I adored her in the 70s. Saw her a few times in the 80s. Loved the giant hoop earrings! She did the best National Anthem at the Dodger game. Thrilled the whole family!
Thanx. Linda Ronstadt...a pioneer musical pin-up with killer pipes and so much more. She always championed her devoted friends. Never seemed to bathe in her own reflection - very rare songbird. The best of Southern California via Tucson.
Excellent! I am a widely published music photographer with a book titled "Eye of The Music". Linda has a copy of the book herself and has said that she finds it "very impressive". It includes rare shots of Linda onstage beginning in 1969 when Bernie Leadon was her guitar player pre Eagles (then called The Corvettes), as well as The Troubadour in the early 70's when Steve Martin opened for her. (Having a comedian open a show saved $ and also time to have two bands set up.) I have serendipitous LA connections with Linda over the years, including living around the corner from her in Beachwood Canyon and later going to the Brentwood house to give her a photo slideshow. I also lived in another beautiful Spanish style Beachwood house above the Beachwood Market that Linda said was her favorite house in the canyon. She loved canyon living! I appreciate how you put the timeline together of Linda's time in LA. She chronicled her journey in her own book too of course, "Simple Dreams". Thanks for your travelog! What a great discovery!
I was into Linda since "Heart like a Wheel" .. even had her Nelson Riddle Orchestra album. Saw her live at Maple Leaf Gardens .. Livingston Taylor opening. I was hoping you would have mentioned "Willin" written by ... the best singer, song writer and slide guitarist (according to Bonnie Raitt) that ever was .. Lowell George. I would be eternally grateful were you to profile him .. and the greatest Rock Blues band to ever exist (according to me)... "Little Feat". Ry Cooder is another Rock Essential. Thank you Tim for all your "labour of love" work you do. Cheers !
Linda was in a vocal universe all her own. Her vibe was both earthy and celestial. No wonder they all swarmed around her yet didn't upset her power or her tenderness. Ronstadt made it out alive. What a beautiful visit to her Scene.
@@lisacassar7040 Yuck. Carpenter couldn't carry Ronstadt's toothbrush. Karen was a grotesque sour note square. Why would anyone compare them? Linda was a glorious vocalist with deep musical chops.
Another great video. Linda Ronstadt was a singularly powerful, yet sweet voice in any of the many styles she sang. These videos are historically important- not only music history, but American history.
Well put. I was listening to her yesterday and there really is no one else that could do so many styles so well. I think she and Peter Asher also had a real gift for picking songs.
For years the La Fonda Mexican restaurant on Wilshire Blvd has had a Mariachi big band… strings, horns, harp, etc. they are tremendous. They were Linda’s band on her mariachi album.
I'm a huge fan of Linda, in my opinion describing her as down to earth has to be the understatement of the century, what a great person she is , equally as an artist and an activist, an example for us to follow.
I am of the opinion that just because a musician is cold or distant or even a jerk does not effect the quality of their art. But I love it when I find out they are a truly warm and caring human being and its really what I came away with about LInda after making this vid.
The first song i ever heard from her was Blue Bayou in the late 70's, I'm from the east coast and they played it on the radio constantly. I was like 10 or 11 yrs old at the time and i remember that song could me in the mood of vacationing in a Blue Bayou with images of beautiful blue tropical water, white sand beaches and palm trees just by the way she sang it. Memories.
As I have grown older and have more time, I have started doing my own "where are they now." Never heard anyone say a bad word about Linda. A fantastic and very focused performer. with UA-cam I was able to find some of her last recordings and hear some her more recent interview. I enjoyed your video Tracing Linda's life through Los Angeles.
These are becoming can't miss posts. Smooth, comprehensive, succinct and not a moment wasted. As a right out of college Angeleno of that era (Manhattan Beach, 74-76) you take me back to great memories (and who among us didn't love Linda?) with today's brilliant colors. Thanks so much, Tim.
I was able to spend some time in Manhattan Beach during that time (1975) and I remember feeling that the area was the perfect "California Dream." It is crushing to see what Los Angeles has turned into over the last few years. 😥😢😞
Great stories and history of one of my greatest music inspirations. I was born/raised in Texas but loved rock n roll… Eagles, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Pat Benatar, etc. I came to L.A. in 1991 and played in bands until 2014 and mingled in the Hollywood scene a few years. It’s been a great time with lots of memories. Thanks for showing us where Linda’s complete history started and her awesome life pathways…
Thanks! Linda's career was so vast and wide that it was hard to pick just a small portion of it. But what I feel was always constant was her incredible voice. She knew how to bring the soul no matter what genre and that is a rare gift.
@@RockessentialTim yes I had read about Linda’s past with Bernie Leadon and JD Souther and saw a small clip one time with Linda singing backup with the Eagles. I got to spend 16 weeks around the Eagles when they rehearsed for the Hell Freezes Over tour on a studio stage where I was Ops Mgr. All were the greatest guys ever. I have been a fan of Linda Ronstadt since I was a teen.
Thank you for this video! It's unfortunate that her childhood home here in Tucson no longer stands, so it's great to see this tour of her time in LA. There is something special about the essence of homes where musicians and artists have lived.
Thanks. It was such a pleasure filming this because unlike a lot of the structures here in Los Angeles, the one's Linda resided in are still fairly intact.
@ Adriana Kanoza..Hello Adriana, I was supposed to visit Tuscon in 2020 but couldn't go due to Covid. I can't believe Linda's house no longer exists, or did I read somewhere that the house was a business premises. I really love Linda's music and seeing her childhood home was one of the main reasons for visiting Tuscon, also the Film Studios. Please let me know if you have any updates on either as I will be travelling solo from Ireland 🇮🇪 ☘️ Thank you.
She was my ultimate icon at 12 years old when she came out with her album sporting rollerskates on the LP Cover.. Myself being a skater & a country music fan I was so stoked that a female country /rockstar could be a roller skater too!
