Stone Poneys - Different Drum (Live)

[@tommytee8387]

The band really were playing to the beat of a different drum..Linda is just perfection…

[@lnl3237]

You said it! Just watched her interview on CBS's Sunday morning show promoting her new book "Feels Like Home" about her early life in the Sonoran desert. Had to revisit this video to see the young girl from Tucson early on in her musical odyssey. Glad to see I'm not the only one still tuning in!

[@sherri419]

True it seemed like the band was playing a different song.🙂

[@Troy_nov1965]

No they ( the band) just suck. I guess poor Linda had to pay her dues as well.

[@lawrencejohanson5178]

@@sherri419 The Stoned Poneys !!!

[@michaelbondi4048]

Good grief your not kidding that band is disgrace, I still love this song and Linda vocals are next level.

[@michaelcarlos8686]

It amazes me how blasé audiences back then were when confronted by genuine talent. Fast forward 50 years and we’re wetting our pants over no marks who can’t even sing.

[@holakitten63]

R.I.P. Michael Nesmith, who wrote this great song.

[@jeffroegner1499]

His comedic performance of this song on the monkees show was brilliant.

[@stevec6455]

And to his mom, Bette Graham.

[@jaykay6387]

The guys in the Monkees didn't believe that he actually wrote it, which I thought was hysterical.

[@user-bf3tv9sq9g]

@@stevec6455 I should White-out her name. I think he would appreciate the irony.

[@deschutesmaple4520]

Wow I didn't know Michael had passed until I read your post. Just too bad, what a loss. A brilliant and gifted guitarist has left us and will be missed 😔

[@philipskelton4725]

Isn't She Amazing ' And GIFTED 🎶💃

[@kevinlucas8437]

Who didn't have a crush on this gorgeously talented girl❤❤❤❤

[@davidcole8448]

Without a doubt.

[@richardsanderson2686]

You got that right! 😊

[@wepsychoit2002]

I gotba crush on her now in 2024

[@Nipit-po8fl]

I had her album on my wall. Just beautiful.

[@temptsrule]

In this generation, Tristan Mcintosh with the "Linda Ronstadt Experience" is Linda reincarnated

[@janicepagano9200]

A 5’2” power-house!! Definitely one of the best female singers ever to hit the stage!

[@stevehazzard3120]

Linda with the Stone Poneys was the start of her singing career that lasted more than 40 years until cut short by Parkinson's Disease. My love and respect to one of the greatest singers of my lifetime.

[@LeeB5]

She was misdiagnosed for years. Revealed a few years ago that she has PSP, progressive supranuclear palsy…even worse than Parkinson’s 😢

[@bernardcohen332]

CoQ 10 and some other supplements might reversecher Parkinson's

[@theecharmingbilly]

She should just head into a Walgreens or CVS and cure herself then lol.

[@sophiemorrison9820]

I have been a ronstadt fan for fifty six years. Can't believe either of us is that old.

[@markandrews5547]

@@LeeB5 Correct. Thank you for the clarification. And the strength and courage she has displayed since then only make us love her even more.

[@kenster007]

Every boy in the 70s had a crush on this awesome lady-and a killer voice to boot.

[@billygoatbaa3350]

I still have a crush on her😊 she was awesome

[@Vanthingontheoldaussiefart]

I did.I’m 65 now.

[@user-bf3tv9sq9g]

And the 80's and the 90's, and the however you spell the rest of them....

[@tommcconville4270]

Linda Ronstadt, one of the greatest voices ever in music.

[@danielfronc4304]

Yep, I doubt anyone would argue that point. Since she burst onto the scene I can't think of any female vocalist who can sing as well as she did.

[@jacquelinewhiteley9437]

Totally agree 👍

[@robertkelly6282]

I say number 1 cause she can sing any gentre

[@juliebedford454]

Not taking anything away from Linda, but don’t forget about Ann Wilson, who is still singing today and sounds great.

[@mikerosco4267]

@@juliebedford454 Or the late Whitney Houston

[@jamezkpal2361]

You ever walk past a club and hear an absolute mess of an arrangement but the vocalist is knocking it out?

[@kachmantv6559]

Not as bad as that

[@ZZSmithReal]

The unfortunate thing is the arrangement on the record is great and helped make the song a huge hit. Just compare it to the original Greenbiar Boys version. The band here either just sucks or is unrehearsed or incapable of performing the arrangement.

[@samgab]

My thoughts exactly. I can't fault Linda for this performance, she was perfect as ever; but the music in the background was just way off.

[@yesferatu]

@@kachmantv6559 yeah it was

[@tracykingston9668]

@@ZZSmithReal Is this really the Stoned Poneys ? I don't think so . Impostors. No bass at all .

[@markandrews5547]

I can't describe the feeling I get when she sings, "So-o-o, good-bye ... " That is the most perfect vocal expression of music I have ever heard. I remain in awe of her.

