Tracing
the timeline of her remarkable life, Linda Ronstadt, whose forty-five year
career has encompassed a wide array of musical styles, weaves together a
captivating story of her origins in Tucson, Arizona, and her rise to stardom in
the Southern California music scene of the 1960s and ’70s.
Linda
Ronstadt was born into a musical family, and her childhood was filled with
everything from Gilbert and Sullivan to Mexican folk music to jazz and opera.
Her artistic curiosity blossomed early, and she and her siblings began
performing their own music for anyone who would listen. Now, in this
beautifully crafted memoir, Ronstadt tells the story of her wide-ranging and
utterly unique musical journey.
Ronstadt
arrived in Los Angeles just as the folkrock movement was beginning to bloom,
setting the stage for the development of country-rock. As part of the coterie
of like-minded artists who played at the famed Troubadour club in West
Hollywood, she helped define the musical style that dominated American music in
the 1970s. One of her early backup bands went on to become the Eagles, and Linda
went on to become the most successful female artist of the decade.
In Simple
Dreams, Ronstadt reveals the eclectic and fascinating journey that led to her
long-lasting success, including stories behind many of her beloved songs. And
she describes it all in a voice as beautiful as the one that sang “Heart Like a
Wheel”—longing, graceful, and authentic.
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