Last Wednesday I had the enormous privilege of sitting down with the masterful for the keynote conversation at the annual Americana Music Conference and Festival in Nashville. Actually, I stood while blues fusion matriarch sat — I'd aggravated an old back injury moments before we took the stage, and my mentioning this to the crowd set Bonnie up for her first zinger of the chat: "What was his name?" she teased.
Humor added intimacy to Raitt's thoughtful reassessment of a long and unceasingly impressive career. Our conversation touched upon everything from her early days, when she learned to play an open C chord by watching the fingers of to her current resurgence, aided by the support of young artists like and and the release of , Slipstream. She discussed the creativity involved in being an interpretive singer; remembered the time Eric Clapton stood back and urged her to take one of his solos during the Crossroads Guitar Festival; and vowed to keep touring until she drops, which we all hope won't be for a very, very long time. Check out , presented by Folk Alley, and enjoy my conversation with Bonnie, right here. I know I did.
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