Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Her music, how she writes, how she sings, how she plays guitar, how she plays slide guitar. If I could, boy, I'd want to do it just the way she does. Today, we're talking to Bonnie Raitt. Hi, I'm Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and this is Wiser Than Me, the podcast where I get schooled by women who are wiser than me.

Her music, how she writes, how she sings, how she plays guitar, how she plays slide guitar. If I could, boy, I'd want to do it just the way she does. Today, we're talking to Bonnie Raitt. Hi, I'm Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and this is Wiser Than Me, the podcast where I get schooled by women who are wiser than me.

All right, so even though I love music, it's kind of hard to get me out of the house to listen to people live for some reason. I don't know. But today's guest is one artist I never miss. One time I saw her outdoors in San Francisco. It was August. And so, of course, it was freezing. And she was playing, I remember, with James Taylor. And my husband said, how is she going to play? It's too cold.

All right, so even though I love music, it's kind of hard to get me out of the house to listen to people live for some reason. I don't know. But today's guest is one artist I never miss. One time I saw her outdoors in San Francisco. It was August. And so, of course, it was freezing. And she was playing, I remember, with James Taylor. And my husband said, how is she going to play? It's too cold.

And she came out and she actually said, oh, God, it's fucking freezing. And she got somebody to give her a pair of gloves that have half the finger cut out. So she was basically playing in mittens, and it didn't matter. She played so beautifully. And afterwards, I wanted to go and say hi to her, but I couldn't stop crying. So it was just too embarrassing.

And she came out and she actually said, oh, God, it's fucking freezing. And she got somebody to give her a pair of gloves that have half the finger cut out. So she was basically playing in mittens, and it didn't matter. She played so beautifully. And afterwards, I wanted to go and say hi to her, but I couldn't stop crying. So it was just too embarrassing.

I've seen her over and over, and yet she still makes me cry to songs I've heard her sing a thousand times. She is the one singer who I kind of feel like she's mine. Yeah. Do you know what I mean? I have my own relationship with her music that makes me feel like more than just another fan. And of course, there are thousands, hundreds of thousands of her fans who feel exactly the same way.

I've seen her over and over, and yet she still makes me cry to songs I've heard her sing a thousand times. She is the one singer who I kind of feel like she's mine. Yeah. Do you know what I mean? I have my own relationship with her music that makes me feel like more than just another fan. And of course, there are thousands, hundreds of thousands of her fans who feel exactly the same way.

And oh my God, the way she plays guitar. Oh, she is such a distinct, singular artist. Whether she's playing blues or soul or rock and roll, covering something or playing one of her perfect original songs, she kills it. You know it's her instantly. She got her first guitar when she was eight or nine and discovered she had real talent on it at a Quaker summer camp in upstate New York.

And oh my God, the way she plays guitar. Oh, she is such a distinct, singular artist. Whether she's playing blues or soul or rock and roll, covering something or playing one of her perfect original songs, she kills it. You know it's her instantly. She got her first guitar when she was eight or nine and discovered she had real talent on it at a Quaker summer camp in upstate New York.

Cut to decades later, B.B. King called her the best slide player working today. I mean, come on. She's just all red hair and no bullshit, right? I'm so crazy about her tough, don't fuck with me, get it done attitude, all while being indisputably hot. She's navigated the music business for more than five decades, always on her own terms, and that's an industry notorious for its misogyny.

Cut to decades later, B.B. King called her the best slide player working today. I mean, come on. She's just all red hair and no bullshit, right? I'm so crazy about her tough, don't fuck with me, get it done attitude, all while being indisputably hot. She's navigated the music business for more than five decades, always on her own terms, and that's an industry notorious for its misogyny.

When she started her own record label, she hired a team of four superstar women so that they would be the ones calling the shots. Yep, our guest today is the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer with 18 studio albums under her belt, who's been nominated for 30 Grammy Awards and won 13 of them, including Song of the Year, which she just won last year. The woman is a living legend.

When she started her own record label, she hired a team of four superstar women so that they would be the ones calling the shots. Yep, our guest today is the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer with 18 studio albums under her belt, who's been nominated for 30 Grammy Awards and won 13 of them, including Song of the Year, which she just won last year. The woman is a living legend.

ranking on the Rolling Stones list of the greatest singers and the list of the greatest guitarists of all time, and she's absolutely the top of my list in both. And I haven't even mentioned her social activism, her political power, her devotion to original blues artists, and her extraordinary personal journey.

ranking on the Rolling Stones list of the greatest singers and the list of the greatest guitarists of all time, and she's absolutely the top of my list in both. And I haven't even mentioned her social activism, her political power, her devotion to original blues artists, and her extraordinary personal journey.

About that. So let's welcome a woman who is so much wiser than me, Bonnie Raitt. Hi, Bonnie. Hey, how are you?

About that. So let's welcome a woman who is so much wiser than me, Bonnie Raitt. Hi, Bonnie. Hey, how are you?

Don't be shaking. I'm shaking.

Don't be shaking. I'm shaking.