Chris Smither on meeting Bonnie Raitt, 2003

When I was first starting to play [in the '60s], Bonnie Raitt was Dick Waterman's girlfriend, and I didn't even know she played the guitar. She certainly wasn't playing professionally or playing at any venues.

She and Dick moved from Cambridge down to Philadelphia at one point, and I remember staying at their house one time when I was playing in Philadelphia. Bonnie and I were sitting around, and she said, "Well, what are you up to lately?" And that was the first time I ever played her "Love You Like a Man." She said, "You know, you should do some of those songs on slide." I said, "Well, I don’t really play slide." And she said, "Oh, it’s easy." She picked up this guitar and started to play, and it was absolutely mind-boggling. I had no idea that she played at all, anything!

From an Acoustic Guitar profile