,  ''[[Nick of Time (album)|Nick of Time]]'', which included the song "[[Nick of Time (song)|Nick of Time]]". The album reached number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart, and won the [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year]]. It has since been selected by the [[Library of Congress]] for preservation in the United States [[National Recording Registry]]. Her following two albums, ''[[Luck of the Draw (album)|Luck of the Draw]]'' (1991) and ''[[Longing in Their Hearts]]'' (1994), were multimillion sellers, generating several hit singles, including "[[Something to Talk About (Bonnie Raitt song)|Something to Talk About]]", "[[Love Sneakin' Up On You]]", and the ballad "[[I Can't Make You Love Me]]" (with [[Bruce Hornsby]] on piano). Her 2022 single "[[Just Like That (Bonnie Raitt song)|Just Like That]]" won the [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year]].

As of 2025, Raitt has received 13 competitive [[Grammy Award]]s, from 31 nominations, as well as a [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]].<ref name="Grammy2023">{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/bonnie-raitt/15857 |title=Artist: Bonnie Raitt |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2025 |website=Grammy.com |publisher=Recording Academy |access-date=May 2, 2025}}</ref> She ranked No. 50 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s list of the "[[Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time|100 Greatest Singers of All Time]]"<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com//music/lists/100-greatest-singers-of-all-time-19691231/bonnie-raitt-20101202|title=100 Greatest Singers|date=November 23, 2011|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=2017-09-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902190252/http://www.rollingstone.com//music/lists/100-greatest-singers-of-all-time-19691231/bonnie-raitt-20101202|archive-date=September 2, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and ranked No. 89 on the magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123/bonnie-raitt-19691231|title=100 Greatest Guitarists|date=November 23, 2011|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=2012-09-01|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718113619/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123/bonnie-raitt-19691231|archive-date=July 18, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/nsw/stories/s2137964.htm?nsw |title=Summer Conversations January 2008 |author=Chris Coleman |date=January 18, 2008 |publisher=ABC New South Wales. ([[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]) |access-date=2011-04-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201182827/http://www.abc.net.au/nsw/stories/s2137964.htm?nsw |archive-date=February 1, 2008 }}</ref>

In 2000, Raitt was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]. She has received the [[Billboard Women in Music#Icon Award|Icon Award]] from the [[Billboard Women in Music|Billboard Women in Music Awards]] and the [[MusiCares Person of the Year|MusiCares Person of the Year Award]]  from [[The Recording Academy]]. In 2024, she was a recipient of the [[Kennedy Center Honors|Kennedy Center Honor]].

==Early life==
Bonnie Lynn Raitt was born on November 8, 1949, in [[Burbank, California]].{{sfn|Bego|1995|p=11}} Her mother, Marge Goddard (née Haydock), was a pianist, and her father, [[John Raitt]], was a professional actor and singer in [[musical theatre|musical]] productions such as ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' and ''[[The Pajama Game]]''.<ref name="Official Website Biography"/> Raitt is of Scottish ancestry; her ancestors constructed [[Rait Castle]] near [[Nairn]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Italie |first1=Hillel |title=Bonnie Raitt discovers her roots |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19910714&id=R1cyAAAAIBAJ&pg=6928,3407930 |access-date=24 December 2016 |work=[[Lawrence Journal-World]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=14 July 1991|page=4D}}</ref> As a child, Raitt would often play with her two brothers, Steve and David, and was a self-described [[tomboy]].{{sfn|Bego|1995|p=10}} John Raitt's job as a theater actor meant Bonnie did not interact with him as much as she would have liked. Raitt grew to resent her mother, as she became the main authority figure of the household whenever John was away.{{sfn|Bego|1995|p=13}}

Raitt's musically inclined parents had a strong influence on her life. From a young age, she and her brothers were encouraged to pursue music.{{sfn|Bego|1995|pp=12–13}} Initially, Raitt played the piano but was intimidated by her mother's abilities.{{sfn|Bego|1995|p=13}} She instead began playing a [[Stella (guitar)|Stella]] guitar, which she received as a Christmas gift in 1957 at the age of eight.<ref name="Official Website Biography"/>{{sfn|Bego|1995|p=13}} Raitt did not take lessons, and instead fashioned style of play after musicians from [[American folk music revival]] of the 1950s. She was also influenced by the [[beatnik]] movement, stating "It represented my whole belief [...] I'd grow my hair real long so I looked like a beatnik."{{sfn|Bego|1995|pp=13–14}}

From ages eight through fifteen, Raitt and her brothers attended an annual [[summer camp]] in the [[Adirondack Mountains]] called Camp Regis.{{sfn|Bego|1995|p=13}}{{sfnm|1a1=Schmidt|1a2=Rooney|1y=1979|1p=305}} It was there where Raitt learned of her musical talents, when camp counselors would ask her to play in front of the campers.{{sfn|Bego|1995|p=14}} Learning how to play songs then became a hobby for Raitt.{{sfn|Bego|1995|p=14}} As a teenager, Raitt was self-conscious about her weight and her [[freckle]]s, and saw music as an escape from reality.{{sfn|Bego|1995|p=15}} "That was my saving grace. I just sat in my room and played my guitar," said Raitt.{{sfn|Bego|1995|p=15}} At age 14, she listened to the album ''Blues at Newport 63'', which instilled an interest in [[blues]] music and the [[slide guitar]] technique.<ref name="Official Website Biography"/>

