Drummer reacts to "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me" / "Blue Bayou" by Linda Ronstadt

[@ellet6560]

‘There are two kinds of men in this world. Those with a crush on Linda Ronstadt and those who have never heard of her.’ ~ Willie Nelson

[@particularlynothing]

4:52....L33 joins the club.

[@MizCriz46]

"...those who never met her."

[@ellet6560]

@@MizCriz46 I was using my memory but should have looked it up!

[@johncrocker-nh7ey]

🥰👍 I'm definitely in the first bunch

[@markdecker6190]

Great quote, and so very true. Count L33Reacts as yet another victim.

[@geob3963]

70’s, we were lucky to have the voices of Linda Ronstadt, Karen Carpenter & Roberta Flack all at the same time.

[@billbitterman9487]

She literally could and did sing anything. Rock&roll, country, American standards, folk, Latin, light opera. As others have said, possibly the greatest female voice of her generation.

[@mistersnitty7721]

Every teenager had Linda's poster on their bedroom wall. Linda was the first female rock star to sell out stadium concerts. Without her, there would be no Eagles. She's won just about every award imaginable. Successful in Country, Rock, Pop, Mariachi, American Standards with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, Afro-Cuban, Children's Lullaby, New Wave, Jazz and duets with the biggest stars in music. She defied her managers and record labels and did what she wanted, earning her the record-holder for the biggest selling non-English language album in the history of American recorded music. Selena Gomez will be portraying Linda in an upcoming biopic. Linda is one of the most respected singers in the world. No background dancers needed. No bull.... just pure talent and beauty.

[@dougca7086]

She was instrumental in putting together the Eagles which were members of her backup band before they went on their own with her blessings

[@michaelt6218]

"Dude, she is gorgeous! -- sorry..." No need to apologize for that. You just said what we ALL were saying back in the 70's. Not only gorgeous, too, but with an incredible voice. Yep, I'm still in love.

[@L33Reacts]

Yeah she is the perfect mix of beauty and vocal talent. What a woman.

[@michaelasay8587]

And so was the beautiful #1 Karen Carpenter!!!!!!

[@ChuckDrennen]

Yes!@@michaelasay8587

[@anthonyblakely399]

You are reacting to one of the greatest female vocals in music history. Linda Ronstadt. Definitely one of my all-time favorites. ❤❤❤

[@karyn354]

Absolutely ❤

[@GaryNoone-jz3mq]

Linda Rondstat was the best mezzo-soprano ever to lend her voice to popular music. She could sing anything!😊❤

[@frankbirch3877]

It's a strange thing to find someone who has never heard of one of the very greatest singers of the last fifty years!

[@kevinsears7382]

Linda’s live version of “Desperado” is absolutely stunning.

[@lsbill27]

Her video of 'Blue Bayou' live is much better than the studio version. Her voice seems stronger and she really feels it. The studio version sounds like she's doing her job.

[@corawheeler9355]

Linda had an operatic voice and was cast in the 1983 film of the G&S operetta Pirates Of Penzance. Her song, "Poor Wandering One" is worth a listen.

[@ShadowSong634]

Oh my, I haven't seen that movie since I was a kid! Thank you for reminding me of that one. I agree that "Poor Wandering One" was incredible. I have to see that part now. LOL

[@corawheeler9355]

@@ShadowSong634 I already did. Lol

[@ShadowSong634]

Me too. I forgot how he was wanting to kiss her the whole time. But she's like, "No, not yet." LOL!

[@debbiechang5781]

Linda Ronstadt is an American treasure and there are not enough superlatives to describe how heavenly her voice was. She has retired due to illness but has left us an amazing forty plus year catalogue spanning multiple genres. Just a stunningly talented woman and an incredible human being. I strongly recommend checking out her live performance of “Down So Low”. It will leave you speechless. And yes! She is gorgeous! 🌺✌️ I just rewatched this and you probably won’t read this but I wanted to point out that the studio version of “Blue Bayou” features Don Henley singing backing harmonies. There’s a wonderful live version available in which her long time band mate and friend, Kenny Edwards sings backup. She’s just awesome.

[@chitownlee]

Waddy Wachtel was the guitar player with the wild hair in the video. Blue Bayou was written by Roy Orbison. She started out in the 60's in a band called Stone Poneys.

[@rebapuck5061]

Linda always let her band shine.

[@L33Reacts]

That must have been hard because of how effortlessly radiant she is Here. Like damn.

