No AUTOCRAP just Pure raw talent. And she had the voice of an angel and was beautiful. Thank you Linda.

In my opinion, Linda Ronstadt was one of the greatest female vocalists of ALL time. DAMN, that girl could belt it out!

@Scaramousche1955

8 ай бұрын

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@acousticshadow4032

8 ай бұрын

TY, Captain Obvious! Linda set the bar so high, nobody else could reach it.

@Scaramousche1955

8 ай бұрын

@@acousticshadow4032 Linda was great, but far from the best. See: Valerie Carter, Nicolette Larson, Bonnie Raitt, Bonnie Bramlett.

@OWR0406

8 ай бұрын

She is the greatest

@drumhd1

8 ай бұрын

No doubt!

The absolute beauty of a band playing live. It has multi-dimensions that you will never feel in a canned lip-sync performance. Thanks for the memories.

No auto tune. No BS. Just pure talent! 🤟🔥

@walendxweg

6 ай бұрын

Une chanson populaire 🧩👍♦️

@alan4sure

5 ай бұрын

Talent. Pure talent.

@richardbarrick1492

5 ай бұрын

Caught up with Linda at the Indiana State Fair back in the late '70's--- well, an emoj is going to have to do, because mere words won't ❤😳🤯💥🎹🎸🎶

@danielscott1749

5 ай бұрын

Too bad all ABS performances were Lip Sync You know that BS

Her voice has always been one of the best! As a 60 year old woman, I also cannot help all the natural beauty - Linda and the back up singers….no Botox, no breast implants, no freaky tattooed eyebrows…..just pure beauty, pure talent and sincere enjoyment of what they are doing.

@jacburger3350

4 ай бұрын

That is what I was thinking from the start.

This is a REAL Rock and Roll Woman. She Blows Away Ciccone, Carey, Knowles, Jackson, Swift, Spears, etc. Thank You, Linda.

@1UTUBEUSERNAME

5 ай бұрын

I was not aware that there was a contest between all of those singers. When did it start and when did Linda pick up her trophy smh?

@whyis45stillalive

5 ай бұрын

Who are those people?

@1UTUBEUSERNAME

5 ай бұрын

@@whyis45stillalive You serious?

@whyis45stillalive

5 ай бұрын

@@1UTUBEUSERNAME Partly. I don’t watch TV and haven’t listened to new music since, 1980. With the exception of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Gary Moore, and the Black Keys. I know the last three, by name. I assume Ciccone is that girl with the big nose, who hid her face, with raw meat, until she became popular. Oh, oh I do know the second two as well, but not by their last names. Mariah and the one who married Jay Z? Jackson? As in Janet? I only know their names/faces. Couldn’t tell you their songs. I go out of my way to avoid new music. I was an oldies (when it was still 50’s early 60’s) and classic rock DJ, for 20 years. I know of two songs from all of them; All I want for Christmas, and Baby One More Time. (Couldn’t avoid those.)

@1UTUBEUSERNAME

5 ай бұрын

@@whyis45stillalive WTF is wrong with you? You either had a stroke or did not take your meds. Or maybe od'd on something. Seriously, WTF are you talking about? Don't reply please.

I remember that back up singer in yellow when I was a kid. She had the moves. Usually always wore yellow....LOL

@sistersuetube

Ай бұрын

That's Clydie King.

The Skunkman dishing out the percussion highlights on those congas, Andrew Gold on lead guitar, Venetta Fields of Ike and Tina Turners Ikettes on backups with Clydie King, and the first lady of vocals herself, Linda Ronstadt. Just endless talent here. Back in the days when talent was important, no autotune, just brilliant! 2:32

@ronbrown124

8 ай бұрын

I thought she was Sherlie Matthews

@bluebird925

8 ай бұрын

Add Kenny Edwards on bass, and Richie Heyward on drums too.

@zwastiunburzy3688

8 ай бұрын

@@bluebird925 Most definitely. That's one top notch band Linda had with her. Every single one of them contributing, no slackers here.

@mauriceortiz8817

8 ай бұрын

Glad you pointed out Jeff on congas cause I was gonna' say, " where's Jeff??"

