and her father, john raitt, was one of the all-time greats of musical theater. ♪ he was the originaln "carousel" and was a familiar face on broadway, on t and on the big screen. he duet with his superstar daughter. ♪ what was it like singing with your dad? >> the greatest. i mean, of all the many duet, is that i've done in my life the ones with my dad were my favorite. >> she used to be known as john raitt's daughter, he once said, now i'm known as bonnie raitt's father. bonnie's own career path was a bit less traditional. in 1967 she left california for boston, and radcliffe. and a few years later left radcliffe to sing the blues. but her big commercial break through isn't happen until 1989 with her grammy winning hit album "nick of time." ♪ by then she'd been living the rock and roll life on the road for close to 0 years and had finally kicked the drinking problem that went with it. is there a little bit of a fear as an artist that you'll lose your edge if you don't have that -- >> yeah. absolutely. i think almost anybody in my line of work you could ask. and choirs, too. in fact s