Linda Ronstadt Live ’72-‘83 (42 vids, 2024 stereo mixes, best quality, no logos)

YouTube ^ | November 29, 2024 | Women in Classic Pop

[Mark]

Back then I also liked Vonda Shepherd.

[MacNaughton]

Saw her in concert at Stegeman Coliseum, UGA, Athens, GA, during 1976 and at Reynolds Coliseum, NCSU, Raleigh, NC in 1980. Her earlier folk roots got me interested in Old Time/ Mountain Music/ bluegrass.

[lee martell]

I saw her name out of the blue. At first I thought you were going to tell me something happened to her. First Sly Stone, then Brian Wilson... I just didn’t know.

[Honorary Serb]

Wow! A fellow Arizonan!

[GreatRoad]

Blue Bayou, one of my all time faves.

[FreedomForce]

Very talented but leftist scum.

[dayglored]

One of the greatest female singers in my generation, a true star.

Difficulties with romance, and unfortunate choices in politics. But I'm willing to forgive her personal choices for the fact that she gave the world a lifetime of outstanding musical achievement.

[Dr. Franklin]

Agreed.

[umbagi]

You don’t now? I listen to her a lot.

[Vendome]

That was great

[fidelis]

Saw her live at the Universal Amphitheater in LA during the “Get Closer” tour in 1984. She could still belt it out then.

[Allegra]

But I'm willing to forgive her personal choices for the fact that she gave the world a lifetime of outstanding musical achievement.

I agree. Such a beautiful and versatile voice.

My dad loved her music, too.

[Bullish]

Very talented but leftist scum.

She's so far left she could make leftist scum puke.

[frank ballenger]

She gave comfort to California’s young Governor Jerry Brown long ago.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

It’s such a shame she had some a terrible weight management problem. She was quite the looker back in the 70s.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I was impressed with her Canciones de Mi Padre (1987, "Songs of My Father") album. It was her first full album of traditional Mexican mariachi music.. It was a tribute to her Mexican roots and family traditions, inspired by the songs she grew up hearing in Tucson, Arizona, from her father, Gilbert Ronstadt, and aunt, Luisa Espinel. I always thought it so sweet for her to name the album simply "Songs of My Father."

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“gave comfort to” — LOLOL...in the “Kneepads Harris” mode?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I remember really enjoying her first band “The Stone Poneys,” especially “Different Drum” in June 10067. It was written by Michael Nesmith (later of the Monkees). It became their signature hit, reaching No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1967.

The Stone Poneys, formed in Los Angeles with Ronstadt, Kenny Edwards, and Bobby Kimmel. They released three albums between 1967 and 1968 on Capitol Records. Their sound was rooted in the folk-rock movement, influenced by artists like Bob Dylan and the Byrds, with Ronstadt’s emotive vocals as the centerpiece.

Such amazing music in my Junior high school year back then!

[dayglored]

> It’s such a shame she had some a terrible weight management problem. She was quite the looker back in the 70s.

Indeed she was stunningly beautiful. Every hetero guy I knew had a crush on her, or at least found her image useful for personal activities.

She certainly had difficulties with interpersonal issues, didn't like being used as a sex object, and it wouldn't surprise me if her gaining weight in later years was a defense against that. But that's speculation.

More tragic, in my opinion, was her misfortune in terms of losing her ability to sing due to the neurological problems that robbed her of her voice and physical abilities, to the point where she wasn't even able to attend her own induction into the R&R Hall of Fame in 2014.