[@garyrausch1184]

Linda's work with Emmy Lou Harris and Dolly Parton on their Trio album should be checked out, Great harmonies

[@edalisauskas7313]

Linda (and Karen Carpenter) were THE female voices in the 70s Once in a generation talents

[@dougca7086]

Linda Ronstadt sings every genre including classical and Latino react to Linda Ronstadt singing Desperado

[@markmurphy558]

Linda had a voice that could fill arenas and stadia and cut through the rock instruments that backed her. And her rock career was only the beginning. Singing an operetta on Broadway, American Standards with Nelson Riddle, Spanish language Mariachi(best selling spanish record ever in the USA), old timey country with Dolly Parton and Emmy Lou Harris. Unfortunately, her career was cut short by a form of MS, that affected her singing voice. My favorite artist.

[@ohfour-seven6228]

Linda was huge, she was the first female artist to sell out arenas. She can sing anything, rock, pop, country, opera, R&B, big band American classics, everything. And any song she covered, she made her own. Mick Jagger rewrote lyrics for her for The Stone's Tumbling Dice. Songs to check out: You're No Good, Tumbling Dice, It's So Easy, When Will I Be Loved, What's New (with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra), That'll Be the Day, Desperado, Heat Wave, Tracks of My Tears... I can go on and on. She's a legend.

[@Sactown5472]

You also need to see her sing Desperado from the same concert, and Blue Bayou.

[@angieday5183]

The whole concert is great

[@lindalee5866]

That is the great Don Grolnick on keys (long intro) and Waddy Wachtel on guitar in the first song. Gorgeous tune, written by Karla Bonoff (who also recorded the tune). Linda was known for her beautiful and powerful voice. She had extraordinary range! As suggested below, do check out "You're No Good" when you have a chance. A GREAT live version of YNG is from the old 70's show The Midnight Special: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHuak5ajp7hki5o (great percussion here!). I think you will love this!

[@beeg56]

I was in high school in the early 1970s, back when Linda Ronstadt was becoming hugely famous. Like pretty much every teen then, many long years before the internet, I always waited impatiently for the release of my favorite musicians’ new albums and then bought them as soon as I could. Then I’d hide in my room and play them over and over. A happy by-product was learning most of the words to most of the songs on the album. At the end of the day, that’s why most of us - the present-day Ancients to all y’all whippersnappers - STILL know most of the words to most of the songs from back then. It’s why we can embarrass the young’uns in our lives by singing freely, wherever we are, about Muskrat Love - or - Heart of Gold You’re So Vain Spirit In the Sky In the Summertime He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Maggie May Mr. Bojangles House of the Rising Sun Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue Teach Your Children Wild World At Seventeen Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree Papa Was A Rolling Stone Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys And, of course, Blue Bayou.😊

[@baronofgreymatter14]

Her backup band became the little group known as THE EAGLES

[@dmj4966]

Linda with the Muppets on The Muppet Show doing Blue Bayou is excellent and super funny at the same time.Animal on drums is awesome. She is also fluent in Spanish and released an incredible salsa album

[@mikedineen7857]

Good to see this reaction. Linda was the best there ever was.

[@robertthole695]

she is perfect in every way

[@barrymuller5131]

Linda had skills. She could sing any genre. She sang country, rock, Spanish flavor, big band, and she made them all sound fresh. When she first started, she had a band that backed her called the Stone Pony’s. Her rocking songs are my favorite.

[@davidspring5013]

The queen of ALL genres, she can sing country, pop spanish broadway big band ect everything brilliantly!

[@yankeeboyno7]

In the 70's I used to see her live at the old Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles (Now the Universal Studios) every summer when she played there. Her backup band, at one time, include Don Henley and Glenn Frey who went on to form the Eagles. Their second album, Desperado, was floundering until Linda released her version of Desperado and the Eagles album took off. They are all linked with Jackson Browne. They were part of the LA music scene at a place called the Troubadour in West Hollywood. The rest, as they say, is history. I picked this song, one, because I cannot stop listening to it and two, it should knock your socks off with her pure, powerful voice. Is Blue Bayou also a live version? Her album versions are great, but live is a totally different experience. I am rambling as I am wired having just come from Steely Dan/Eagles. I tried to send you some Steely Dan recordings, so I hope they get to you. The Eagles were interesting as I saw them 52 years ago when they were getting started for $2 (plus a two drink minimum) at a club called the Corral, off of Los Angeles' Topanga Canyon. On the bill were the Eagles, Joni Mitchell and Neil Young with Crazy Horse. The Eagles opened with their songs from their Desperado album and the place went crazy. When they were done, Joni Mitchell came on stage and the crowd was still buzzing from the Eagles, so Joni walked off the stage and Neil Young played.