Thanks so much btw I'm n LA local and SUPER dig hearing all the History right under my feat and outskirts of my own stomping grounds! Great channel, great theme music and love that you're doing this!❤
This was very cool, Tim. I’ve been a fan of Linda since I was a kid in the 70’s. She had a fantastic voice, with great tone and technique, and I love that she performed in so many styles. It’s nice to hear her story and see where she lived early in her career, but it’s sad that some of the “funkiness” of those areas has been lost through the sterilization of gentrification.
Hello from OHIO Tim. You have become my go to for music storytelling. Your videos are great and let people like myself see the amazing places our music legends got their start .Keep ‘em coming. Great job!
Thank you kindly. I'm originally from Michigan (maybe you could tell by my accent) and I would love to one day come to Cleveland and do a vid on the RRHOF.
It was nice to come home from a gig tonight and watch this video on Linda Ronstadt! Tim, you do a great job on these and I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed it tonight and I appreciate it! Thanks again!
Was so happy to get this notification. Linda Ronstadt is brilliant. I think she is still underrated!!! I think talent was drawn to her like the magnet she is. Loved the Jim Carey story can she get ant more perfect?? As a NY'er Gentifrication is a sore point for me😟 Thank You for another great video💗🍎💯
Thanks. As far as gentrification goes, I was somewhat surprised to find the Stone Poneys house on Hart Avenue standing. The one right next door and been torn down and re done. That 4 square block part of town is an absolute treasure and I wish they would stop allowing them to tear them down to put up those gigantic modern boxes. Nothing against modernism but it doesn't belong in that neighborhood. Thanks again for the cool comment. Tim.
@@RockessentialTim Hi Tim ...like your idea to put place to people to song. Last video I saw , you were walking with a friend who used to live there....think it is really better to have 2 people to discuss things back and forth, instead of a lecture format. My two cents... "GoldStratocasterMike "
Never got to see Linda in real life but have always been mesmerized by her looks, talent and her remarkable singing . These are great video's, I enjoy them very much and the feel, the knowledge and format you give to them. Peace
As always Tim, I thoroughly enjoy your vids about the rock world of California. The rock history that you share with us is incredible. keep 'em coming sir!
Great as always Tim, you should be given LA historian Rock Czar status . Although you have it in the credits, not sure people realize you also do the cool backing tracks . Would love to hear the full versions sometime...hell , even do some jamming one day. 😎
Linda Ronstadt is my favorite singer, and I had seen a few of the homes she lived in, but never knew she had stayed or lived near 3 murder locations. It is LA after all, but still a little too close for comfort. Thank you for the tour Tim. I always love all the little details you share along with the tours.
Tim, this is the first night I've found you. I've already spent a few hours listening to so many interesting, educational, enjoyable videos. I believe we're around the same age, so I remember all this music. It was MY time. I absolutely love your descriptions and memories. Thank you
Tim, your "deep digging" paid off. Had subscribed before you even asked at the end. Had seen your previous videos in which Ms Ronstadt got a mention, but this deep dive into her life in LA was so illuminating. This was the one I'd been waiting for and was thrilled when it popped up on my Google queue. This video was a great companion to her musical memoir; could now actually see the places where she was "nesting" during her musical odyssey. She'll be 76 on July 15th and watching this video, kept thinking how miraculous it is that she is still here: her "brush" with killers, a creative world in which "substances" co-existed with raw talent and ambition, and eons of time on the road and in the air. Even now despite the debilitating effects of her supranuclear palsy, she just traveled to her hometown of Tucson for a ceremony renaming a cultural center in her honor-a gig she couldn't pass up.You really conveyed how she never lost her unaffected unpretentious nature as she pretty much saw herself as just one cog in the wheel of a large talented humble family who loved music and their community. Thank you, Tim, for this video. A lot of Ronstadt fans out here who are so glad to see her getting her due. By the way, do you script these videos before filming them? Your language is so vivid and precise.
Thanks so much for the wonderful comment. I wish I had a little more of your wherewithall before I filmed! My musical tastes tend to lean more with harder driven rock, but I've always LOVED Linda's music and for me, researching for this vid really illuminated who she was as an artist and a person. It was a total joy doing this one. As for do I script them--I def make notes (The mind is not as young as it used to be!) but I would never make it as an actor cuz I cannot for the life of me stick to a script.
@@RockessentialTim Keep ad-libbing, Tim! Not sure about acting, but you would've made an excellent teacher-your passion for the topic shines through. Had to laugh about your referring to my "wherewithal." I was the most uncool teen alive in the 70's. Had my Tapestry, Sweet Baby James, and Linda's Greatest Hits, but I was more into setting my alarm for 2 am to watch an old movie from 1939 on TV. Lived on Long Island and could've seen Linda countless times in the city, my college or Jones Beach theater. Greatest regret was not seeing her in July of '74 (Heart Like a Wheel released that November) in an iconic local club called "My Father's Place" run by the one and only Eppy Epstein. Luckily, it was simulcast on a local radio station and it is one of my go-to CD's when the pang of not seeing her live becomes too great. In addition to her usual brilliant vocals despite having a nasty cold and a setlist with all her classic 70's hits, you get treated to a lot of funny and relaxed chatter by Linda. Thanks again, Tim, for your video and responding to my comment. No need to do so again...just get working on your next video! Going to listen to this one again.
Great story telling. Love how you connect place with history and music. Songs often create a sense of place in our minds, so it is nice to see the real life places that created the inspiration.
great trip through time in the places Linda has been. I loved it. thanks for sharing this experience. I love Linda Ronstadt. I heard she had a house on Topanga beach. And about these killer girls, Linda even gave them a ride.
