
Bonnie Raitt
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Year:
2000
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Inducted by:
Melissa Etheridge
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Category:
Performers
Introduction
The singer and activist healing the world with her blues roots.
One of the greatest singers and guitarists of all time, Bonnie Raitt is a musician of grit, resilience and prodigious talent.

Melissa Etheridge inducts Bonnie Raitt
Melissa Etheridge inducts Bonnie Raitt at the 2000 Induction Ceremony-
Melissa Etheridge inducts Bonnie Raitt00:02:02
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Bonnie Raitt Acceptance Speech00:01:56
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"Thing Called Love"00:04:16
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"I Can't Make You Love Me"00:05:45
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Bonnie Raitt Inducts Ruth Brown00:01:48
Hall of Fame Essay
2000
Since her 1971 recording debut, Bonnie Raitt has faithfully demonstrated a catholicity of the heart. Over three decades, she has essayed most every facet of blues - and folk-derived American pop - from Robert Johnson to Motown, from the cockiest blues to the most heartrending contemporary ballads - yet distilled a style uniquely her own. A master blueswoman, a consummate pop singer, a legendary guitarist - all describe her, but none fully define her.
When Raitt’s fittingly titled Nick of Time swept the Grammys in 1990, the general consensus was that her time had come. In truth, though, it was always her time, because through the years Raitt remained true to her vision and to her fans.


Sex, slide, soul, selflessness. Blazing fingers, blazing hair.
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