LINDA RONSTADT HASTEN DOWN THE WIND BLOGSPOT SERIES
Ronstadt was booked to do a series of shows at The Aladdin in Las Vegas. Headlined by her old backup band, The Eagles, the show also featured Jackson Brown.įor a few years, she was quiet, but then all hell broke loose in 2004. On December 31st, 1999, she was part of a triple bill that came to be known as "The Millennium Concert" at L.A.'s Staples Center. Through all this, we can't forget her 1986 duet with James Ingram, "Somewhere Out There," from the soundtrack to "An American Tale."įinally, in the 1990s, Ronstadt returned to her rock n roll roots with a series of albums that met with mixed success. Titled "Canciones de Mi Padre," the album was actually a hit and a surprise, as many people didn't know that Linda Ronstadt was actually of Mexican descent (though I suppose the dark hair and dark eyes should've given this away). She donned traditional Mexican attire, got herself some excellent Latin musicians, and released an album of Mariachi-flavored classics. Perhaps the most bizarre move, however, came in 1989, when Ronstadt decided to get in touch with her Mexican roots. In 1984, she made her operatic debut as Mimi in Puccini's "La Boheme." Always an opera buff, Ronstadt decided to try her hand at this challenging genre. In 1983 she tackled The Great American Songbook (some two decades before Rod Stewart). Then she was chosen to star in a Broadway revival of "Pirates of Penzance," opposite Kevin Kline. First she cut a new wave rock album in 1980, which featured her covers of works by artist like Elvis Costello. It got to the point where things got rather bizarre. When the 1980s rolled in, like many of her contemporaries, Ronstadt started to dabble in various other genres of music. In the 1970s, Ronstadt became the first lady of rock, thanks to her smoldering good looks, tough attitude, and a string of hits that included "It's So Easy," "You're No Good," and "Blue Bayou." They, of course, would later go on to form The Eagles. She hit the folk/rock circuit, touring with a backup band that included two then unknown musicians named Glenn Frey and Don Henley. The Stone Poneys broke up and Ronstadt embarked on a solo career. Their biggest hit single was "A Different Drum," written- oddly enough- by Michael Nesmith, who would go on to become one of The Monkees. What gives?īorn in Tucson in 1946, Linda Ronstadt got her first taste of fame as the lead singer of The Stone Poneys in the mid-sixties. And now, at the age of 61, she seems to have vanished. "In the 1970s, like it or not, it seemed that Ronstadt was everywhere. My Google Alert today directed me to this post on Linda Ronstadt, which began with the title "What Ever Happened to Linda Ronstadt?" (This is a long post-bear with me here.) It is a good synopsis of Linda's career, and after it, I have added why it is relevant to me.
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