The title track from Raitt’s third and final album with Don Was,Longing In Their Hearts. She co-wrote this one with her husband, Michael O’Keefe. The song tells the story of a couple who get along just fine, but they both know that they want different things. And Raitt notes that ...
All the names my husband and I liked, just did not suit her. She was born HAPPY, every time someone looked at her they said "what a bonny baby" and it kind of stuck! I have had so many people comment on her name and say it's lovely and suits her so much....
“I was maybe 17 years old at a Bonnie Raitt concert when a ‘No Nukes’ guitar pick landed on the toe of my shoe, and I picked that up and I found out what she meant by that. I carry all of her messages forward. The work she’s done for Indigenous people, for women’s rights...
Also extolling Smith’s support, encouragement and understanding of artists, Raitt and Jackson Brown gave a riveting performance of the latter’s “World in Motion.” Explained Browne of the pair’s decision to play this particular song, “This is defiant, full of energy and belief in the fut...
I'm not sure why I never knew this, but Bonnie Raitt spent most of her childhood right here in the Hudson Valley. Born in Burbank, California, Raitt's family was actually bicoastal. Her mother was a pianist and her father, John Raitt, was a broadway actor which is how young Bonnie ...
President Joe Biden, right, with honorees from left; filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola; Grateful Dead band members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Bobby Weir; singer-songwriter and guitarist Bonnie Raitt; jazz trumpeter, pianist, and composer Arturo Sandoval; and Michelle ...
In fact, her new husband, actor Michael O’Keefe, wrote the lyrics to “One Part Be My Lover,” about being on the receiving end of those fears. The three songs Raitt wrote on her own cover similar ground, as do songs she chose from such mature writers as John Hiatt and Paul Brady...
"I'm excited to share the stage with Lucinda," Raitt said in a statement. "Having been a fan from afar for years, it’s great that we’re finally getting to tour together next year. Can’t wait to hit the road!" In conjunction with Raitt’s Green Highway campaign and the Guacamole...
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Raitt herself, on the pre-event red carpet, predicted an emotional evening. “I’ve brought a massive box of Kleenex and my waterproof eyeliner,” she said with a laugh. Coppola received a tribute filled with previous Kennedy Center honorees, including Robert De Niro, Martin ...