![]() ![]() Like Joan Baez and Judy Collins before her, Ronstadt didn’t focus on writing songs herself, instead developing a remarkable radar for often obscure material by little-known or underappreciated composers that suited her. Occasionally she’ll adopt a mannerism of being scatterbrained that can create the impression that she’s vaguely dim, which is so far from the truth, because she’s brilliant.” “That’s one of the things that drew me to Southern California as a central sphere, a synthesis of everything.”Īsher has suggested she had to become a chameleon to survive the inherent sexism of the music business, telling Charone, “She’s more perceptive and rational than people give her credit for. “My musical background has always been completely random,” she told Sounds’ Barbara Charone in 1976. Those hours spent listening to her father’s collection of Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra LPs paid off no matter what musical genre she was performing in. She was portrayed as the quintessential “emotional female,” swept away while she sang yearning love songs like “Love Has No Pride,” “When Will I Be Loved,” “Long Long Time” and “You’re No Good.” Too little attention was paid to her technical abilities and craft: her breath control made those swoops up and down the octaves possible, and her diction and pitch were perfect. Related: Our Album Rewind review of Trio, featuring Ronstadt, Dolly Parton & Emmylou Harris Pressured by her original label Capitol to play up her earthy sexiness, she appeared barefoot in skimpy clothes on the cover of her Silk Purse album, and the art direction of her next three albums all pursued an identical template-show this woman’s beautiful face as large as possible on the front cover. For years, it seemed that every article written about her had to mention she liked to go braless, and speculate about whatever celebrity she was currently rumored to be dating. ![]() For her entire singing career, she’d struggled to keep the focus on her voice and interpretive talent rather than her good looks and sex appeal. You’d think Ronstadt had nothing left to prove, but she did. When Johnny Cash Played for 700 San Francisco Hippies.Steely Dan Catalog Gets Vinyl Reissue Campaign.Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Share Rollicking Cover From ‘Live at the Fillmore 1997’ Box.‘Expressway to Your Heart’: It’s Much Too Crowded.Southern Cooking: 5 Great Southern Rock Albums.#1 Singles of 1972: Nothing But Blue Skies.Waddy Wachtel on Playing With Keith, Linda, Seger and More.Peter Noone on Life With and After Herman’s Hermits.Elton John’s ‘Madman Across the Water’: A Blue Jean Baby.15 Unlikely Covers by Classic Rock Artists.15 Rockers’ Early Days: Before They Were Stars.Duran Duran’s Andy Taylor Shares Stage 4 Cancer Diagnosis, Misses Rock Hall Induction.Dolly Parton at 2022 Rock Hall Induction: ‘I’m a Rock Star Now’. ![]() Edgar Winter’s ‘They Only Come Out at Night’: The Story Behind the LP and Its Monster Hit.Eurythmics’ Lennox, Stewart Reunite For 2022 Rock Hall Induction.David Crosby Shares CSN Classic From New Live Album.Graham Gouldman Sets ‘Heart Full of Songs’ Tour. ![]()
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