Rickie Lee Jones - From My Living Room Live Stream (Concert 1)

[@oldmaple99]

The first time I heard Rickie Lee Jones was the summer of '79 and I was driving an old beat up Valiant - almost out of gas wondering if I'd make it home - university student and penniless. Then her voice came over a relatively new local FM radio station OZ-FM in St. John's, NL. The song was Chuck E's In Love and I remember saying to myself - who is this person with such a fantastic unique voice and with lyrics that were so original. I was blown away! She was so different from the main stream music at the time - this was my music! I had to find out more about her so went to a music store to see if she had an album out - found the album titled "Rickie Lee Jones" with the cool cover of her which matched her cool original music. I had to scrape up enough money so I could buy the album which was a couple of days later - hoping there would be one left. I played that album so much that I wore it out and had to go and buy another :) So nice to see her looking good, playing and singing so good! One of a kind!

[@chrisbowen9043]

Almost identical situation when I was first introduced to her different musical style. Yep, instead of a Valiant I was driving a '59 Dodge station wagon (with a push button transmission) that I had bought to ferry around the little league baseball team I was coaching in around '76 or '77. Chuck Es in Love. Zackly the same. Goin to college, and bein a freak !

[@hughgard8993]

On a cassette player..

[@jamesmacias7007]

Excellent! Similar timing for me getting to know her music in the early days (HS class of '77). Over the years Ms. Jone's haunting voice, intricate and varied musical styles and engaging lyrics have touched me deeply. For sure I'm a better human for having discovered and absorbed this art over the years. As long as we are talking vehicles I was driving a 1964 Ford F100 with a straight 6 and three on the tree. Peace and love to all...

[@suzannekt]

I had the same feeling first seeing her on SNL in ‘79. Blew me away. I got the album right away. With what money, I don’t know, because I had none. Still love her music that hits in some deep place in my gut.

[@michellemansker8222]

I love that! Cherished ..moments..with someone who made ur soul Happy..Happy memories..🌞👊

[@fredabery3816]

My God, you still blow my mind, Rickie. I first fell in love with your music in '79, like most others. I saw you in Melbourne in '84. No one comes close to your genius of voice, harmony, poetry, orchestration and arrangement. Can't express properly in words how much I appreciate what you have done to my world. Much love from where I live now in Vietnam. Still following you. Thank you with all my heart.

[@ravenstrongheart4028]

Ditto.

[@hvanraalten1211]

She still sounds like the first time i heard her singing Chuck E's in love!! I wish those days came back😢

[@lightuponlight6727]

Oh thank you Universe! What a blessing to find you Rickie.....today! of all days. peace to you !

[@chitchatpaddiwack5638]

I was an 18 year old single mother when Pirates came out . I sat on my floor every minute of every day listening, singing. Saw you live in Hollywood. Love you.

[@pmvoice88]

A real musician playing and singing real music. Such a joy.

[@barbaraautrey7363]

Rickie Lee I have loved you since 1979! ❤️❤️

[@MrPompanoman]

Love your work I'd guess I listen to pirates three times a week in the dark it's just great thanks Ricky.

[@stevenkukene9970]

Rickie opens her mouth and Joy pours forth with an adorable smirk and a giggle for good measure. ❤️

[@JamesFalk-td9im]

An incredibly talented singer and songwriter we will never find anywhere again.

[@RowenMyBoat]

Listening in remembrance of my brother who we lost in December. We both worked at a record store when your first LP came out. We were both totally bowled over! We both remained lifelong fans, but he was over the top for you. Mutual friends got him some autographed albums to him and he had 3-4 really large and cool posters of you. Some framed, some 1/2” cardboard. I came home with all those after he passed away, because my two sisters were fans but not as fervent as we were so I felt they would have a beautiful home with me. Just had his memorial on a creek bank in Tennessee last weekend. I ordered ten old posters and took one of yours to display at the memorial. You also were in the playlist I worked for a month and a half on. RIP Wes, we’re still dancing with you in spirit! As beautiful now RLJ as you were in whatever year that was! Blessings to you for the joy you bring to so many! 😎💐🌺🌻

[@livingitup9647]

