And similar to that, Bonnie Raitt has one other Grammy to her identify. In an upset win, the icon received the 2023 Grammy award for track of the yr for “Simply Like That” on Sunday (Feb. 5).
Receiving the award from first woman Jill Biden, Raitt known as this win “an unreal second.” And certainly, it type of was, with Raitt’s bittersweet ballad a few coronary heart transplant beating out mega-hits together with Lizzo’s “About Rattling Time,” Harry Kinds’ “As It Was,” Beyonce’s “Break My Soul” and Taylor Swift’s “All Too Properly (10 Minute Model).”
“Thanks for honoring me to all of the Academy that surrounds me with a lot assist and appreciates the artwork of songwriting as I do,” Raitt stated in her acceptance speech. “I used to be so impressed for this track by the unimaginable story of the love and the grace and the generosity of somebody that donates their beloved’s organs to assist one other individual dwell.”
Raitt then evoked late songwriting legend and good friend John Prine, including that “this story was so easy and so lovely for these occasions, and other people have been responding to the track partly as a result of how a lot I really like and all of us love John Prine, and that was the inspiration for the music for this track, and telling a narrative from the within. I don’t write a variety of songs, however I’m so proud that you simply recognize this one.”
“I”m simply completely humbled,” Raitt concluded.
The award mark’s Raitt’s eleventh Grammy win. She first received in 1990, selecting up 4 awards, together with three for her now-classic LP, Nick of Time.