In 1967, Raitt enrolled at [[Radcliffe College]], and majored in [[social relations]] and [[African studies]].<ref name="Official Website Biography">{{cite web|url=https://www.bonnieraitt.com/bio|title=Bonnie Raitt Biography|website=Official Bonnie Raitt website|access-date=April 19, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213020807/http://www.bonnieraitt.com/bio|archive-date=February 13, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref> While at Radcliffe, she was in a music group called the Revolutionary Music Collective, which played for striking [[Harvard University|Harvard]] students during the [[Nationwide student anti-war strike of 1970|student strike of 1970]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2009/08/11/still-completely-first-raitt/|title=Still Completely First Raitt|first=Billy|last=Heller|website=[[New York Post]]|date=August 11, 2009|access-date=August 23, 2020}}</ref> Despite her abilities, Raitt did not consider music to be anything more than a hobby.<ref name="oprah"/> Her plan after graduation was to travel to [[Tanzania]], and improve the local government under president [[Julius Nyerere]].<ref name="oprah">{{cite journal|url=https://www.oprah.com/spirit/bonnie-raitts-aha-moment|title=Bonnie Raitt's Aha! Moment|journal=[[O, The Oprah Magazine]]|volume=3|number=7|date=July 2002|pages=47–48}}</ref> During her first year of college, Raitt befriended blues promoter [[Dick Waterman]], and in her second year, left school for a semester to travel to Philadelphia with Waterman and other local musicians. Raitt said it was an "opportunity that changed everything."<ref name="oprah" />

==Career==
===1970–1976===
In the summer of 1970, she played with her brother David on stand-up bass with [[Mississippi Fred McDowell]] at the [[Philadelphia Folk Festival]] as well as opening for [[John P. Hammond|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. Scouts from major record companies were soon attending her shows to watch her play. She eventually accepted an offer from [[Warner Bros.]], who soon released her debut album, ''[[Bonnie Raitt (album)|Bonnie Raitt]]'', in 1971.<ref name="LarkinBlues">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Blues]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1995|edition=Second|isbn=0-85112-673-1|page=300}}</ref> The album was warmly received by the music press, with many writers praising her skills as an interpreter and as a bottleneck guitarist; at the time, few women in popular music had strong reputations as guitarists.

While admired by those who saw her perform, and respected by her peers, Raitt gained little public acclaim for her work. Her critical stature continued to grow but record sales remained modest. Her second album, ''[[Give It Up (Bonnie Raitt album)|Give It Up]]'', was released in 1972 to positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Erlewine |first1=Stephen Thomas |title=Bonnie Raiit: Give It Up |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/give-it-up-mw0000196849 |website=AllMusic |access-date=24 January 2019}}</ref> One journalist described the album as "an excellent set" and "established the artist as an inventive and sympathetic interpreter".<ref name="LarkinBlues"/> However, it did not change her commercial fortunes. 1973's ''[[Takin' My Time]]'' was also met with critical acclaim, but these notices were not matched by the sales.<ref name="LarkinBlues"/>

Raitt began to receive greater press coverage, including a 1975 cover story for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', but with 1974's ''[[Streetlights (Bonnie Raitt album)|Streetlights]]'', reviews for her work were becoming increasingly mixed.<ref name="LarkinBlues"/> 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 (album)|Home Plate]]''. In 1976, Raitt made an appearance on [[Warren Zevon]]'s [[Warren Zevon (album)|eponymous album]].

She was influenced by the playing style of [[Lowell George]], of the band [[Little Feat]], particularly his use of an MXR Dyna Comp pre-amp [[Dynamic range compression|compressor]] with a [[slide guitar]]. [[B.B. King]] once called Raitt the "best damn slide player working today".<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/bonnie-raitt-and-the-fugitive-emotions-evoked-by-slide-guitar | title=Bonnie Raitt and the Fugitive Emotions Evoked by Slide Guitar | magazine=[[The New Yorker]] | date=April 9, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bluesguitarinsider.com/blues-guitarists/lowell-george | title=Lowell George | date=August 2013 }}</ref>

===1977–1988===
[[File:Bonnie Raitt2.jpg|thumb|230px|Raitt performing at the [[Berkeley Community Theater]], 1976–1977]]
1977's ''[[Sweet Forgiveness]]'' album gave Raitt her first commercial breakthrough,<ref name="LarkinBlues"/> when it yielded a hit single in her remake of [[Runaway (Del Shannon song)|"Runaway".]] 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. However, the song's commercial success prompted a bidding war for Raitt between [[Warner Bros.]] and [[Columbia Records]]. "There was this big Columbia–Warner war going on at the time", recalled Raitt in a 1990 interview. "[[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! So, I renegotiated my contract, and they basically matched Columbia's offer. Frankly the deal was a really big deal."{{sfn|Bego|1995|p=76}}

Warner Brothers held higher expectations for her next album, ''[[The Glow (Bonnie Raitt album)|The Glow]]'', in 1979, but it was released to poor reviews as well as modest sales.<ref name="LarkinBlues"/> Raitt had one commercial success in 1979 when she helped organize the five concerts of [[Musicians United for Safe Energy]] (MUSE) at [[Madison Square Garden]] in New York City. Those shows spawned the three-record gold album ''[[No Nukes (album)|No Nukes]]'', as well as a Warner Brothers feature film [[No Nukes (film)|''No Nukes'']], and featured co-founders [[Jackson Browne]], [[Graham Nash]], [[John Hall (New York)|John Hall]], and Raitt as well as [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]], [[the Doobie Brothers]], [[Carly Simon]], [[James Taylor]], [[Gil Scott-Heron]], and others.

In 1980, she appeared as herself in the [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] film ''[[Urban Cowboy]]'' where she sang "Don't It Make You Wanna Dance".