It isn’t enough that Linda Ronstadt has taken one of the most interesting career paths of any musician past or present but when you dig down like you have we find a whole ‘nother fascinating aspect of her existence just in the L.A. area alone. She certainly has crossed paths with some of the most famous and ‘infamous’ people in American history: Manson Family, OJ and Nicole Brown Simpson, Jim Carrey, Gov. Jerry Brown, George Lucas, Jim Morrison and any number of influential talented musicians. Her proximity to the first of the Manson murder spree was the epicenter and beginning of what shattered the California Dream and open culture for so many. It certainly put a damper on the Hippie movement. The irony is that Linda herself left Tucson Arizona for California to pursue that same dream. Love the way you weaved her story with the locations topped off with some great bumper music that echoed the theme you were discussing. Very nice touch! Great narrative as well. You left us with this thought “Linda once said that the essence of her voice is musicianship and story. I would hope that in some very small way we have added to that story.” You succeeded! Thank you Tim.
Thank you so much Rob. I think it goes without saying but I'll say it anyways, your input was invaluable to me being able to tell the story. Linda is one of the few people that I have covered who's talent is only surpassed by her humanity and as you can probably tell, I had a blast making this vid! I've never met her but more than anything I would have liked to spent a few hours in the studio watching/listening to her record. Be well my friend.
@@RockessentialTim Here is another interesting story your viewers might like from a guy named Gerry L who lived in Linda's old house on Old Topanga Road next door to the Hinman house ten years after the murder: From Gerry L: Back in 1979 I moved from Colorado to Southern California and rented a house on Old Topanga Road. On Halloween Eve I was reading 'Helter Skelter." When I got to the chapter about Gary Hinman I read that his address was on Old Topanga Road. I walked down the outdoor steps to the road and looked at the mailboxes. Wow! The mailbox next to mine was Gary Hinman's. It sure made for a spooky Halloween night thinking about what had gone on next door 10 years earlier. I wondered if Gary's ghost still haunted the place. I felt a connection to him because I was from Colorado and I used to make mescaline back in the day. Spooky shit. (Gary Hinman also made drugs at his home) I rented that house in 1979. I didn't know Linda Ronstadt lived there years earlier. The landlord was a creepy dude. The house caught on fire because of his crappy installation of a pot bellied stove. He tried to blame me but I had called the Topanga Canyon fire chief over to inspect the cause of the fire after I put it out. The fire chief noted the stove pipe went through the wood ceiling without insulation and told me to call him if the landlord tried to blame me because he was pissed at the code violation. . Sure enough the guy tried to blame me. I called the fire chief and he came over read the guy the riot act. The rent was $700.00. I lived there (at the Ronstadt house) about eight months before the landlord evicted me and my girlfriend and he kept our deposit -- but at least I didn't have to pay for major repairs. I could see the (Hinman) house from my house. Whoever owned that house next door had two dogs that barked all night every night. I really liked living up there because I had lived in Colorado up in the mountains and I was used to driving back and forth down into the city from up in the canyons there. And then there all the musicians, artists and actors who lived up there -- it was a trip. Anyway, here's a 'maybe' Charles Mansion story. One day back in '69 when I was in college in SoCal a friend and I were driving around tripping on LSD and we picked up a couple of hippy chicks who were hitch-hiking on PCH. They asked us if we wanted to go with them to a ranch at the end of Topanga Canyon Blvd and meet some guru dude who was like Jesus Christ and was going to save the world or something. They acted so weird and hoodoo'd that we ended up just letting them out of the car at PCH and Topanga Canyon Blvd. *note: The Hinman murder happened the end of July 1969 which marked the beginning of the Manson Family murder spree. There is a good chance Gerry L's hitchhikers were some of the Manson girls. Linda commented she would see them hitch hiking all the time. From Linda: During a chat with Mojo magazine, the legendary singer revealed that she has an ugly connection to Charles Manson and his infamous Family, explaining, “They murdered my next door neighbor, Gary Hinman. We knew those girls. They used to hitchhike through the canyon all the time. After (the murder), I didn't go home for a couple of weeks. Eventually, I moved out. Topanga Canyon had a very dark undertone. A funky, dark place, with a lot of those communes; I always shied away from that stuff. And there were floods all the time. I moved to Beechwood Canyon, which was very handy for the Troubadour.” Thanks Tim for putting a 'live' face on the locations for us!
@@RockessentialTim Linda talks about living on Beechwood Drive to interviewer Greg Shapiro: GS: Warren Zevon is another songwriter whose songs you put your stamp on, including 'Poor Poor Pitiful Me,' which is on The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt. How has the news of his failing health affected you? LR: Warren-what a great songwriter. He was one of those guys who were around Hollywood in those days. I moved into an apartment on Beechwood Drive up in the Beechwood Hills in Hollywood, right under the Hollywood sign. He (Zevon) had lived in the apartment before I did. Harry Dean Stanton lived out in the back. The guy (Elliot Ingber) who wrote 'Don't Bogart That Joint' lived under the garage. And the guy who lived downstairs was another comedy/ songwriter. I just felt that his (Zevon's) stuff came with the pad that I rented (laughs). I got to have those songs in addition to the house. Again, he was one of those writers that all of the other writers sat around and talked about. They would talk about 'Hasten Down The Wind' at that point. GS: Oh, and your version is so stunning. LR: Well, thanks. I've never heard it since I recorded it. But, I remember liking it a lot and remembering the times and what was going on with him. God, what an interesting writer. Talk about a guy who throws all the rules out. People write from their personal experiences, but he brought in a lot of other stuff. He'd just read about it and find the parts that he identified with in his reading. (For example) 'Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner,' I guess he was reading those magazines … GS: Soldier of Fortune? LR: Yeah, he used to read that (laughs). Who knows what was going on with Warren in those days. I'm really sorry that he is ill. I hope the best for him. (congrats on hitting 100K views. no small feat)
I’m from LA and all I remember about Wonderland Ave in Laurel Canyon is the “4 On The Floor” Wonderland murders. If people don’t know what that is just research it on YT. There’s video footage of the crime scene. They even made a movie about it with Val Kilmer. The real murders were absolutely vicious.
