Happy Birthday Bonnie Raitt!

[Bluzmann57]

Today, November 8, 2009, the great Bonnie Raitt turns 60. The lady is a fantastic musician and was/is active in many progressive causes. So let's all wish her a happy birthday and many many more.

[hippywife]

1. Yay!

Happy Birthday to one of the best musicians and humanitarians on the planet. :bounce:

[Zomby Woof]

2. I love Bonnie Raitt!

She is a fantastic vocalist and slide guitar player. One of the sweetest people in a very unsweet business.

Happy Birthday Bonnie! :party:

[cwydro]

3. Love her!

Was listening to her this morning.

[Flaxbee]

4. Happy Birthday, Bonnie!

Love her, love her voice. :toast:

[Beaverhausen]

5. One of my favs- a real inspiration for young female musicians back in the day

something that is sadly lacking these days.

Have a great one, Bonnie!

[abq e streeter]

6. 60 ??? That's impossible; I'm almost as old as her and I'm still young..oops, guess I'm not

I'll echo what another person here just said about her being a sweet person....I can only speak for my very brief moment of hanging out with her; maybe a half hour, 35 (35???) years ago, but she was absolutely sweet and down to earth, and I get a very strong impression she's still the same. And yeah, not only a great singer, but a great musician, and an even better person ( and even prettier in person than her album covers back then too). Happy 60th Bonnie, and if you're single these days, me too...remember that kid backstage in Albuquerque in '74 that you thought was cute ? ( 58 now, guess I should emphasize WAS cute; sigh.....although she's still beautiful )

[hippywife]

10. Hate to break your heart, abq

but she married Jackson Browne a few years back. :hug:

[abq e streeter]

11. damn--after 35 years of not hearing from her, I should have gotten the hint.

[Sugarcoated]

13. She did?

They're good friends, but not married.

Happy B'day Bonnie, you're one of the reasons I picked up the guitar at 16. Love, love, love you!

[abq e streeter]

14. That's what I thought but hippwife generally knows her music so gave her a pass on this

just wikipedia'd her ( jeez that sounds stupid as a verb, sorry) and apparently in two more minutes, it'll be the 10th anniversary of her divorce...Hope for me yet???

[hippywife]

18. Maybe.

I've got to track this down because either it's true or I'm going bonkers. :crazy:

[RFKHumphreyObama]

15. I don't think this is right

Jackson Browne has been romantically involved with someone called Dianna Cohen since the 1990s

[hippywife]

17. I know that's what wiki says

but I swear, swear, swear I read that somewhere. Maybe I dreamed it? :shrug:

[KamaAina]

7. 60?! Still gettin' it done.

Is she a cougar, by any chance? :loveya:

[cbdo2007]

8. *sings* "In my sweet dreams we are, in a bar and it's my birthday, drinking salty margaritas with

Fernando..."

Happy Birthday Bonnie R!

[Capn Sunshine]

9. ya ya

Bonnie is just so cool If you don't have it, her first album is a must-have

[Zomby Woof]

12. Great debut

Some of the best Robert Johnson covers done on there.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

16. She's very talented and very beautiful

Happy Birthday Bonnie :yourock: :yourock:

[Bertha Venation]

19. Happy birthday to a grand goddess.

:loveya:

[raccoon]

20. Did you know her dad was a famous singer too?

John Raitt (January 19, 1917 – February 20, 2005) was an American actor and singer.

He is best known for his stage roles in the musicals Carousel, Oklahoma!, The Pajama Game, Carnival in Flanders, Three Wishes for Jamie, and A Joyful Noise, in which he set the standard for virile, handsome, strong-voiced leading men during the golden age of the Broadway musical. His only leading film role was in the 1957 movie version of The Pajama Game opposite Doris Day.



(from Wikipedia)

I love his rendition of "Hey There."