Bonnie Raitt, Sippie Wallace on Letterman, April 27, 1982

One of the early highlights of "Late Night," before James Brown, before Kaufman/Lawler: Bonnie Raitt performs "Me and the Boys" with The Bump Band, chats with Dave, is later joined by Sippie Wallace, who then performs "Women Be Wise" with Bonnie and Dr. John. Sippie tends to sing "shit" instead of "shout," and it's not edited out of the broadcast.

[@newwayofthinking...2301]

Thank you very much Bonnie Raitt for giving many Blues singers there due.

[@lynnpeirce9975]

I used to sing along with this tune in my room...in high school!!! My mom would get a kick out of it! Love Bonnie and Sippie together. Amazing.

[@TheMrMurtle]

Dr John can really work that god damn piano, dude was an absolute legend, rest in peace

[@thomasstambaugh5181]

Wow. Bonnie Raitt, Sippie Wallace, and Dr. John -- on stage, at the same time, doing a blues classic that let all three strut their stuff. For any who don't know Sippie Wallace, it's worth checking out recordings of her in her prime. She was an amazing performer.

[@glancycorner7425]

You are so right!

[@Leonard2077Zenee]

a long time ago in Haarlem The Netherlands at De Egelantier I met Sippie Wallace after her great performance, a great performer she was!!

[@marcellisrobinson]

Thank Letterman for asking them to be on his show. In the 1980s it was fun to watch him, as moments like this one don't happen too often on commercial TV

[@krisscanlon4051]

Sippie Bonnie and the good Dr...BR darn near Sippies age at this point...75 to SW 83...crazy

[@arthurbosch1460]

I'm so happy that I found this video. Greatness X 3!

[@maggie2936-q1m]

I had the honor and the pleasure of seeing Sippie here in Houston a year or two before she died. A Blues legend.

[@michaelhawkyard5855]

I first knew the blues and rhythm and blues was my kind of music when I was still at school near Liverpool, England in 1961, just as the 'Merseybeat' boom was about to take off. Bonny Raitt is by far the greatest female exponent (in my opinion) of that genre. I can't wait to see her in Manchester, England next June. AND, that duet with Sippy is a CLASSIC. love it.

[@lauriezakaroff7658]

Bonnie is the truest rocking and a rolling in the blues.

[@secretdaisy6484]

WOW! Bonnie is always great and Sippie is the real deal. Love 💕 hearing them with Dr. John. 👍☮️🌞🎸🎤🎵🩷

[@acousticshadow4032]

Sippie drinking a brewski on Letterman...lol. God, I love Sippie Wallace. Great post. Thank you, very much!

[@sonjaheck3156]

I love this. An artist helping another.

[@kaigeddes]

Letterman teared-up... I teared-up... the amazing Sissy Wallace!

[@adstocklad]

What a performance. Bonnie is terrific, but with Sippie and Dr John joining her at the end it makes it special. Came across Bonnie and Sippie on a Raitt collection I bought a few days ago. Their previously unreleased live recording of "Women Be Wise" is the stand out. Love the music but glad I don't live in the States. Ad. breaks must be very frustrating and Don did a good job tidying this clip up. Thanks man.

[@dongiller]

+Terry McCaffrey Cutting out the commercials was easy -- there were none. :) This comes from the master tape, which has full Late Night band music throughout the breaks instead of ads.

[@adstocklad]

+Don Giller Thanks Don

[@Dalancino]

Am I so glad I started a search. Bonnie is phenomenal in the early 70's I lived in Cambridge and she did outdoor concerts for all of us. On another note, I was working for a video/film production company mid 70's in Watertown and she and others were working on a film about Sippie Wallace... I remember transferring the film to video for editing purposes and kept looking at this woman and saying, - - she looks like Bonnie Raitt... (it was) I have always wondered whatever happened to the film's production of Sippie Wallace...

[@mich2m]

Fantastic! I haven't seen this since it first aired. So happy to see Bonnie and Sippie together here again.

[@instantkarma1511]

Yes!! I saw both of them & when Sippie sang women be wise lookout took the roof off..no but it was so Fantastic I'll never forget it & her famous red hat thanks for posting:)

[@cynthiahawkins2389]

Terrific, and a bit of blues history!

[@rcktblues]

That is Ian Mclagan of the Small Faces and Faces playing keyboards in the Bump Band backing up Bonnie on the first song. Rick Vito ( Fleetwood Mac,Bob Seeger and countless others)played guitar on the album Green Light. Although there were personnel changes, Ian Mclagan and the Bump Band were around right up to his passing in Dec 2014

[@kinorspielmann4649]

What a legend: Sippie Wallace.

[@tanyagrant6006]

Fantastic !! Lucky enough to have attended two Bonnie Raitt concerts in Toronto at the Sony Theater. Most recently last March with The California Honey Drops opening for her .

[@elkabong6429]

Great footage! Thanks for sharing this! I saw Bonnie perform here in Richmond, VA earlier this year and she was as awesome as ever!

[@dongiller]

Thanks!

[@YeOldeTowneCryer]

WOW, that was great!

[@oughtssought1198]

did I just see Dave Letterman wipeing tears from his eyes as they cut to him at the end?

[@SaphirSouenEstherG]

Thank you! Shared on Google+, November 1, 2018

[@betsykeller9096]

That's some good stuff right there!

[@maersieD]

What a treat that was, Holy Smoke

[@fractuss]

This is so nice.

[@bennyjazzful]

WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111 From a mad keen 75yo Aussie fan.

[@stevensilvera6741]

That was FUN!

[@FatherCoughlin]

I saw Sippie and Bonnie in San Diego around this time. I think it was at the Old Globe.....fun to see Bonnie on Dave but this album and a few others were the record company's attempt to make her sound fit the coming Eighties New Wave.....kind of a cross between Dave Edmunds and the Bus Boys....just not the bluesy Bonnie I love.

[@nubopgritty634]

Yes Sir!

[@4orrcountry]

Sippie knew great blues piano - very few as good as the legendary Dr. John! May God bless Sippie and the Dr.

[@billhair9552]

On bended knee_ please be mine. Bonnie U are amazing!

[@jmeara9912]

Heavens to nrbq!

[@veesharie6106]

Good question Dave

[@yourturn777]

NRBQ Song!? 💘 (me & the boys)

[@silverderf]

Yes it is ! She loves them.

[@kennyguitarallen5662]

sippie,would be a superstar today,well she is anyway

[@JaydeSabbath]

Are Bonnie Raitt and Meryl Streep related? I know that's random, but their mannerisms are very similar.

[@gypsytreasures3856]

Meryl is a straight up satanist and as far as I know, bonnie isnt. Whew

[@4orrcountry]

@@gypsytreasures3856 Dumb comment.

[@davidrennie8197]

Dave's hair here looks like a furry alien landed on his head

[@carolaynstewartraitt9954]

Bonnie Raitt es la mejor junto con Rod Stewart y Emmylou Harris. La otra tan fea que sale al final cantando con Bonnie no me gusta nada. Para mí las mejores interpretaciones de Bonnie con otras personas han sido con Emmylou Harris, con Tracy Chapman y Beth Hart, con Mark Knopfler, con Linda Ronstadt, y por supuestísimo con su padre, John Raitt!!! Y espero que cuando pase esto del Covid le toque cantar alguna vez con Rod Stewart, y si participa alguien más en esa actuación que sea Emmylou o alguien buen@ (si es Emmylou mejor que mejor, ellos tres harían un grupo excepcional). Porque algunos artistas con los que la pobre Bonnie ha cantado, no hay por dónde cogerlos...

[@oughtssought1198]

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