Linda Ronstadt The Music, Sex, Drugs and Road Life in the 70's

[@andyford8359]

To quote Willie Nelson, "there are two types of people, those who love Linda Ronstadt, and those who have never heard her sing".

[@RiverDocs]

And Willie was right too 😉

[@RiverDocs]

@@brucemacmillan9581 Emmylou ❤😍

[@danieljohnstone6805]

Awesome comment Mr Willie Nelson

[@wayneriley7367]

Yes, it was about Emmylou, a country singer, Linda was just starting to get known.

[@wayneriley7367]

@@brucemacmillan9581 true, but she was already with Parsons and did the Dylan album and she was country, Linda was into the rock. I agree with you but I think if Willie said it it was about Emmylou, I doubt he ran into Linda

[@alexdesoufer]

Linda Ronstadt was really authentic as she still today and, yes, she was a free spirit respecting her wishes as much she respected another.

[@maurice19541]

Linda didn't need a meat suit, leotard or whatever singers today parade around in - she was a singer who stepped up to the mic in maybe jeans, shirt, pair of boots and a flower in her hair. Then came that voice from heaven which she could push real hard or throttle down whisperly soft. Truly an American treasure. To just understand how beautifully enchanting she was, check out a Johnny Carson show she guested on in the 80's. Carson had starlettes galore on his show throughout the years no big deal. However that night Johnny got lost in those big brown eyes beaming in on him - left him stammering like a school boy. The poor guy was mesmerized - check it out.

[@TheEddiethekid]

Without a doubt, she was one of the greatest female singers of all time.

[@ceepersandenderdragonssvlo4812]

One of the greatest female singers EVER ❤

[@GeeBee909]

Fun fact: In the 1960's Linda (and members of her band) once pushed their broken-down car down LaBrea Ave. in Hollywood (on their way to Capitol Records). Image seeing this giant talent her pushing her car down the avenue !!!!

[@richardvillafana8111]

I was soooo in love with her when I was a kid. I'm now an old man, and am grateful for the wonderful memories of her songs and most importantly, her magnificent vocals.

[@brettrobinson2901]

Wow!...what a LADY!...what a LIFE!...thanks for everything you gave us LINDA...

[@kevinh753]

A very interesting and well-produced little documentary - thank you. You asked if anyone knew of any songs Linda Ronstadt wrote. I don't know if anyone else has mentioned these but I am aware of three that she co-wrote: - "Lo Siento Mi Vida", co-written with Kenny Edwards and her father, Gilbert Ronstadt. This is on her album "Hasten Down The Wind" (1976). - "Try Me Again", co-written with Andrew Gold, also on "Hasten Down The Wind". - "Winter Light", co-written with Eric Kaz and Zbigniew Antoni Preisner - on her albums Winter Light (1993) and Dedicated To The One I Love (1996). I am nearly 65 years old and, although I was aware of her music from radio play during the 1970s and '80s, I was never into it - wrong genre for me at that time of my life and the ignorance of youth making me fail to appreciate then what is clear to me now. I have recently, courtesy of KZbin's algorithm I guess, come to appreciate her music and now realise what an incredible talent I missed. Fortunately, although her voice has been taken from her, she has left a wonderful canon of recordings that we can still enjoy. I have listened to every one of her solo albums (including the Spanish ones that I don't understand) from Hand Sown, Home Grown (1969) to Hummin' To Myself (2004) as well as Adieu False Heart (2006), her exquisite collaboration with Ann Savoy, which I believe was the last album she recorded before she retired. The diversity of musical styles over her career is truly impressive and, although some of the more pop-oriented songs are a bit dated now, there is nothing I wouldn't listen to. That voice was magnificent and, more importantly, authentic. She had power, control, clear enunciation and she sang as if she genuinely felt every emotion expressed in the music and lyrics - that hits me straight in the heart. Maybe I've just become soft as have aged, but I love it! I also think that her voice improved as she grew older, more experienced and perhaps more confident.

[@davidmellish3295]

Yes but those 3 songs she co wrote, did she actually write anything herself? At the end of the day it doesn't really matter if she wrote or not as she had the voice of an angel. Bob Dylan on the other hand wrote over 500 songs and is definitely one of the greatest songwriters ever but had the voice of a cat being strangled. I guess not ever great artist can write, Elvis didn't either but not all writers can sing. Songwriter orot, she's one of the greatest to ever do it

[@steveeyler5202]

I had the honor of seeing her perform at Lake Tahoe in 1982. Her voice was strong and pure and she sang with incredible passion. It was like being serenaded by an angel. One of the greatest performances I’ve ever seen.

[@1439315]

Before dumbphones when people were actually present; paying attention.

