Bonnie Raitt

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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🗓️ 3 March 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Bonnie Raitt is a legend. Early in her career, she decided she'd only create songs she loved, on her own terms, and her career longevity is proof of that gifted precision. Last year, Bonnie released her 18th full-length studio album, Just Like That. Now in her 70's, Bonnie has won over a dozen Grammys – most recently she earned a Grammy for the title track off her latest album. To celebrate her recent Grammy win we're revisiting our conversation with Bonnie. Correspondent Ray Suarez talked with Bonnie about the album, coming into her own as an artist and so much more.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of Maximum Fun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:20.7	It's Bolzai. I'm Jesse Thorne.
0:23.3	Bonnie Raite has been recording music for over 50 years.
0:27.5	She's got more than a dozen Grammys.
0:30.2	She's been in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for more than two decades.
0:33.3	She has topped scores of 100 best singers of all time lists.
0:38.5	She's also a guitar legend, especially for her work on the slide and bottleneck.
0:45.1	She's always played the same one.
0:46.8	A wood grain fender stratacaster, she bought in 1969 for $120.
0:52.1	She calls it Brownie.
0:55.0	Rate is also an accomplished songwriter.
0:57.8	She has a bunch of hits, including this 90s classic.
1:00.4	Now that we know it,
1:02.7	let's really show it, darling.
1:05.1	Let's give on something to talk about.
1:08.3	Something to talk about.
1:09.7	Running a mystery to figure out. Something to talk about funny love
1:22.8	Bonnie Raid, I mean the woman is a legend.
1:28.9	Still touring, still singing great, still shredding, well into her 70s.
1:33.4	She just won another Grammy.
1:36.3	It was for the title track off her latest album just like that,
1:39.7	her 18th full-length studio record.
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