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Bonnie Raitt

BONNIE RAITT

YEAR

2000

INDUCTED BY

Melissa Etheridge

CATEGORY

Performers

The singer and activist healing the world with her blues roots.

One of the greatest singers and guitarists of all time, Bonnie Raitt is a musician of grit, resilience and prodigious talent.

Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Raitt

HALL OF FAME
ESSAY

By Patricia Romanowski

Since her 1971 recording debut, Bonnie Raitt has faithfully demonstrated a catholicity of the heart. Over three decades, she has essayed most every facet of blues – and folk-derived American pop – from Robert Johnson to Motown, from the cockiest blues to the most heartrending contemporary ballads – yet distilled a style uniquely her own. A master blueswoman, a consummate pop singer, a legendary guitarist – all describe her, but none fully define her.

When Raitt’s fittingly titled Nick of Time swept the Grammys in 1990, the general consensus was that her time had come. In truth, though, it was always her time, because through the years Raitt remained true to her vision and to her fans.

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