Dylan is still touring in his 80's?? Oh my. I saw him twice in 2006. His voice is completely gone, didn't even recognize Rainy Day Woman. But hey, it was Dylan so who cares?@@RockessentialTim
Terrific like always my man. Great stuff. For those of us who have followed these artists and their music, bought the albums and have poured over the liner notes you are literally putting real visual locations to our lifetime of imagining and wondering. What a great idea that appeals to a whole lot of people. Carry on…
Thanks! Loved doing this vid cuz many of Linda's locations were places I had never been. My fave was finding the Harry Dean Stanton signature in the sidewalk outside her former apartment that she shared with the late, great JD Souther.
Super video...! Love your stuff...! Keep bringing me to these places I can't go and see, for now. Years ago on a trip to Disneyland with my kids I brought them also to the Whiskey, the Roxy, and had lunch at the Rainbow, in the Guns and Roses booth. Then to Venice to see the Jim Morrison art on his former apartment building.... Part of their education....! I look forward to your next story....!
You are obviously a great Dad. I've dragged mine along in the past and it never really sunk in until I brought them to a concert. We went to see Social Distortion and it was kinda like the Rock & Roll light bulb went on.
She is strong, amazing and a voice no one can touch except Whitney. I love how she has that tough exterior no matter the hard disease she has. I pray for her to live free of any pain and a beautiful life she so deserves! She gave us so much!
I’ll go ahead and comment at first viewing on this one. I’m constantly amazed at how worlds apart the haunts and homes of some of my favorite music icons are compared to my home in LA (50 miles from the Georgia state line)😉. I’ve always loved Linda’s voice as well as being enamored by her charm and beauty. Thank you for another fantastic, up close and personal ride!
Thanks much. Its always interesting cuz the places early in their career are the same kind of apartments that I used to live at when I was young and then they just take off. I guess their arc is a lot steeper than ours.
Very well done and beautiful photos of Linda's stomping grounds. I'm guessing since her home in Tuscan is no longer you couldn't get any shots of Arizona. Linda was my idol in the 70's. I followed her music career and life as much as I could back then. This video was informative and added to things I did not know about her. I was so saddened when she lost her voice way too soon. Amazing how she hooked up with Jim Carrey, a 21 year old unknown when she was 37 and her rock n roll career was at a stall. I think her last hit record was around 1983 with Get Closer which was underrated to me. Then she ventured into all those other genres. It seemed the 80's just stopped her rock fame for some reason. I went to see her every time she toured through Cincinnati. One time I had no one to go with to see her. I got tickets for the front row and went all myself. I wasn't going to miss my favorite star! One disappointment with her live shows was she never would sing one of my favorites that I loved. Long, Long Time. I truly don't know why she wouldn't sing it. I deem her the most beautiful and talented singer of all time.
Hi from a fellow musician here who's also lived through the same music era as yourself. I just wanted to say how much I enjoy your LA tour videos. It's like having a visit and personal guided tour by an old friend who shares the same interests only it saves me the trip to LA. Great stuff! Thanks!
Very informative video bro most of which was new to me. Great job you're doing with the history of Los Angeles both with film and music. Stay safe. Rog. Pacific sunset records
One night my sister and I were in the Whisky(66 or 67) and Linda was sitting in one of those big half round booths on the west side...several guys with her
The collective sound of that whole early 70s LA music scene created a backdrop to much of my young life- in England. It is hard to listen to any of it and not be taken back to one's youth and sense of excitement but sadly it all dissipated as musical tastes changed. That's just life- nothing lasts for ever- but Linda's music is so good and we are lucky to have it to recall those great times.
Back in the mid-70s rock critics in the UK raved about Andrew Gold's guitar playing- and how he understood all the great licks from 60s pop and his playing was based on this synthesis. I always liked his playing and "You're No Good" is no exception, in my mind. Whether or not it was too Beatlesque, I don't know but it reminds me a bit of the guitar figure in the middle of Cream's "Badge". Eric Clapton and George Harrison played on that song but I don't know who played it. Either way, Andrew Gold was a remarkable talent and he owned the song- and it has really stood the test of time.
Harrison played the bridge on Badge. The song originally had no title, but was labelled "Bridge" on the studio tapes. Clapton misread that as Badge, so they went with that as the title.
@@RockessentialTim Love Linda always.... So great how she transformed wonderful covers into massive hits ! The way she did Michael Nesmiths' Different Drum was always a treat to hear and helped her launch her career... That whold grouping that you highlighted here gave birth to so much great music ... Just wonderful. Again. Thanks for posting... Also prayers for Norm Harris and his family as he is very ill...God Bless him and his wonderful contribution to charities and worthy causes....
@@unclerudy9797 Yeah, I heard about Norm a couple days ago. He's lucky he was in the hospital when he had that heart attack. As a guitar geek I have so much respect for folks like Norm and you, Rudy!
This was fantastic Tim! Linda was my absolute idol in the 70’s and growing up in LA I’d always wondered where she lived hoping to one day to run into her. Loved seeing her past homes! Thanks for sharing!
Wow! Loved ALL THE HOMES SHE LIVED! From Santa Monica 1964, to Brentwood 1977?. Youre right Tim she was the greatest singer of all time cause she could adapt her voice to different genre. From Different Drum 1966, Long Long Time 1968, Poor Pitiful Me 1968, 1970 when she was creating with The Eagles in the bungalows. Youre no Good 1974, When will i be loved 1975 country, Its so Easy 1976, Blue Bayou 1977 southern rock, Ooh Baby, Baby, 1978, ballad Hurts so Bad 1980, ballad, Its easy for you to Say 1982, my favorite even though i love all her songs. Cant get enough of her wonderful voice Tim!!!! Somewhere out There duet with Aaron Neville, ballad 1989.
I love your channel I lived in Hollywood in the 70s and 80s and was into the music scene then, LA got worse so I moved to Orange County in 1990, which was a good decision. Thank you for you great stories!
