Check Out Bonnie Raitt in Big Sky, Montana
edited by Nan Frient
 Nine-time Grammy award winner and Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame member Bonnie Raitt will bring her blistering blues sound to Big Sky,
Montana on Wednesday, August 27, for an outdoor concert at the Meadow
Village Pavilion. This will be Raitt's only Montana appearance and tickets
will go on sale Friday, May 23, at 10:00 a.m. The show will take place rain
or shine. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and the show will start at 7:00 p.m.
Advance tickets are $35 and will be available at Cactus
Records in Bozeman, the Cave Spirits and Gifts in Big Sky and online at
www.bigskyarts.org. Service charges apply for all online orders. Children
six and under will be admitted free.
When Bonnie Raitt won four Grammys in 1990, it came as
overdue recognition for an artist who had been breaking down barriers of
gender and genre since the early Seventies. Her feel for the blues was
evident on her first album, Bonnie Raitt (1971), and though she's explored
different kinds of material over the years - including pop, rock and
balladry - a serious rooting in the blues has remained evident in her work.
Raitt recorded eight albums for Warner Bros. Records
from 1971 to 1986, progressively moving from straight blues into more
pop-oriented areas without losing sight of her roots. All the while, she
selected tunes by the choicest songwriters (e.g., Randy Newman, John Prine,
Eric Kaz, Allen Toussaint and Jackson Browne) while working with the cream
of Southern California musicians, including members of Little Feat. By the
mid-Seventies, she'd accrued a loyal and growing following on the strength
of such albums as Streetlights (1974) and Home Plate (1975). The commercial
pinnacle of Raitt's tenure with Warner Bros. Records was Sweet Forgiveness
(1977), which yielded a near-hit in her cover of Del Shannon's "Runaway."
Raitt's breakthrough album, Nick of Time (1989), slowly
gained momentum and reached the top of the chart exactly a year after its
release - and a month after Raitt won the aforementioned batch of Grammys.
The follow-up album, Luck of the Draw (1991), fared even better than Nick of
Time, selling 5 million copies and winning three more Grammys. It also gave
Raitt the first bonafide hit single of her 20-year career in "Something to
Talk About," which reached #5. Subsequent albums have included Longing in
Their Hearts (1994), the double-live CD Road Tested (1995) and Fundamental
(1998), Silver Lining (2002), and Souls Alike (2005).
Opening the show is New York singer/songwriter Richard
Julian, who recently released his latest album, Sunday Morning in Saturday's
Shoes on Blue Note Records.
Don't miss this incredible artist performing outdoors
at the Meadow Village Pavilion - site of such past shows like Willie Nelson,
Taj Mahal, Galactic, Del McCoury and more. For more information on this show
- including what is and what is not allowed into the venue - please call
(406) 995-2742 or visit
www.bigskyarts.org.
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