[@angelirohival6270]

Linda Ronstadt’s music just brings back the best memories of being a teenager. What an absolutely amazing voice!

[@RiverDocs]

Great memories for sure!! Thanks for watching!

[@allansheets9031]

Agreed

[@bradleyweliver9233]

She was truly blessed. Both in looks and talent. What a woman.

[@RiverDocs]

I agree!

[@dianaridley1235]

She's a tiger

[@patrickwayne3701]

She was 19 or 20 when I was born but in 1979 she was everywhere in my world. I still have my teenage poster of her. She is a dear soul who gave me hope and comfort through the bad years of abuse by stepparents. Her voice carries me away, still. Thanks for your work in putting this together.

[@johncopeland3826]

For me it's her range ! She can go from the most powerful singing to the lowest whisper imaginable with the greatest of ease ! Then there's the styles and genres which are so natural . I believe Linda Ronstadt is right up there with the very best of them .... EVER !

[@sandburgmartin7947]

Dear brother and sister fans of Linda Maria Ronstadt, She contributed so much to country music in her songs and promotion of the genre. On her own merit they need to induct her into the Country Music Hall of Fame THIS year. Do it so she can enjoy the honor while she is still with us. Members Dolly and Emmylou have been in since 1999 & 2000 respectively. Induct her and reunite the Trio in permanent honor. (Can we petition?).

[@curtisshaw9317]

Pure unadorned pipes. A rare combination of power and tenderness. Much more than her considerable hits - a songwriter's champion and a mesmerizing Live vocalist surrounded by devoted talent. In a dirty rotten business she remains beloved.

[@trentk268]

Summer of 67 was outta sight. The future Eagles backed her in '71 or '72 I followed every appearance she had in my town for several years.

[@eohippusone]

I'm about Linda's age. I was crazy about her during the 70s! But weren't we all! Her music, her looks, her hair! She had it all!

[@babyboomer9560]

My sister knew her. My sister’s boyfriend was a lawyer for some of the music acts. She fixed me up with a blind date with her. I drove all the way from Monterey to Van Nuys. By the time I got there my sister said they had an argument and the date was off.😮😢

[@JacquelineHespen]

I'm also from Tucson and saw Linda singing in a coffee shop before becoming famous

[@JustPlainSteve5372]

I had a friend from College ho used to go into her Father's hardware store in Tuscon all the time

[@robertcassey4014]

Linda Ronstadt, Dusty Springfield, Christine McVie, Pat Benetar. Unmistakable angelic voices that have blessed my life. ❤

[@jasoncardigan9488]

Linda was one of my mom's favorites. I loved how my mom enjoyed her singing and her songs. Many of them covers. And i don't care. She was wonderful and my mom....amazing. thank you. Linda for all the fun you gave my mom and me. Thank you. Again

[@pjesf]

I’ve always been mesmerized by her voice but she is also a marvelous human being and so intelligent 😍

[@johncox2912]

Linda was pure talent. SUCH an incredible voice! Her singing really hits home with me on every song.

[@extremedf53]

Linda was amazing and had something really special about her. ❤🎉

[@pbohearn]

I’ve been listening to Linda Ronstadt and loving each, and everyone of her albums that I collected over the last 50 years. I followed her journey through so many different genres, and was so impressed that she would take all of them on and do an excellent job. I got to see her perform once live at the Hollywood bowl; I thought she was rather shy on stage actually. She didn’t do a lot of “patter” as the main performer often does with their audience. But she was a generous bandmember, and one of the most un-diva like of the women who have had soaring careers in music. That’s because she saw herself as part of the band, one of the boys. Although she got popular doing rock ‘n’ roll, I always thought her strength was country western and of course the songs that hit you in the gut where those sad, sad, bluesy songs of someone desperate for love, or addiction, or loneliness. She sang the songs with such empathy, I think my favorite album is “hasten down the wind,” although I love the Trio album, and her albums with Nelson Riddle covering the American songbook. My mother sang on the radio when she was a child, and she sang those songs, and when I sing them, I always think of my mother. I learned how to sing from Linda Ronstadt, Karen Carpenter, Barbra Streisand, and other amazing, female vocalists. By the way, JD Souther said that, although she is not known for being a creator of songs, he actually felt that she was his partner in the songs that he wrote for her as much as any one could be. She was great at picking songs that would really feature her voice, and once she picked them, she never phoned in her performance. Dolly Parton said that she was most exacting of high standards working with her on trio. Finally, Linda Ronstadt was very generous to other musicians, both in terms of promoting the guys have became the Eagles, and also inviting Emmylou Harris to live with her after Emmylou’s lover died of an overdose. She also really talked up Emmylou and got her back working. And one of the documentaries recently about Linda Ronstadt Emmylou is literally brought to tears talking about how sad she feels that Linda can no longer saying. She’s had strong, long-standing relationships with her fellow singers and musicians, and only Bernie Leadon has talk shit about her lol.