[@reynamartinez3756]

I wasn't born til the early 80s but im an old soul. I just watched Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice on Max and I'm even more enthralled with this beautiful lady. She is a woman after my own heart and I aspire to live the way she did. Linda is my spirit animal if there ever was one. ❤ Also there would be no group The Eagles without A Linda Ronstadt. ❤

[@mancdown]

If I only did one thing in my life and that thing was to write this song so that she could sing it so beautifully, then I'd die a happy a man. RIP Mike Nesmith. Legend.

[@paulberrington2773]

RIP Mike. Your music will live on. ❤

[@Viper-dc2wm]

I know Peter Tork and Davy Jones passed on. I think Mike is still with us.

[@Eidann63]

@@Viper-dc2wm Mike died a couple of weeks ago.

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

Without Jesus you are lost for eternity. Singing and making people happy will not save your soul.

[@ericdee6802]

Nez was a fantastic musician, underated to say the least!

[@nevadasestamibi]

Gawd she was BREATHTAKINGLY beautiful! (and a voice to match)

[@tim71pos]

I was the only person who was in love with her back then

[@kathy4135]

I watched this and always remembered her being barefoot. Love her ❤

[@bartonim]

Very pretty, and a fantastic singer.

[@psychodfunk]

I’m a life long Monkees fan and am going on 36; surprisingly I just recently found out Mike Nesmith wrote this song(?)!.

[@markuse3472]

@@tim71pos Which planet were you living all by yourself in?

[@boosuedon]

GOD! What a doll she was! Singing bare footed on a stage! She was something very special!

[@debbyhenderson9076]

I didn't notice that she was barefoot till I saw your comment. How funny. she sure was

[@Morganasnotarobot0]

​@@debbyhenderson9076all Best dancers are 🦶🦶💃barefoot and Linda needs a good sound technician to balance her gorgeous vocals with all cool instruments way to go raw live earthy natural and not like the musicathesedaysRockOnsweet! Beautiful Linda! SIENTES mehor Amo besos xox ❤❤🎤💋❤❤

[@veronicamajhi1846]

Joss Stone copied her with the bare feet thing!

[@candy2810]

She's not barefooted. She has on yellow tights and matching low heeled mary jane shoes. At about 1:27 and 2:07 you can clearly see the heels and the gleam of the buckle on her shoe.

[@Ignatz71]

Props to Michael Nesmith for writing this gem!!

[@Dizzydawne]

Ignatz71 looks like no one knows who he is, 😔 if only they knew

[@ardoucette]

@@Dizzydawne well I know his mom invented "white out", does that count?

[@i.m.7710]

He was my favorite monkee and this is a great song!

[@mfb3042]

@Vlodec YES

[@markladenheim5352]

He also wrote this song. It's even better. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2ammoKKp7d9eNk

[@glengray6225]

I have always loved Linda! She lived the way she wanted, didn’t care who knew, and had the most beautiful, pure voice ever created!

[@markandrews5547]

Linda is unique. She didn't try to be Streisand or Cher or Whitney. She was just Linda, and there was no one ever her equal.

[@joesitter20101]

Having lived in Arizona since 1963 I can say that Linda is a pure Tucson girl, where kids normally spent the whole summer with bare feet. It was an easy going, very old Liberal town. You can still drive around Tucson today and see girls who look similar to Linda because of the very old, Mexican-American heritage here in the AZ desert. She never seemed to lose her small town, honest personality and everyone here loves Linda.

[@berndminde1674]

I do love the "bear" feet! (She is legend!)

[@humankindmedia9741]

The mark of a great singer/performer. The band is assassinating the song, randomly changing time signatures from the verse to the bridge. Meanwhile, she's putting across the melody and lyric, in the flow despite the band. What a voice, what a presence. And she got BETTER from here. Love her.

[@fenderjag114]

Changing time signatures was an often-used trick in those days. Listen to some Buffalo Springfield...and lots of other '60s pop.

[@humankindmedia9741]

@@fenderjag114 ​ I know what you're saying about shifting time signatures. I love "Broken Arrow" as much as anybody, but listen to the original recording of "Different Drum." It's a straight beat all the way through. These shifting signatures in this live version of Different Drum are sloppy, the band casually disregarding the song and the singer. They're jamming instead of playing the song. As a singer, I would be appalled. The great Mrs. Ronstadt deserved better, and she got it later in her all-star band of Danny Kortchmar, Dan Dugmore, Bill Payne of Little Feat, Wendy Waldman, Bob Glaub, Peter Asher and the legendary studio drummer Russ Kunkel. Love Linda!

[@gdholmfirth]

@@fenderjag114 Done properly, changing time signatures can be a good thing. But then there is this butchered thing here.

[@donf3877]

@@humankindmedia9741 YOU need your hearing checked. It is NOT a straight beat all the way through. The band played the song EXACTLY the way it was written. The changes back and forth in tempo and beats were EXACTLY where and when and how they should have been. Listen to the studio recording of the song again, AFTER your hearing is tuned up.

