You're No Good - Linda Ronstadt | The Midnight Special

Linda Ronstadt performed live December 21, 1973 on The Midnight Special
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[@divermike8943]

We didn't have MTV back in 73 but we had the Midnight Special. LOL

[@dankippert2677]

And real bands performed on the special while mtv made what were nobody's into stars but also mtv brought attention many great bands as well I came from both era's luckily 😊

[@kathleenlindquist4799]

Shining its ever loving light on us.

[@PlanetRockJesus]

YUP! We'd be at parties and when Midnight Special would come on, all eyes were on the TV!

[@jayrowe6473]

73 was way better.

[@greggusan]

This is soooooo good! That's all I got to say about that.

[@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw]

Skunk Baxter on congas, what? Outstanding!!🎶👍✌️💕

[@JamesWilliams-js4fo]

Yeah that's incredible and Andrew Gold plays the guitar.

[@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw]

@@JamesWilliams-js4fo 🎸🎶👌

[@razorqueen775]

RIGHT??? I just stopped this vid as soon as I saw Skunk Baxter on percussion and had to see if anyone else noticed…😮

[@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw]

@@razorqueen775 Yeah queen, I’m an old L.A. studio musician. Skunk is too, (when he’s not on tour.) so we are kinda friends, when this video came on, & they panned over to the congas, he usually plays guitar, I yelled Skunk! OMG, I’d know that mustache anywhere! lol.

[@JamesWilliams-js4fo]

@@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw Wow Michael that's so cool your a L.A. studio musician I want to be able to record really good studio quality guitar parts and I practice constantly with a metronome to try and achieve this! Any tips you could give me? The guitar solo in this song is awesome in my opinion especially the way he opens it up! The beginning of the solo in this live version is the same as on the studio recording but he changes it after that. The skunk is great on Ricki don't lose that number and all the stuff he did with the Dan & the Doobies. He's a legend for sure.✌

[@mazfriend]

I think this is her best live performance of this song on KZbin. Linda Ronstadt is incredible.

[@Ayn-zk2lo]

She is Smoking on this Song. Does not get better because she is an Exquisite and Talented Musician 😊😅🎉😂❤

[@albadore]

Sherlie Matthews and Clydie King on those amazing backing vocals.

[@garenosborn]

yeah, they've always stood out to me in this performance. I don't know which is which but the one in the yellow really brings it. Love her energy

[@albadore]

@@garenosborn That's Clydie. She was a Raelette (with Ray Charles), sang with Phil Spector, Bob Dylan, the Stones, Joe Cocker, and many others, and was one of the singers on "Sweet Home Alabama." She also had some singles on her own. She MAY have been secretly married to Bob Dylan at one point.

[@bloozedaddy]

about five months prior Clydie did background vocals on a little ditty called Sweet Home Alabama with Merry Clayton for what they thought was "some guy named Leonard Skinnerd" :-)

[@koalabearsongs3797]

Clydie King was MAGIC!!!!

[@prettygirlus9008]

@@albadore Bob Dylan also asked Mavis Staple of the Staples Singers to marry him.

[@bloozedaddy]

Let's see?????...you have Skunk Baxter on congas and Richie Hayward from Little Feat on drums with Andrew Gold on guitar....you MIGHT just get funky !!!!!!

[@inquiry7]

The late Clydie King on backup vocals. Beyond sexy.

[@jimhansen5395]

@@inquiry7 And Sherlie Mae Matthews right beside her!

[@SopranoPizzaJMFNJ]

This Is SO Bad Ass! Richie Hayward Was An Absolute BEAST!

[@rorororororororbooboo4718]

No doubt. Imagine how bad ass it would be if Skunk actually played guitar on it! 😂

[@divermike8943]

@bloozedaddy I thought that looked like Jeff Baxter but I thought it just looked like him. Didn't know he played congas!

[@fernandorosales2529]

Only Linda can have one of the greatest guitar players of the world like Jeff "The Skunk" Baxter playing congas!

[@Andrew_M_Ward]

and her engineer and record producer playing the guitar... Crazy times and a lot of talent At that point, Jeff Baxter was still pretty much full-time with Steely Dan and then joined The Doobie Brothers in 74

[@ccmkoho]

Andrew gold is no slacker

[@billlewis8295]

Guess you can’t tell Skunk what not to play.