I’m glad I found you again! I watched some (all?) of your videos on Laurel Canyon and really enjoyed your style and your subject matter (I was born in Oakland in 64 but moved back to Ohio in 66) but I saw Zappa and several other “Canyon-ites” back in my teenage years. I remember seeing Linda on some kind of show-maybe Midnight Special-and even at the young age of 11 or 12 or so, I thought she was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. Then she started singing and I was probably plotting ways to get back out to California-certain she’d accept a marriage proposal from a kid too young to shave! Glad I found you again. I THOUGHT I had subscribed last time but I made sure this time! Long may you run! ❤️👍🏼. Semper Fi
I'm glad you re-found us too! I first saw Linda on the same Midnight Special (Great show) and have been a fan ever since too. It was one of my favorite episodes to do cuz I have so much respect for her talent.
Lived in Tucson for a number of years. Great to see Linda's journey highlighted here. I will say she was the only one in Barney Hoskyn's book, Hotel California, that came across as a truly wonderful person in addition to being a world class vocalist. Your videos are always so well done. Keep up the great work.
I read that book and he's a might tough on a lot of people, but I agree about how she is portrayed. I've never read anything about her not being down to earth and kind.
Absolutely fantastic job! New sub based on only a couple of your well researched and impeccably presented videos. And yes, I’m just another one of the millions who have loved Linda for decades. Cheers
Awww...the way it used be. Leaving home. struggling, hustling. chasing your dreams....Maybe I am romanticizing it, but man, how exciting to pay your dues and succeed.
Excellent as always. Lots of info I didn’t know. I love the recording studio trivia on one of my favorite songs. It would be great if you could do a video on just the recording studio history in LA. It’s so rich despite many being gone.
Thanks much. I would have loved to do a piece inside that recording studio but the "gatekeeper" person was to put it mildly, somewhat of a douche. In past vid's pretty much everyone I've asked to take a peak inside have been really cool, even when they said no. But thankfully there are other studios!
@@RockessentialTim getting inside would be great of course but even if you couldn’t (but stood outside and told us all the great recordings made there, or what used to be there a la Goldstar) it would be a worthy chronicle.
Absolutely Brilliant! Tim, you provide such a service for musical history with your work. This LR piece is like all your stuff WONDERFULLY ENTERTAINING AND INFORMATIVE. My favorite thing on UA-cam.
This is wonderful. Thank you for this. I know about pretty much everything in the video already, but it's nice actually seeing the places then and now too. A good day to you.
Very well done! Your attention to detail is second to none. Love both your channels!! I would like to see you do a show about the L.A. punk group X. Again very cool!
Now that would be interesting. I actually saw them at Club 88 before they were signed and it was just so obvious that they were a cut above most of the other punk bands at the time. Thanks for the idea!
Great video. Love the background on some of the iconic album covers like the homes in Santa Monica & Topanga. (Also had album cover location in some of your other videos like Jackson Browne (For Everyman, Late for the Sky) & Eagles (Hotel California)). Keep up the great work.
TY... that was fun! I love Linda's voice so pure clear and honest. Darn I was born to late and in the wrong geographical location ~ I would have fit right in ☺ I think you're right though tragedy was always a step behind her, thank God ✌
Hey everybody, welcome to the new Linda Ronstadt vid. Did some deep digging on this one and came up with some pretty cool stuff. Hope you like it!
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Excellent job Tim!!!
Very enjoyable, thank you 😊
@Esta Cabrona Hmmm....
Loved it!
I adored her in the 70s. Saw her a few times in the 80s. Loved the giant hoop earrings! She did the best National Anthem at the Dodger game. Thrilled the whole family!
She could absolutely sing the daylights out of anything!
@@RockessentialTim truly! Enjoying your stuff, btw!
Thanx. Linda Ronstadt...a pioneer musical pin-up with killer pipes and so much more. She always championed her devoted friends. Never seemed to bathe in her own reflection - very rare songbird. The best of Southern California via Tucson.
I agree. She always seemed to put others first!
Excellent! I am a widely published music photographer with a book titled "Eye of The Music". Linda has a copy of the book herself and has said that she finds it "very impressive". It includes rare shots of Linda onstage beginning in 1969 when Bernie Leadon was her guitar player pre Eagles (then called The Corvettes), as well as The Troubadour in the early 70's when Steve Martin opened for her. (Having a comedian open a show saved $ and also time to have two bands set up.) I have serendipitous LA connections with Linda over the years, including living around the corner from her in Beachwood Canyon and later going to the Brentwood house to give her a photo slideshow. I also lived in another beautiful Spanish style Beachwood house above the Beachwood Market that Linda said was her favorite house in the canyon. She loved canyon living! I appreciate how you put the timeline together of Linda's time in LA. She chronicled her journey in her own book too of course, "Simple Dreams". Thanks for your travelog! What a great discovery!
Thank you. You have a very impressive history with her!
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@@lindaronstadt5384 wth? please stop trying to scam people "linda WRONGstadt".
The greatest female singer of the 70s! Everything that she touched turned to gold!
I was into Linda since "Heart like a Wheel" .. even had her Nelson Riddle Orchestra album. Saw her live at Maple Leaf Gardens .. Livingston Taylor opening. I was hoping you would have mentioned "Willin" written by ... the best singer, song writer and slide guitarist (according to Bonnie Raitt) that ever was .. Lowell George. I would be eternally grateful were you to profile him .. and the greatest Rock Blues band to ever exist (according to me)... "Little Feat". Ry Cooder is another Rock Essential. Thank you Tim for all your "labour of love" work you do. Cheers !
Thanks much, especially for the suggestions. If I'm ever up your way with the camera I'd love to feature my all time favorite Canadian Band, The Hip!
Linda was in a vocal universe all her own. Her vibe was both earthy and celestial. No wonder they all swarmed around her yet didn't upset her power or her tenderness. Ronstadt made it out alive. What a beautiful visit to her Scene.
Thanks for this wonderful comment. I think you completely nailed it.
Karen Carpenter
in a class of her own as well
@@lisacassar7040 Yuck. Carpenter couldn't carry Ronstadt's toothbrush. Karen was a grotesque sour note square. Why would anyone compare them? Linda was a glorious vocalist with deep musical chops.
Another great video. Linda Ronstadt was a singularly powerful, yet sweet voice in any of the many styles she sang. These videos are historically important- not only music history, but American history.