@mikedavison3400

8 ай бұрын

@mauriceortiz Yeah I caught just a fleeting glimpse of Jeff on the congas and he definitely wasn’t on guitar. Great band fronted by a woman and a half.

In the days of my youth I could watch her just standing and not singing...she was breathtaking

@TKevinBlanc

5 ай бұрын

And we were young. lol

@longjohn526

5 ай бұрын

Yeah I had such a crush on her growing up

As someone else said: "There are two kinds of men - those with a crush on Linda Ronstadt, and those who have never heard of her."

@keithkersten5586

5 ай бұрын

Loved Blue Bayou !

@MrSophbeau

5 ай бұрын

It was first said by Willie Nelson.

@ScottGrammer

5 ай бұрын

@@MrSophbeau Yes, I think you're right.

@tigrrtom

3 ай бұрын

Everybody was in love with Farrah. I still have Linda's poster that was on the ceiling over my bed...so I could say "Good morning" to her. If I opened my eyes and didn't see Linda, I wondered if I was going to have to chew my arm off to get out of bed unnoticed!

Fantastic performance -- back when music was actually music. No one does it better than Linda.

@morbidmanmusic

8 ай бұрын

music still is "actually made" and it was often faked in that era, this is rare. At least you got on thing right... fantastic performance. You just have a several blind spots to reality of music. That, coming from a 62 year old multi-instrumentalist, producer. music is out there, look in better places. All music is actually music.

@mikewallace8087

8 ай бұрын

Marilyn McCoo is on my mind.

@randyrodriguez1445

7 ай бұрын

Stop with the comparisons between eras. Everyone thinks the music when they were 15-25 is the “best”. That era also had Anne Murray Air Supply England Dan Firefall and a bunch of other forgettable acts remember? Anyone miss Nicolette Larsen? Linda would have had talent in any era and you would have probably hated her.

@erikjohnson2976

7 ай бұрын

@@randyrodriguez1445 Touchy, touchy! Dude, you are entitled to your opinions. The rest of us are entitled to ours. So, politely, go find someone else to yell at to get off your lawn.

@miamibeachsunnydays8274

7 ай бұрын

​@@randyrodriguez1445😂

Always amazing watching the best in the world, do what they do.

Andrew Gold was a great songwriter and musician. His guitar playing was very under-rated. His solo on the Linda's original recording of "You're No Good" is sublime. And anyone who has followed Jeff Baxter's musical career knows that he was an excellent percussionist as well as a superb guitar player.

@josephhfietiv9514

6 ай бұрын

When I saw Ronstadt in '76 the concert opened with Andrew Gold with his own band and then he came on stage and sat in with Ronstadt during her set

@unclebobunclebob

5 ай бұрын

music still IS music

The late great Ritchie Hayward from Little Feat on drums!!

@MikeBall-sz2jf

8 ай бұрын

Amazing drummer. We miss him

@FYMASMD

5 ай бұрын

Completely wrong drummer for her. This version completely loses the feel and vibe of the recording. Way too much overplaying. 👎

@herbm55

4 ай бұрын

@@FYMASMD Interesting take. 🙄 Jesus.

@neilinbengeo

3 ай бұрын

I saw that too!

@neilinbengeo

3 ай бұрын

I saw that too.

Linda had the best set of pipes in the business.

@Scaramousche1955

8 ай бұрын

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@georgehooper6955

8 ай бұрын

I bet those girls behind her could have done pretty good at lead, the one in gold dances better too.

@royjohnson465

8 ай бұрын

NO not “the” best, but the truth is “one” of the best. Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Carly Simon, Diana Ross, The Seekers, Carpenters (Karen Carpenter), ABBA, Fleetwood Mac, Heart, Poppy Family.

@bikebudha01

8 ай бұрын

Ann Wilson was better (but both are great)...

@marmaly

8 ай бұрын

Her singing was pretty good too!

All of us as 20-something year old guys back then were head over heals for that doll Linda. Man she was the bomb!

@carlh.h.2242

Ай бұрын

Us 13 year old guys too!

The irony of her looking back and saying she didn't even know how to sing back then. Meaning that she was untrained of course, her natural talent is astounding. And what a lineup up backing musicians ands singers!

Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Andrew Gold, and Richie Haywood in Linda Ronstadt's band. Awesome.

@daveguitarnowski4402

8 ай бұрын

yeah man, no lie!

@edwardhassick5768

8 ай бұрын

And her bassist from Stone Poneys

@MikeBall-sz2jf

8 ай бұрын

Ya man!!! Burt Sugarman's midnight special. Best version.

Oh yeah, it would be impossible to see Linda perform live and not develop a crush on her. 🙂 Awesome vocalist as well.

The heart-throb of a million young guys, tearing it up with a stellar band. Those were good days!

Kenny Edwards who plays bass here, was also a member of the band, The Stone Poneys where Linda got her first hit as a singer with the Mike Nesmith song "Different Drum". Kenny was a founding member of that band. He played with Linda for many years.

Ritchie Hayward on drums…..masterful 🥁

Her growl still sends me to the moon.

Jeff "Skunk" Baxter is why I still have a big mustache and play the guitar and drums. LOVED that guy as a young kid in the 70's🤩

@alanFconrad

5 ай бұрын

Steely Dan !

Andrew Gold on guitar. He was all over the place in the 1970s.

@hywel4605

8 ай бұрын

Yes it is not skunk

@flipwright1138

8 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure that was Jeff on congas.

@HoneyTone-TheSearchContinues

8 ай бұрын

@@flipwright1138 Yes, as it says in the video description, which identifies everybody in the band.

@garyjackson3531

8 ай бұрын

​@@hywel4605Skunk is in the back, banging on the skins.

@garcartier6453

8 ай бұрын

He was an excellent songwriter, and piano player too

I’m 61 now , I remember as a kid my old man used to play this

One of the very best singers ever. LOVE the days when real talent rose to the top instead of the strippers with auto tune we get today. A cruel twist that she can no longer sing today.

@froglobster

6 ай бұрын

Haha strippers with auto tune! Well said and thank you!

There are people in this world that outshine almost everyone else. Jeff Baxter has done so many things well is just astounding. Andrew Gold was such a talent, but most people don’t know of him. We are lucky to have these old videos and recordings to show young people what real musicians can do.

I was 20 years old at the time of this performance, and like most 20-year-old boys I was madly in love with her!

Yes, a great voice to go with her great talent. Also, as a young man (teenager), she is the first artiste (woman) I fell in love with. I still have a crush on her as well as Susan Pleshette may she rest in peace.

@jackwezesa1081

5 ай бұрын

Bob Newhart !

I see where Barbra Streisand got the idea of backup singers for A Star Is Born. Most acts on a TV appearance back then were forced to lip-sync but this group proved worthy of a live performance!

When i was a younger guy, I had a mad crush on Linda. Her voice is so amazing. Good times.

@alanrogs3990

7 ай бұрын

You mean you don't anymore?

@TheRange7

7 ай бұрын

@@alanrogs3990 alan, I'm an old washed up dude now.....the only thing I have a crush on these days is advil or tylenol. LOL

@alanrogs3990

7 ай бұрын

@@TheRange7 😅

Linda had a tremendous voice. Versatile, strong, and beautiful.

Her voice is such a treasure. She doesn't miss a note.

"There are two kinds of men in this world, those who have a crush on Linda Ronstadt and those who have never heard of her." Willie Nelson.

The inimitable Richie Hayward from Little Feat on drums!

Ronstadt’s recorded version of ”You’re No Good” wasn’t released as a single until late 1974, nearly a year after this performance. It hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 for one week, 2/15/75. Its parent album, “Heart Like a Wheel,” spent the same week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and was nominated for the Album of the Year Grammy. The accolades were much deserved!

@andyinoregon

7 ай бұрын

Great info, Jeff.

@JeffTheGent

6 ай бұрын

@@andyinoregon Thanks, Andy. I’m happy to share. 😃

@andyinoregon

6 ай бұрын

@@JeffTheGent Four months after this aired on TV, my wife and I got to see Jeff "Skunk" Baxter play conga drums on "Do It Again" when Steely Dan performed at the U. of Toledo on Sunday April 21, 1974. They also let him sing lead on "My Old School" that April evening.