I went to see Rickie in concert, in Portland, OR. It was either 1979 or 1980. We passed by her tour bus, parked outside the venue [the Civic Auditorium in downtown], and some of her roadies were hanging out the windows asking if anyone had any weed. I happened to have a joint with me, pulled it out, handed it up to one of them, and they said, 'Hey, thanks. We're gonna party after the show, so stop by if you want to...' Well, my date was a very shy guy and wouldn't have felt comfortable with doing that. But, whenever I think about that night, I greatly regret not taking advantage of that one chance to meet Rickie and let her know how much I love her music and her very heart-centered Beingness. [One of our favorite moments of that show was when Rickie stopped, mid-song at her piano, and said, "Hey! There's a goddamn baby out there?!" It was not a complaint, just a humorous acknowledgment that a young fan wouldn't miss her show, even if it meant bringing the baby along. A delightful moment, making everyone laugh & applaud.] Love her still, as much as ever. Her music is timeless, to me, and resonates with me in ways that no other artist ever has. Rickie and Joni Mitchell are my top two favorite female music artists [Van Morrison being the male 'top fave' artist]. Singer songwriters who write from the depths of their human and spiritual experiences, and resonate with large swaths of the population, are so crucial to our growth. This type of artistic contribution to humanity's evolution is becoming more and more marginalized in this technological age, much to our detriment. May we all do what we can to keep alive an awareness of the importance of the arts to our collective well being. 💞🙏☯☮ P.S. I'm thrilled that Rickie now has a memoir out! Will be reading it soon 💖

[@susanlyman-krom2661]

It’s excellent. Last Chance Texaco.

[@buzzaldrin6985]

I was so fortunate to work for Ricki for a short period of time when I was younger. Got to go on tour a bit and work with her locally. She was so good to me. A true artist and a very caring loving person. Thank you Ricki.... Anthony....

[@louisea6109]

Lucky u 😍

[@DougWJ]

And you went to the moon too. You have done it all bro.

[@shivashampoo8435]

Rickie, I have absolutely adored your music since I first heard you in 1984. No words can express the gratitude I have for connecting with your art. I even saw you perform in Canada live in 1986. The audience was sitting down but my two friends and I could not help but get up and dance. Thank you SO much for everything. You still play with such beauty and emotion. I am a singer myself and will always have a special place for you in my heart. You and Tom Waits have become part of who I am. Love you Rickie.

[@edwardfarmer4230]

Ricki Lee, they ain't no other like her . So unique, so genuine, such a special sound.

[@mystars5283]

Well said

[@Seaviewsystems1]

Rickie played in Sydney, Australia in about 1985. Great show. After the show, two of my mates followed her limo to the hotel where she was staying. She was having an after show function; being awarded a platinum record or something. The boys were hoveing around whistfully when Rickie took the time to break away from the party, signed their CDs and gave them both a peck on the cheek to send them on their way. I know that that moment was a teen highlight for the two of them. Wonderful talent and lovely person to boot: a rare combination.

[@Jeff-ql3tg]

Rickie, 1977 seems like yesterday and you sound just as beautiful as ever.

[@MarialenaSussman]

Thank you

[@tomlbass]

Wow. Rickie Lee Jones. I used to listen to her when her first album came out. It brings me back. Never heard someone with that much feeling in their singing. Hard to describe the feelings it invokes. She sings from her heart. I'm glad i found this posting.

[@supernovameditationproject]

Oh my gosh! Thank you for sharing this show Ricki!!! Big hugs! Thank you for the inspiration! Hugs!

[@mariaelenaandrade8412]

I move to San Francisco in 1981 from Argentina I new about" 3" people there,so I just walk the streets discovering SF all by myself and the music and the voice that acompany me was Ricky Lee Jones.💙💫

[@MarialenaSussman]

I love you rickie..lee..I've always loved this song..I'm Italian from Newark n.j...you got it girl. So right

[@mariquitaulrich3886]

I lived downtown in a south side joint, so happy to see you Again Ricky ❤️

[@isacpenayo303]

Hi, beautiful poet. Your voice start living in my heart, from 1983 when one friend of me let me to listen his album that he bringing from his job, a record store in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Now I am living in NYC 20 years ago. So I got you in a concert in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Astonished show. Thanks a lot for your labour of love. Thank you for the music. You remain fresh, beautiful and super cool. 🎶🎹🎸🎶🗽😷😷🗽

[@jilljune1231]

So thankful I found this RLJ concert on a frigid pandemic night. I have been a fan forever. I'm 75 and Rickie has kept my heart young.

[@Tracey..H]

Always the angelic badass. Longtime fan!

[@isaacamodeprada4020]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICKIE!!

[@larryhuff2811]

Listening to this and you today, Valentine's day, 2022. Just finished listening to three of your cd's, your debut album, Pirates and Naked Songs. We're still listening to Naked Songs right now.... 💖💞💘💫💯

[@justincase1152]

I heard you for the 1st time in the 1990s. My boyfriend introduced me to your song Cockes In love. You are on my top Playlist! Still amazing! Just found this page in 2024!!