For her next record, 1982's ''[[Green Light (Bonnie Raitt album)|Green Light]]'', Raitt made a conscious attempt to revisit the sound of her earlier records. However, to her surprise, many of her peers and the media compared her new sound to the burgeoning [[New wave music|new wave]] movement. The album received her strongest reviews in years, but her sales did not improve and this had a severe impact on her relationship with Warner Brothers.<ref name="LarkinBlues"/>

====''Tongue and Groove'' and release from Warner Brothers====
In 1983, Raitt was finishing work on her follow-up album, ''Tongue and Groove''. The day after mastering was completed on ''Tongue & Groove'', the record company dropped Raitt from its roster, not being happy with her commercial performance up to that point.<ref name="LarkinBlues"/> The album was shelved and not released, and Raitt was left without a record contract. At this time Raitt was also struggling with alcohol and drug abuse problems.<ref name="notbroken">{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bonnie-raitt-will-not-be-broken/ |title=Bonnie Raitt Will Not Be Broken |work=[[CBS News]] |last=Benjamin |first=Scott |date=February 18, 2009 |access-date=2012-04-13 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422171711/http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-3445_162-1209936.html |archive-date=April 22, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Despite her personal and professional problems, Raitt continued to tour and participate in political activism. In 1985, she sang and appeared in the video of "[[Sun City (song)|Sun City]]", the anti-[[apartheid]] song written and produced by guitarist [[Steven Van Zandt]]. Along with her participation in [[Farm Aid]] and [[Amnesty International]] concerts, Raitt traveled to [[Moscow, Russia]] in 1987 to participate in the first joint Soviet/American Peace Concert, later shown on the [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] cable network. Also in 1987, Raitt organized a benefit in [[Los Angeles]] for Countdown '87 to Stop [[Contras|Contra]] Aid. The benefit featured herself, along with [[Don Henley]], [[Herbie Hancock]], and others.

Two years after Warner Brothers Records dropped Raitt from their label, they notified her of their plans to release the ''Tongue and Groove'' album. "I said it wasn't really fair," recalled Raitt. "I think at this point they felt kind of bad. I mean, I was out there touring on my savings to keep my name up, and my ability to draw was less and less. So they agreed to let me go in and recut half of it, and that's when it came out as ''[[Nine Lives (Bonnie Raitt album)|Nine Lives]]''." That album, released in 1986 to critical and commercial disappointment, was Raitt's last new recording for Warner Brothers.<ref name="LarkinBlues"/>

In late 1987, Raitt joined singers [[k.d. lang]] and [[Jennifer Warnes]] as background vocalists for [[Roy Orbison]]'s television special, ''[[Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night]]''. Following this highly acclaimed broadcast, Raitt began working on new material. By then, she was clean and sober, having resolved her problems with substance abuse. She later credited [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]] for his help in a [[Minnesota State Fair]] concert<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/457/v-print/story/38243.html |title=Grand stands: A longtime fairgoer's most unforgettable shows |author=Jon Bream |date=August 22, 2002 |publisher=StarTribune.com |access-date=2011-04-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070828220833/http://www.startribune.com/457/v-print/story/38243.html |archive-date=August 28, 2007 }}</ref> the night after Vaughan's 1990 death. During this time, Raitt considered signing with the [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]-owned [[Paisley Park|Paisley Park Records]], but they could not come to an agreement and negotiations fell through. Instead, she began recording a bluesy mix of pop and rock songs under the production guidance of [[Don Was]] at [[Capitol Records]].<ref name="LarkinBlues"/>

Raitt had met Was through [[Hal Willner]], who was putting together ''[[Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films|Stay Awake]]'', a tribute album to [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] music for [[A&M Records|A&M]]. Was and Willner both wanted Raitt to sing lead on an adult-contemporary arrangement created by Was for "[[Baby Mine (song)|Baby Mine]]", the lullaby from ''[[Dumbo]]''. Raitt was very pleased with the sessions, and she asked Was to produce her next album.

===1989–1999: Commercial breakthrough===
[[Image:Bonnie Raitt.jpg|thumb|200px|Raitt at the 1990 [[Grammy Awards]]]]
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]].<ref name="LarkinBlues"/> Raitt was signed to Capitol by A&R executive [[Tim Devine]]. With her first Capitol Records release, and after nearly twenty years in the business, Raitt achieved commercial success with ''[[Nick of Time (album)|Nick of Time]]'', her tenth overall album of her career.<ref name="LarkinBlues"/> Released in the spring of 1989, ''Nick of Time'' went to number one on the U.S. album chart following Raitt's Grammy sweep in early 1990.<ref name="LarkinBlues"/> This album has also been voted number 230 in the ''Rolling Stone'' list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Raitt later stated that her tenth try was "my first sober album."<ref>{{cite magazine
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}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Newman|first1=Melinda|title=Up Front: Don (Was)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DRYEAAAAMBAJ&q=bonnie+raitt+tim+devine+signed&pg=PA28|access-date=April 24, 2015|magazine=Billboard|date=September 3, 2005}}</ref>

At the same time, Raitt received a fourth [[Grammy Award]] for her duet "[[I'm in the Mood (John Lee Hooker song)|I'm in the Mood]]" with [[John Lee Hooker]] on his album ''[[The Healer (John Lee Hooker album)|The Healer]]''.<ref name="LarkinBlues"/> ''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. Since its release in 1989, ''Nick of Time'' has currently sold over five million copies in the US alone.

Raitt followed up this success with three more Grammy Awards for her next album, 1991's ''[[Luck of the Draw (album)|Luck of the Draw]]'', which sold seven million copies in the United States. Three years later, in 1994, she added two more Grammys with her album ''[[Longing in Their Hearts]]'', her second number one album, that sold two million copies in the US.<ref name="LarkinBlues"/> Raitt's collaboration with Don Was amicably came to an end with 1995's live release ''[[Road Tested]]''.<ref name="LarkinBlues"/> Released to solid reviews, it was certified [[Music recording certification|gold]] in the US.

"[[Rock Steady (Bonnie Raitt and Bryan Adams song)|Rock Steady]]" was a hit written by [[Bryan Adams]] and [[Gretchen Peters]] in 1995. 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. The original demo version of the song appears on Adams' 1996 single "Let's Make a Night to Remember".