[@shabadoo24]

Andrew Gold " Lonely Boy" isn't a slouch either

[@samwallk8600]

Richie Heyward on drums and Kenny Edward's on drums.

[@londonclubbernz]

The back up singer in gold is gorgeous!!

[@thedemonnemo]

Clydie Mae King; she sang w/all the greats!

[@joerectifier]

That is one powerful groove and rhythym. And who would not want to hear and see Linda unleash the powerful and tuneful pipes of hers. Fantastc

[@richolmsted4876]

During the instrumental break in the middle I thought the band was gonna blow up the stage. What a great live performance by all involved.

[@FunkyAve69]

Amen

[@GreenOwl70]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug

[@christopherwilliams5912]

They were bad ass...real musicians.

[@joelmoore8280]

Notice what Linda is wearing? Blue jeans and an off the rack blouse. Just couldn’t imagine Beyoncé or Taylor Swift trying to pull that off.

[@derekbaker3279]

Neither of them are half as hot as Linda!

[@jmjohnson56]

Hit the nail on the head with that comment 👏👏👏👏

[@janef220]

That was the charm of those times. Can add Madonna and shania too

[@Macdaddy-mx8ds]

Spot on. You can pit lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig. Linda is🔥🔥🔥

[@lilion1520]

That shirt is not off the rack it is covered in rhinestones

[@JosephDungee]

She's Just Freakin' AMAZING!

[@tombeyerlein3813]

I remember the night this aired. I'd never heard Ronstadt before and was knocked out. As soon as I was able, I went to some record stores to acquire this great song -- and it wasn't available. It wasn't until months later that Linda did a proper studio recording, and it was around a *year* later that I finally heard it on the radio. It would never happen today for an artist to perform a song on national television without having "product to sell," as they say.

[@bloozedaddy]

once she dropped the soft-vibrato folkie Stone Ponies image the sky was the limit.

[@ragheadand420roll]

Lies All lies

[@kerrysteffens38]

Just killing it. Screaming from the depths of her soul "I'm gonna say it again"

[@chessmentor63]

I love that line too!

[@blujay9191]

She's got gravel down there any time she needs it.

[@Kozot]

Back musician. Conga : Jeff "Skunk" Baxter Doobie Bros. Drums : Ritchie Hayward Little Feat. Guitar : Andrew Gold A wonderful and unusual combinatio !

[@kingswoodroadproductions6570]

Love that Skunk Beat.

[@kbrewski1]

Skunk original Steely Dan guitarist before joining Doobie Bros.

[@davidkemmer]

The drummer looks totally coked out

[@kingswoodroadproductions6570]

@@davidkemmer Maybe he was, maybe he wasn't. Either way, great performance and stickman.

[@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw]

Kenny Edwards on bass guitar, he was in Stone Poneys with her.

[@timb.2222]

A dream of a singer, and an A-list band behind her. Lots of firepower, lots of fun. The percussion drives it.

[@bigneiltoo]

This was 50 years ago this month. That's Andrew Gold (Thank you for Being a Friend) on guitar, Skunk Baxter (Steely Dan) on congas, and Richie Hayward (Little Feat) on drums.

[@timb.2222]

@@bigneiltoo What a lineup--if you can afford to have Skunk on congas, you know you've serious talent up there!

[@bernardhossmoto]

Linda had a way of having the greatest bands behind her. The woman invented the fookin' EAGLES!

[@floraline7153]

I was 7 years old and I swear I remember this. My dad was a massive LR fan and we never missed her----her TV performances, albums, songs on the radio turned up a bit more. She had a voice for the ages. Perfection comes to mind!

[@evanlouis3336]

Slamming the vocals and letting her band shine. Clear, confident and on the verge of Superstardom. Linda never swam in her own reflection - it was the musical groove that mattered.

[@kennethbrady]

That's a very brilliant comment. Spot on.

[@robtempe]

I'll say! @@kennethbrady

[@desertrain4026]

WOW! That is Jeff Skunk Baxter playing Bongos! Dang! I never knew a guitar hero like Baxter could ripp it hard on percussion! Nice!!!

[@SuperStrik9]

If you want to see more Skunk percussion, there's a vid of him playing percussion (congas I recall) with Steely Dan on the song Do It Again. I think the performance was also from The Midnight Special and it's great.