[@rickfl360]

You were beautiful then.. and you're still beautiful now.. today I looked you up just to listen to Chucky's in love and saw a more recent version on a page... Then I clicked on a story you posted about how the song came to be enjoying that post greatly.. you still have it in every way.. in every way..

[@deemalan65]

I feel as if i just found a million bucks. You have made a profound impact on my life. I've seen and heard you live only twice ..once in SLC and once in NYC. Both times i could not stop crying. This experience here is blowing me away. Listening while lying in my bed on an island in Thailand.Thank you for being part of my 68 years of life.

[@halwhitlock3431]

You are an American treasure! Of all the “Quarantine Shows,” yours was truly warm and comforting. Peace and love to you. Keep singing and keep spreading the joy!

[@celianolan3343]

Thank you Rickie Lee Jones from Australia.

[@garlandhogan3158]

What a joy to find this! Rikki Lee, I am a great fan of your work. Voice, writing, guitar...always real, always soulful, always a little jazz, a little you. Wow! This a way more personal that I would have ever imagined. Like all musicians, I "grew up" musically playing with friends in living rooms. Never thought I'd have the chance to experience you and your music like this. So...Bravo! Bravo! Thank you for sharing in this special way. Wish you could see us all smiling as we sit and listen. Please don't doubt it?

[@piratecycle]

Damn girl, still lookin good! Hope yer all good, and things are bright and crisp...

[@schwartzenheimer1]

Glad you mentioned Lyle Lovett. If/when I get called to that great white blinding dinner party in the Sky, I want to be seated between the two of you...thank you for this lovely gift...

[@michellemansker8222]

I love her!😘💞🌞 I remember her songs..listening to her at the Lawrenceville, Illinois swimming pool in Jr High..🌞 I don't think iknew who sang these beautiful songs that I loved! Yes..I surely so love her..💞😘🔥

[@dianekimble9330]

I have always love Rickie Lee Jones. I have all her albums now I have all her CDs start listening to her when I was in junior high school first album I bought was Chuckie's in love

[@11Garrett11]

She’s the sweetest thing on earth - she looks happier than she’s ever looked. I’m so inspired to be happy now with every moment of my life just by watching her tonight - what an inspiration! A national treasure! She sounds so incredible....her soul & beauty is timeless.

[@tomcoryell]

My wife and I just finished jamming to this song. It’s fun to solo over that A/G to A groove. You write great songs Rickie! Love Ya! I’m not crying.... I think I just got some dust in my eye....

[@thomasrussell6622]

😆

[@bagoum]

So GREAT to "see" you, hear you and get to enjoy your life stories. I am a fan for centuries, will always be a fan! Thank you for sharing, it is soul balm!

[@deborahhaas8829]

I have loved Rickie since the early 70's..And shes still Awesome!

[@youtoobfarmer]

Impressive, given that she only started singing in public around 75 and wrote her first original songs in 77 😉

[@hotfirecaster]

Rickie you are a Sun ray in our lives! Merci depuis Paris France 😊

[@mojoguzzi6407]

Rickie, your book is fantastic. Your literary voice is just as amazing as your musical voice. Your spirit shines like an angel.

[@kita508]

I’ve loved your music the first time I heard you, You’re amazing, beautiful,and cool as hell.☮️🎶🎶🎼🎸🤘🏻🫶🫶

[@lioneldupas]

Such a great artist. So talented. Amazing music, lyrics, arrangements and voice. She is a real godess and I love her ! 💓

[@debrashaw100]

You are my troubled youth when no one else listened. I love you and your music and I thank you for being. Thanks. Thanks a WHOLE lot Rickie.

[@kylamitchell7796]

I’m so excited to find this madam, love love love easy money, I love you! Coolest beautiful bluesy lady. Someone stop me ... ? 💕🙏🏻💕👌🇦🇺

[@margaretann59]

Rickie Lee. Thank you. The Magazine changed my life, Just... Thank you.

[@dena-mariagrace2449]

Your the same age as me & I have loved you & your great songs & music for decades. Still lovin on you.

[@tinalane9466]

Rickie is pure Americana. She's a true National Treasure.

[@nancynorthrupcasa1092]

I have adored and followed Rickie Lee since 1979. Genius!!!!!

[@douglascarkuff1969]

Love you Rickie Lee. Still got a crush after 40 years.

[@curtainsin]

So glad to have you in the neighborhood.