For her next studio album, Raitt hired [[Mitchell Froom]] and [[Tchad Blake]] as her producers. "I loved working with [[Don Was]] but I wanted to give myself and my fans a stretch and do something different," Raitt stated. Her work with Froom and Blake was released on ''[[Fundamental (Bonnie Raitt album)|Fundamental]]'' in 1998.

===2000–2007===
[[File:BonnieRaitt2004.jpg|thumb|200px|Raitt performing at the [[New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival]], April 23, 2004]]
In March 2000, Raitt was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in [[Cleveland]], Ohio. ''[[Silver Lining (Bonnie Raitt album)|Silver Lining]]'' was released in 2002. In the US, it reached number 13 on the [[Billboard charts|''Billboard'' chart]] and was later certified Gold. It contains the singles "I Can't Help You Now", "Time of Our Lives", and the title track (a [[cover version]] of [[David Gray (British musician)|David Gray]]'s original song). All three singles charted within the top 40 of the US Adult Contemporary chart.

On March 19, 2002, Raitt received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] for her contributions to the recording industry, located at 1750 N. Vine Street.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/bonnie-raitt|title=Bonnie Raitt {{!}} Hollywood Walk of Fame|website=Walkoffame.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-18|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223111226/http://walkoffame.com/bonnie-raitt|archive-date=February 23, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/bonnie-raitt/|title=Bonnie Raitt – Hollywood Star Walk – Los Angeles Times|website=projects.latimes.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-18|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319022147/http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/bonnie-raitt/|archive-date=March 19, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 2003 Capitol Records released the compilation album ''[[The Best of Bonnie Raitt]]''. It contains songs from her prior Capitol albums from 1989 to 2002 including ''Nick of Time'', ''Luck of the Draw'', ''Longing in Their Hearts'', ''Road Tested'', ''Fundamental'', and ''Silver Lining''. Raitt was featured on the album [[True Love (Toots & the Maytals album)|''True Love'']] by [[Toots and the Maytals]], which won the [[Grammy Award]] in 2004 for Best Reggae Album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tootsandthemaytals.net/linear-cd-notes/|title=Linear CD Notes|date=October 4, 2014|website=Tootsandthemaytals.net|access-date=May 2, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161110054527/http://www.tootsandthemaytals.net/linear-cd-notes/|archive-date=November 10, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

''[[Souls Alike]]'' was released in September 2005. In the US, it reached the top 20 on the ''Billboard'' chart. It contains the singles "I Will Not Be Broken" and "I Don't Want Anything to Change", which both charted in the top 40 of the US Adult Contemporary chart. In 2006, she released the live DVD/CD ''[[Decades Rock Live: Bonnie Raitt and Friends|Bonnie Raitt and Friends]]'', which was filmed as part of the critically acclaimed [[VH1 Classic]] ''[[Decades Rock Live!]]'' concert series, featuring special guests [[Keb' Mo']], [[Alison Krauss]], [[Ben Harper]], [[Jon Cleary (musician)|Jon Cleary]], and [[Norah Jones]]. The DVD was released by Capitol Records on August 15. ''Bonnie Raitt and Friends'', which was recorded live in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City, NJ]] on September 30, 2005, features never-before-seen performance and interview footage, including four duets not included in the VH1 Classic broadcast of the concert. The accompanying CD features 11 tracks, including the radio single "Two Lights in the Nighttime", featuring Ben Harper. In 2007, Raitt contributed to ''[[Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino]]''. With [[Jon Cleary (musician)|Jon Cleary]], she sang a medley of "[[I'm in Love Again (song)|I'm in Love Again]]" and "All by Myself" by [[Fats Domino]].

Raitt is interviewed and appears in performance footage in the 2005 documentary film ''[[Make It Funky (film)|Make It Funky!]]'', which presents a history of [[Music of New Orleans|New Orleans music]] and its influence on [[rhythm and blues]], [[Rock music|rock and roll]], [[funk]] and [[jazz]].<ref name="IAJE">{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=April 2005 |title=IAJE What's Going On |journal=Jazz Education Journal |location=Manhattan, Kansas |publisher=International Association of Jazz Educators |volume=37 |issue=5 |page=87 |issn=1540-2886 |id={{ProQuest|1370090}} }}</ref> In the film, Raitt performs "What is Success" with [[Allen Toussaint]] and band,<ref>{{cite AV media |date=2005 |title=Make It Funky! |type=DVD |language=en |time= |location=Culver City, California |publisher=Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |id=11952 |isbn=9781404991583 |oclc=61207781}}</ref> a song he wrote and that Raitt included on her 1974 album ''Streetlights''.

===2008–present===
Raitt appeared on the June 7, 2008 broadcast of [[Garrison Keillor]]'s radio program ''[[A Prairie Home Companion]]''. She performed two blues songs with [[Keb' Mo']]: "No Getting Over You" and "There Ain't Nothin' in Ramblin'". Raitt also sang "[[Dimming of the Day]]" with [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]]. This show, along with another one with Raitt and her band in October 2006, is archived on the ''Prairie Home Companion'' website. Raitt appeared in the 2011 documentary ''Reggae Got Soul: The Story of [[Toots and the Maytals]]'', which was featured on the [[BBC]] and described as "The untold story of one of the most influential artists ever to come out of Jamaica".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ymljb|title=Toots and the Maytals: Reggae Got Soul – BBC Four|website=BBC|access-date=May 2, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520172432/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ymljb|archive-date=May 20, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfiNMBhnd8w|title=Toots & The Maytals – Reggae Got Soul – Documentary Trailer|date=August 15, 2013|website=Youtube.com|access-date=May 2, 2017|via=YouTube|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511184707/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfiNMBhnd8w|archive-date=May 11, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