[@texasflood3165]

Had the hots for Linda Ronstadt since the 70’s.. her looks alone melted me.. then that voice..my God..that voice…magic..God has blessed her..and all who love her music..🎼🎤❤️

[@dwightdodd3734]

amen,Brother !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@lindaeaton3949]

She co-wrote Lo Sienta Mi Vida (Hasren Down the Wind album) and she never dated Aaron Neville, that was a rumor. I enjoyed watching this. Thank you ❤️

[@thomaspowers5845]

She could stop a clock with her good looks, and start it up again when she started to sing. Truly a diamond in the rough.

[@artysanmobile]

I worked with Linda in 1977. There are many KZbin videos of her live performances in Atlanta that year. Those recordings were made using my Artisan Mobile remote recording truck. I was only 22 at the time and I confess I was absolutely smitten with her beauty and amazing talent.

[@mikefinity7129]

Rough?? She polished her singing throughout her career. She studied, practiced, and learned her stuff. Her voice was unsurpassed.

[@matthewtayloryowieresearch1912]

She is fair dinkum sublime. Easy on the eyes her heart-attack good looks matched with an astonishing voice(🐺whistle) . As if every single last regular garden variety bloke who commented anywhere here on Linda Ronstadt would hestitate for a second to agreee to eat red hot chillis raw by the fistful while juggling 4 chainsaws whilst crawling across a mile of broken bottles & deadly snakes to be her guy..? this is the very LEAST we'd all do I reckon? Seriously, if you disagree with me & think you nah, that you wouldn't - then you're lying.. Pinocchio. You would have to have a coupla roo's loose in ya top paddock to think otherwise.., or, or somethin' else is wrong with ya? 💔Linda Ronstadt is easily one of the most attractive talented women, ever.

[@thomaspowers5845]

@@matthewtayloryowieresearch1912 Say what?

[@johngolofit1208]

For many of us we grew up listening to, watching, and admiring Linda Ronstadt. This unparalleled singer and her music became our companions as our lives changed. She was no angel and neither were we. She paid and is paying now for mistakes made. We all do. I believe that when her time comes a special place in heaven will be reserved. God Bless Linda Ronstadt now and forever…

[@rjwintl]

I still get goosebumps when she hits the high notes in any of her songs !!!

[@dwightdodd3734]

last 10 seconds of Blue Bayou.............

[@pjesf]

@@dwightdodd3734Love that note‼️ Also love the one at the 1:00 mark of “La Cigarra” - so PURE kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnK4Xq18d9l6b68si=O6F-3yBBiE9Sf-uL

[@Coolcat3]

There la great music in everything

[@seththomas9105]

Her music, and by extension the whole late 60's - mid 70's "country rock" scene brings me back to when I was a kid. My parents really loved music and they were into CR as it was on the radio a lot also. Linda has a beautiful voice, and what a beautiful woman. Wish her well.

[@kellputt51]

I have heard Linda sing and I am so glad I have .. plus I have a few greatest hits albums.. "Try Me Again" was written by Ronstadt and Andrew Gold.. sung by Linda... Wow...what a song.. Thank you Linda..!!!

[@michaelgrimes1131]

Enjoyed the video! Saw her at the newly operating Grand Ole Opry building at Opryland USA in Nashville Tennessee in 1975. She put on a great concert! Streaking was a thing back then and a guy with all his clothes in a bundle ran down the side of the auditorium and up a side staircase on the stage and behind the curtain. The audience started laughing and clapping. She got a puzzled smile on her face not knowing what had just happened. What a concert!

[@harryschaefer5887]

Thank you for this wonderful appreciation of Linda. You did a great job!

[@RiverDocs]

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@lisaworkman4293]

A woman ahead of her time! Loved listening to her even today!

[@ShortysSportsGrill]

She only co-wrote three songs herself. Lo siento mi vida, Try Me Again and Winter Light. I have all of her albums and was a huge fan and still am.

[@trenier23]

Linda's voice is a huge part of the sound track of my life. So many of her contemporaries were lost to drugs, I'm so glad that she kept her head about her. It's a cruel bit of fate that her own body silenced her. She does have a very pleasant seeking voice and she remains humble. Thanks Linda.

[@cherrypickerguitars]

I think she had THE best voice in rock and country for 25 years! Some of her guitarists are among my fav of all time! Andrew Gold is criminally under-rated! Hasten Down the Wind and Heart Like a Wheel were both in poster form on my bedroom walls! Peace

[@rhmrtrt9672]

Linda's version of "You're no good", imo, is the absolute best version!