[@burrheadangel]

oh girl you stay more beautiful...this all has touched me deeply...oooooooo yeah!

[@moehammondmedia]

Rickie Lee is so original and so soulful. ❤️

[@KatMac5]

Lovely to find you, and still singing beautifully!.. ...I am so glad you are here with us.

[@KozmykJ]

I just melted ... also got the shivers at the same time. Beautiful Rickie. I dunno how I missed this for two whole years. Two other years, '79 and '80, your first album was my alarm clock, Every working day. I had an old street lamp clock. It would go Klunk !!. The cassette machine would kick in with "Chuck E's In Love ", the 2 bar heater would glow and the kettle would start to heat up ... That music made having to get out of bed just that little bit more tolerable. Thank you Rickie, keep ravin' on ❤

[@jameskelly4196]

She's so beautiful still. Her music heals me.

[@smaarch1]

Saw you about a month ago in a little venue here in NYS Hudson valley and you were awesome - as well as a musician you are a fair poet. And a good comedian. You sing from your heart and what you see and understand. I'm fairly sure I fell in love. Special girl for sure.

[@sonyahunter7081]

You are a treasure, Rickie Lee. Thank you.

[@xoxelle]

That's exactly right. How lucky the world is to have her sharing and setting a good example.

[@HDXBear]

Back in the late 70s early 80s i ran bedtruck up in northern British Columbia and in the Yukon moving drilling rigs listening to this fine lady way back in some of the most remote country in N.America . Great artist

[@vanvann2008]

Ricky was before her time. Back in the 70s this is 2021 and her music has with stood time. You are still awesome 😎

[@sandytoca726]

easy money and Chuck E's in love is my most favorite, I bought your album along with Heart and Super Tramp and Zen and Now by Robert Plant, I had just gotten married and had a little boy. .I played your album over and over and over and I still stop and listen to it on the XM radio.. love you girl!!!!

[@sanghapeaceproject]

HEYYYY How wonderful to see you face to face living room to living room!!! You work, how you express your song, moved me through times, Dear Rickie...Thank you Thank you Thank you!!! Soooo Good to SEE you!!!

[@markvought3708]

Rickie you are such a special, beautiful soul, your singing touches me so deeply. ‘Last Chance’ still makes the hairs stand up & send shivers through my body! Thank you for decades of wonderful music, your an amazing person, namaste 🌹❤️💋

[@1985kenworth1]

She is one of my favorite singers and i could listen to her sing..talk all day everyday !

[@susannelson163]

Ah, Rickie Lee! I hope you get to read this comment! I'm SO computer illiterate....been a fan since 1979, I believe! You strike some cord within me...I've lived many of.your songs, and some have actually saved my life. I'm a fan forever...keep on keeping on, darlin'! 😏👌💕

[@tonylasley]

Can’t believe I stumbled upon Ricki here. So glad I didn’t know she was doing this. Can’t get much cooler than RLJ.

[@teresaa.morris5478]

She is so special, what a special voice and sound. Thank you Rickie Lee Jones

[@richarquis]

I bought "Pirates" back in 1997, and immediately fell in love with it. Woke up one morning a few weeks ago with something off it circling in my head, and have been listening to it over and over for 2-3 weeks now, and it's better than ever.

[@advredenbregt4340]

Your intensity hasn't aged a bit. Such a gem

[@whodunitpros8555]

Rickee Lee - you are so Beautiful !!!!

[@AmandaJane229]

Isn't she just the most precious woman? I love you Rickie so much and your MUSIC. Well...it's more than life itself. Lucky Guy.

[@saharrm.661]

I cried & you are still really alive so there's a candle on 🔥 for you Rickie.

[@johnharbottle8534]

Why is no one else freaking out about how great this is?

[@patriciameehan3185]

Still that beautiful youthful voice. To me your voice has always represented hopefulness. Can't explain why, just is.

[@vrgeo59]

Wow, so glad I stumbled across this.

[@123decoeli]

I saw you in concert in Adelaide, Australia many, many years ago. You evoked tears from a sizable portion of the audience with you astounding performance. You are fantastic Rickie - Love you, always!

[@shaunclarke1772]

How many more reasons do I need to adore this amazing human?!?!?! Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[@utubelvrNYC]

I love you Rickie Lee! When I was away from home for the first time in the Army, I listened to your first 4 albums until the songs were seared into my brain. You soothe my soul.

[@diannetipton8208]

So many of us have loved you from day one, it’s just amazing to see you relaxed and having fun, and the intimate details and backgrounds of these songs…priceless. I had no idea you were this funny!