[@janewells5970]

Thanks for this request and history lessons! I have always marveled how well Linda controlled her career at a time few women could imagine. She topped the charts with every genre from standards pop and traditional Mariachi! Management would tell her no, but she did it anyway and soared to greatness!

[@markdecker6190]

I have tried to go through life being thankful for what I've had and seen and to not be envious of other's experiences but I've got admit actually that I'm not a little jealous of you being in the LA scene and there for that whole echoes of the canyon experience.

[@yankeeboyno7]

@@markdecker6190 that plus the whole Sunset Blvd experience of the 60’s left significant impressions.

[@marvinroos3520]

Karla Bonoff wrote Someone . . . and several other Ronstadt hits. She also boosted Warren Zevon, David Lindley, and Jackson Browne' songwriting. Amazing vocalist and interpreter. Her last albums were as good as her first. Listen to everything she did. Try the Tuscon Sessions with Emmylou Harris.

[@glenndespres5317]

When Will I Be Loved is great. Early Linda had Different Drum. An awesome duet with Aaron Neville is Don’t Know Much.

[@tommcgowan525]

That was Waddy Watchel on guitar in the first video, you will see him to this day playing with many popular performers. Just watch for those curls! He was part of a group of session musicians called the immediate family they have a documentary out right now very interesting to see these early history

[@Ferretbomber]

hot hot hot. I remember even as a 10 year old being in love with Linda. And what a voice. Thanks for the reactions, Lee.

[@LittleLou-vk9fm]

Waddy Wachtel, the guitar player, is his own rabbit hole to explore!

[@neillenet291]

We all had a crush on linda ronstadt back in the day. Phenomenal voice

[@mikedineen7857]

You just can’t get any better than Linda.

[@amandathibodeau4996]

Linda was exquisitely perfect! I can't image anyone not liking her!!

[@genecase9464]

Thanks for pointing out the all-to-forgotten session musicians. Where would we be without them?

[@DocRock71]

She could and did sing every possible genre of music up to that point, and always did it with a mastery that many genre veterans would be jealous of, putting her own unique feel to whatever genre she tried...kinda like the Beatles and Elton John. She even did a Mariachi album completely in Spanish and did it flawlessly. Linda is a musical gem.

[@stpnwlf9]

Linda was very fond of vovering hits from her choldhood - songs from the 60s. Blue Bayou was a hit for the legendary Roy Orbison in that era. She also covered Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers.

[@janewells5970]

Linda’s vibrato slays me!

[@randyventresca4152]

Linda Ronstadt is the greatest most versatile female vocalist of her generation.

[@AirDOGGe]

Linda is gonna knock our socks off. "Someone..." is a wonderful track that grips you tightly, but Blue Bayou? If "..Lay Down Beside Me" is dynamite then Blue Bayou is thermonuclear! When she opens up on that one I get chills down the spine every time.

[@robertkern9911]

for me Linda will always be the GOAT

[@SalGomez]

Linda was a unique vocalist where she could go soft & gentle and yet, she could bring that powerful voice and do it under such great control.

[@williampearson9679]

Try reacting Linda’s Heat Wave and Long, Long, Time. You won’t be disappointed!

[@beatlesarebest]

She did it all dude.

[@marktizzard47]

I'm old enough to to have seen Linda in the clubs in LA. Always a great show and so easy to watch.

[@williamcabell142]

An Angel’s voice…the heart throb of every young man back in our youth! This is just a bit of her…the greatest female vocalist of our time! You have to check out her Catalogue! 😏 ❤️👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Little note; the Eagles were her back up players, before they set out on their own Genius!

[@richlangdon9059]

Check out her appearance on the Midnight Special where she sings Your No Good.

[@markmurphy558]

Linda has had a resurgence of interest lately because of her song "Long, long time" used in the TV series The LAST OF US finale. Sorta' country, but all passion and beauty. My favorite live vid is her performance in Atlanta in 1977 of The Rolling Stones TUMBLING DICE. On YT.

[@markmurphy558]

Don't be sad. Just be happy that Linda is back in the conversation. Unfortunately, she cannot go out on tour or get a gig in Vegas to bring her music to younger generations because of her illness, so it's reactors or movie/TV bringing her genius to new fans. It's a good thing.

[@mistersnitty7721]

​@@evanhughes1510Selena Gomez playing Linda in an upcoming biopic got Linda in the news big time. Selena's fans are learning. That's a lot of people.

[@johnandrews3151]

Karla Bonoff/Someone To Lay Down Beside Me studio version😮😊

[@RockChick63174]

Ah, yes. I just bought one of her CD's (again) after hearing someone else react to Linda's. Karla's version is so smooth.

