On October 17th of 1972, Bonnie Raitt came to Ultrasonic Studios in Hempstead, NY to perform before a small crowd and the microphones of FM station WLIR. She brought along Freebo, who usually played bass and sometimes tuba with her. She also brought along Lowell George from Little Feat and John Hammond.
This was recorded before Bonnie developed that whisky quality to her voice that was the result of years of singing, drinking and smoking. She was hitting all the right notes that night and she was musically savvy enough even in those days to keep up with the heavy hitters who were sitting in with her. She grew up knowing music - her father, John Raitt, was a major Broadway musical star and her mother was a pianist. I'm sure she learned a lot about music from them both.
Bonnie admits to being pretty stoned during this show and it probably helped to contribute to the atmosphere and conversation you can hear on the recording. They sadly don't do radio like this anymore.
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