[@subg8858]

I’ll have some of whatever donf387 is having. Must be mindblowing

[@chet6337]

Barefoot and fancy free. What a treat the 60’s & 70’s were !

[@anotherrandombassguitarcha9482]

FUN FACT: 'Different Drum' was written by Mike Nesmith of The Monkees, who tried to get it recorded for the Monkees t.v. show, however, the producers said that it wasn't 'a Monkees song'. And so Nesmith submitted it to Ronstadt and the rest is history.

[@cheryljohnson6249]

To say that she did it better than the Monkees ever could, would be the understatement of the century. A classic by her, a disaster if the TV created Monkees had even tried to do it. Ah, Linda, we do so miss your awesome voice!

[@mjcole12]

I agree that she sang it better than the monkeys could but i don't think it would've been a disaster...​@cheryljohnson6249

[@qtspecs7366]

I always thought this song was about a failed relationship, but after seeing this video, I realize it’s about a band that is truly playing to a different drum , maybe even a different planet than Linda is playing to.

[@dannysalcido4738]

Lol

[@kelseys90u90]

😂

[@biff9999]

So ragged, so awful.

[@susanheakey3601]

Hahaha good one. But I agree her voice is flawless here...a sign of things to come.

[@Drumaddicka]

That's funny!

[@justaswell223]

Young, gorgeous pipes and a gorgeous gal. Soon the finest musicians and songwriters would swarm around her. Very special vocalist.

[@lawrenceclaytonusmc2833]

Nothing else quite like Ronstadt.

[@markaungst8975]

That's the worst band ever!!!!!

[@joejones9520]

@@markaungst8975 youre one of those huh? do you also think autotune is the reason you dont like modern music?

[@johngibson3887]

so nice to hear a naturally beautiful voice that doesn't have to be enhanced by computers like so many 'singers' today. Linda Ronstadt was such a lovely young lady and talent.

[@davesutherland1864]

However, this may be a case where the backing band could use some computer enhancement.

[@donf3877]

@@davesutherland1864 Actually, the band was playing it EXACTLY the way the song was written. The changes back and forth in tempo and beats were EXACTLY where and when and how they should have been. Listen to the studio recording of the song.

[@billygoatbaa3350]

Never sure what was more captivating, her voice or her beauty? Guess it never really mattered , both were always amazing 😊

[@erinlast2627]

Young Ronstadt using those rare pipes, out on the road, to deliver inspite of the less than complementary backup. Thanks for a great tune Nez(rest easy) - thanks Linda for that voice.

[@marthaletherwood3671]

pretty awful... almost as bad as my singing

[@joejones9520]

the band is playing it perfectly, it's crazy that so many on here dont realize that...people arent used to hearing it live but this is great singing and playing.

[@donf3877]

@@joejones9520 THANK YOU!!! While you couldn't hear the bass and second guitar, the tempo and beat changes were EXACTLY where and when and how they should have been.

[@joejones9520]

@@donf3877 it's the same types who think autotune is an evil entity that has hijacked songwriting and is to blame for why current pop music doesnt sound like Cat Scratch Fever and that everyone singing professionally today cant really sing but has used autotune to trick the world into thinking they can.

[@donf3877]

@@joejones9520 Well, it isn't everyone........ but there IS one. Taylor Swift. She couldn't carry a tune in a bucket in the beginning... but she was young and cute, and she wrote and sang little girl songs. I knew the guy that had to pitch correct her tracks literally each note ONE AT A TIME. And, had to use several passes sometimes, switching the pitch corrector's key up a half step at a time, she was so far off. He got so disgusted after working on her first album, he quit his job at the recording company. He runs his own small recording studio now, and helps GOOD singers and groups record and be heard by the public. If you listen to Swift's first two albums, her voice is so processed... it is like listening to a computer. And of course, delay and slap-back and reverb were dumped in to try and hide it. Like Chuck Norris singing the title song for Walker, Texas Ranger!!! They had her perform live at one of the country music award shows when she first started out... she was horrible. And that, was with a single pass pitch corrector in her feed. The problem using a pitch corrector live is... if the singer is more than a half-step off... it will "correct" to the WRONG note. And, there is no way to "correct" it again. There was a half-time show one year... and the pitch corrector for the female singer was set for the wrong key. It was a joke. It took several years worth of singing lessons (while she was a "star"), to finally make a singer out of Swift. What burns me is the singers that lip-sync at live concerts. The voice is gone... but they keep right on performing to make the $$$. There are several female singers right now that fall into that category :(

[@austinstratman1809]

Judith Durham and Linda Ronstadt- the two greatest female voices I've ever heard! Both beautiful when they were young too!

[@asklewislewisharrison9755]

I knew Judith of the Seekers. A lovely person

[@iainbannerman1543]

I agree, but I would also include Karen Carpenter.

[@richardleonard4281]

Toss in Bev Bivens, looks and that voice !