Well put. I was listening to her yesterday and there really is no one else that could do so many styles so well. I think she and Peter Asher also had a real gift for picking songs.
For years the La Fonda Mexican restaurant on Wilshire Blvd has had a Mariachi big band… strings, horns, harp, etc. they are tremendous. They were Linda’s band on her mariachi album.
I'm a huge fan of Linda, in my opinion describing her as down to earth has to be the understatement of the century, what a great person she is , equally as an artist and an activist, an example for us to follow.
I am of the opinion that just because a musician is cold or distant or even a jerk does not effect the quality of their art. But I love it when I find out they are a truly warm and caring human being and its really what I came away with about LInda after making this vid.
Except you can now see where "progressive liberals" policies lead us... to destructi9n.
The first song i ever heard from her was Blue Bayou in the late 70's, I'm from the east coast and they played it on the radio constantly. I was like 10 or 11 yrs old at the time and i remember that song could me in the mood of vacationing in a Blue Bayou with images of beautiful blue tropical water, white sand beaches and palm trees just by the way she sang it. Memories.
As I have grown older and have more time, I have started doing my own "where are they now." Never heard anyone say a bad word about Linda. A fantastic and very focused performer. with UA-cam I was able to find some of her last recordings and hear some her more recent interview. I enjoyed your video Tracing Linda's life through Los Angeles.
She is pretty incredible.
These are becoming can't miss posts. Smooth, comprehensive, succinct and not a moment wasted. As a right out of college Angeleno of that era (Manhattan Beach, 74-76) you take me back to great memories (and who among us didn't love Linda?) with today's brilliant colors. Thanks so much, Tim.
Thanks for the cool comment, Mark!
I was able to spend some time in Manhattan Beach during that time (1975) and I remember feeling that the area was the perfect "California Dream." It is crushing to see what Los Angeles has turned into over the last few years. 😥😢😞
Great job again Tim ! 🪕
I always appreciated Linda. She was one of the boys back then.
Great stories and history of one of my greatest music inspirations. I was born/raised in Texas but loved rock n roll… Eagles, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Pat Benatar, etc. I came to L.A. in 1991 and played in bands until 2014 and mingled in the Hollywood scene a few years. It’s been a great time with lots of memories. Thanks for showing us where Linda’s complete history started and her awesome life pathways…
Thanks! Linda's career was so vast and wide that it was hard to pick just a small portion of it. But what I feel was always constant was her incredible voice. She knew how to bring the soul no matter what genre and that is a rare gift.
@@RockessentialTim yes I had read about Linda’s past with Bernie Leadon and JD Souther and saw a small clip one time with Linda singing backup with the Eagles. I got to spend 16 weeks around the Eagles when they rehearsed for the Hell Freezes Over tour on a studio stage where I was Ops Mgr. All were the greatest guys ever. I have been a fan of Linda Ronstadt since I was a teen.
Thank you for this video! It's unfortunate that her childhood home here in Tucson no longer stands, so it's great to see this tour of her time in LA. There is something special about the essence of homes where musicians and artists have lived.
Thanks. It was such a pleasure filming this because unlike a lot of the structures here in Los Angeles, the one's Linda resided in are still fairly intact.
@ Adriana Kanoza..Hello Adriana, I was supposed to visit Tuscon in 2020 but couldn't go due to Covid. I can't believe Linda's house no longer exists, or did I read somewhere that the house was a business premises. I really love Linda's music and seeing her childhood home was one of the main reasons for visiting Tuscon, also the Film Studios. Please let me know if you have any updates on either as I will be travelling solo from Ireland 🇮🇪 ☘️ Thank you.
God blessed us with this gorgeous, enormously talented lady, amd I am eternally grateful!
❤ She’s the greatest. Her voice is the most beautiful sound I’ve ever heard.
The Albert Brooks impersonation was extremely serviceable. 😆
Linda addict here, many thanks for the tour 👍
My pleasure 😊
Thank you Linda for sharing your beautiful gift with us and thank you Tim.
RIght on. What was awesome about making this video is I found that she is as amazing a person as her music.
OMG!! One of my first crushes!! Great voice and talent!! Peace brother
Right on. She is truly one of the greatest of all time.
Another fabulous one Tim! And you're right, Linda had it all...looks, voice and style. Keep 'em coming!
As an Eagles/Ronstadt/Brown fan since the beginning, your vids are so enjoyable to me! Thank you so much for putting them together!
Great job, Tim.
Thanks for your hard work and for entertaining us.
Linda was gorgeous.
Right on. Thanks Ryan.
She was my ultimate icon at 12 years old when she came out with her album sporting rollerskates on the LP Cover.. Myself being a skater & a country music fan I was so stoked that a female country /rockstar could be a roller skater too!
Thanks so much btw I'm n LA local and SUPER dig hearing all the History right under my feat and outskirts of my own stomping grounds! Great channel, great theme music and love that you're doing this!❤
Right on, Thanks!
Made me happy to hear you mention "Back in the USA", it's one of my favorites. Keep up the great work.
I thought it was the musical high point of the Chuck Berry film he did with Keith Richards.
This was very cool, Tim. I’ve been a fan of Linda since I was a kid in the 70’s. She had a fantastic voice, with great tone and technique, and I love that she performed in so many styles. It’s nice to hear her story and see where she lived early in her career, but it’s sad that some of the “funkiness” of those areas has been lost through the sterilization of gentrification.
Thoroughly enjoyed this! Thank you!
Hello from OHIO Tim. You have become my go to for music storytelling. Your videos are great and let people like myself see the amazing places our music legends got their start .Keep ‘em coming. Great job!
Thank you kindly. I'm originally from Michigan (maybe you could tell by my accent) and I would love to one day come to Cleveland and do a vid on the RRHOF.
It was nice to come home from a gig tonight and watch this video on Linda Ronstadt! Tim, you do a great job on these and I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed it tonight and I appreciate it! Thanks again!
Thanks and hope you had a great gig!