[@nuimaleko7]

Linda was one of the pioneers of Country Rock, yet her many albums were produced by Englisman, Peter Asher, the brother of Paul McCartey's one time girlgriend. Peter was part of the British Invasion with many songs that Paul wrote for him, but later settled in the US and became a huge record producer

[@ChrisDeWine]

Linda Ronstadt would have been front center of a group photo of artists who developed the country-rock genre. The artists took rock songs and played them with country instruments.

[@JoseRamos-eu2fo]

No autotune in sight.

[@sgt.blkdog3840]

Someone To Lay Down Beside Me is by far my favorite Linda Ronstadt tune. You should check out the studio version as well. The best word to describe it… Haunting

[@angieday5183]

She sang in multiple genres

[@johnthegreek5836]

Linda Ronstadt is definitely is the best female singer Ever

[@kevinmcconnell3641]

Linda did two albums with the Nelson Riddle orchastra, and two albums of Spanish language songs. Both times the experts, HA, told her it would hurt her career, she said yea so, and did it anyway. Won Grammys with both endeavors. Now 35+ years later she still has the number on selling Spanish language album of all time!! Check out her 1988 Grammy performance of “La Charrada”. Pay attention at the end to Bonnie Raitte’s reaction;) It kinda says all that needs to be said about linda! Check out what Jackson Browne had to say about touring with linda;)

[@kellyoneal2217]

Linda is the queen of it all!

[@nancymjohnson]

Saw her in the 70s. Yes, all the young men were in love

[@mitchellbatchelor1594]

At one time she had the all time selling Spanish language LP. She also performed on Broadway.

[@daveburns3886]

I enjoy your content, glad you found this lady, she had the BEST voice.. didn’t write music … just covers , saw interview where she went into how she needed to make a personal connection to make it real! And thus hers.. made classic rock super hits even better.. this was a Roy Orbison song from 1960!? Did Neil young, stones, Smokey Robinson, Elvis Costello, eagles, Elvis, and many more..

[@ChuckDrennen]

The GREAT Waddy Wachtel on guitar.

[@markmurphy558]

There is a video on YT of Linda at the same concert in Atlanta singing the Rolling Stones TUMBLING DICE. Very rocking.

[@michaelescareno7048]

Really great that you reacted to this!! Yes, all the guys had a crush on her back then!! I saw her live several times back in the day. "Someone To Lay Down Beside Me" was written by Karla Bonoff, whose music you should definitely check out sometime!! Amazing songwriter and musician!! Sometime you should check out Linda's performance of "Lose Again" from the studio album!!!!

[@JayCross]

Listen to the 1967 Studio version of "Different Drum" by The Stone Poneys with Linda Ronstadt doing lead vocals. The song was written by Mike Naismith in 1964, back before he was a Monkey. It's very engaging and made her a giant.

[@rescuelover7891]

Linda was mabe the best female vocalist of my generation and one of the best of all time. She had tremendous range and could sing anything, balads, rock, light opera, country, spanish, and more. She has more awards than you can count. Listen to her cover of the Stones song Tumblin Dice or one of her 1st songs, You're No Good.

[@kennethcamilleri4678]

Guitarist Waddy Watchel …..was very busy back in the day……you could have seen him live with these artists in the seventies and eighties…..Stevie Nicks, Jackson Brown, James Taylor, Carley Simon and of course Linda Ronstadt…..I might have missed someone else….

[@ignatzmuskrat3000]

My high school friend who had more sophisticated tastes than me was at that concert and said it was great. I believe he also saw Jeff Beck that same year. I missed the boat on a lot of shows I later regretted not seeing, the Lamb, being one. But, another friend saw that show from the 2nd row (also The Fox) but fell asleep!

[@gerrydantone6834]

Quick note: Blue Bayou is a magnificent song written by Roy Orbison, an early rock legend, and his version is beautiful as well.

[@frankiebowie6174]

Nice reaction! Memo to straight guys: you don’t have to apologize for calling a woman beautiful, especially Linda Ronstadt. I mean, there she is. I’m a gay man but I can appreciate how lovely her appearance is. It’s part of her vast charm!

[@randyshoquist7726]

Thank you for reacting to the studio cut of Blue Bayou. Most use the live version, which is good, or (god forbid) the Muppets version. The studio version is so finely crafted that it is even more emotionally impactful. One of my favorite recordings, and I'm not a country fan. A few years ago CNN did a documentary called "Linda Ronstadt-The Sound of My Voice." Well worth seeking it out. It shows a lot about the music industry of the 70s and 80s, warts and all. It's here on YT, but you have to pay for it. Good to see a bit of Waddy Wachtel (wok-TEL). He played with her for many years.