[@andrewmeadors936]

Yes, Judith Durham was awesome to say the least!

[@CathyFromPensacola]

Long ago and far away, a few of us went to the Troubadour, a small venue in Hollywood, not knowing who was performing when suddenly an unknown gal jumped on the stage barefoot with tambourine and singing songs like nobody's business - I instantly became a Linda Ronstadt fan! :D

[@kevinb3812]

Lord Have Mercy! You know how lucky you were?!

[@CathyFromPensacola]

@@kevinb3812 Hahaa not at the time!!

[@fredhonest7258]

Hello Cathy..

[@trinidadapodaca7027]

i know where it's at i hung around the whiskey

[@davidcouch3681]

Yup, had a dinner table at right of stage at the palomino club, lankershim blvd north Hollywood. As close as 8 feet when she walked over to the right side. 1971 and, yes, barefoot with tambourine and small maybe two or 3 person band♡

[@starcloud4959]

Wow gorgeous and that smile, the Bitter End ,New York, NY,1968.

[@connecticutcollectibles8164]

The band is the pits. Linda is incredible.

[@DoctorHarmonica]

Thank You!

[@evelyngarrison6007]

Bless her heart... different drum takes on a whole new meaning this night.

[@robertwilliams060]

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

[@garrison6863]

Its hard to imagine a worse musical accompaniment to a really good singer and a really good song.

[@tracyworley1995]

Truth

[@kosmokritikos9299]

There is only the vocal track and a guitar track and they have no effects or proper mixing. That is why it sounds so bad.

[@lnl3237]

​@kosmokritikos9299 I am not a musician, but after I saw the 2019 documentary on Linda, I did a deep dive into her music. The isolation of Covid gave me the time to listen to all of her recorded concerts on KZbin. A commenter on one of the videos had been the sound mixer for one them. I remember asking him why she would oftentimes put her hand over her ear while she was singing. I just never realized how important a sound mixer was to a band's performance. Also, heard an interview with Ms. Ronstadt talk about the kind of microphone she liked to use. Such a science to it all. Appreciated your comment.

[@erinlast2627]

Let's be clear. The recording of this tune, by Linda and session musicians, was already a hit. The original Stone Poneys had broken up and Ronstadt was sent out on the road by the demanding record company. These players are not the Stone Poneys- even though former member Bobby Kimmel is sitting in here. This was shot in Greenwich Village @ the Bitter End a landmark club and showcase for emerging talent. Soon a flood of great players would be flowing to back up this remarkable vocalist. Her pipes were glorious from the start.

[@curtisshaw9317]

Linda was a great singer from the start. Indeed this is a live rare early raw gem. Ronstadt didn't have a false note in her throat or a phony bone in her body. The real deal.

[@buxxbannerspov30]

The Bitter End became the home of Moogy Klingman, a co-founder of Todd Rundgren'sUtopia

[@warrenmilford6848]

Thanks' for that info. Yeah, it's a great Mike Nesmith song. I really like his country style version from the early '70's.

[@skyewilliams2247]

Exactly - this clip is raw young Linda. In the clubs or the arenas she was something to behold - vocally and visually.

[@claytonf375]

Even with the disconnected band young Linda just soars. She didn't need no stinkin' auto tune. Love her still.

[@beauxlee3378]

Yeah she's just working it out on the road. Young Linda a sight and sound to behold.

[@pablozewoppa]

Are they all playing the same song?

[@rbbrown2106]

No auto tune...just natural God given talent. What a beauty too.

[@roybishop9001]

Thank you, Michael Nesmith for kick-starting her wonderful career.

[@georgem5589]

Heard the Eagles offered her a lead singer job, she said no. She thought they would outshine her because they had star power. She was right. Smart.

[@lamgefyoutoob]

She pulls this song to greatness like a mule in traces pulling a wagon from a ditch. What a talent. So brilliant. And that legendary dress...kept in her handbag until she got on stage. Legend.

[@randallparr4349]

She is fantastic!

[@garymiller95]

You expressed it so well brother!

[@lawrenceclaytonusmc2833]

Linda Ronstadt - young or seasoned - in the clubs or the arenas - English or Spanish - rocking or crooning, simply no one quite like her.

[@Charon58]

Sorry but the song is great on its own. What she does here is power through a terrible band.

[@janetduncan87]

Song was written by Mike Nesmith. and he thanked her live for her great contribution to this song. Her voice was amazing.

[@eoghainoneill7195]

Waw I never knew.

[@renoraider9817]

Holy shit!!! Me neither. I love that song.

[@keithfaulkner6319]

You mean the monkees actually had talent??? Whoda thunk!

[@jciamretired9767]

Let's treasure an old video like this, so we can watch it over and over again anytime. Thank you

[@peteypete1216]

You can tell just how great she was to keep singing over that..

