'It was the pacifist message and being of service and simplifying your life and not being so consumerist or materialistic.' Photo: Bonnie Raitt at the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame (2000)

'Bonnie Raitt said in an interview last year that she first picked up a guitar after learning folk songs at Quaker summer camp.'

Quaker-raised Bonnie Raitt wins thirteenth Grammy

'Bonnie Raitt said in an interview last year that she first picked up a guitar after learning folk songs at Quaker summer camp.'

by Rebecca Hardy 17th February 2023

The Quaker-raised musician Bonnie Raitt won this year’s Grammy Award for the Song Of The Year, along with another two for Best Americana Performance and Best American Roots Song. These brought her total Grammy haul to 13.

Quaker-raised Bonnie Raitt wins thirteenth Grammy

'Bonnie Raitt said in an interview last year that she first picked up a guitar after learning folk songs at Quaker summer camp.'

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