Talk:Bonnie Raitt

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Reviewed version: August 22, 2007

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[edit] R&B

I have trouble seeing the similarities between B. R.'s music and what is described in the article on Rhythm and Blues. Can someone explain? ike9898 02:08, Jan 12, 2005 (UTC)

Its all good!!!!
Some people have trouble understanding it so don't feel bad!!! —preceding unsigned comment by 165.138.113.252 (talk • contribs) 14:25, February 15, 2005
I don't think that explained the answer very well, so I'm going to field this one. R&B is of course a merge of blues music with a rhythmic backbeat, at its core. Raitt, being one of the late 20th century's most experimental within the genre may be considered at times to have stepped outside the lines confined by the title, but her general style is intrinsically this, even though some of her biggest songs are not in the centre of the style. Much like the guy who did Footloose (song) and Danger zone (song) was mostly a country singer, but his two biggest hits in the mainstream charts didn't have much country influence in the,. Although, I believe in much of Raitt's music, she still is more closely rooted in R&B than following the cliffnotes.
Hope that halps.
lincalinca 02:51, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

I'll take a swing here. She isn't primarily rooted in R&B. She is primarily rooted in the blues. R&B is certainly related to blues but blues is older and R&B is partly derived from it, with heavy influences from church music and from pop music. Many of her songs, especially her early ones, are traditiona twelve-bar blues. In the end, it's all marketing categories anyway and you could market "Love Has no Pride" as a country song and have a hit. In fact, I always wanted to ask EK if he thought he was writing a country song when he wrote it. That would be with absolutely no disrespect. Will in New Haven

[edit] Guitar given at 8, started playing at 12?

Bonnie said on Tavis Smiley that Joan Baez gave her a guitar when she was 8... doesn't jive with starting to play at 12 —preceding unsigned comment by 141.151.172.183 (talk • contribs) 23:29, November 24, 2005

[edit] Full name

Was she not born Bonnie Lynn Raitt ? Derek R Bullamore 20:21, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

I think so, but i would want to confirm before putting it on here.
--lincalinca 02:55, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
Does this substantial evidence from reputable sources convince you ? [1], [2], [3]. Regards,
Derek R Bullamore 14:00, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
Certainly does. I wasn't disputing it, but I didn't have time to look it up. I was busy (other than tidying up the rest of the page). I'll adjust that now. Thanks.
--58.165.55.2 13:35, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
PART 2: I just went to make a redirect page and one already exists for "bonnie lynn raitt". Seems it's been a redirect for about 2 years, so someone has thought of that before.
--58.165.55.2 13:39, 12 December 2006 (UTC) again. (PS: not a sockpuppet, just cbf signing in)

[edit] Bio Projects

Why is this under both Biography and guitarists? Shouldn't it just be under one project? Otherwise we'll end up getting (well, maybe not since there's not much traffic here, but we might get) edit wars between the priorities of the two projects.

Just a thought.

--lincalinca 02:55, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Date of Birth

The article presently states Raitt was born in both 1948 and 1949 ! Which is correct ?

Derek R Bullamore 10:31, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Freebo

I always wondered why Freebo, bass player, tuba player, background vocals, never appeared on any of her albums or tours after being on all of them for so long. Will in New Haven

[edit] GA

With no references at all, this article doesn't stand a chance of passing a GA. --andreasegde 00:29, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I've failed it for that reason. 17Drew 08:55, 22 August 2007 (UTC)