[@jimhansen5395]

Andrew Gold on Guitar - Ritchie Hayward (little Feat) on drums. Sherlie Matthews and Clydie King, who are legendary backup singers (look them up on Wikipedia) too!

[@Tillersweep]

No one will ever read this but i just learned something pretty special about Linda. Here she is covering a "You're no good", an R+B song that came out in 1963. Dee Dee Warwick (Dionne's sister) sang it. It went to about 50 in the top 100. Linda sang it in about 1974 and it went to number 1. Linda was invited to do it on the Midnight Special. Here is what you don't know. The black backup singer on the left IS Dee Dee Warwick! She didn't have to do that. Wow!

[@ericthatsme]

WOW!!

[@mattjohn66]

Now that's what singing looks like.

[@Charles-y7n7r]

Best female voice ever! She could sing anything and make it her own song!❤

[@rebeccawagner4167]

This is exactly 💯 why the Midnight Special, was freaking awesome. With talent like this ,the show was amazing. Our generation had it good. We had the best musicians and groups hands down. Linda kicked ass on the Midnight Special. This is what we listened 🎶 to. We had the best. Ty,for the good times and memories.

[@halloweenjack2562]

Mesmerisingly, brilliant, beautiful and spine tingling (as ever) performance of this song by Linda and band, including superb guitar work by the multi talented Andrew Gold (God rest his his soul). ❤

[@thomasautonomousanonymous2050]

The story is that this performance predates the recording of the song and they had difficulties recording this arrangement...Andrew Gold stepped in, created the new arrangement, and played all instruments except bass on the recording...It was her only #1 and in my top five all-time favorite songs

[@halloweenjack2562]

@@thomasautonomousanonymous2050 Thanks, Thomas. Interesting story. AG was a brilliant musician.

[@robertmckelvie2968]

​@@halloweenjack2562 in a documentary about Linda she said when she heard the first version of that song that's great but the music and guitaring and all sounds like the Beatles...... Well when you have Andrew gold guitar and arranging , and who was a massive fan of The Beatles and of course the producer was Peter Asher close associate of the Fabs and esp. McCartney .....that maybe the result ..

[@Redfour5]

I know exactly where I was when this played live... I was in the Marines just before Xmas and I wasn't going home... So, I was down at the EM club drinkin beers, playin pool and this came on and I fell in love with her right then and there. One of those points in time...that sticks with you... It was the first time I was even aware of her as an artist...not to mention how good she looked.

[@themidnightspecialtvshow]

That’s a great story, thanks for sharing it.

[@Redfour5]

It would have never occurred to me to even think I'd ever see it again and then one day I stumbled across all these old shows and remembered and so went hunting and finally found it. Sometimes technology is very interesting for affirming memories. @@ReasonableExpectations

[@afraidofrobots250]

There is SO MUCH talent on that stage. Wow.

[@rwjoyner]

Is that Richie Hayward (from Little Feat) on drums?

[@bhamss11]

Linda just slays

[@fastinbulvis2223]

The band too, with a couple of the guys from Little Feat, and Jeff Skunk Baxter.

[@rosecottage6256]

This is so good. Linda had it all, the voice, the looks, the camera just loves her.

[@mikekaylor1226]

Linda is the most talented lady singer I've ever heard. I saw her in 1982 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, and her voice was so incredible live. I've seen so many artists that disappoint you with their live vocals, but Linda was so very good. She had an incredible band - Andrew Gold on guitar, Waddy Wachtel, on guitar Lee Sklar on bass, Don Grolnick on keyboards and Ricky Marotta on drums, and Dan Dugmore on guitar. She was also drop-dead gorgeous, and I had third-row seats. Shout out here to Clyde King on background vocals and super funky dancing. Clydie is on so many albums that I own by so many different artists.

[@kath2819]

She looks real good,real good, real good

[@robertgillen979]

She always had the greatest musicians around her.

[@bariumenema6865]

So true

[@ShaniTrahan-e2e]

She sure do ❤💙🤎🧡💜💚💗💛🤍💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@gamoonbat]

Yes. Linda had the greatest musicians.

[@smashism]

Linda Ronstadt is undeniably great here, but it's her backup band that is really on fire.

