STEM CELL RESEARCH COULD BENEFIT people like L.R. but eight years of foot dragging certainly didn't help much. I would like to see radical new treatments IN MY LIFETIME if at all possible- and NOT just for singers but for thousands of folks afflicted with chronic illnesses all over the world. If we get our priorities in order that is.
then she could make another record, eh? |
Not only is she one of the best singers of all time but most of her recordings were done quite well also !
Good songs , good albums , just a great great talent !!!
Here's to you Linda Ronstadt . Have a great life , the best is yet to come . |
Porter Wagoner was pushing 80 when he did Wagonmaster, and he could still sing pretty well but voice was not what it used to be. Worked well for that album.
Lots of classic rockers still out there singing with success, but there can't be many more years left on that edition.
Nothing lasts forever. Gotta appreciate the gifts and talents we are given while we can. |
She has had a better run thru life tham 99.8% of humans ever get.
To every thing there is a season, he voice hasn't been much for years and I can't do a 50 mile forced march like I used to. |
Guys, she isn't dead, she just has an illness. From the interview I read, she is doing pretty well and coping with it. My Mom had it, and lived a very good life for years. Michael J. Fox would be another good example.
Of course it is sad that she in no longer able to sing, but I am sure that she has many other valuable capabilities that are still intact...and she's alive.
Now Yoko, that's another story... |
Tostadosunidos - Yes, must have been a different show, the one I saw was all Little Feat and Linda Ronstadt, but I wish I'd seen the one with Commander Cody, too.
It was a pretty tight show, Lowell George was definitely in charge and she seemed reluctant to put herself out front. She just sang, never played guitar. She would slip away backstage, depending on the song, and then reappear at unexpected times. |
Sfar, we may have gone to two different shows, but the one I saw had Little Feat opening, followed by Linda Ronstadt singing with Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen (who were still hanging around from their Armadillo gig a few days earlier)...?
She played her own rhythm guitar parts on a Gibson J-200. After each song she'd get with one of the guys in the LPA and discuss what song they might do next. It was really casual and an amazing treat to hear and to see.
Around that same time I saw her open for Neil Young in Houston and of course it was a tighter, better-rehearsed situation. Each show was great in its own right. But that night at the Armadillo was very special for me. |
One of my all-time favorite concerts was going to see Little Feat at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin and discovering that Linda Ronstadt was sitting in with the band. She was hanging with Lowell George at the time, I think. LIttle Feat were always great on their own but adding her vocals and stage presence made for an amazing evening. |
Oh no. I love Linda. An amazing talent and cute as a button. This is some very sad news. |
It's not respectful to make fun of the dead.... voices, that is. |
I was just thinking of how funny it would be if the title of this thread was "Yoko can't sing anymore". |
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Her last album was "Adieu False Heart" recorded in
2006.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Ronstadt[/url]
She was my first "celebrity" crush. I have a reprint of her
very first Rolling Stone magazine cover on the wall in my
record room and she is a BABE! |
How long ago was her latest release? I heard on the radio this morning she was instrumental in 'The Eagles's success. |
Saw this and listened to her Nelson Riddle trilogy straight through--phenomenal power and control. For album covers I like the shot on Hasten Down the Wind. If you are ever in GTT Audio (Long Valley NJ) check out Bill's photograph of Linda in the first demo room you hit as you enter--really knocks you out, what a doll. |
what a loss. she had one powerful voice and use to be a babe too! |
Yes, it's a shame. I just picked up a couple of her vinyl albums in good shape from a local thrift shop a couple of weeks ago.
At least she can still listen to music and enjoy it. I wish her the best. |
She is one of my favorites too. Well, nothing lasts forever. We are all heading to the same direction sooner or later. |
Yeah, I caught that blip on the web a few days ago. I thought she was one of the most talented vocalist of her generation.
One serious cutie-pie too. Did you ever see her album cover pic wearing roller skating shorty shorts. My wife took the album away for a week.
I wish LR all the best. |
Sorry to hear. When she was good, she was very good, one of my favorites. Powerful voice and ability to convey emotion and subtleties to boot. |
