Sometimes
you just like you a band or artist because they fit in with your
preferences. Sometimes because they
remind you of someone else you dig. Or
maybe for reasons that aren’t even related to
music. Sometimes –
especially if they don’t necessarily fit
your mould – you can’t quite put your
finger on it.
Linda
Ronstadt was always one of those last cases for me. I mean, very talented, but not terribly
original, and maybe a tad on the commercial side. I mean, she was certainly not Led
Zeppelin. So I couldn’t
figure out what it was I liked so much.
But
I think I finally have: she was so great
because she was the whole American thing: country, rock and roll, rockabilly,
blues - oh, and a little gospel. Punk
too. She could deliver in each style
with unassailable conviction – sometimes mixing
in more than one of ‘em in the same song.
And
then for good measure she went and got Peter Asher, friend and protégé of The Beatles, to
be her producer. Pretty hard to miss
with all that jammed into a record.
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