Bonnie Raitt

It's the finesse of it and the soul that you put into it that makes him different from me probably, and hopefully one day I'll get to be as funky as he is.

It's the finesse of it and the soul that you put into it that makes him different from me probably, and hopefully one day I'll get to be as funky as he is.

singing blues tunes. It just sounded the fruitiest, you know, whitest voice I'd ever heard, which I didn't mind singing Joan Baez songs. But, you know, I really did think that if I just lived that, you know, I went from being pretty much not a rebel rouser as a teenager. I was a really good student. I went away to a Quaker school and went right to college.

singing blues tunes. It just sounded the fruitiest, you know, whitest voice I'd ever heard, which I didn't mind singing Joan Baez songs. But, you know, I really did think that if I just lived that, you know, I went from being pretty much not a rebel rouser as a teenager. I was a really good student. I went away to a Quaker school and went right to college.

singing blues tunes. It just sounded the fruitiest, you know, whitest voice I'd ever heard, which I didn't mind singing Joan Baez songs. But, you know, I really did think that if I just lived that, you know, I went from being pretty much not a rebel rouser as a teenager. I was a really good student. I went away to a Quaker school and went right to college.

And I don't even think I partied at all until I was about 20. And the drinking age in Massachusetts wasn't even until 21. So I started hanging out with these hardcore guys and You know, like any kid sitting at the feet of the masters, you know, I also got to go on tour hanging out with Buddy and Junior's band on the Rolling Stones tour of Europe. So that was some professional hound dogs there.

And I don't even think I partied at all until I was about 20. And the drinking age in Massachusetts wasn't even until 21. So I started hanging out with these hardcore guys and You know, like any kid sitting at the feet of the masters, you know, I also got to go on tour hanging out with Buddy and Junior's band on the Rolling Stones tour of Europe. So that was some professional hound dogs there.

And I don't even think I partied at all until I was about 20. And the drinking age in Massachusetts wasn't even until 21. So I started hanging out with these hardcore guys and You know, like any kid sitting at the feet of the masters, you know, I also got to go on tour hanging out with Buddy and Junior's band on the Rolling Stones tour of Europe. So that was some professional hound dogs there.

So, you know, those first few years, it was very difficult to be as light sounding as I was. And so I kind of made up for it by bravado and kind of swaggering around thinking I could be, you know, like Etta James in a minute.

So, you know, those first few years, it was very difficult to be as light sounding as I was. And so I kind of made up for it by bravado and kind of swaggering around thinking I could be, you know, like Etta James in a minute.

So, you know, those first few years, it was very difficult to be as light sounding as I was. And so I kind of made up for it by bravado and kind of swaggering around thinking I could be, you know, like Etta James in a minute.

Yeah, that was an interesting position to be in. I'm sorry I cut you off, Terry. Go ahead.

Yeah, that was an interesting position to be in. I'm sorry I cut you off, Terry. Go ahead.

Yeah, that was an interesting position to be in. I'm sorry I cut you off, Terry. Go ahead.

Oh, that was just, yeah, there was one blues festival where it was kind of my job to, because there was a lot of different bluesmen in one backstage area, all of whom had not only different tastes in what to drink, but could handle it differently. For example, Son House, if he had a couple of shots of vodka, he could remember all of his songs, and if he had too much, he couldn't remember them.

Oh, that was just, yeah, there was one blues festival where it was kind of my job to, because there was a lot of different bluesmen in one backstage area, all of whom had not only different tastes in what to drink, but could handle it differently. For example, Son House, if he had a couple of shots of vodka, he could remember all of his songs, and if he had too much, he couldn't remember them.

Oh, that was just, yeah, there was one blues festival where it was kind of my job to, because there was a lot of different bluesmen in one backstage area, all of whom had not only different tastes in what to drink, but could handle it differently. For example, Son House, if he had a couple of shots of vodka, he could remember all of his songs, and if he had too much, he couldn't remember them.

So if he didn't have any at all, he usually didn't even want to play. So it was just one of these chemistry experiments that was...

So if he didn't have any at all, he usually didn't even want to play. So it was just one of these chemistry experiments that was...

So if he didn't have any at all, he usually didn't even want to play. So it was just one of these chemistry experiments that was...