[@randyshoquist7726]

@@evanhughes1510 To me, it turns a melancholy song into a cartoon for laughs.

[@mitchellbatchelor1594]

Blue Bayou, an original Roy Orbison recording (The Traveling Wilburys).

[@MikeCoggan]

You should check out the documentary about her - "The Sound of my Voice" it is excellent

[@damonhines8187]

Yep. Yep. Waddy Wachtel, lead player on the first one played with a 💩 ton of folks. Was a member of Keith Richards' Expensive Winos. Andrew Gold, who played guitar and wrote some with her earlier on, also had one or two hits on his own. 😊🤙🏼🎶❤️✨️🕊

[@sandrajohnson5624]

play your no good ...tracks of my tears.....

[@davidspring5013]

oh and christmas her version of Silent Night is second to none you would never guess it is her!

[@robertyoung4523]

Blue bayou is a roy orbison song.

[@jackgilchrist]

Not anymore. Once Linda recorded the song, it became hers, in much the same way that Willie Nelson's song Crazy became Patsy Cline's song after she recorded it. Don't get me wrong, I love Roy Orbison, and I love me some Willie too. But every now and then an artist does a cover version that is so good that it becomes *the* version of the song, leaving all other versions including the original in its shadow.

[@hiloc19]

I saw her live in Aug/78 in Ottawa Canada for the low price of 8 dollars and 50 cents.

[@dannyc8041]

Such a golden voice!!

[@scotstevens5263]

She had a great voice! You should her covers of Tumbling Dice and or Desperado.

[@tomcollens4621]

Saw her thrice. Love Linda!

[@jerrycoolbaugh4962]

Beautiful lady and voice…

[@markvamos2400]

I knew you would dig that bass on Blue Bayou, Lee!! LOVE seeing your reaction on both of these songs!!

[@L33Reacts]

Hey mark!! So glad you enjoyed it :) I had a great time with both. She is so talented...

[@Peter-oh3hc]

One of the few artists that I prefer live versions. Desperado Tracks of my tears Willin Poor poor pitiful me (warren Devon cover) Long long time

[@kevinmcconnell3641]

Blue bayou, Linda singing a Roy Orbison song;)

[@karyn354]

I enjoyed watching you fall in love with our Linda! She is a living legend. Listen to her cover of Tracks of My Tears you won't be disappointed.

[@L33Reacts]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I loved this. She is so talented. And so gorgeous. Wow. Just wow.

[@cazgerald9471]

Linda was a mult-platinum selling artist blending country rock, soft rock, and adult contemporary. She then stood her ground with management and the label in the early 80s to release an album of pop standards collaborating with Nelson Riddle and his orchestra. This album went mult-platinum and gave her leverage to record two more. Then perhaps more interestingly she stood her ground again near the end of the decade for an album of Mexican folk songs that had been her father's favorites when she was young - "Canciones de Mi Padre" - this too went multi-platinum and she proceeded to record two more successful Spanish language albums in the 90s. In the interim she had success collaborating first with Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton, and then with Aaron Neville. She was also nominated for a Tony award in the 80s for her Broadway performance of "The Pirates of Penzance" Unfortunately Linda developed a very serious progressive degenerative disease that she's been battling since then turn of the century. Her final performance was 2009.

[@angieday5183]

Down so Low live version from Germany for a bluesy feel

[@trespatines8698]

If you want to get floored by her voice, listen to a few songs on her Mariachi album “ Canciones de mi Padre”, like La Charreada, Los Laureles and La Cigarra. There are videos on KZbin of her singing them with a mariachi band that are escéptico al.

[@rickbowman21]

She’s the best! Play “You’re no good”.

[@angieday5183]

Don Grolnick on piano in the first song

[@GaryNoone-jz3mq]

No need to apologise for thinking she's gorgeous. Willie Nelson once said "There are two kinds of men in this world. Those of us who are crushing on Linda Rondstat and those who have never heard of her.

[@alanFconrad]

Linda Linda Linda

[@randybenedictson4931]

Love your reaction and you could not do much better than her 1977 Atlanta concert.May I suggest Tumbling Dice and you’re no good from that concert.She is gorgeous to all of us!

[@mikeplott4817]

Great Reaction 👍🙏😎

[@genecase9464]

"Someone To Lay Down Beside Me" is my favorite song of hers. But I thought the music was a bit too loud in this live version. but who am I to critisize? Linda helped the Eagles get started on their road to success.

[@ChuckDrennen]

The Eagles used to be her back up band.

[@757optim]

Crush? Oh yes.