Bonnie Raitt

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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🗓️ 3 March 2023

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Bonnie Raitt is a legend. Now in her 70's she's still touring, still shredding and still writing songs. She's been recording music for over 50 years and she's won ten Grammys. Bonnie's also been in the rock and roll hall of fame for over two decades. Earlier this year she released Just Like That. Her eighteenth full length studio album. Our correspondent Ray Suarez talked with Bonnie about the new album. She gets into coming into her own as an artist, playing through the pandemic and getting back on the road. Plus, she'll talk about her longtime friend and collaborator John Prine, and what it was like performing his music after his death in 2020.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:22.7	It's Bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorn.
0:25.1	Johnny Raight has been recording music for over 50 years.
0:30.0	She has 10 Grammys.
0:32.6	She's been in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for more than two decades.
0:36.5	She has topped dozens of 100 best singers of all time lists.
0:42.2	She's also a master guitarist, especially at Slide and Bottleneck, and she's always played
0:49.6	the same guitar.
0:51.0	A wood grain fender stratacaster that she bought in 1969 for $120.
0:58.9	She calls it Brownie.
1:01.6	And besides all that, she's an accomplished songwriter with lots of hits, including this
1:07.4	1990s classic.
1:35.0	She is a legitimate legend.
1:43.8	And she's still touring.
1:45.4	She still sounds great singing.
1:47.4	She's still shredding the guitar.
1:49.4	She's in her 70s.
1:51.6	Earlier this year, she released just like that, her 18th full-length studio album.
1:57.8	Our correspondent Ray Suarez is a fan.
2:00.3	He got to talk with Bonnie about the new album and about the arc of her long and extraordinary
2:05.8	career.
2:07.2	Before we get into that, here's a song from just like that.
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