In February 2012, Raitt performed a duet with [[Alicia Keys]] at the [[54th Annual Grammy Awards]] in 2012 honoring [[Etta James]]. In April 2012, Raitt released her first studio album since 2005, entitled ''[[Slipstream (Bonnie Raitt album)|Slipstream]]''. It charted at Number 6 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart marking her first top ten album since 1994's ''Longing in Their Hearts''. The album was described as "one of the best of her 40-year career" by ''[[American Songwriter]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Bonnie Raitt: Slipstream|url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2012/04/bonnie-raitt-slipstream|magazine=[[American Songwriter]]|access-date=April 10, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405231417/http://www.americansongwriter.com/2012/04/bonnie-raitt-slipstream/|archive-date=April 5, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In September 2012, Raitt was featured in a campaign called "30 Songs / 30 Days" to support ''[[Half the Sky|Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide]]'', a multi-platform media project inspired by a project outlined in a book by [[Nicholas Kristof]] and [[Sheryl WuDunn]].<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121014103757/http://www.halftheskymovement.org/blog/entry/30-songs-30-days-for-half-the-sky1 30 Songs / 30 Days for Half the Sky {{!}} Half The Sky]}}. Halftheskymovement.org (August 30, 2012). Retrieved on 2012-09-16.</ref> In 2013, she appeared on [[Foy Vance]]'s album ''[[Joy of Nothing]]''.<ref>[http://www.folkradio.co.uk/2013/06/foy-vance-debut-album-joy-of-nothing-documentary/ Foy Vance Debut Album] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615024450/http://www.folkradio.co.uk/2013/06/foy-vance-debut-album-joy-of-nothing-documentary/ |date=June 15, 2013 }} Folk Radio</ref>

On May 30, 2015, Raitt, [[Leon Russell]], and [[Ivan Neville]] gave a performance at The Canyon Club in [[Agoura Hills, California]] to raise money for [[Marty Grebb]] who was battling cancer. Grebb had played on some of their albums.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://californiarocker.com/2015/05/30/bonnie-raitt-and-musician-friends-celebrate-marty-grebb-at-canyon-club-fundraiser/|title=Bonnie Raitt, Friends Rock to Raise Funds for Marty Grebb|date=May 30, 2015|website=Californiarocker.com|access-date=July 24, 2019|archive-date=January 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127035408/http://californiarocker.com/2015/05/30/bonnie-raitt-and-musician-friends-celebrate-marty-grebb-at-canyon-club-fundraiser/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In February 2016, Raitt released her seventeenth studio album ''[[Dig In Deep]]''. The album charted at number 11 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/296425/bonnie-raitt/chart?f=305 |title=Bonnie Raitt – Chart history |magazine=Billboard |access-date=2016-05-12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603114030/http://www.billboard.com/artist/296425/bonnie-raitt/chart?f=305 |archive-date=June 3, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> and received favorable reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/dig-in-deep/bonnie-raitt|title=Reviews for Dig In Deep by Bonnie Raitt|website=Metacritic|access-date=2016-05-12|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512024211/http://www.metacritic.com/music/dig-in-deep/bonnie-raitt|archive-date=May 12, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The album features the single "Gypsy in Me" as well as a cover of the [[INXS]] song "[[Need You Tonight]]".
 
Raitt cancelled the first leg of her 2018 spring-summer touring schedule due to a recently discovered medical issue requiring surgical intervention. She reported that a "full recovery" is expected and that she planned to resume touring with already scheduled dates in June 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/music/news/bonnie-raitt-cancels-tour-dates-with-james-taylor-due-to-surgery-1202791868/|title=Bonnie Raitt Cancels Tour Dates with James Taylor Due to Surgery|first=Jem|last=Aswad|date=April 30, 2018|website=Variety|access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref>

In 2022, Raitt announced the title of her 21st studio album would be ''[[Just Like That...]]''. The record was released on April 22, 2022, and coincided with the beginning of a nationwide tour that ran through November 2022. Preceding the album, Raitt released "Made Up Mind", a song originally written by Canadian roots duo [[The Bros. Landreth]], as the lead single.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/bonnie-raitt-announces-new-album-just-like-that-shares-new-song-listen/ |title=Bonnie Raitt Announces New Album Just Like That…, Shares New Song: Listen |work=Pitchfork |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |date=February 22, 2022 |access-date=March 15, 2022}}</ref> The title track of the album won for [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]] at the [[65th Annual Grammy Awards]] in February 2023. The song also won in the [[Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song|Best American Roots Song]] category.<ref name="Grammy2023" />