[@alicebanks3230]

RICKI !!!! I Was Soooo happy too see you still around LOOKING GREAT !! Rollerskating now a days is just not on my Agenda at 66 yrs Old with Lupus, However; DANCING to your music of today is well achieved !!

[@prof.ronaldamundson3249]

Ms. Jones. Like others, you were a meteor in the life of many young people when you arrived on the scene. I suggest that we honor you by buying your book, and investing in the musical mother load you have created. From one 66 year old to another - who was bleshed by the Sirens.

[@j.justinzimmerman9836]

Thought I saw you driving in Gainesville, Florida. I hollered out my passenger window, “Nice paint job!” The woman driving this funky panel truck, adorned with consistent 1-ft. swirls of black paint, against it’s white overcoat yelled back to me, “Well thank you, Man!” You are gorgeous, Rickie, beautiful. Thank you so much for your songs, and stories. Talkin’ about smitten…! Love 💕 JJZ…(°¿.°`)

[@vidtrax662]

That voice and her phrasing like no other. Great discovery of this clip. Thank you Rickie 😊🙏

[@RickCogley]

I feel so lucky and fortunate. So intimate and just perfect. Thank you!

[@DeanfromOz]

I love you and grew up on your music

[@sitkoh]

Thank you, Rickie Lee! So beautiful and even better after all these years.

[@jeanniesherman3591]

Im 67 , im one of 12 kids , I just lost my MOM , LSST June 2020. Mom ALWAYS TOLD ME , WHEN SHE HEARD THAT CHUCKY SONG......SHED THINK OF ME ...TONIGHT .....I CRIED, PLAYED YOUR MUSIC...N CRIED FOR MY MOTHER , WHOI DEARLY MISS 💔💔💔

[@thecountessalexzapak]

OH MY ! I FEEL SO PRIVILEGED TO BE WATCHING THIS, CAN'T BELIEVE IT. YOU ARE SUCH A GODDESS, OF YOUR ART. AND YOU ARE LOOKING WONDROUS.I AM SO INSPIRED, IT'S A TREAT TO WATCH YOU BE THE MASTER OF YOUR CRAFT. POETRY IN SOUND AND MOTION.GENIUS, LIFE-SAVING. SOUL RESTORING, THANK YOU X

[@11Garrett11]

100%

[@stevefaure415]

Man, if somehow you could make an economy out of cool Rickie would own half the world. She's the rare bird who didn't go from young-and-awesome to tired nostalgia as the years went by. The ageless art-chick. Thanks Rickie!

[@scottstanford3832]

Gawd Dawg... she's a freakin' brilliant Queen!

[@kjpkjp746]

Love love Flying Cowboys....hooked on ur songs after that and earliest too..mmmm thank u...I'm 74 and still write my own stories and entertain myself...with my guitar...nothin better..Kristi

[@michaelmontalvo5757]

Flying Cowboys. So good. Love ALL the tracks.

[@navashe1]

Ricki ,I'm so stoked to be listening to your book right now, you are a part of my musical life experience and i have missed you. I saw you in concert at the Santa Barbara Arlington theater back in day and you were unbelievable .. better then I even Imagined. Saw you once at the Ventura County Fair early 90's I would say, you were just walking by , I smiled and you smiled back but i wasn't about to mess with your obvious incognito state, but i won't ever forget it. You still sound so good . Bless you Ricki for just being you. Come back out I would come see nad i know a lot of persons who would . I live in Ventura just down from Ojai, would love to see you again.Take Care you wonder women...

[@quinonesdeserie8679]

So good to have found you again Rickie Lee Jones!! Listened to your 🎶 as a teen & young woman!! Your show in Homer was delicious!!! Thank you

[@bobbygoodman2875]

You shine Baby Girl.

[@thomasrussell6622]

How wonderful it is that I searched for you & found you !! I'm on the last leg of my life's journey & it makes my heart warm 2 reconnect with your music !! Such a wonderful time of my life !! Happy 2 see you've also survived the 60s , 70s, 80s , 90s 😆 ❤

[@ZoggoLive]

I love you so much, Rickie Lee Jones. There's a deficiency of good video of your performances as far as I know. Thanks for making this. I'm mesmerized watching you in your living room from my bed before I go to sleep. I hope you get a good tour soon.

[@jamesmcgrew7531]

Chuck's in love was what got me. A old girl friend loved this song and then I started listening to it and her other work. A true artist she is.

[@Fred1919able]

I have been singing and performing your song "Danny all star joint" for over 20 years..its my jam..since 1995 for me ..thank you,, i love you writting style and all your singing ..