[@bruceb5481]

5 notes into this cacophony, I was ready to skip it until I realized Linda was hitting it in spite of the overpowering noise. New found respect for Miss R. One of the best ❤😊❤

[@ochjim]

Yep, somehow, despite the band's best efforts to throw her off key, she managed to pretty much stay in tune . . Quite a feat . . The woman could sing!

[@jeffreybrandes881]

What a set of pipes! No studio tricks. Pure vocal perfection.

[@debbiem9005]

Not only is she the best voice of her generation she has the best voice of many generations, a voice like hers comes along very rarely

[@markclifford1857]

Hello 👋 Debbie. How are you doing? Hope you are fine, I'm Mark Clifford am from Denver Colorado. Where are you from? You seem like a real country girl

[@dianel.5764]

That mini dress, those hoop earrings, that voice! So wanted to be Linda Ronstadt as a child.

[@lesliechandler1605]

Little Darling blessed with a lovely voice and form💌

[@ericnewman3352]

Even at this stage, Linda has a highly developed talent for interpreting a song. She is without equal.

[@bobbyfeather1]

Happy 73rd Birthday, Linda Ronstadt from Tucson, Arizona, USA! July 15, 2019.

[@boblozaintherealworld3577]

Like my mom, another Latina from Arizona.

[@albertschepis]

"And I've been from Tucson to Tucumcari Tehachapi to Tonopah"... - Willlin'

[@harborheart6558]

No stylists, no autotune, no hit making session guys - just young, raw Linda doing what she does. Despite the disconnected band, Singing with an open authentic voice ...sigh...

[@pogo1140]

Notice the dress she's wearing? It pops up later in record jackets and in other appearances. No wardrobe department for Linda in those days, she wore what she owned.

[@MrBradius123]

@@-BUFFALOMan Totally agree, but for me it makes the vocal so powerful ...like a diamond in the rough.It shines even brighter

[@dirkturtle3354]

A little autotune might have helped the band get in key.

[@dougcowles1116]

@@-BUFFALOMan You are correct sir. I kept thinking the band was playing a different song. I'll take the overproduced studio version, thanks.

[@josemeda4592]

@@dirkturtle3354 LOL

[@ahmadabdallah2896]

this is a freaking masterpiece, I'm starting to be a die hard fan of linda.

[@maxxz7]

Willie Nelson once said if you did not have a crush on Linda Ronstadt its because you did not know she existed..........

[@ruialbertocosta1886]

Willie was so right! She's precious!

[@sirfishslayer5100]

Crush still exists.

[@robhurst1]

I think it was more like "There are two types of men in the world, Those who have a crush on Linda Ronstadt and those who have never heard of her."-Willie Nelson.

[@karlsangree]

I was just going to comment about the massive crush I had on Linda, but apparently I had competition. I was 14 when "Different Drum" dropped in '67; just coming into those "special" years.

[@jorgeespinosa3179]

My hand is raised in agreement.

[@MissCase530]

Can you imagine if you could go back in time and sit in that club to watch this, knowing that this is the beginning.

[@miguelencanarias]

Most of us would probably be too distracted by the heavy cigarette smoke in the air to fully appreciate Linda's performance.

[@billlozier5551]

Exactly. Amazing this video survived all these years. Linda is an all time great. BEAUTIFUL too.❤

[@songdoctor8896]

July 1969, already a Linda Ronstadt fan, went to see her perform at the Bitter End in the Village. Bare midriff, short, short jeans shorts, barefoot. Started the set with "Break My Mind." Saw her every night she was there. Spoke to her afterward "backstage" (through a slim pull across curtain), she autographed one of her albums. so I don't have to imagine, I just have to remember, which gets harder and harder each year.

[@billlozier5551]

@@songdoctor8896 great memory.

[@Revelation6_7-8]

That's pretty much what videos and internet are for. What would you do back in time? Probably say some futuristic stuff and be accused of witchcraft.

[@UncompressedWAVmusic]

This song with Linda Ronstadt is really heart felt. It's so impressive I get goose bumps listening to it at high volume with a beer and pistachios. Sending feel good vibrations in and thru my whole body now. It tingles. In vibes with Source in mental silence. very profound. Through shifting focus on Linda's music I appreciate it so much more. Almost like it is sort of live in my imagination now. Cool! Rock on. Americas' rock and roll sweetheart in music. Bill Clinton inducted Linda into the White House Hall of Music.

[@geneo1976]

Linda is what all female artists should aspire too. She is drop dead gorgeous. She had a voice that could sing any kind of song. She didn't have the crazy light show that the artists do now. She sang the songs and got the job done. She was the BEST!!

[@DoctorHarmonica]

To sing like that is amazing. Unfortunately, the guitarist was dancing to the beat of a different Drug.

[@kevinkidder8524]

Linda is and was the total, beautiful voice, beautiful face, beautiful person!

[@djackson6379]

Linda sent out on the road by the record label. The Bitter End, NYC - the song was already a hit, the Stone Poneys had broken up and did Not play on the recording. The way she keeps it together vocally here - amazballs. LUV her.