[@frankmaeder4358]

me too. and also the poster of simple dream. ah, how she looked there....

[@kevinhodgson329]

The cover of Hasten down the Wind is just the most stunning sexy picture - possibly of all time. Linda looks absolutely at her best.

[@cherrypickerguitars]

@@kevinhodgson329 Yes sir! My favourite of all time! All my young buddy’s of the day were all ga-ga over Stevie Nicks. Not me! I was infatuated with Linda! I took a lot of teasing over my love for “country music”. But the truth is, steel guitar had already invaded my brain via CSNY’s De ja vu album! I’m a rock and blues guy, at heart, but old country is still in there - especially the “out law” players and the other regulars at “the Armadillo” in Austin! Peace

[@marvmattison5248]

Yes and Andrew smoked on You're No Good

[@michaeldelahunty2440]

In my eye's she is the most beautiful woman to ever have existed

[@SlickArmor]

Easy there Mr Simpson. That's a tall order.

[@christopherwalker6056]

​@@SlickArmor 😂

[@SlickArmor]

@@christopherwalker6056 We got to get this boy laid. 😃

[@christopherwalker6056]

@@SlickArmor 😄 yep.

[@tudormiller887]

I love her music. A true music legend. Watching from the UK.

[@RM-iq7dk]

I was fortunate enough to attending high school in So CA in the early 70s. Linda and Jackson Browne would play at many of the colleges like UC Santa Barbara and several of the Junior Colleges in Orange County in support of George McGovern’s Presidential run. I was able to see her about 12 times over the next 10 years. Seeing her in some of those small venues was incredible. It was criminal it took so long for her to be inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame. Just shows how stupidly political the Hall is. One of the great female voices of all time. Her range was insane.

[@billmago7991]

Out of all the Linda's of the 60s and 70s Linda Ronstadt was the best....talent with good looks

[@sandrakenney567]

Growing up as a teen in the 70s music was great.Especiaally some female singers.i remember one moring putting the radio on and a song called Faithless Love was playing and i thought wow thats beautify and i said to my mom whos that singing.after that i became a fan of Linda Ronstadt's.another favourite of mine Different drums sang by Linda 👍.sadly shes got parkinsins disease but shes still going strong and and her old pal Willie Nelson and others like Dolly Parton; Kristofferson and others who sang and became good pals with her over the years.she to me is a beautiful person. and her voice with such beautiful meaning and listenable to the ear over the years. when i first heard her singing Faithless love will always be my favourite.why?because her voice blue me away to loving her singing.Love You Linda.✌👍🤞👏💖💙🐦🦋🌻🌟⭐🌞🦋

[@ajaxfilms]

Great video...Linda did co-write a song called "Lo Siento Mi Vida"...she wrote it with her father and Kenny Edward.

[@RiverDocs]

Thanks!!! Appreciate you watching!

[@thomashusted]

Linda will always be an iconic music star, God Bless her always.

[@steveavant9727]

Her album with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra was exceptional. She could sing any genre.

[@janebeatty9472]

…and do it very well.

[@imho2278]

And her Gilbert and Sullivan work...

[@savahbejin7511]

One of my favorites!

[@ruthrodriguez7017]

I had read where Linda wrote "Lo Siento Mi Vida" with her father. I played that song at my husbands funeral. We both liked it alot. Still miss him, he was a fan of the Eagles music too.

[@pegkal5550]

Her father and Kenny Edwards.

[@gailrobinson2688]

She was my muse when I started singing professionally. Linda had and has to this day, one of the most beautiful, emotional and pure voices in all of popular music. There is no other female vocalist who could make you feel the song like Linda could. Thank you for this fascinating video on one of my most inspirational vocalists. Love you Linda ❣️

[@RiverDocs]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching!

[@bettyhudson1703]

I like this video alot and it looks like there is recent activity on it... so a follow up...the last Ronstadt full "Rock Concert" I could find with a "Rock" song set was 05 July 91 however she did do numerous scaled back smaller venues...everything after that she sang mostly country, light opera or Mexican...all the 2000's stuff was very low vocal stuff...Now it has been said she was done with Rock and belting out Heat Wave, Your No Good, Tumbling Dice ect ect ect in the early 90s which explains the albums Winter light, Feels Like Home and Ran in the mid 90s... What is considered her LAST pure Rock Album is " Get Closer" in Sept 82 then she drastically changed her Genre for almost 8 yrs until "Cry like the Rain" which was a pop/duets album...I have said in other videos I think she was having issues with her voice before 2000 and was trying not to push it...after her voice broke in 2000 she changed the way she was singing all together to prolong and hopefully fix her voice... Personally, I think she was having issues in "Ran" you can hear it on a couple of songs in the high range but that could also be because of age as she was over 50 at the time and had been singing "Full Throttle" ie: belting them out, for well over 30 yrs...She has a nasty disease which was misdiagnosed at first but was never really seriously addressed in the early 2000s when her voice first broke until it was too late...Well I may post more later but it is a very sad situation all around. btw I am by no means a Linda Ronstadt expert so some of this info maybe wrong but there is NUMEROUS articles video and just GREAT stuff on her out there probably more than anybody I have ever even heard of...she will be greatly missed when she is gone...THX for reading

