Whatever happened to Bonnie Raitt?

[Geoff738]

Seems like i haven't seen or heard her name in eons. Like a lot of her stuff from the 70s and 80s.

Has she toured? Put out new stuff?

Fill me in!

Cheers,
Geoff

 

[Wyzsard]

Well, she won a Grammy for Slipstream last year.
http://www.bonnieraitt.com/news

Probably just taking a break after her last tour.

 

[Bortyeast]

She put out a decent album last year called Slipstream. I don't think she's touring til later this year. All the info at http://www.bonnieraitt.com/.

 

[Wyzsard]

here ya go ... recent project

http://www.billboard.com/articles/n...ndley-everywhere-i-go-exclusive-song-premiere

 

[scantron81]

http://bit.ly/1iu7Mdt

 

[harold h]

She divorced that guy from "Caddyshack" and has kept a much lower profile
since then.

 

[Ricky D.]

Just coming off a Bonnie Raitt youtube binge. I'll just drop this in for you. Play it loud.

 

[Martin R]

And she was on Leno Tuesday night.

 

[Chancerubbage]

Good album last fall- check it out.

 

[GigsbyBoyUK]

I follow her on Facebook. She seems pretty active.

 

[Jim W]

She was also on Austin City Limits with Mavis Staples last year

 

[DaveKS]

She's still Bonnie, maybe not in the spotlight like years ago, but I still worship the ground she walks on....

 

[brenn]

Not a fan, but I had the opportunity to get a great price on one of her signature strats about 15 years ago and I passed on it - wish I had bought that.

 

[Geoff738]

I obviously had no idea she'd put out anything or toured recently.

Glad to hear she's still active.

Cheers,
Geoff

 

[boris bubbanov]

She's still getting some attention and airplay on some stations I like.

But the market is getting younger and people seem to be willing to accept Tedeschi as a substitute. That's not what I had in mind. If I could have both ladies in my ears, I'd be happy, but the people composing the playlists basically never play them back to back to back - something I think would be amusing to listen to.

 

[McGlamRock]

She was at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival they have over in Golden Gate Park here in SF last year. I caught the first part of her set... she sounded pretty good.

 

[Gearhead88]

The last time she was here , in Sept 2012 , Bonnie and her band played a concert at the Jubilee auditorium . Awesome performance !

It was a good fall concert season for us that year , Buddy Guy a few weeks after Bonnie Raitt , then Colin James a few weeks later.

I think , on that tour , she only did a few dates in Canada then she was gone back south , I hope she returns soon .

 

[threadbare]

As mentioned above, she was on Leno last week and probably a month or so before that.

 

[bblumentritt]

And she was on Leno Tuesday night.

Yeah, we saw that. It was a slower acoustic song. She looks better now than she did 20 years ago.

 

[Maricopa]

She looks better now than she did 20 years ago.

Not being an alcoholic anymore will do that for ya.

Saw her on Leno. She sounded great but no slide.