Andrew Gold was a terrific musician! And Skunk Baxter is the best at whatever he does!

@morbidmanmusic

8 ай бұрын

that was average conga playing by a non conga player. sorry. But yeah, he is super talented.

@boffo63

5 ай бұрын

@@morbidmanmusic Name checks out

Linda Ronstadt, Janice Joplin and Ann Wilson...the three greatest female Rock singers ever.

@colorblindfred

5 ай бұрын

Aretha!

@PhilipPedro2112

5 ай бұрын

Urethra

@Thomas-xs2kq

2 ай бұрын

​@@colorblindfredRock?

@colorblindfred

2 ай бұрын

This rocks hard. ​kzread.info/dash/bejne/X3dl085yqZDTl9I.htmlsi=cYnVw607C0KxT3NR@@Thomas-xs2kq

Fantastic ! What a great voice Linda had.

Her voice is insane!

Thanks for posting this gem. We had no idea at the time how great we had it. This kind of music and performers were all you heard on the airwaves - fm or am. We were spoiled! Little did we know it would all disappear in time! Music will never be the same again.

@ricknelson4793

8 ай бұрын

I couldn't have said it better myself. 🎼👍

@greggorsag9787

8 ай бұрын

Because computers.

@nosportsteamfollower516

8 ай бұрын

That's for sure.

@dendon3384

8 ай бұрын

I'm from this generation, and this was a fantastic performance. But, have to disagree with you, because music is incredible right now. You've either given up on trying, or you're too close-minded to see it.

@nosportsteamfollower516

8 ай бұрын

@@dendon3384 Autotune music, lame transparent, lame lyrics and a lack of overall depth to the music is all I hear. I only can spot 1 song per 10,000 songs that I like, or tolerate. Today's music is agenda driven.

Damn that backing vocal girl in yellow can freakin move!

@scoh840

8 ай бұрын

Dylan thought so also

@Larrymh07

8 ай бұрын

Clydie King, I think.

@acousticshadow4032

8 ай бұрын

That's 2/3 of The Blackberries; Clydie King & Shirley Matthews. Venetta Fields is MIA.

@RobertCarnevale-qr5ey

8 ай бұрын

​@@acousticshadow4032 R.I.P., Clydie King. Venetta Fields and Sherlie Matthews are still going great.

@lesschoenberger3070

8 ай бұрын

@@acousticshadow4032 They sang on Steppenwolf's "Monster" album and I belive some of John Kay's "My sportin' life" 1973 solo album.

Wow, never knew Skunk could play percussion. Linda at her peak, great voice.

Andrew Gold's orchestration of this song is top notch.😢😅😮😊

@billkalivas9750

2 ай бұрын

I thought that was Andrew Gold on Linda's left.

Big ups to Andrew Gold, prolific singer / songwriter / pianist/ guitarist / everything else he touched. RIP

NOBODY can touch that perfect tone and power! Raw, unsynthesized, beautiful and effortless!

What a voice and what a sweet lady, by all accounts. And still beautiful!

Skunk Baxter, funkiest Cat on 2 legs. COOL.

A live performance on tv in the 70's? Wow! And yes, Linda is number one all time hands down no question not just imo -- facts.

Great vocal from Linda..real growl to her voice as she goes up the scale. Bamd is littered with legends as well 😀

That's the most gnarly live rendition of that song I've ever heard. Bravo!

A voice like THAT is so rare. So beautiful - and yes - she just belts it out - loud. A GREAT singer.

Always, great to see Ms Ronstadt perform. I never get tired of hearing Skunk Jeff Baxter play.

@allenalien5306

8 ай бұрын

She was great! I saw her in concert 2x

@ColCrack

2 ай бұрын

Skunk is playing percussion on this. Why not on guitar? I have no earthly idea.

Hey rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame this is what a rock band sounds like

HOT DAMN! The range and control. Truly one of the best.

SMOKIN' HOT and the band is too! 🔥🎸

Ronstadt has a variety of Live versions of this tune. Each one a rock and rollin' gem. In concert she could be mesmerizing. Grab the microphone, let the band shine and sing your heart out. OMG. What a concept! Linda was the real deal.