[@bigneiltoo]

Yes, just an instrumental would have been incredible but she capped it with a high note on par with the lead guitar. All star band.

[@matthewr8819]

No doubt about it, Linda Ronstadt was a Superstar. I also watched this live on Midnight Special. I always tried to stay up late to watch Midnight Special because the Artist were Great.

[@veronical9383]

Rare and remarkable vocalist. When Linda sang the whole musical team was lifted up. Her many live versions of this signature song are each a bit different, each wonderful. Soon after this appearance Ronstadt became a reluctant superstar because of those pipes. OMG those pipes!

[@stephenbailey6709]

Linda Ronstadt, she's so good, she's so bloody good. I,m telling you now Baby, she's so good ❤.

[@latinguy67]

Words cannot express the talent on this one stage. This version should have been released as a single.

[@galenstone9097]

Clydie King, baby:) Linda had some of the purest vocals of her era.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Love Clydie too, what a great voice & dancing style!

[@christopherchristopher2795]

The backup singers are adorable

[@ShaniTrahan-e2e]

They sure were 🥰😍

[@yvetteperez5342]

How Remarkable Linda Was and you see she has her clothes on and isn’t singing about b/s not like ALL OF THE FEMALE SINGERS OF TODAY PURE TALENT ❤❤❤ FROM HER HEART AND SOUL

[@taniaferjones706]

That's the anthem for EVERY WOMAN.. THANK YOU LINDA❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@loetzcollector466]

Really laying it down.

[@justaswell223]

Other girl singers bore me to death after one tune. Ahhh, but Linda Ronstadt remains in constant rotation. Rockin' or crooning she was just sensational especially live. We believed her. So glad this stuff is posted - much appreciated.

[@garyv2196]

Even Janis Joplin?

[@beauxlee3378]

Linda ...believed her when she sang - powerful and tender. None of the other girls had quite the authority in their voices and often they didn't have the devoted musicians surrounding them. Linda was a super fine, generous band leader.

[@Vintage1970z]

Massive talent

[@juliew1426]

Love when she puts that dog on! She growls like nobody else!!

[@realjoshhayes]

I love how you can tell every person on that stage was just having a great time.

[@insanetubegain]

I want that black Strat Andrew Gold's playing. It was Linda's personal guitar.

[@guggenheimlloyd6714]

Queen of her scene and she wore her fame so casually. Just listen - great pipes, great devoted bands and a songwriter's champion. Linda sigh.

[@ChrisKallaher]

"Our band is so good we don't even let Skunk Baxter play the guitar!" I'm sure I saw this as it happened because I watched Midnight Special religiously back then. I just assumed there would always be singers like Linda Ronstadt. I did realize then what a generational talent she was. Thanks for posting!

[@martinhall932]

No enhanced anatomy anywhere to be seen, Skunk Baxter on congas, and Linda knocking it out of the park...geezoman

[@SteveKraus]

Linda was the best. Thank Midnight Special ❤

[@georgestuart8656]

Is that Richie Hayward on drums ? From Little Feat. What a supporting band ?

[@MarkArnquist]

Yes

[@Anthony-rx6sz]

Incredible performance by Linda and the whole band!!

[@Keithrrr]

Cookin’ with fire 🔥

[@ritawthomas8898]

Fantastic song, artists, and era. Thankful it was part of my era.

[@grifftrain]

This is a perfect blend of r&b and rock n roll

[@bariumenema6865]

Yes it is. So much going on. It never gets old.

[@bariumenema6865]

Every single one of them is in the groove.

[@carriewise1374]

Back up singers are so badass 😊

[@MarkArnquist]

Clydie King and Sherlie Matthew's

[@rainertrebbin-vf7nt]

❤

[@iowa61]

Just wow. The voice. The phrasing. The power. The authenticity. Ronstadt’s the GOAT.

[@richardhampp746]

have her 8 tracks. cassettes, DVDs, Itunes and youtube...can't get enough...

[@krasht1]

Jeff "The Skunk" Baxter on percussion !

[@Um_Pe_em_Tudo]

I prefer this first version with Sherlie Matthews and Clydie King in the backing vocal this gives a hint of soul The January 10, 1975 version is also good, but this I prefer with Sherlie Matthews and Clydie King !!!! LINDA RONSTADT sang a lot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@stacybruger6723]

She's such a bad ass & still is!

