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evilgirl333x2:

Artist: Linda Ronstadt
Track: Hasten Down the Wind
Album: Hasten Down the Wind
Year: 1976

Photo: Mark Kauffman
(Time, February 28, 1977)

Oakland, 1976.

Photo: Michael Zagaris
(Linda Ronstadt, Vivian Claire)

Left- Linda in 1974 
Center- Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert appearance (February 1974) 
Right-Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert appearance (January 1975)

(Thank you to Erik for sending in these photos)

Trouble Again-Linda Ronstadt

USA TODAY-Glenn Frey has wanted to record an album of standards for nearly 30 years-ever since his friend Linda Ronstadt launched her hugely successful foray…

“The records that Linda made with Nelson Riddle— to me, that’s where the bar was set”… says Frey… “There have been nice records since then, but in my humble estimation, those were the best.”

-Glenn Frey on Linda’s Jazz Standard albums What’s New & Lush Life.

roseofcimarron:

George Lucas directed this video. For real.

It’s for Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt’s single To Know Him Is To Love Him. Linda was his fiancée at the time.

I like to think he came up with the concept of giggling ladies making valentines. Although obviously it needs more Jawas, I think he should go back and digitally add them in.

rockdames:

Linda Ronstadt - Live 1972 & with Ramblin’ Jack Elliot

“This is one of my favorite photographs I have ever taken [photo on right].  I was 18 and backstage at the Wisconsin Music Festival in Madison Wisconsin.  

Linda kicked the beer cans off the bench in the dressing room/locker room and starts playing for Ramblin’ Jack. Wish I could remember what she was playing.”

-Rich Zimmermann

doomandgloomfromthetomb:

Linda Ronstadt, with the Country Gazette - McCabe’s Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, CA, 1974

An intimate, rootsy set from Linda! So good. 

01. Rocky Top (Boudleax and Felice Bryant)
02. Crazy Arms (Ralph Mooney and Chuck Seals)
03. Once More (Dusty Owens)
04. Wicked Path Of Sin (Bill Monroe)
05. I Can’t Help It (Hank Williams)
06. Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms (Bill Monroe)
07. The Poor Old Slave (traditional)
08. Angel Band (Traditional, The Stanley Brothers)
09. Orange Blossom Special (Ervin Rouse) - instrumental 

Thanks to Big O for posting. 

Photo: Andrew Kent
(Time, February 28, 1977)

1973
Photo: Chuck Pulin

(Thank you to Erik for sending this in)

He Darked The Sun-Linda Ronstadt

Music from Free Creek is an album from a series of 1969 “super session” recordings by Free Creek, including Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Keith Emerson, Buzz Feiten, Mitch Mitchell and Linda Ronstadt. (wikipedia.com)

Taken from a 2001 interview in “Heavy Metal Mayhem” with executive producer/musical director of Free Creek, Moogy Klingman..(moogymusic.com)

I.C. Timerow-Where did Linda Ronstadt fit into all this?

Moogy - Linda Ronstadt was playing for a few days with her band at the Bitter End in the village (downtown NYC), and she had her first hit at the time, “Marching to the Beat of a Different Drum”, a Mike Neesmith song. She was being pushed as country rock at the time. Earl invited her whole band to the studio. We sat and talked with her and played her the Eric Clapton track, “No One Knows” I had written, and she liked it and sang the lead vocal. She did a great job, but ultimately Earl decided to take her voice off and use Eric Mercury instead.

Linda also decided that the jam thing wasn’t her bag. So Earl let her record two songs from her set with her band. And that’s what on the record. Linda and her band doing two straight ahead country songs from her live set. I didn’t think it really fit into the concept of “supersession”, but the concept was getting stretched a lot anyway. The fact that LInda Ronstadt become one of the top singers of the rock era has enhanced her presence on this album. So the Free Creek sessions ended with the Rondstadt recordings.

…someone trying the remember the date of their first concert?

Part of message as follows:

Hello,
  Not sure if you can help me or not, I saw Linda Ronstadt at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, Minnesota sometime in 1974 or 1975, this was my first concert. I am trying to find out the exact date that this concert took place, it was during her “Heart Like a Wheel Tour”. 

I have checked with Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, but was told that if she did not play with the Minnesota Orchestra, they would not have any record of this concert in there files

If any of y’all out there know or can dig up some info, it would be appreciated.