WOW!!! Remeber the "Good Old Days" when performers actually played live on TV? Good For You Linda Ronstadt!!!

Linda was rock and roll from the start of her career, amazing vocals and her band were pretty great as well, including the background singers

Linda Ronstadt!!! ❤ It doesn't get any better! Loved her since 1970 when I first saw her @ Greek Theater in Hollyweird! Had her autograph on her Home Sown... Home Grown album cover when I saw her @ Knott's Berry Farm in 1972! Even my email address is shout out to her! Thought I would die from sheer agony when she could no longer sing! 😭 Please continue praying for her!!! 🙏 She's the best & no one can top or beat her, ever!!! Much ❤❤❤ to you Linda!!! Your music will live on FOREVER!!! 🥰✌️🤘

She’s so good, she’s so good, she’s so good!!!

She was always the best, and will go down in songstress history as the best She broke my heart when I first heard Different Drum, with the Stone Ponys

What a band, Ritchie on drums!!

Sad to note that backing vocalist Clydie King (on the right), drummer Richie Hayward, bassist Kenny Edwards and guitarist Andrew Gold have all passed on. Surprisingly, the oldest member of this group, backing vocalist Sherlie Matthews, is still with us at age 89.

@jimh3267

Ай бұрын

Thanks. I was wondering who that is. Do you know who the other backup singer was?

@andyinoregon

Ай бұрын

@@jimh3267 If you pause the video at 0:30, singer Sherlie Matthews (left) is still with us at age 89, while Clydie King passed away in 2019 at age 75. Lots of great info on their Wiki pages.

@jimh3267

Ай бұрын

@@andyinoregon thank you. Yes, I did read up on them.

She was such a doll!❤

Jeff Baxter is really talented! He was really wailing on those congas. In another video with the Doobie Brothers he was playing steel guitar.

@JacquesTreehorn

11 ай бұрын

I thought he was just an excellent studio guitarist, but I have seen him on the congas in several old videos. He is just a bad ass. Don't trim the stash bad ass.

@gusmozart

9 ай бұрын

Can one truly "wail" on congas? On guitar, sure, or various horns. Whompin' or slappin' might be a better descriptor.

@snoopstp4189

8 ай бұрын

yea didn't make a Steely Dan session by being average..

@ricknelson4793

8 ай бұрын

Jeff (Skunk) Baxter is a very talented musician!

@gitaaa7740

8 ай бұрын

Oh Jeff was in congas. I was looking for him on guitar

I don't know how to explain her. Her imperfections are perfection

@jackwezesa1081

5 ай бұрын

Subtle Beauty.

In this time music was so pure, made by real musicians

Everyone wanted some of that . She’s beautiful and so talented . Loved every minute of it . Thanks

I was so lucky to have been a kid back then❤

She just got out there and sang her heart out..one of the best. She didn't need all the glitz and glamour to prop her up. My 😍 favorite!

One thing.. although she is clearly a female I dont think she was trying to be a “female “ singer… no gender politics. She was just a a singer that happened to be female… and was great!

It's not the 1970s without Linda Ronstadt.

Linda was without peer in the 70's and 80's. RIP Andrew Gold

Imagine Linda starting her rise in this day and age. She would scare the shit out of all these so-called female singers we hear now with plastic synthesis voices. Linda is a national treasure and will forever be the most versatile singer of all genres. God bless you, Linda, miss hearing your voice.

She was so Amazing and what a strong voice in the 70's

What a powerhouse!! Not many singers ( male or female) can sing perfectly in so many genres of musical styles. And she did it so effortlessly. If you hear talk in interviews, she speaks intellegently. And very sexy to boost!

@markhill9275

8 ай бұрын

Linda never sang Jazz, never sang Gospel, never sang Opera. She sang Country, soft rock, and big band.

@oldschoolfunkster1

8 ай бұрын

@@markhill9275 ... I've yet to hear one singer sing EVERY genre of music. But she did sing many more than other rockers. Many of her songs are gospel or jazz influenced. She did sing opera; Pirates of Penzance. She sang folk music Plus she also sang Mexican music in fluent Spanish.