[@RiverDocs]

Thanks for your comment. Appreciate your insight.

[@rrf6747]

I grew up in the 70s and 80s Linda ronstadt's music was awsome and the background music of my youth. She was always on the radio.

[@leo42062]

i love this women she was such a strong influence that she could go to the recording studio and just tell them im going to sing whatever genre she wanted they would tell her it will never sell and every single she did went gold and she was all over the page she was her own person and never settled for less i would loved to be around when her jackson brown and the eagles would hang out write music and just jam

[@RiverDocs]

Yes she was. And she could sing anything and make it happen!! I had a major crush on her and still do. And probably always will!! LOL Thanks for watching!

[@leo42062]

@@RiverDocs pssst me to

[@TERoss-jk9ny]

Yea….. But she hung out with one of the worst Governors California has ever had. Newsom is actually breaking Jerry’s record on stupidity.

[@rschneider77]

Great video! Thanks for putting all the work into it.

[@gregdzialo9998]

Linda was actively involved off stage & among the virtual fraternity of both struggling & up & coming singer-songwriters of the '70s LA music scene... so much so, that she was generous to cover & propel unknown songwriters from obscurity into recognition with her vocal interpretation. One such songwriter was Warren Zevon & her covers of his "Carmelita" & "Mohammed's Radio" are sonic artistry.

[@bdinoff]

I always said she made the air shimmer when she sang. Got to see her three times with the guys who became the Eagles and then on her own.

[@patrickingalls5954]

I have her album of Mexican standards. Can't understand a word she is singing but it doesn't matter. Absolutely phenomenal album. Her Padre must be so proud of her.

[@MoMoMyPup10]

Si

[@Paul11B2P]

Great episode.

[@RiverDocs]

Thank you!

[@Magravated]

When I was young back in the 70s, I was a 2nd alto in our highschool a capella choir. I loved Linda so much and I would try really hard to hit the high notes while singing along with her. After a few years, I just gave up trying and accepted that I'm not Linda no matter how hard I tried and I would just put her on the turntable and listen on headphones to the most amazingly pure vocals that gave me goosebumps every single time. That's for the quick history and thanks to Linda for helping my musical taste develop along with her evolutionanary journey!

[@RiverDocs]

Great story. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@kennethhacker3014]

I enjoyed your comment, Thank you

[@moronicpest]

Sometime around 1980 I was in a Denver area shopping mall and was waiting near a shoe kiosk after just buying a winter coat. A note pinned on the wall caught my eye, and it was a friendly note of thanks written by Linda to the person who sold her some shoes. Apparently she wasn't just the great singer and beauty we all know her to have been.

[@milododds1]

As a kid growing up in the 1970's I had the biggest crush on Linda Ronstadt, I bet she was the heart throb for many.

[@i-35vagabond56]

I have been following Linda's career since about 1975, "Heart Like A Wheel." I bought most of her albums and cd's as they were released, including her Nelson Riddle and her Spanish albums, even though I speak very little Spanish. I read the translations and Linda's voice, allowing me to fully and thoroughly enjoy each song on the album. I have "Canciones De Mi Padre" on several of my playlists. I will always be grateful to Linda because it was "The Sweetest Gift" on Linda's "Prisoner In Disguise" album from around 1975, is how I got turned on to Emmylou Harris. I love their harmonizing on that song. It's simply beautiful. It's one of the best songs I ever heard in my life. If it didn't, it should have gotten a Grammy. As should have that album. On Emmylou's "Elite Hotel" album, "Til I Can Gain Control Again", Linda, Faysoux Starling and Emmylou make some gorgeous hamonies. The last minute or so of that song has to be about the most beautiful minute of harmonizing music ever recorded. It's one of those songs that most people don't know about but needs to be heard.

[@slowhypno]

As I grew up thru the 60’s I enjoyed folk music more than any other type. I have always thought the Linda and Judith Durham from Australia were the two best female singers I ever heard. RIP Judith. I will always love you and Linda.