[@claytonf375]

Exactly

[@ISEEKSPACE]

This is live music. This is real music. It's not perfect--she's perfect--it's the band that's not perfect, but this is as real as real gets and I love it.

[@jimtownsend7899]

Amazing how she could sing the song with the band playing three different songs behind her!

[@fuzztone1130]

WHO TOLD THESE GUYS THAT THEY WERE MUSICIANS?

[@johnvirgilio5323]

On the studio version the strings are dominant and wash over most other parts. With this horrible arrangement, and no strings, they didn't have a prayer. Linda was still great with Mike Nesmith's brilliant early song.

[@domicam100]

obviously, you're not a musician.

[@jimtownsend7899]

@@domicam100 Not the same type of musician as these guys! But since you asked, why yes, yes I am! I haven’t been in the business for some time, but in my day I and my band mates played our fair share of gigs throughout the South. Southern Rock, Blues, R&B, Soul, AOR,… I have written 14 songs, not all of them ever laid down, and frankly, you’d be hard pressed to find any of my discs out there. But, we had a good time doing them! Now, some 40 years hence, I rarely find the time to even pick up an axe. I think the last time was about 5 years ago down in SC, but with my best friends scattered from PA to FL to CA, two that have passed (Miss ya, Mike and Hardy!) and a few I’ve lost track of, I don’t have much of an opportunity. If it’s any consolation to you, the church choir has been after me for the last 7 years to join them, and perhaps someday I will. Oh, which reminds me, are you in the market for a guitar (electric or acoustic electric), 12 string, bass (electric or acoustic electric, fretted or fretless), violin, viola, cello, ukulele, keyboard, or maybe a clarinet or trumpet? If so, I have a wide selection of any of those. All quality instruments, names you’ll know on the head stocks, almost all in good to very good condition. Some have some road wear, but nothing like SRV’s Strat! (Rest well, Stevie.) I’ll make you a good deal, and I’ll throw in a hard shell or gig bag (your choice), a tuner and some plectrums (some folks call ‘em picks)! Now, what were we talking about? Oh, right. Will you need references? Hey, how about a bag of instrument and patch cords? Sack of blues harps?

[@paulsenstudio]

I agree with Jim... the band is tragically off-base with that "arrangement" attempt. And @John Virgilio, yeah the strings make a difference, but let's acknowledge that the band's studio arrangement *without* the strings is a viable arrangement, the groove works, the band supports the song rather than gravely distracting from it haha

[@localsocalman]

Magic -- this performance takes me back to Tustin high school 1970 or was is '72...it was summer and we were underage. My brother and I, we sneaked out and went to the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach to see the Stone Poneys and Linda Ronstadt. My brother is gone but this memory lives forever.

[@deannagarcia36]

I saw her in 1967 at East LA city college. best divorce/breakup song ever.

[@acasanova1777]

So cool!

[@albertschepis]

NO SHIT, SO DID I. I was 17 and or 18 myself - I went with my older brothers' friend who got me in.

[@andrewhoward4471]

I hope Linda Ronstadt's music doesn't get lost to history. She truly is an Arizona and better yet a National Treasure. She's great

[@kalunnanna4655]

Thanks to everyone who has been a help in bringing Linda Ronstadt so much closer to us. Her angelic voice touches everything good in those who enjoy listening to her.

[@jimratliff2753]

Hard to make anything more gorgeous than Linda.

[@Thedailysideshow]

Linda Ronstadt’s one of greatest, and beautiful voices in rock music.

[@billgonzales8978]

her band was pretty good to they would leave and become the Eagles, not bad Lindy

[@kraigmann9181]

A legend just starting out. The voice is already mesmerizing, the look just precious, the band not in the same league with the lead singer. Fascinating - seeing and hearing a very young Linda - heart and soul - singing one of the great chick pop tunes of all time is just great. The studio version is fabulous but this is a rare gem. Anything she did live is special and y'all can see why.

[@Beatle849]

+Kraig Mann Nicely put.

[@harryc6347]

Agreed.

[@laurelox7975]

Kraig Mann I agree the studio version is the greatest hippie chick sound and sentiment ever. This here is a NY club date -with young precious Linda and a fine archival record. This is the Bitter End in Greenwich Village.

[@cynthiacorcoran9389]

This is not just starting out for us I'm a world acclaimed Sound at seven years old.

[@thinkerly1]

And she's got that West Coast accent.

[@689steve]

Hoop earings , big hair and a flawless voice ! Miss those days !!!

[@toliu4u]

Amazing! No background sound, just pure beautiful voice. Just beautiful!

[@jayoleary968]

It's been 40+ years and I'm still in Love.

[@jes8288]

Y'ALL AIN'T THE ONLY ONE...

[@salmuleville7660]

Queen of hi-fidelity Vinyl - even more mesmerizing live. Here she is a very young trouper sent on the road with a less than complimentary band. That voice brings it home anyway.

