Talk:Bonnie Raitt

message: 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)
thread_title: R&B

message: 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)
thread_title: Bio Projects

message: The article presently states Raitt was born in both 1948 and 1949 !  Which is correct ?
Derek R Bullamore 10:31, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of Birth 

message: With no references at all, this article doesn't stand a chance of passing a GA. --andreasegde 00:29, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, I've failed it for that reason.  17Drew 08:55, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GA

message: First thing needed is sourcing. There's a broken image (Tongue and Groove's name change and release section) and the lead needs expansion (at a glance). But yeah, the sources would be the first thing, and I can work from there. giggy (:O) 23:30, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Battle plan" 

message: The intro to this article says that Raitt is famous for *her* songs (Something To Talk About, Can't Make You Love Me...). They aren't *her* songs as she did not write them. The article should refer to her *performances* of those songs. i don't feel comfortable changing the article myself... 12.72.194.233 (talk) 14:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The lead could use more work in general:  It focuses just on the Nick of Time era, which was a resurgence.  It should talk more about her style, her well respect covers of songs and something about her broader career.  (John User:Jwy talk) 19:13, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "her" songs 

message: I took exception to the phrase "Harvard's Radcliffe College", which seems to imply that Radcliffe was part of, or belonged to, Harvard, which was not the case in 1967.  The two colleges had very close ties, but Radcliffe was still an independent entity.  So I deleted "Harvard's". Tomtab (talk) 07:17, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Radcliffe College 

message: I have reclassified this to C class because of a lack of references throughout the article. The criteria for B class includes referencing and only 7 footnotes exist for the entire article. Cuprum17 (talk) 02:00, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Good edit. Its got 18 refs now but still a C class IMO until everything is at least referenced. -- — Keithbob • Talk •  19:15, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: This article isn't B class until it gets more referencing

message: I was there working for roger abrahams , promoter, back stage, met bonnie, what a night. does anyone remember, or attend this show ?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.234.138.24 (talk) 11:48, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry this is not the place for conversations about concerts. -- — Keithbob • Talk •  19:10, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  1978 lenox massachusetts, music inn, twilight concerts on yhe lawn [ ---- ] 

message: There are one or more missing words from this sentence:
:Raitt became with, then 65 year old, bluesman, Dick Waterman.
Does anyone know what's missing?
— franl | talk ✤ 18:41, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The word -friend- was missing, I fixed it . thanks -- — Keithbob • Talk •  19:08, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing word(s) from a sentence — anyone know what it should say? 

message: How is there not one mention of Bonnie's involvement with the incredible "Little Feat?"  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.55.196.12 (talk) 08:09, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: We would need some sources that report that. If you know of any let us know so we can include it. Thanks. -- — Keithbob • Talk •  22:46, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Little Feat 

message: "Raitt became friends with, then 65 year old, bluesman, Dick Waterman." I was curious about Waterman, so I clicked on the link. His page says he was born in 1935. If that is true, he was 33 in 1968, the year Raitt was a sophomore in college. (And from a grammatical standpoint, none of those commas is necessary, although it should be 65-year-old. Or 33-year-old, as the case may be.)Lisapaloma (talk) 20:01, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: My understanding (which is by no means conclusive) is that Raitt began hanging around with a group of old time bluesman and dropped out of college to travel with them. So the age gap seems OK to me in the context.-- — Keithbob • Talk •  22:44, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dick Waterman 

message: Thank you, --Malerooster (talk) 04:29, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  ip has added anti nuke template in "expanded" state, should that be shrunk or removed? 

message: Her one streak of lighter hair is a very Distinctive Appearance. 
any one know if it is really Poliosis? It is also known as  Mallen streak.  
Would it be appropriate to add this to the article ?
Here is seperate page on the condition I found before the Wiki Page. 
https://www.modernsalon.com/article/25105/rare-hair-condition-creates-mallen-streak-a-higlighted-streak-youre-born-with describes it as 
Wfoj3 (talk) 20:26, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Distinctive Appearance 

message: The Redwing link is to a different company (Red). Which is unrelated to Bonnie's label "Redwing Records".. 24.61.217.148 (talk) 12:23, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks - now corrected.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:29, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redwing link incorrect