[@RiverDocs]

Judith Durham had a beautiful voice!!

[@alexlanning712]

completely agree

[@JPMonstie]

Judith Durham was a once in a triple lifetime singer. I’m still stunned by her sweet effortless power and tone even into her 70’s.

[@kevinhodgson329]

Absolutely right. Judith Durham had probably the greatest female voice of all time, but Linda was close behind her.

[@patrickstockton2091]

Long long time is above the top of them all...

[@edaker4684]

Greatest female vocalist of all time!

[@oppothumbs1]

"My 24th-worst artist of all time is Linda Ronstadt. Stanley Kaufman was a movie critic who could be very tough on actors and movies he didn't like or couldn't meet his strict standards. He was insulting and cruel. That is not my intent here.. it's just, to be honest, to provide a laugh; a laugh of horror I imagine from those of you who like Linda Ronstadt. Different Drum, Long, Long Time, Ooo baby Baby, and Someone to Lay Down Beside Me were all good and songs she didn't destroy .. she did a fine job with them despite her limited singing and shouting talents. She wails away with her bossy Aretha Franklinish (she's next at 23 - just kidding!) vocals and clogs up Smokey Robinson's tearful "Tracks of My Tears" though this one is OK. After those songs, I didn't really like almost everything else by her but that's my reward for my quick hands to the radio switch in the car. I was always a very fast puncher in college with fists like steel and it came in handy with the radio turn-offs. So I don't know her songs well. Linda could take a mediocre Warren Zevon song and make it bad. As John Lennon wrote: So the birds in the skies would be sad and lonely, If they knew that I'd soften up my review of her only, They'll be sad, If I'm not bad to her. 'Cause I know my captured audience here on won't leave me 'cause I told them I've no intention of lettin' them go just as long as you let me know I can be bad to her (linda) for this bit. "Love Is a Rose" is one of Neil Young's worst songs and she plucked that one like a thorn. Nicolette Larson asked Neil if she could do his "Lotta Love" and it was very good and produced better than almost any Ronstadt song for my taste. I can imagine with dread the horrors Linda Ronstadt would've committed if she sang this somewhat tender song but it's not diva enough for her to sing. Blue Bayou is a corny-sounding dud of Roy Orbison so Linda leaped in for a shallow swim. As Paul Westerberg sang in an OK song of his: "On your mark here I am. I`m your spark Runaway wind. And you run your mouth like a shallow noisy stream. I see what she became and try to hide it..) Or to misquote a better Westerberg tune, Achin to Be: "I look right through her Baby doll, check your cheek". She picked the worst song of Buddy Holly and the Crickets and homogenized it like a turkey baster. And it had heart when Buddy sang it at least. Poor poor pitiful Buddy. Besides song selection, I don't like her clucking singing style. I can't say she doesn't have a good voice. To be honest, I have admitted that I don't think a good voice is a requirement for most songs and would go with a decent voice singing a good song over a great voice singing an OK song any day ("Any Day" was a great song from Chuck Jackson that wouldn't have met Linda's soft, sappy requirements). She often selected songs that weren't particularly good but yes they were accessible to the vacuous music public desperate for mediocrity and country-pop tunes that one could almost imagine in show tunes and musicals. Linda, when asked about her 28 studio albums, said "I don’t like any of them". If she said that, how am I being the least bit harsh?

[@cherrypickerguitars]

@@oppothumbs1 My only response is - alternative universe? Mandela effect? Bro…… you’re in the WRONG comment section for these “opinions” Great research! (Crappy taste) lol So let’s hear your Bonnie Raitt critique! Peace

[@fivestring65ify]

@Oppothumbs M You obviously wouldn't know a good singer if they ran over you. If you don't like her singing, that's fine, but don't get personal. There's a lot of singers I don't care for but that's just my opinion. You went way too far.

[@ottosandven2855]

Nu nu v@@oppothumbs1

[@kurtsherrick2066]

​@@oppothumbs1 Did Linda not sign her Autograph for you or something? Linda isn't my favorite but she wasn't terrible. If people didn't enjoy her singing we wouldn't be here. It is just fine to not like her singing but you just dogged her out.

[@Juliana65]

She wrote "Lo Siento Mi Vida" with her father. It's on the "Hasten Down the Wind" album.

