Bonnie Raitt

She said she would only do gospel because she was recovering from a stroke and had given up the blues and was playing in the church. And... So I started playing Women Be Wise in the little trailer backstage, and she started kind of sashing back and forth, and she said, well, maybe I'll just do one blues.

And the rest is kind of history, because after that, she was the big hit of the festival, our duet of this song, and we went on to record it together in her subsequent album, Sippy, on Atlantic Records. And we toured together for the next 15 years until she passed away at 86.

And the rest is kind of history, because after that, she was the big hit of the festival, our duet of this song, and we went on to record it together in her subsequent album, Sippy, on Atlantic Records. And we toured together for the next 15 years until she passed away at 86.

And the rest is kind of history, because after that, she was the big hit of the festival, our duet of this song, and we went on to record it together in her subsequent album, Sippy, on Atlantic Records. And we toured together for the next 15 years until she passed away at 86.

Man, oh man. That's a wonderful recording. That's really, really great.

Man, oh man. That's a wonderful recording. That's really, really great.

Man, oh man. That's a wonderful recording. That's really, really great.

Well, I'd say those lyrics, for starters. I mean, both You Got to Know How and Women Be Wise and Mighty Type Woman. All these tunes that she writes are real lessons. I learned a lot about what kind of songs appeal to me by what she chose to write about.

Well, I'd say those lyrics, for starters. I mean, both You Got to Know How and Women Be Wise and Mighty Type Woman. All these tunes that she writes are real lessons. I learned a lot about what kind of songs appeal to me by what she chose to write about.

Well, I'd say those lyrics, for starters. I mean, both You Got to Know How and Women Be Wise and Mighty Type Woman. All these tunes that she writes are real lessons. I learned a lot about what kind of songs appeal to me by what she chose to write about.

And, yeah, I mean, just in terms of her love of family and her independence from men, I mean, she lost her husband many years previous to when I met her and seemed to have a very full life not being somebody's wife. I'm sure she would have, you know, she missed her husband. He was the love of her life. And she really had no desire to get connected again.

And, yeah, I mean, just in terms of her love of family and her independence from men, I mean, she lost her husband many years previous to when I met her and seemed to have a very full life not being somebody's wife. I'm sure she would have, you know, she missed her husband. He was the love of her life. And she really had no desire to get connected again.

And, yeah, I mean, just in terms of her love of family and her independence from men, I mean, she lost her husband many years previous to when I met her and seemed to have a very full life not being somebody's wife. I'm sure she would have, you know, she missed her husband. He was the love of her life. And she really had no desire to get connected again.

And that was a very strong lesson to me as a young girl. Because I did grow up in a feminist era. And to have a blues woman or someone like Ruth Brown or Aretha Franklin as my role models, as well as Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell, you know, these are women that just stood up for themselves and demanded respect.

And that was a very strong lesson to me as a young girl. Because I did grow up in a feminist era. And to have a blues woman or someone like Ruth Brown or Aretha Franklin as my role models, as well as Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell, you know, these are women that just stood up for themselves and demanded respect.

And that was a very strong lesson to me as a young girl. Because I did grow up in a feminist era. And to have a blues woman or someone like Ruth Brown or Aretha Franklin as my role models, as well as Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell, you know, these are women that just stood up for themselves and demanded respect.

Well, this is one of the greatest vocals I've ever heard. It's so simple. And the piano part and the arrangement, this is really early. Even though B.B. started in the late 40s, and he's got a lot of his hits in the 50s, this was a record that when I was 10 or 11 years old, I happened to hear on a radio station. And later... Everybody's got that one record that just turned their head around.

Well, this is one of the greatest vocals I've ever heard. It's so simple. And the piano part and the arrangement, this is really early. Even though B.B. started in the late 40s, and he's got a lot of his hits in the 50s, this was a record that when I was 10 or 11 years old, I happened to hear on a radio station. And later... Everybody's got that one record that just turned their head around.

Well, this is one of the greatest vocals I've ever heard. It's so simple. And the piano part and the arrangement, this is really early. Even though B.B. started in the late 40s, and he's got a lot of his hits in the 50s, this was a record that when I was 10 or 11 years old, I happened to hear on a radio station. And later... Everybody's got that one record that just turned their head around.

Sometimes there's a Ray Charles tune that did it for me, and then later hearing John Lee Hooker when I was about 14. But B.B. King was a big star in Los Angeles on the black radio, and Rock Me Baby's just a classic tune. Many people have covered it, but I just wanted to bring it to let you know how... unbelievably simple and pure and right to the bone this song can be. And B.B.