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Bonnie Raitt’s longevity isn’t magic. It’s craft, community, and a healthier road life. Here’s what rock can learn from blues and jazz aging.

Before the Grammys, Bonnie Raitt found her real education in Cambridge: Club 47, blues obsessives, and Dick Waterman’s artist-first hustle.

Bonnie Raitt did not learn blues from YouTube or guitar bros. She stole licks from records, worshipped women like Memphis Minnie and Sippie Wallace, and never asked permission.

Bonnie Raitt says you can’t change the noodle, only the sauce. Here is how her unschooled slide guitar and risk taking can reboot your own playing.

Before the Grammy wins, the critical acclaim, and the slide-guitar mastery that became her signature, Bonnie Raitt was simply a…