Special Raitt: Bonnie down the years.
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Eight-year-old Bonnie Raitt with brothers David and Steven, and father John at the helm, April 26, 1958. 2
Raitt in 1972, circa second album Give It Up. 3
Blues buddies: Raitt and Keith Richards in Toronto during The Rolling Stones’ Voodoo Lounge tour, 1994. 4 The slider: Bonnie giving it some middle finger, London Hammersmith Odeon, August 6, 1977. 5
In the mood: Raitt with John Lee Hooker, 1990. 6
The time of her life: Raitt at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, with two of the four Grammys she took home on February
21, 1990, including the award for Best Album. 7 Endless flight: Raitt with John Prine, author of her signature song Angel From Montgomery, on-stage in Los Angeles, 1993.
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Kindred spirits: Raitt with her childhood idol (and fellow Quaker of Scots ancestry) Joan Baez, at the We The Planet Festival in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, April 20, 2003. 9
“I’m proud to be a role model”: Bonnie Raitt, ‘badass blues mama’, at the Greek Theatre, Berkeley, September 3, 1977.