BEFORE BONNIE RAITT BECAME A BLUES-ROCK ICON, SMALL CLUBS AND OLD GUITARS TAUGHT HER HOW TO TELL THE TRUTH
Long before the Grammy Awards, sold-out theaters, and songs that would help generations survive heartbreak, Bonnie Raitt was learning that music could be more than entertainment. It could be a language for emotions people were often too frightened or proud to say aloud. Her unmistakable sound was not created inside a record-company office. It grew…