Bonnie Raitt

Absolutely. It is probably the longing for what I wish I could have and love or didn't get as a little kid. That's not grief, but it's longing and the loss of so many things. Things in my life that I didn't cherish at the time. Well, I just mean relationships that because I'm on the road all the time, I wish I had nurtured more. You know, that's something we all kick ourselves for.

Absolutely. It is probably the longing for what I wish I could have and love or didn't get as a little kid. That's not grief, but it's longing and the loss of so many things. Things in my life that I didn't cherish at the time. Well, I just mean relationships that because I'm on the road all the time, I wish I had nurtured more. You know, that's something we all kick ourselves for.

But the loss of so many people has been when I go to sing now. I sing Dimming of the Day for my brother Steve. And I wrote this rocker song with my guitar player. I put the words to it called I'm Living for the Ones Who Didn't Make It. Yeah. You know, and that helps to get the rockers actually get the energy out as much as the sad songs. But Angel from Montgomery, I mean, wipes me out.

But the loss of so many people has been when I go to sing now. I sing Dimming of the Day for my brother Steve. And I wrote this rocker song with my guitar player. I put the words to it called I'm Living for the Ones Who Didn't Make It. Yeah. You know, and that helps to get the rockers actually get the energy out as much as the sad songs. But Angel from Montgomery, I mean, wipes me out.

I mean, there's so many different songs that have ache in them.

I mean, there's so many different songs that have ache in them.

And grief is a big part of that because it's been part of my life the last 20 years especially. Yeah, right. So it's cathartic that way, right, Bonnie? Absolutely. And I know the audience is feeling that. And when I sing just like that, I try not to make eye contact with the people in the audience, but the guys in the band will tell me there was people sobbing in the front, you know. Oh, yeah.

And grief is a big part of that because it's been part of my life the last 20 years especially. Yeah, right. So it's cathartic that way, right, Bonnie? Absolutely. And I know the audience is feeling that. And when I sing just like that, I try not to make eye contact with the people in the audience, but the guys in the band will tell me there was people sobbing in the front, you know. Oh, yeah.

Yeah. You know, or I've gotten letters from women that have said, I've never seen my husband cry. We've been married 40 years. And when you sing, I turn and look at him and he was crying. I can't make you love me. Oh, yeah. So I know that I'm holding a really holy space on those songs like Angel from Montgomery. You know, the feisty ones, I'm holding that space.

Yeah. You know, or I've gotten letters from women that have said, I've never seen my husband cry. We've been married 40 years. And when you sing, I turn and look at him and he was crying. I can't make you love me. Oh, yeah. So I know that I'm holding a really holy space on those songs like Angel from Montgomery. You know, the feisty ones, I'm holding that space.

And, you know, when you're asking about, do I write from women's point of view? You know, yeah, I've written a whole lot of songs. You know, Meet Me Halfway, Standing by the Same Old Love, Down to You. There's a whole bunch of tunes. Baby, Don't You Know I'm on Your Side that are about... Even though we were finished talking about it, I just went...

And, you know, when you're asking about, do I write from women's point of view? You know, yeah, I've written a whole lot of songs. You know, Meet Me Halfway, Standing by the Same Old Love, Down to You. There's a whole bunch of tunes. Baby, Don't You Know I'm on Your Side that are about... Even though we were finished talking about it, I just went...

I'm standing up for these positions, these lyrics that I pick. I'm standing up for those people in the audience that need to say that to their partners. And a lot of them are women. So, yeah, I mean, I take back saying I don't think about gender. I think about me, but because I'm a woman, I'm speaking about meet me halfway.

I'm standing up for these positions, these lyrics that I pick. I'm standing up for those people in the audience that need to say that to their partners. And a lot of them are women. So, yeah, I mean, I take back saying I don't think about gender. I think about me, but because I'm a woman, I'm speaking about meet me halfway.

Oh, thank you.

Oh, thank you.

It feels that way when I'm singing it. Thank you for receiving it. It really means a lot.

It feels that way when I'm singing it. Thank you for receiving it. It really means a lot.

Can you imagine how it feels for me to be off the road since October and have my first time being me again, be with you, receiving me with such an – I mean, I knew you were a fan, but not to the extent – of soul connection that we have and so many things line up, you know, and the important and all the important, the real things and the real things.

Can you imagine how it feels for me to be off the road since October and have my first time being me again, be with you, receiving me with such an – I mean, I knew you were a fan, but not to the extent – of soul connection that we have and so many things line up, you know, and the important and all the important, the real things and the real things.