[@PaisleyPatchouli]

I had the good fortune and honor to be a session player on an album that Linda's lover and manager, John Boylan, produced on CBS/Epic back in the early 80s. He spoke so respectfully and fondly about Linda that it appeared he still carried a torch. Well, who wouldn't; lucky guy to have been able to date her for years, produce and manage her career, and even put together her backup band, that just happened to go on to become The Eagles! I learned so much in those several months that I worked with John, and consider it to be a real high point in my own musical career, which spanned several decades and many styles of music. I wish I'd had the chance to meet Linda, and even play on some tracks for her, but c'est la vie, you can't always get what you want... :)

[@mikeglasgow9618]

I guess one of my favorite LR song is SOMEONE TO LAY DOWN BESIDE ME. Written be Karla Bonoff I believe. The live in Atlanta Version.

[@stevensprouse2449]

I'm a huge fan of Little Feat. Linda covered All That you Dream brilliantly and appeared at the Lowell George tribute. My favorite work she did wrt Feats was on the song Voices in the Wind. It always brings tears to my eyes. So beautiful. And I always thought she was the most attractive Lady in the music industry (and that's saying a lot). Love you so much Linda and may God bless you always.

[@donwilcox501]

Then there was Roll um Easy cover by her.

[@mtp4430]

In my teens I was totally in love with her. In love with both her looks and her voice, which was equally as beautiful as her face.

[@dwightdodd3734]

too cute to be real....................

[@larryrhindress2972]

Just one of those kind of people you want to hug and love!! Nova Scotia loves Linda!!!

[@soniah4821]

Hey Larry, Linda WAS my 70’s. Have every album. Everything about her was beautiful.

[@larryrhindress2972]

@@soniah4821 Is this my S/T Sonia??

[@soniah4821]

@@larryrhindress2972 yes it is brother!

[@johnwillard6198]

It doesn’t matter anymore - was worth a mention , what a cover ! Thanks .Paul Anka must’ve loved her rendition , Buddy covered it to ! Speaks to how great of a song it was . Linda could make anyone’s song sound better - damn rare attribute.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Great, I loved this uploaded video about Linda Ronstadt. I've been a fan since the early 70s. Semper Fi

[@RiverDocs]

Glad you enjoyed it. Appreciate your comment and you for serving our country! Thank you!

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

@@RiverDocs it was an honor to out great Nation and beloved Marine Corps.

[@brinkeena8031]

Lo Siento mi vida… she co wrote with her father I believe she once said. I think it’s on the album “heart like a wheel”.

[@glenkepic3208]

Why do i need to hear When Will I Be Loved". Yep, Stone Ponys on PBS. Fan ever since. Can't miss Linda was pretty cute, too. later, the Polly Klass funeral and she sings Polly's favorite song Somewhere Out There. yes, 6'3 240 and kranky all the time. I stood there and cried like a baby. Now, Linda is not well. I wish she was.

[@donwilcox501]

As requested by the narrator, Lo Siento mi Vida was a song co-written by Linda with Kenny Edwards and her father Gilbert Rondstadt It was on the Hasten Down the Wind Album

[@al6347]

When you her her voice you know without a doubt...LINDA.💯❤️

[@waltmooredanwilson8754]

Thanks for sharing your video. I enjoyed watching. Take care and God Bless.

[@RiverDocs]

You're welcome. Thank you!

[@christineduran1896]

Thank you for posting this amazing well detailed video on Linda Ronstadt’s music career👍🏻❤️. She is definitely a true beauty ❤️. Her music will always live on. Her legacy and beautiful voice is always treasured with all of her fans❤️❤️.

[@jeffreykurth2703]

I loved her style of singing. What a powerful, yet beautiful, style. And so beautiful herself.

[@godisanissan7407]

Excellent presentation River Doc. Very educational and entertaining. Well done and thank you. 😊.

[@RiverDocs]

You're welcome. Thank you kindly

[@CupCaked]

Linda and her father wrote “Los siento Mi Vida” and she alone wrote “Try Me Again” which was on the “Hasten Down the Wind” album. That’s about it for her songwriting.

[@mjb12141963]

In 1976, I turned 13 and became interested in music. I also became interested in girls. Farrah was, is the biggest heart throb of my life. Linda was my "One I would take home to mama".

[@judy2090]

She has two songwriting credits both on her 1976 album Hasten Down The Wind. Lo Siento Mi Vada (mostly sung in Spanish) composed with Kenny Edwards and Gilbert Ronstadt, her father. Try Me Again composed with Andrew Gold.

[@denverdubois5835]

I was just about to post those. They're both really good songs. She later said that she just never had much drive or interest in writing, and was all for performing. I especially love Lo Siento Mi Vida.

[@michaelbarady6636]

I've hung albums up on my wall and taken them down to change the scenery. But the only one that stayed up to this day her greatest hits album.

[@hughsnow830]

Her cover of Ooh Baby Baby is priceless. Don't Know Much is probably her 2nd best song.