[@skyewilliams2247]

Exactly. That voice is amazeballs!!!

[@robertsullivan3247]

This was real talent. The best of her generation.

[@gordonholmes7]

Beautiful and rare woman. Beautiful and rare voice.

[@ruskinyruskiny1611]

Beautiful and rare soul.

[@TheStikapos]

Still does. Just not so much on the voice. Who cares ?

[@williamo6569]

She got so fat

[@bridgetnolan3947]

@@williamo6569 Are you here to represent Weight Watchers.

[@lloydkline3265]

@@williamo6569 she human,

[@TheVestini]

Isn’t she just great. Such a clear beautiful voice. Thanks for the years of lighting up millions of lives with your gorgeous sound. Music to many life stories.

[@kentshelton3451]

Linda Ronstadt - what a wonderful lady with a beautiful voice. I have some of her albums in my collection. I could listen to her songs all day and never get tired of her amazing talent.

[@terrysalminen4951]

Me,too and I have spent a few days in my teens just listening to,singing and dancing, to those albums along with the other people in earshot!🎉😊🥳💓

[@TheReddavni]

I love the simplicity of this performance and the nostalgia of a young super talent just starting out.

[@Beatle849]

+Stephen DeLuney That's why I love this video. Like to see and hear it once in a while.

[@lakesidepath8474]

Greenwich Village, late 60s, a weird arrangement of a Nesmith tune made super special when Linda recorded it. So young, so liberated -let the Ronstadt revival begin. Natural, pure and just getting started.

[@barneydunn8458]

Man, that girl could sing!!

[@charlieellicott3682]

It was 1967 at the Bitter End. My band opened.

[@jackrambler3262]

@@charlieellicott3682 It’s always great to hear the facts- thanks for your intel about this wonderful babe.

[@tawesdewyngaert8225]

Stage presence and talent - love her so.

[@normancharles2507]

This song is on medium rotation on the Music Choice Oldies Channel, so I've heard it fairly often lately, but I became obsessed with it after Michael Nesmith died. I will watch this video over and over and over and...

[@SueRosalie]

Cute as a button and a born performer at such a young age. I'm lucky to have heard her live performing with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra. One of the greatest singers of our time.

[@laryrobert2158]

Hello, how are you doing?

[@DHudelson]

She definitely was (sadly, no longer) one of THE most versatile singers of her era, when you consider the wide range of styles that she delivered perfectly, from rocking it out, to the standards, country, spanish, always as good as the very best. ... all that, and one of the prettiest ladies in the biz, as well.

[@roneichstaedt8853]

Love that album. Heard her rock songs on the radio, played her country songs as a radio DJ, but her "What's New" was purely for enjoyment. Damn, was she versatile! Not just recorded everything, but EXCELLED at everything.

[@niccoarcadia4179]

Linda, singing her way through a tired sounding band. Her rendition is so true to key that I wonder if she's wearing earplugs. Also a class act, I wonder why she's not rolling her eyes at the band backing her? Yes! just Linda, rising above the failing band to do what she does best, deliver her part! What a great talent! And yes, in case you haven't noticed, I was a huge fan back in the day...

[@24321619]

''a tired sounding band!'' sounds more like it died years ago.

[@donf3877]

For a "huge fan"... you obviously never heard the studio version of the song. While you couldn't hear the bass and second guitar, the tempo and beat changes were EXACTLY where and when and how they should have been.

[@niccoarcadia4179]

@@donf3877 Thanks for letting me know. I stand corrected.

[@donf3877]

@@niccoarcadia4179 Cool. Wow... still around after three years!!! (But, then again, so am I :) Mike Nesmith, of the Monkees wrote the song. And, he really used the title "Different Drum" literally, by switching up the tempo and beat over and over. But, the changes do occur at very specific times in the song. To me, this song is a song of Linda Ronstadt's life. She never let a person, place, or thing ever pull the reins in on her......

[@rhyfeddu]

If I could magically pick a voice to have for myself, Linda would definitely be in top 3. Versatile and strong.

[@eugeneendres5846]

I love the way she sings. And she was so beautiful. I've heard that her health hasn't been good for some years now. But I still adore Linda.

[@janicepagano9200]

She also happens to be 76 years old.. Still a beautiful lady as always

[@williamlarson3623]

It's easy to see from this clip, a non-filtered, raw, just as you see and hear it performance by Linda Ronstadt, how truly great a talent she was for her audience then, and about to be for the rest of us -- and for a long, long time to come. Thank you, Linda, really.

[@bkaley8974]

She had an angelic voice. This song personified the 1960s. God bless you Linda!

[@lazarwolf7359]

Young and working it out on the rough road. Linda's voice made this tune important. Gosh she looks about 14 years old here. Ronstadt always seemed years younger than she was. Killer pipes.