Was so happy to get this notification. Linda Ronstadt is brilliant. I think she is still underrated!!! I think talent was drawn to her like the magnet she is. Loved the Jim Carey story can she get ant more perfect?? As a NY'er Gentifrication is a sore point for me😟 Thank You for another great video💗🍎💯
Thanks. As far as gentrification goes, I was somewhat surprised to find the Stone Poneys house on Hart Avenue standing. The one right next door and been torn down and re done. That 4 square block part of town is an absolute treasure and I wish they would stop allowing them to tear them down to put up those gigantic modern boxes. Nothing against modernism but it doesn't belong in that neighborhood. Thanks again for the cool comment. Tim.
@@RockessentialTim Hi Tim ...like your idea to put place to people to song.
Last video I saw , you were walking with a friend who used to live there....think it
is really better to have 2 people to discuss things back and forth, instead of
a lecture format.
My two cents... "GoldStratocasterMike "
@@michaelcelani8325 I hear ya and I still do on occasion bring a guest.
Never got to see Linda in real life but have always been mesmerized by her looks, talent and her remarkable singing .
These are great video's, I enjoy them very much and the feel, the knowledge and format you give to them. Peace
She certainly had the talent to back up the looks. What a voice!
As always Tim, I thoroughly enjoy your vids about the rock world of California. The rock history that you share with us is incredible. keep 'em coming sir!
Great as always Tim, you should be given LA historian Rock Czar status .
Although you have it in the credits, not sure people realize you also do the cool backing tracks . Would love to hear the full versions sometime...hell , even do some jamming one day. 😎
Linda Ronstadt is my favorite singer, and I had seen a few of the homes she lived in, but never knew she had stayed or lived near 3 murder locations. It is LA after all, but still a little too close for comfort. Thank you for the tour Tim. I always love all the little details you share along with the tours.
Thanks much. She is one of my favorite singer's too and it was a trip filming her locations.
Tim, this is the first night I've found you. I've already spent a few hours listening to so many interesting, educational, enjoyable videos. I believe we're around the same age, so I remember all this music. It was MY time. I absolutely love your descriptions and memories. Thank you
I love making them and I have to say, it is still SO gratifying to hear so thank you! I particularly love Linda's story so this one was special.
Tim, your "deep digging" paid off. Had subscribed before you even asked at the end. Had seen your previous videos in which Ms Ronstadt got a mention, but this deep dive into her life in LA was so illuminating. This was the one I'd been waiting for and was thrilled when it popped up on my Google queue. This video was a great companion to her musical memoir; could now actually see the places where she was "nesting" during her musical odyssey.
She'll be 76 on July 15th and watching this video, kept thinking how miraculous it is that she is still here: her "brush" with killers, a creative world in which "substances" co-existed with raw talent and ambition, and eons of time on the road and in the air. Even now despite the debilitating effects of her supranuclear palsy, she just traveled to her hometown of Tucson for a ceremony renaming a cultural center in her honor-a gig she couldn't pass up.You really conveyed how she never lost her unaffected unpretentious nature as she pretty much saw herself as just one cog in the wheel of a large talented humble family who loved music and their community.
Thank you, Tim, for this video. A lot of Ronstadt fans out here who are so glad to see her getting her due.
By the way, do you script these videos before filming them? Your language is so vivid and precise.
Thanks so much for the wonderful comment. I wish I had a little more of your wherewithall before I filmed!
My musical tastes tend to lean more with harder driven rock, but I've always LOVED Linda's music and for me, researching for this vid really illuminated who she was as an artist and a person. It was a total joy doing this one. As for do I script them--I def make notes (The mind is not as young as it used to be!) but I would never make it as an actor cuz I cannot for the life of me stick to a script.
@@RockessentialTim Keep ad-libbing, Tim! Not sure about acting, but you would've made an excellent teacher-your passion for the topic shines through.
Had to laugh about your referring to my "wherewithal." I was the most uncool teen alive in the 70's. Had my Tapestry, Sweet Baby James, and Linda's Greatest Hits, but I was more into setting my alarm for 2 am to watch an old movie from 1939 on TV. Lived on Long Island and could've seen Linda countless times in the city, my college or Jones Beach theater. Greatest regret was not seeing her in July of '74 (Heart Like a Wheel released that November) in an iconic local club called "My Father's Place" run by the one and only Eppy Epstein. Luckily, it was simulcast on a local radio station and it is one of my go-to CD's when the pang of not seeing her live becomes too great. In addition to her usual brilliant vocals despite having a nasty cold and a setlist with all her classic 70's hits, you get treated to a lot of funny and relaxed chatter by Linda.
Thanks again, Tim, for your video and responding to my comment. No need to do so again...just get working on your next video! Going to listen to this one again.
Fascinating episode Tim .. once again.
Great story telling. Love how you connect place with history and music. Songs often create a sense of place in our minds, so it is nice to see the real life places that created the inspiration.
great trip through time in the places Linda has been. I loved it. thanks for sharing this experience. I love Linda Ronstadt.
I heard she had a house on Topanga beach. And about these killer girls, Linda even gave them a ride.
It isn’t enough that Linda Ronstadt has taken one of the most interesting career paths of any musician past or present but when you dig down like you have we find a whole ‘nother fascinating aspect of her existence just in the L.A. area alone. She certainly has crossed paths with some of the most famous and ‘infamous’ people in American history: Manson Family, OJ and Nicole Brown Simpson, Jim Carrey, Gov. Jerry Brown, George Lucas, Jim Morrison and any number of influential talented musicians. Her proximity to the first of the Manson murder spree was the epicenter and beginning of what shattered the California Dream and open culture for so many. It certainly put a damper on the Hippie movement. The irony is that Linda herself left Tucson Arizona for California to pursue that same dream. Love the way you weaved her story with the locations topped off with some great bumper music that echoed the theme you were discussing. Very nice touch! Great narrative as well. You left us with this thought “Linda once said that the essence of her voice is musicianship and story. I would hope that in some very small way we have added to that story.” You succeeded! Thank you Tim.
