BONNIE RAITT

Bonnie Raitt is a singer, songwriter and guitarist whose unique style blends blues, R&B, rock, and pop. After 20 years as a cult favorite, she broke through to the top in the early 90s with her Grammy award winning albums, Nick of Time and Luck of the Draw, which featured hits such as, "Something To Talk About" and "I Can't Make You Love Me". With 9 Grammy's under her belt, she tours regularly. Her 16th album, Silver Lining, was released in April 2002. 

Bonnie is known for her lifelong commitment to social activism as she is for her music. Since the mid 70s, she has long been involved with the environmental movement, doing concerts around oil, nuclear power, mining, water and forest protection.
 

She was a founding member of MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy) which produced the historic concerts, album and movie NO NUKES and continues to work on the nuke issue as well as fighting to preserve ancient forests. Bonnie continues to work on issues of peace, as well as women’s, Native American, and human rights.

In 1995, Bonnie established the Bonnie Raitt Guitar Program, which provides free guitar lessons for young people, especially girls, in over 180 Boys and Girl's Clubs across the United States and Canada. As one of the founding members of the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in 1988, she is still fighting for artists' royalty reform, financial assistance and recognition for a whole generation of R&B Artists to whom we owe so much.