[@k-matsu]

If Im not mistaken she was around eighteen. When the Stone Poneys first started playing together she was still underage and the other members lied about her age to get her into most of the places they played. As she herself explains in the semi-biographical "California Coast" . . . "Ran away from home when I was seventeen to be with you on the California Coast." They recorded the album less than a year later, so she is certainly not past her teens.

[@janicepagano9200]

1967… she was 21 years old

[@guggenheimlloyd6714]

Outta the starting gate this young "Poney" knew how to sing. Gorgeous sound coming out of her throat. Soon after this the finest musicians would enter her stable.

[@judycolson6047]

Yes but you can tell she was singing very "folky" and hadn't developed her confidence and gutsy voice till later on. Still a gem.

[@stepinfetchit9394]

The bass couldn't even be heard! Beautiful voice, Linda. And thank you, Michael Nesmith for the wonderful song!

[@globallywarmed]

Girl definately paid her dues....performed like a champ under obviously less than ideal circumstances...

[@jcivantos]

Funny all the comments slagging the band. Who cares. With that voice she could be singing over a lawn mower and it would still be great.

[@jimstokes6742]

No. Would be just another pretty girl singer. The arrangements are what made the songs like the recording Different Drum.

[@steve55sogood16]

Ha,ha!

[@robdavis8640]

Bloody oath who cares its Linda so shut up

[@debbiem9005]

No Linda is what made the song good

[@357HFC]

To be fair, it is not the BEST recording Albeit Great Vision. Linda is Linda!!!

[@Me-nq8gu]

I’m not sure who posted this. I’d just like to say thank you! for preserving a beautiful piece of history.

[@jacklee279]

Beautiful, Linda Ronstadt, and beautiful voice.

[@carolrochon461]

Linda Ronstadt is a true classic rock star from the 60's&70's !! Insane talent 💕

[@kenchristie9214]

Linda is a country star

[@peterchandler9014]

What a beautiful tune and wow she was a stunning girl when she was younger...so happy I came across this track from 7 psychopaths movie. Just a happy feel good tune

[@charliedarnell4436]

An odd club version - Greenwich Village in the 60s - early Linda precious as ever. Great tune anyway she damn delivers it. Thanks Nez

[@MrKenichi22]

charlie darnell She was, in away still is.

[@benjaminj.clifton4140]

"The Bitter End," Bleeker Street, NYC, 1967.

[@djackson6379]

She was something special then and now.

[@tregibbs]

No, not Greenwhich Village - it was LA in the late 60's early 70's.

[@claytonf375]

@@tregibbs This is indeed The Bitter End in NYC.

[@edscroggins5646]

A star rising and she rose very high. Beautiful singer.

[@edward392]

Absolutely superb, impecable performance - and she was so beautiful

[@marx686]

The band sounds like a lot of garage bands I heard in SoCal in the 60s/70s. Linda is so cool!

[@dianaosterfeld335]

It's filmed at the Bitter End, late 1967, according to the book, Linda Ronstadt, My Life in Music.

[@Beatle849]

That is correct. The stage still looks the same.

[@michaelmiller6341]

Love jl

[@EthanW-mf1gv]

What a set of pipes on that gal. This is not the Stone Poneys or the players on the hit recording. A young glorious singer sent on the road with a bunch of disconnected guys. Still that voice displays glory. Soon the finest musicians would surround her and we would all fall in love. Sigh...

[@fatotis6273]

My God she is so cute!

[@Jay-Kaizo]

She makes me happy that women exist with faces like that.

[@ramiroescamilla7263]

yes she is Mexican American

[@nightworld3206]

@@Jay-Kaizo People tell me I look like her.

[@boholde2757]

@@nightworld3206 Hands down, my fantasy girl.

[@deanmary1969]

Married an Angel cold black hair just SO Blessed 52 yrs Silver and black hair folks da how do you color your hair like that with that Pretty Smile SHE walks away sayin family secret ol couple way down in Tx 52 yrs

[@judyintheburg]

Honestly this song never gets old. Been digging it since it came out! (yes I'm that old!)

[@im7700]

She was so gorgeous 😍. With an amazing voice to match.

[@davefox8948]

This was the tune that launched a Mega Star. Thanks Mike!

[@ruskinyruskiny1611]

When I have perfected my Time machine and it will not be long now, My first trip will be back to 1967 to "The Bitter end" (NYC) to see and hear the Queen of L.A.

[@ronaldholmes5009]

What's taking you so long with your time machine...I've had mine now for three years. True, I completed mine in the year 2525 and it malfunctioned, so, I'm stuck here in 2020. When you get your time machine up and running maybe you can send me ahead to my time...yes?

[@ruskinyruskiny1611]

@@ronaldholmes5009 Been back to see Linda Twice . Currently with Ziggy in 1973. I will pick you up soon. Rock on.

[@davidquinn5429]

great voice that only got better over time. wonderful

[@boffo63]

That was awesome. Band searching, singer having a ball, barefoot. Got chills