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Also listening to a lot of Linda Ronstadt these days. Highly recommend. Lawd, her voice is otherworldly. A true genre-hopping songstress. The first Woman ROCK STAR.
And DO NOT GET ME STARTED about "The Trio" - Linda, EmmieLou Harris AND Dolly MF Parton?! Chile. The blending of their voices is beyond beautiful. I love the story about how that came about.
Dolly was visiting Emmie and so they called Linda & invited her over. Dolly started singing in the living room and when the other 2 joined in "the spirit entered the room" and they knew they had to record an album together. "We sounded like a sister singing group"
Let& #39;s also talk about how Grammy winning Don& #39;t Know Much legit came out of Linda visiting NOLA and going to see the Neville Bros play. Aaron Neville invited Linda on stage to sing with him ("I mean it& #39;s Linda how could I not invite her up").
Linda loved the way their voices sounded together ("But honestly who doesn& #39;t sound better when Aaron Neville is singing with you" - Linda) - and insisted they record a song together. They finished the recording session and Aaron said to her "I& #39;ll see you at the Grammys" BLOOP!
Linda& #39;s entire career was her deciding to do a thing, the record company saying NO - we already have a hit doing this, let& #39;s keep going on this track. Linda doing whatever TF she wanted and setting records ALL OVER THE PLACE. LEGEND.
Linda a whole ROCK STAR: I wanna do Broadway.
GET& #39;S NOMINATED FOR A TONY AWARD for The Pirates of Penzance. Kevin Kline said he cried at the basic table sing through on the first day her voice was so beautiful. LEGEND.
GET& #39;S NOMINATED FOR A TONY AWARD for The Pirates of Penzance. Kevin Kline said he cried at the basic table sing through on the first day her voice was so beautiful. LEGEND.
Linda: It& #39;s time for me to do a Spanish language album, these are my roots and I know all these songs.
Record company: WTF are you talking about?
SELLS 10 MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE. LEGEND.
She also had the top 3 Mariachi bands on her album.
Record company: WTF are you talking about?
SELLS 10 MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE. LEGEND.
She also had the top 3 Mariachi bands on her album.
There is a scene in the documentary "The Sound of My Voice" where she is recording background for Reuben Blades on one of his albums. She& #39;s trying to get the inflection perfect and they do a take, the LOOK on Reuben& #39;s face is priceless.
ANYWAY - if you have been looking for something to listen to these days Linda is a good bet. And if you have HBOMAX the documentary of her life The Sound of My Voice is playing now. Sadly Linda no longer able to sing - she has Parkinson& #39;s but she narrates the documentary.
