Linda Ronstadt Says Parkinson's Took Her Ability to Sing

[bayoubill]

Very sad... a very unkind fate.

Linda Ronstadt - Blue Bayou

Linda Ronstadt - Blue Bayou - YouTube

Years ago, I went to a performance of "Songs of my Father" and was appalled that audience members yelled out "Sing in English" and many got up and left.

fuck 'em all to hell... and the horse they rode in on...

 

[bayoubill]

such an incredible songbird, no matter the language...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1MxRMby2dc]Tata Dios..(huapango)..LINDA RONSTADT...... - YouTube[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

here's LR coverin' a classic swamp pop tune from down this way...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtsdr7c7B8Q]"I'm Leaving It All Up to You" Linda Ronstadt - YouTube[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

is this terrific or what..?!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Odd-yT9Qkw]Linda Ronstadt's amazing cover of Patsy Cline's Crazy - YouTube[/ame]

 

[georgephillip]

"Linda Ronstadt first met Bobby Kimmel in 1960 while performing gigs in and around Tucson, Arizona with her older brother Peter and older sister Suzi (under the name 'The Three Ronstadts', among others).

"The three Ronstadts joined with Kimmel and a local banjo player named Richard Saltus, performing locally as 'The New Union Ramblers'. Kimmel, approximately five years older than Linda, was impressed with the strong voice and enthusiasm of the precocious fourteen-year-old.

"He relocated to southern California in 1961 and wrote regularly to cajole Linda into joining him throughout her high school years.[1] Kimmel had already met and befriended Kenny Edwards shortly before Linda's arrival in L.A., and they had started writing folk-rock songs together."

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I remember two voices very clearly from the summer of '67 when I turned twenty in Santa Monica, Linda's and a poet named Jim Morrison. According to some who knew them, they didn't get along too well and, if true, that was a loss for all their fans.