== Artistry ==
Raitt possesses a [[contralto]] vocal range.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Herbst |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Herbst |date=May 19, 1997 |title=Sweet Forgiveness |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/sweet-forgiveness-92927/ |access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Christgau |first=Robert |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rXpJEAAAQBAJ&dq=bonnie+raitt+%22contralto%22&pg=PA174 |title=Grown Up All Wrong: 75 Great Rock and Pop Artists from Vaudeville to Techno |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] |year=2000 |isbn=9780674003828 |location=United States |pages=174–175 |language=English |chapter=Born to Be Mature |author-link=Robert Christgau |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Milzoff |first=Rebecca |date=February 25, 2022 |title='I Don't Feel Any Urgency to Finish': Bonnie Raitt on Her Groundbreaking Career |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/bonnie-raitt-icon-award-women-in-music-2022-interview-1235035617/ |access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Soto |first=Alfred |date=April 26, 2022 |title=Just Like That... |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bonnie-raitt-just-like-that/ |access-date=January 5, 2023}}</ref> Music journalist [[Robert Christgau]] described Raitt's voice as "not particularly beautiful" but "textured", capable of "shouting, crooning, carry[ing] a tune or fill[ing] a room".<ref name=":0" /> Christgau likened her vocal style to "a loving woman who has the touch, soft and hard at the right times in the right places".<ref name=":0" /> Journalist [[Will Hermes]] described Raitt's voice as warm and precise.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Hermes |first=Will |date=April 10, 2012 |title=Slipstream |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/slipstream-199476/ |access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref> Describing her as a "master interpreter of other writers' songs", Chris Hansen Orf of ''[[The Arizona Republic]]'' noted that Raitt is equally skilled at singing blues, folk, country, rock and pop music.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Orf |first=Chris Hansen |date=August 30, 2016 |title=Essential Bonnie Raitt: Her 10 best songs |work=[[The Arizona Republic]] |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/08/30/essential-bonnie-raitt-her-10-best-songs/87981288/ |access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref> Kevin McKeough of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' observed that blues has "remained the bedrock of all of Raitt's musical excursions", with her voice alternating between "sigh to a call to a sustained cry".<ref>{{Cite news |last=McKeough |first=Kevin |date=June 2, 2003 |title=Bedrock in the blues |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-06-02-0306020183-story.html |access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref> Discussing the ability of a singer to make use of her voice, singer [[Linda Ronstadt]] stated "Of my own peers, Bonnie Raitt has way more musicianship than I do."<ref>Mary Lyn Maiscott, interview with Linda Ronstadt, ''Vanity Fair'', Oct. 28, 2013</ref> Singer and guitarist [[David Crosby]] has said that Raitt is his favorite singer of all time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 17, 2010 |title=Graham Nash and David Crosby talk Bonnie Raitt at RRHF |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDNi-QDrZ-w |access-date=January 29, 2024 |website=YouTube}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Raitt has taken [[sabbatical]]s, including after the deaths of her parents, brother, and best friend. She has said "When I went through a lot of loss, I took a hiatus."<ref name="ontheredcarpet1"/> Raitt and actor [[Michael O'Keefe]] were married on April 27, 1991.<ref name="LarkinBlues"/> They announced their divorce on November 9, 1999,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_Nov_9/ai_57433327/?tag=content;col1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908093050/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_Nov_9/ai_57433327/?tag=content;col1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 8, 2013 |title=Bonnie Raitt and Michael O'Keefe Divorcing |date=November 9, 1999 |work=Entertainment Wire |publisher=Business Wire |access-date=April 15, 2011 }}</ref> with a factor appearing to be that their careers caused considerable time apart.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20129891,00.html |title=Left Singing the Blues |magazine=People |date=November 29, 1999 |access-date=2014-04-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625102003/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20129891,00.html |archive-date=June 25, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

===Drug and alcohol use and recovery===
Raitt was a user of alcohol and drugs, but began [[psychotherapy]] and joined [[Alcoholics Anonymous]] in the late 1980s. "I thought I had to live that partying lifestyle in order to be authentic," she said, "but in fact if you keep it up too long, all you're going to be is sloppy or dead."<ref name="ontheredcarpet1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Bonnie-Raitt-talks-new-album--25-years-of-sobriety--Whitney-Houston-Video/8616790|title=Bonnie Raitt talks new album,' 25 years of sobriety and Whitney Houston – 04/11/2012 &#124; Entertainment News from|publisher=OnTheRedCarpet.com|access-date=2014-04-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218153631/http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Bonnie-Raitt-talks-new-album--25-years-of-sobriety--Whitney-Houston-Video/8616790|archive-date=December 18, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> She has been sober since 1987. She has credited [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]] for breaking her substance abuse, saying that what gave her the courage to admit her alcohol problem and stop drinking was seeing that Vaughan was an even better musician when sober.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.samefacts.com/2011/12/health-and-medicine/why-honesty-about-hitchens-addictions-matters/ |title=Why Honesty About Hitchens' Addictions Matters |publisher=Samefacts.com |date=December 20, 2011 |access-date=2014-04-19 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211220643/http://www.samefacts.com/2011/12/health-and-medicine/why-honesty-about-hitchens-addictions-matters/ |archive-date=December 11, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> She has also said that she stopped because she realized that the "late night life" was not working for her.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bonnie-raitt-will-not-be-broken/ |title=Bonnie Raitt Will Not Be Broken |work=CBS News |date=January 15, 2006 |access-date=2014-04-19 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212024340/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bonnie-raitt-will-not-be-broken/ |archive-date=February 12, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In 1989, she said, "I really feel like some angels have been carrying me around. I just have more focus and more discipline, and consequently more self-respect."<ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200910/the-long-and-winding-road-recovery-and-renewal |title=The Long and Winding Road to Recovery and Renewal |magazine=Psychology Today |access-date=2014-04-19}}</ref>

==Political activism==
[[File:Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt 1997-09-24 61236-12.jpg|thumb|Raitt with musician Jackson Browne at a 1997 press conference opposing the proposed [[Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository]]]]

Raitt's political involvement goes back to the early 1970s. Her 1972 album ''[[Give It Up (Bonnie Raitt album)|Give It Up]]'' had a dedication "to the people of [[North Vietnam]] ..." printed on the back. Raitt's web site urges fans to learn more about preserving the environment. 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. 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. Zion Memorial Fund]]. Raitt later financed memorial headstones in Mississippi for musicians [[Memphis Minnie]], [[Sam Chatmon]], and [[Tommy Johnson (blues musician)|Tommy Johnson]] again with the Mt. Zion Memorial Fund.

In 2002, Raitt signed on as an official supporter of [[Little Kids Rock]], a nonprofit organization that provides free musical instruments and free lessons to children in public schools throughout the U.S. She has visited children in the program and sits on the organization's board of directors as an honorary member.