[@kbrewski1]

Jeff Skunk Baxter from Steely Dan/Doobie Bros on bongos, lol. Andrew Gold on guitar. Wow!

[@OscarAlaniz]

Back when music was about music and the musicians’ talent, not about a big corporation trying to sell something, or about choreographers or audio engineers or publicists.

[@busaman5261]

I love the studio version, but she is great live, and the band.❤❤❤❤❤

[@aimeemoore1094]

Excellent excellent excellent

[@edwinrivera1879]

Linda was such a babe, her name fits her well

[@billslamp]

Damn ! This is a jam !

[@shamanpj]

THIS IS OHHHHHH SOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOD!

[@craigwinn]

Richie Hayward on drums!

[@brianfuller2241]

Linda was a once-in-a-generation singer.

[@strongdelusion9442]

Just frickin awesome!

[@Logoned]

This imo is by far the best version of this song

[@woodybailey7987]

I have to 2nd that comment. It really is IMO…

[@Stogie2112]

No one could sing better than Linda. No one.

[@bariumenema6865]

Amen

[@that70sgirl90]

She had one powerful voice! That band and backup vocals. This is how perfection was achieved back in those days! Thank you for sharing! 💖

[@RolandElliottFirstG]

Linda's wonderful as usual, thank you for sharing these great moments in history of music.

[@themidnightspecialtvshow]

Thanks for listening

[@TimSheets]

what a performance! by everybody on that stage

[@EdKazO-Vision]

I need to watch this twice a day for the rest of my life.

[@skullduggery3377]

Everyone in that groove...@1:40.

[@bariumenema6865]

Yes. I never get tired of watching this.

[@roypock5834]

No miming! Just powerful singing and brilliant instrument playing!

[@ScooterOnHisWay2024]

I looked forward to The Midnight Special every week!

[@jacksonfl]

Greetings from Jacksonville Florida USA. This must be one of the greatest live performances of all time. She was amazing, and the others were right there with her. Still knocking them out on KZbin 50 years later…

[@Thelegend-lo6qf]

This preformance will be 50 years old in a few months. Still more golden than 75% of the live preformances you hear nowadays completely lacking musicianship and unfiltered raw talent in over half of the preformances and concerts where they just rap or sing over their own studio recorded voice over a beat from stadium speakers smh. I grew up in the 2000s and 2010s and can still see that the Golden era of music was the 1950s through the 1990s. Sure we have good stuff here and there nowadays and the music underground beyond the top 40 is as good but it never charts like it did in those days, but you cant beat the raw talent and musicianship that bands and even pop stars themselves had in that Golden era of music.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Whew, this was my anthem for player men when I was younger, thanks Linda!!

[@jfjoubertquebec]

Thank you for keeping the original ratio! Perfect Square!

[@ruelvillafranca1724]

Awesome singer with perfectly back up vocals ❤❤❤

[@tommayo3212]

miss her voice so much. Thanks for sharing this again.

[@solaris70]

this performance is fire 🔥⚡🔥⚡🔥‼️ i saw this on television ( i was almost 4 yrs old ) when it aired 📺 My Folks & all of the adults all of us - everyone was stomping and hollering and Dancing Clapping Singing omgoodness ❇️🏵️✨🔸 it was magical 🌌✳️🔹

[@deadringer28]

Amazing talent along with a great backing band. What a voice.

[@andifisaytoyoutomorrow0]

Alot of musical chops on that stage, they sounded amazing together.

[@eduardoalmeida61]

Happy drummer = GREAT MUSIC.

[@iagoribeiro4940]

drummer is feeling evevery second of it

[@christineh13]

it's been a while, but still wonderful to hear.Linda is very talented, the song awakens beautiful memories.❤

[@hollygolightly7475]

Loved Linda we all sang this she was tops!

[@josephwilkovich9331]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LINDA!!!!!!! YOU ARE STILL THE VIBRANT ONE!!!!!

[@dankippert2677]

Nobody will ever match her

[@thomasmartin8202]

I may be no good, be no good, be no good, but Clyde King is so good, is so good, is so good, baby she's so good.

[@hughbondurant2730]

She was living in a way different world.

[@binslick1000]

I love Linda Ronstadt!

[@nothing-b2n]

Oh her voice !