@markhill9275

8 ай бұрын

@@oldschoolfunkster1 she never sang trad jazz, never sang gospel, never sang blues, never sang opera. Only Country, soft pop, and big band. Influenced by dowsnt count as a genre. There are others who sang axross a wider field but none have done all.

@markhill9275

8 ай бұрын

Pirates is not operatic.

@oldschoolfunkster1

8 ай бұрын

@@markhill9275 ... I would semi agree with you. It's not a classical opera, but nevertheless it's still considered a comical operetta. Per Google, not personal opinion.

AH, SO GREAT TO SEE RITCHIE ON DRUMS!

That’s actually Andrew Gold playing guitar on the right. What a voice Linda had.

Andrew Gold is a great guitarist

@cathnu2

8 ай бұрын

Thank you. I knew that I knew that guitar player!

@bloozedaddy

6 ай бұрын

he was a great everything

I was a teenager and in love with her. She sings so well. I miss this music very much.

This performance is from Dick Clark's inaugural NYE special, several months before Ronstadt went into the studio to record what would become her breakthrough hit.

Aw, a time when the music was the essence of the performance. No grand extravaganza with costumes and dancers and a choreographed show. Just pure talent, great musician's and Linda. Todays artists take note, this is what a great song and performance is.

Love the 70's era bongo drums!

She and Karen Carpenter were the best fem vocalists if their era. They had totally different styles. Carpenter had the silky smooth voice unlike no other. Like the female Carl Wilson. Ronstadt was the more versatile singer. She could sing almost any genre including show music. Both terrific.

@user-ex9zm7bg3x

8 ай бұрын

Karen's brother said she thought of herself as a drummer who could sing.

@rman52

8 ай бұрын

@@user-ex9zm7bg3x She did. But she was a much better singer than drummer. The opposite of Ringo.

I had a huge crush on her all thru the 70s and 80s

@stephenhill8991

8 ай бұрын

Same here!

What an absolute honey,! Oozes both talent and sex appeal!

Linda had a purity, no gimmick, down to earth style which communicates as Love

Wow!!! Amazing vocalist totally rocking it!! !

Nice to see live singing. She kicked ass.

I was hoping it would be Skunk on guitar but still great!

If it wasn't for Linda and her manager, the Eagles may never have existed.

Haven't seen this exact clip before, nut that was her then producer, Andrew Gold, on guitar and Kenny Edwards on bass. Linda was the best female vocalist ever in my book and laid the groundwork for concert female vocalists to follow, including Beyonce, Swift, Underwood, Nicks and more. Linda was selling out stadium concerts when male groups couldn't even manage that.

Fire! Great to see this is actually live, unlike so many mimed performances of that era.

@written12

8 ай бұрын

Is this definitely live, isn’t it?

@written12

8 ай бұрын

I meant, “this is live. . .” It definitely sounds different than the record- and as good in its own raw bluesy way.

I've always loved to hear this lady sing 🎵🎶🙏

Fantastic Linda performance, Andrew Gold rocking the lead guitar 🎸! This is the time period when I saw Linda live in concert regularly. She means so much to me, I used to sit up on the railroad tracks next to my parents house and sing Linda Rondstadt songs every night in the summer time, which is nearly year round in S. Cal.

@garyjackson3531

8 ай бұрын

Always loved her music. In the late 70's early 80's I worked with a guy whose wife looked a lot like Linda. Couldn't sing like her though!

@larrybaltz4873

8 ай бұрын

Don't forget that Don Henley and Glenn Frey met playing in her band and left to start another sort of famous band...

So glad I lived during her life and saw her sing.

@slowery43

8 ай бұрын

not a sole cares... this is not all about you. No one came her hoping to find out if Kirk lived during her time go back read through the posts no one was wondering at all

Love you Linda. Thank you for the memories

Linda could always get the best musicians to back her. Solid A-team here.

@jongilbertson2106

8 ай бұрын

For example, Don Henley and Glenn Frey before they were Eagles.

@deirdre108

8 ай бұрын

@@jongilbertson2106Right on there!