At the [[Stockholm Jazz Festival]] in July 2004, Raitt dedicated a performance of "Your Good Thing (Is About to End)", from her 1979 album ''[[The Glow (Bonnie Raitt album)|The Glow]]'', to sitting (and later re-elected) U.S. President [[George W. Bush]]. She was quoted as saying "We're gonna sing this for George Bush because he's out of here, people!".{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}

In 2008, Raitt donated a song to the [[Aid Still Required]]'s CD to assist with relief efforts in Southeast Asia from the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|2004 tsunami]]. Raitt worked with [[Reverb (non-profit)|Reverb]], a non-profit environmental organization, for her 2005 fall/winter and 2006 spring/summer/fall tours.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.reverb.org/projects/2006/49/Bonnie-Raitt/56
|title=Bonnie Raitt's 2006 tour
|publisher=[[Reverb (non-profit)|Reverb]]
|access-date=2011-04-07
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719091217/http://www.reverb.org/projects/2006/49/Bonnie-Raitt/56
|archive-date=July 19, 2011
|df=mdy-all
}}</ref> Raitt is part of the [[No Nukes group]], which opposes the expansion of nuclear power. In 2007, No Nukes recorded a music video of a new version of the [[Buffalo Springfield]] song "[[For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield song)|For What It's Worth]]".<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.nukefree.org/node/96
 |title       = "For What It's Worth," No Nukes Reunite After Thirty Years
 |author      = Daniel Kreps
 |publisher   = NukeFree.org
 |access-date  = 2011-04-07
 |url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110719202100/http://www.nukefree.org/node/96
 |archive-date = July 19, 2011
 |df          = mdy-all
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.nirs.org/alerts/10-12-2007/1
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312032009/http://www.nirs.org/alerts/10-12-2007/1
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=March 12, 2008
|title=Support Musicians Acting to Stop New Reactors
|publisher=Nuclear Information and Resource Service
|date=October 12, 2007
|access-date=2011-04-07
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/news/26138-raitt-to-rock-against-new-reactors?rss=0
 |title       = Raitt to rock against new reactors
 |publisher   = Charleston Regional Business Journal
 |date        = January 13, 2009
 |access-date  = 2011-04-07
 |url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110708140117/http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/news/26138-raitt-to-rock-against-new-reactors?rss=0
 |archive-date = July 8, 2011
 |df          = mdy-all
}}</ref> During the [[2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2008 Democratic primary campaign]], Raitt, along with [[Jackson Browne]] and bassist [[James "Hutch" Hutchinson]], performed at campaign appearances for candidate [[John Edwards]].

During the [[2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2016 Democratic primary campaign]], Raitt endorsed Vermont Senator [[Bernie Sanders]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Allers |first1=Hannahlee |title=Bonnie Raitt Talks Politics and Bernie Sanders |url=https://theboot.com/bonnie-raitt-politics-bernie-sanders/ |website=The Boot |date=April 17, 2016 |access-date=8 May 2021}}</ref>

== Discography ==
{{Main|Bonnie Raitt discography}}
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
*''[[Bonnie Raitt (album)|Bonnie Raitt]]'' (1971)
*''[[Give It Up (Bonnie Raitt album)|Give It Up]]'' (1972)
*''[[Takin' My Time]]'' (1973)
*''[[Streetlights (Bonnie Raitt album)|Streetlights]]'' (1974)
*''[[Home Plate (album)|Home Plate]]'' (1975)
*''[[Sweet Forgiveness]]'' (1977)
*''[[The Glow (Bonnie Raitt album)|The Glow]]'' (1979)
*''[[Green Light (Bonnie Raitt album)|Green Light]]'' (1982)
*''[[Nine Lives (Bonnie Raitt album)|Nine Lives]]'' (1986)
*''[[Nick of Time (album)|Nick of Time]]'' (1989)
*''[[Luck of the Draw (album)|Luck of the Draw]]'' (1991)
*''[[Longing in Their Hearts]]'' (1994)
*''[[Fundamental (Bonnie Raitt album)|Fundamental]]'' (1998)
*''[[Silver Lining (Bonnie Raitt album)|Silver Lining]]'' (2002)
*''[[Souls Alike]]'' (2005)
*''[[Slipstream (Bonnie Raitt album)|Slipstream]]'' (2012)
*''[[Dig In Deep]]'' (2016)
*''[[Just Like That...]]'' (2022)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/bonnie-raitt-announces-new-album-just-like-that-shares-new-song-listen/|title=Bonnie Raitt Announces New Album ''Just Like That...'', Shares New Song: Listen|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|last=Strauss|first=Matthew|date=February 25, 2022|access-date=February 25, 2022}}</ref>
{{div col end}}

==Guitar==
Raitt's principal touring guitar is a customized [[Fender Stratocaster]] that she nicknamed Brownie. This became the basis for a signature model in 1996. Raitt was the first female musician to receive a signature Fender line.

{{blockquote|My brown Strat—the body is a '65 and the neck is from some time after that. It's kind of a hybrid that I got for $120 at 3 o' clock in the morning in 1969. It's the one without the paint, and I've used that for every gig since 1969.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/Bonnie_Raitt_Return_of_the_Blues_Baroness|title=Bonnie Raitt: Return of the Blues Baroness|date=March 9, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223022339/http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/Bonnie_Raitt_Return_of_the_Blues_Baroness|archive-date=February 23, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref>}}