[@Scaredycat-dad]

I graduated high school in the late 70s and every guy I knew had a crush on Linda. She is certainly beautiful but her music was unique and unparalleled. IMO Heart like a wheel is one of the greatest albums of all time.

[@anthonymarasco8009]

I think Linda wrote Try Me Again, Winter Light and Lo siento mi vida.

[@sandrakenney567]

Linda you will always be my best female vocalist singer with others like you .your high notes when singing will never be forgotten. Love you forever 💖💖💖💖👍👍👍👍👍👍💖💖💖💖✌

[@kurtsherrick2066]

I always thought of Linda as Rocks Country Bobbie Gentry. They just remind me of each other.

[@anneli1735]

Actually she co-wrote some songs at least four I know of: “Lo siento mi vida”, “Try me again” (both on the Album “Hasten down the wind”) "I Want a Horse" with Wendy Waldman and “Winter Light” (Album)

[@paulhubbard252]

I loved her belting out them songs in the 70s She will be a unforgettable talent

[@brianofoz]

Linda apparently co-wrote Winter Light which is a pretty good tune.

[@jerrymartin7732]

Linda and Aaron, what a wonderful, beautiful, couple of performers. I love them 💗 both.

[@lunafringe10]

Was at one of her concerts once, in Australia . Enjoyable

[@TheKikogomez]

Thank you for this work on Linda, I have learned more about this great singer, she had it all, an American icon👏👏

[@RiverDocs]

You're very welcome

[@glennmarrs7309]

She wrote "Try Me Again" and co-wrote "Lo Siento Mi Vida".

[@petermcculloch4933]

Both good songs.Makes you wonder why she didn't write more.Although, Try Me Again was so honest, Linda never performed it because she did not want the person who inspired the lyrics to know how he had messed her up.

[@natashatomlinson4548]

You beat me to it 👍

[@lnl3237]

Linda also co-wrote "Winter Light." She had all the tools to be a wonderful songwriter; I just think she just had too many other songs written by others that she "couldn't not sing," and had to record. So grateful her earlier drug use did not kill her or destroy her "instrument." If I recall correctly, she states in her musical memoir that when a doctor told her cocaine could damage the inner ear, she knew she had to stop. There really was a physical and psychological cost to that lifestyle of non-stop touring. I understand Ms. Ronstadt's rebellion due to her early Catholic education; I was a child of the 60's who attended Catholic school. Saw much corporal punishment and expeienced unhealthy authoritarian practices to keep classes of 45-50 children in check. Fortunately, the Holy Spirit helped me to know and receive Christ, the perfect messenger, and not reject Him because of so many imperfect ones. Ironically, the beauty, power, and emotion of Ms. Ronstadr's voice and music has deepened my faith in the Creator. I pray for her well-being and comfort as she is now in the twilight of her life and living with a painful degenerative disease. Not that she ever really cared about awards and recognition as the intrinsic rewards of singing with family, friends, and other artists, were enough for her, we, her fans, are so pleased for all the accolades and honors she has garnered in recent years-the latest of which comes from the recent airing of an HBO show called "The Last of Us." Its third episode was titled "A Long Long Time," and featured prominently this early hit of Linda's. So good to see her "trending," and new fans being welcomed into the fold.

[@ferdberfle5069]

Every guy I knew had a crush on Linda back in the day! Tragic the way her disease robbed her of her singing voice. I'm sure she was crushed. I watched the RnR HOF video a while back. Really a loving tribute to an outstanding talent. Another great one RD! Keep rockin!

[@RiverDocs]

Thanks Ferd. I have a feeling if she hadn't got that disease she would still have that great voice today. Thanks so much for watching and your comment!

[@ferdberfle5069]

@@RiverDocs Yeah, if she hadn't lost her voice she would still be out there singing! Look at Ann Wilson, 72 years old and still rockin! Tom Bukovac has been out on tour with her for the last several months.

[@RiverDocs]

@@ferdberfle5069 Funny you mention Ann and Bukovac. I was browsing youtube a few nights ago and ran across a video of Ann doing Magic Man and Bukovac was playing guitar...and doing a damn fine job of it too!!

[@ferdberfle5069]

@@RiverDocs Yep! Look for the video of them doing Stairway To Heaven. He was killin it!

[@RiverDocs]

@@ferdberfle5069 I'll do that!!

[@dougsteinsiek8067]

She co wrote try me again on hasten down the wind.

[@danhansen9340]

Yeah, the 70's, best decade ever.

[@billyshane3804]

Ken Oath

[@chipcarew2654]

Linda wrote Lo Siento Mi Vida with Kenny Edwards and her dad Gilbert Ronstadt. It's on the album "Hasten Down the Wind".

[@hinch1775]

She was amazing !!!!!!!