Bonnie Raitt

Sun House was staying with Dick Waterman in Cambridge where I was going to college, and I heard through the Harvard radio station that he was going to be there, and this other blues fanatic friend of mine said, would you like to meet him? So it started with that, and then I met Dick Waterman that day.

Sun House was staying with Dick Waterman in Cambridge where I was going to college, and I heard through the Harvard radio station that he was going to be there, and this other blues fanatic friend of mine said, would you like to meet him? So it started with that, and then I met Dick Waterman that day.

Sun House was staying with Dick Waterman in Cambridge where I was going to college, and I heard through the Harvard radio station that he was going to be there, and this other blues fanatic friend of mine said, would you like to meet him? So it started with that, and then I met Dick Waterman that day.

went on to get to hang out with Skip James and big boy Arthur Crudup and Fred McDowell and Mance Lipscomb and then Buddy Guy Jr. Wells were all people that Dick booked. And he had worked with Mississippi John Hurt, who unfortunately had passed away before I got a chance to meet him. But that was my entry into meeting all these great blues people. And part of the reason I took a

went on to get to hang out with Skip James and big boy Arthur Crudup and Fred McDowell and Mance Lipscomb and then Buddy Guy Jr. Wells were all people that Dick booked. And he had worked with Mississippi John Hurt, who unfortunately had passed away before I got a chance to meet him. But that was my entry into meeting all these great blues people. And part of the reason I took a

went on to get to hang out with Skip James and big boy Arthur Crudup and Fred McDowell and Mance Lipscomb and then Buddy Guy Jr. Wells were all people that Dick booked. And he had worked with Mississippi John Hurt, who unfortunately had passed away before I got a chance to meet him. But that was my entry into meeting all these great blues people. And part of the reason I took a

semester off in my sophomore year was because I knew that these guys were up in age and that I wasn't going to have this opportunity to kind of get to know them and learn at their feet and be of service or just hang out and soak this up. And that was when Fred and I just made this bond.

semester off in my sophomore year was because I knew that these guys were up in age and that I wasn't going to have this opportunity to kind of get to know them and learn at their feet and be of service or just hang out and soak this up. And that was when Fred and I just made this bond.

semester off in my sophomore year was because I knew that these guys were up in age and that I wasn't going to have this opportunity to kind of get to know them and learn at their feet and be of service or just hang out and soak this up. And that was when Fred and I just made this bond.

And I'm sure he, as well as the other bluesmen, always got a big kick out of the fact that this little round-faced redhead was playing Robert Johnson songs and Sun House songs. And I just sat there listening to their stories and learned to drink and, you know, try to be a blues woman at 20, which, you know, I managed to do by the time I was 40 and get recognized for it.

And I'm sure he, as well as the other bluesmen, always got a big kick out of the fact that this little round-faced redhead was playing Robert Johnson songs and Sun House songs. And I just sat there listening to their stories and learned to drink and, you know, try to be a blues woman at 20, which, you know, I managed to do by the time I was 40 and get recognized for it.

And I'm sure he, as well as the other bluesmen, always got a big kick out of the fact that this little round-faced redhead was playing Robert Johnson songs and Sun House songs. And I just sat there listening to their stories and learned to drink and, you know, try to be a blues woman at 20, which, you know, I managed to do by the time I was 40 and get recognized for it.

You know, I'm sure it was odd from the outside, but for the inside, most of the people that were in love with blues were white middle-class kids that were just going to folk festivals and going around the South with tape recorders.

You know, I'm sure it was odd from the outside, but for the inside, most of the people that were in love with blues were white middle-class kids that were just going to folk festivals and going around the South with tape recorders.

You know, I'm sure it was odd from the outside, but for the inside, most of the people that were in love with blues were white middle-class kids that were just going to folk festivals and going around the South with tape recorders.

And, of course, the British interest in the blues and Big Bill Brunzi and Lead Belly, and that led to so many of these records being exposed to groups that became the Rolling Stones and the Animals and the Beatles even. The rhythm and blues music was on the radio at that time. Not delta blues, but rhythm and blues was on the radio right next to the Beatles and all the white groups.

And, of course, the British interest in the blues and Big Bill Brunzi and Lead Belly, and that led to so many of these records being exposed to groups that became the Rolling Stones and the Animals and the Beatles even. The rhythm and blues music was on the radio at that time. Not delta blues, but rhythm and blues was on the radio right next to the Beatles and all the white groups.

And, of course, the British interest in the blues and Big Bill Brunzi and Lead Belly, and that led to so many of these records being exposed to groups that became the Rolling Stones and the Animals and the Beatles even. The rhythm and blues music was on the radio at that time. Not delta blues, but rhythm and blues was on the radio right next to the Beatles and all the white groups.

So it wasn't as segregated and it didn't seem as culturally odd to me at the time. I just knew that I'd lucked into something.

So it wasn't as segregated and it didn't seem as culturally odd to me at the time. I just knew that I'd lucked into something.