Yup - besides being a member of some incredible bands, he is perhaps the most in-demand, versitile, and talented session guitarist since Jimmy Page. No exaggeration, and that's some pretty exclusive company.
Posted on 11/22/2015 4:35:40 AM PST by SkyPilot
Yup - besides being a member of some incredible bands, he is perhaps the most in-demand, versitile, and talented session guitarist since Jimmy Page. No exaggeration, and that's some pretty exclusive company.
Ah, lovely Linda! I had it SO bad for her back in those days. Saw her on tour with Jackson Browne in about ‘73. Great show, good memories. I came to the conclusion a long time ago that you can enjoy someone’s talent while ignoring the idiotic political crap they spew. (Tony Bennett was every bit as crazy politically, and we still listen to his music.) Linda would be the first to tell you she had a great life and career. She might be nuts, but she’s still a sweetie in my book!
Does that fellow actually think he looks with that hair?
Waddy is on Keith’s new solo album, they have been buds for years.
A few years ago I asked Waddy who was his favorite band and he said AC/DC .
I’ll ask him again but I bet he says the same thing. That guitar!!!
Wonderful comments you made to your mother.
Good advice!
I saw her when she did a solo tour in 1978. It was a good show but the memory is fading fast now. I also saw her on Broadway doing the Pirates of Penzance in 1981. For the most part she has been out of the spotlight for a while now for me. Her last eruption was when she got kicked out of a Vegas hotel for dissing pubs during her show there. That was in 2004. She is a straight line leftist and she is one of many artists on my itunes iphone I am debating in my mind to keep or delete. I have about a dozen or so songs of hers.
I own all three on vinyl. Some of the best stuff I own. A friend of mine is in several tribute bands. In one, he made his daughter the main act and calls it “Just One Look”. It’s a Ronstadt tribute band. Check out the photos. At first glance you just assume it’s Linda:
https://www.facebook.com/Just-One-Look-A-Tribute-to-Linda-Ronstadt-177332435705411/?fref=ts
That's pretty much the epitath for many of them, although not all. I won't defend her politics, they are odius and anti-Christian.
But that's for another thread. I do admire the music though.
Sheesh. Check out the video:
https://www.facebook.com/177332435705411/videos/vb.177332435705411/4802918785816/?type=2&theater
I have very fond memories of travelling to visit a young man I met thru my cousin. We were going to a university dance & we listened to a Linda Rondstadt album practically on repeat!!!!! Like you my brother loved her & loved the Rolling Stone cover of her in lingerie. Those are some great memories. She has, hands down, one of the greatest voices ever. Real talent, no machines needed.
Great story. Wish I could have heard that. And I am with you, the "Autotune Artists" can't sing.
I miss Warren.
Yeah, look at her former ex-BF Jerry Brown. I bet she’s happy they didn’t link up.
Warren Zevon was sooooooooo incredible!
I had heard he played with the Stones (and with Kieth solo) before. I would love to be in a room as those two played acoustic or something.
A few years ago I asked Waddy who was his favorite band and he said AC/DC
Lol. Not surprising, as no one comes up with better "rifs" than they do. I wager Waddy could cover their entire repertoire without looking at one music or chord sheet.
As a very young fellow, I saw her front for Steppenwolf. (It might have been with the Stone Poneys). She was barefoot in a very short dress, obviously without underwear! And talented too!
Ditto on owning those 3 on vinyl...and most of her previous LPs on vinyl.
I saw her in Cleveland at an outdoor, semi-roof covered facility on her “What’s New?” tour - warmup group was Quarterflash.
She typically had very good engineers...but the best sounding versions were mastered by my friend, Steve Hoffman - on both vinyl and CD. Check em out for great sonics and music.
I collected a LOT of vinyl from estate sales in Seattle the last year I lived there before moving to my new farm house in central KY. I ended up with multiple copies of everything she’s done, coupled with whatever I already owned. Those Nelson Riddle ones were an incredible treat.
I read a book a few years ago called Hotel California, where her days at the Troubadour were chronicled along with a lot of other bands. It makes you appreciate her stuff even more.
http://www.amazon.com/Hotel-California-True-Life-Adventures-Mitchell/dp/0470127775
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