==Awards==
; Grammy Awards
{{Awards table}}
|-
| 1980
|"You're Gonna Get What's Coming"
|rowspan="3"|[[Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance|Best Female Rock Vocal Performance]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| 1983
|"Green Light"
|{{nom}}
|-
| 1987
|"No Way to Treat a Lady"
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="4"| 1990
|rowspan="2"|''[[Nick of Time (album)|Nick of Time]]''
|[[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]]
|{{won}}
|-
|Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
|{{won}}
|-
|"Nick of Time"
|[[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance|Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]]
| {{won}}
|-
|"I'm in the Mood" (with [[John Lee Hooker]])
|[[Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Recording|Best Traditional Blues Recording]]
| {{won}}
|-
|rowspan="6"| 1992
|rowspan="2"|''[[Luck of the Draw (album)|Luck of the Draw]]''
|Album of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Rock Vocal Solo Performance
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|"[[Something to Talk About (Bonnie Raitt song)|Something to Talk About]]"
|[[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
| {{won}}
|-
|"Good Man, Good Woman"
|[[Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal|Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal]]
|{{won}}
|-
|Bonnie Raitt
|[[MusiCares Person of the Year]]<sup>{{Dagger}}</sup>
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan="5"| 1995
|rowspan="2"|''[[Longing in Their Hearts]]''
|Album of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album|Best Pop Vocal Album]]
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|"Love Sneakin' Up On You"
|Record of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
| {{nom}}
|-
|"Longing in Their Hearts"
|Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
| {{nom}}
|-
|1996
|"[[You Got It#Bonnie Raitt version|You Got It]]"
|Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="3"|1997
|''[[Road Tested]]''
|[[Grammy Award for Best Rock Album|Best Rock Album]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|"[[Burning Down the House]]"
|Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
|{{nom}}
|-
|"SRV Shuffle"
|[[Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance|Best Rock Instrumental Performance]]
|{{won}}
|-
| 1999
|"[[Kisses Sweeter Than Wine (song)|Kisses Sweeter Than Wine]]" (with [[Jackson Browne]])
|[[Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals|Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2003
|"Gnawin' on It"
|rowspan="2"|Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
|{{nom}}
|-
| 2004
| "Time of Our Lives"
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2006
|"I Will Not Be Broken"
|Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
| {{nom}}
|-
|2013
|''[[Slipstream (Bonnie Raitt album)|Slipstream]]''
|[[Grammy Award for Best Americana Album|Best Americana Album]]
| {{won}}
|-
|2022
|Herself
|[[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]]
|{{won}}
|-
{{Dagger}}: Not a Grammy Award, but awarded by [[The Recording Academy]]
|rowspan="4"| 2023
|rowspan="2"| "[[Just Like That (Bonnie Raitt song)|Just Like That]]"
|Song of the Year
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song|Best American Roots Song]]
|{{won}}
|-
|''[[Just Like That...]]''
|Best Americana Album
|{{nom}}
|-
|"Made Up Mind"
|[[Grammy Award for Best Americana Performance|Best Americana Performance]]
|{{won}}
|}

; Americana Music Honors and Awards
{{Awards table}}
|-
|2012
|Herself
|[[Americana Music Honors & Awards#Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance|Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance]]
| {{won}}
|-
|2016
|Herself
|[[Americana Music Honors & Awards#Artist of the Year|Artist of the Year]]
| {{Nom}}
|-
|[[2023 Americana Music Honors & Awards|2023]]
|"[[Just Like That (Bonnie Raitt song)|Just Like That]]"
|Song of the Year
|{{won}}
|}

; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
{{Awards table}}
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|2000
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* In 1992, Raitt was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from [[Berklee College of Music]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://college.berklee.edu/about/honorary-degree-recipients |title=Honorary Degree Recipients |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2022 |website=Berklee College of Music |access-date=November 9, 2022}}</ref>
* In 1997, Raitt was awarded the [[Harvard Arts Medal]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Harvard Arts Medal |url=https://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/harvard-arts-medal |website=Harvard University Office for the Arts |access-date=18 February 2019}}</ref>
* In 2017, Raitt was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the [[National Guitar Museum]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ShoreFire/status/964175770108268544|title=Shore Fire Media on Twitter|website=twitter.com|access-date=April 27, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427210810/https://twitter.com/ShoreFire/status/964175770108268544|archive-date=April 27, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* In 2018, Raitt received the People's Voice Award from the [[Folk Alliance International|Folk Alliance International Awards]] in recognition of her activism.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/folkalliance/status/963962734386827264|title=Folk Alliance on Twitter|website=twitter.com|access-date=April 27, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427210810/https://twitter.com/folkalliance/status/963962734386827264|archive-date=April 27, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* In 2022, Raitt received the [[Billboard Women in Music#Icon Award|Icon Award]] at the [[Billboard Women in Music|Billboard Women in Music Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/billboard-women-in-music-bonnie-raitt-doja-cat-karol-g-1235022450/ |title=Billboard's 2022 Women In Music Awards to Honor Bonnie Raitt, Doja Cat, Karol G & More |last=Aniftos |first=Rania |date=January 27, 2022 |website=billboard.com |access-date=March 3, 2022}}</ref>
* In 2024, Raitt received the [[Kennedy Center Honor]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwaynews.com/kennedy-center-announces-47th-class-of-honorees/#:~:text=The+annual+gala,+scheduled+for,artists+from+around+the+world.|title=Kennedy Center Announces 47th Class of Honorees|date=July 21, 2024|website=Broadwaynews.com|access-date=November 8, 2024}}</ref>

==References==
===Citations===
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===General references===
* {{cite book|last=Bego|first=Mark|title=Bonnie Raitt : Just in the Nick of Time|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]]|year=1995|isbn=978-1-5597-2315-2|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/bonnieraittjusti00bego}}
* {{cite book|last1=Schmidt|first1=Eric Von|last2=Rooney|first2=Jim|title=Baby, Let Me Follow You Down: The Illustrated Story of the Cambridge Folk Years|publisher=[[University of Massachusetts Press]]|year=1979|edition=2nd|isbn=0-87023-925-2|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/babyletmefollowy00vons}}

==External links==
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*[https://www.bonnieraitt.eu/ Fansite: Bonnie's Pride and Joy]
*[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5222|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Guide Profile]

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