Thank you so much Rob. I think it goes without saying but I'll say it anyways, your input was invaluable to me being able to tell the story. Linda is one of the few people that I have covered who's talent is only surpassed by her humanity and as you can probably tell, I had a blast making this vid! I've never met her but more than anything I would have liked to spent a few hours in the studio watching/listening to her record. Be well my friend.
@@RockessentialTim Here is another interesting story your viewers might like from a guy named Gerry L who lived in Linda's old house on Old Topanga Road next door to the Hinman house ten years after the murder:
From Gerry L: Back in 1979 I moved from Colorado to Southern California and rented a house on Old Topanga Road. On Halloween Eve I was reading 'Helter Skelter." When I got to the chapter about Gary Hinman I read that his address was on Old Topanga Road. I walked down the outdoor steps to the road and looked at the mailboxes. Wow! The mailbox next to mine was Gary Hinman's. It sure made for a spooky Halloween night thinking about what had gone on next door 10 years earlier. I wondered if Gary's ghost still haunted the place. I felt a connection to him because I was from Colorado and I used to make mescaline back in the day. Spooky shit. (Gary Hinman also made drugs at his home)
I rented that house in 1979. I didn't know Linda Ronstadt lived there years earlier. The landlord was a creepy dude. The house caught on fire because of his crappy installation of a pot bellied stove. He tried to blame me but I had called the Topanga Canyon fire chief over to inspect the cause of the fire after I put it out. The fire chief noted the stove pipe went through the wood ceiling without insulation and told me to call him if the landlord tried to blame me because he was pissed at the code violation. . Sure enough the guy tried to blame me. I called the fire chief and he came over read the guy the riot act. The rent was $700.00. I lived there (at the Ronstadt house) about eight months before the landlord evicted me and my girlfriend and he kept our deposit -- but at least I didn't have to pay for major repairs.
I could see the (Hinman) house from my house. Whoever owned that house next door had two dogs that barked all night every night. I really liked living up there because I had lived in Colorado up in the mountains and I was used to driving back and forth down into the city from up in the canyons there. And then there all the musicians, artists and actors who lived up there -- it was a trip.
Anyway, here's a 'maybe' Charles Mansion story. One day back in '69 when I was in college in SoCal a friend and I were driving around tripping on LSD and we picked up a couple of hippy chicks who were hitch-hiking on PCH. They asked us if we wanted to go with them to a ranch at the end of Topanga Canyon Blvd and meet some guru dude who was like Jesus Christ and was going to save the world or something. They acted so weird and hoodoo'd that we ended up just letting them out of the car at PCH and Topanga Canyon Blvd.
*note: The Hinman murder happened the end of July 1969 which marked the beginning of the Manson Family murder spree. There is a good chance Gerry L's hitchhikers were some of the Manson girls. Linda commented she would see them hitch hiking all the time.
From Linda: During a chat with Mojo magazine, the legendary singer revealed that she has an ugly connection to Charles Manson and his infamous Family, explaining, “They murdered my next door neighbor, Gary Hinman. We knew those girls. They used to hitchhike through the canyon all the time. After (the murder), I didn't go home for a couple of weeks. Eventually, I moved out. Topanga Canyon had a very dark undertone. A funky, dark place, with a lot of those communes; I always shied away from that stuff. And there were floods all the time. I moved to Beechwood Canyon, which was very handy for the Troubadour.”
Thanks Tim for putting a 'live' face on the locations for us!
@@robtempe Right on, Rob. Great story!
@@RockessentialTim Linda talks about living on Beechwood Drive to interviewer Greg Shapiro:
GS: Warren Zevon is another songwriter whose songs you put your stamp on, including 'Poor Poor Pitiful Me,' which is on The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt. How has the news of his failing health affected you?
LR: Warren-what a great songwriter. He was one of those guys who were around Hollywood in those days. I moved into an apartment on Beechwood Drive up in the Beechwood Hills in Hollywood, right under the Hollywood sign. He (Zevon) had lived in the apartment before I did. Harry Dean Stanton lived out in the back. The guy (Elliot Ingber) who wrote 'Don't Bogart That Joint' lived under the garage. And the guy who lived downstairs was another comedy/ songwriter. I just felt that his (Zevon's) stuff came with the pad that I rented (laughs). I got to have those songs in addition to the house. Again, he was one of those writers that all of the other writers sat around and talked about. They would talk about 'Hasten Down The Wind' at that point.
GS: Oh, and your version is so stunning.
LR: Well, thanks. I've never heard it since I recorded it. But, I remember liking it a lot and remembering the times and what was going on with him. God, what an interesting writer. Talk about a guy who throws all the rules out. People write from their personal experiences, but he brought in a lot of other stuff. He'd just read about it and find the parts that he identified with in his reading. (For example) 'Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner,' I guess he was reading those magazines …
GS: Soldier of Fortune?
LR: Yeah, he used to read that (laughs). Who knows what was going on with Warren in those days. I'm really sorry that he is ill. I hope the best for him.
(congrats on hitting 100K views. no small feat)
I think Linda is the one responsible for getting Warren noticed and famous for his songs and eventual hits he had. @@robtempe
Great music, beautiful women and oh that voice... Thanks for sharing.
Really enjoyed this video Tim. Linda has always been one of my favorites. Topanga Canyon is awesome.
Thanks, man! I been listening to her a lot lately. It doesn't get old.
I’m from LA and all I remember about Wonderland Ave in Laurel Canyon is the “4 On The Floor” Wonderland murders. If people don’t know what that is just research it on YT. There’s video footage of the crime scene. They even made a movie about it with Val Kilmer. The real murders were absolutely vicious.
Looking back now I am grateful to have multiple memories of seeing Linda live. She NEVER disappointed. ✌
My regret is I never got to see her live. Oh well, lesson learned!
@@RockessentialTim yes. So many artists...so little time. Grab the moment when it comes along. ✌
I'm going to see Dylan for the first time ever in June. Better late than never.
@@RockessentialTim Enjoy! An icon if there ever was one.
Dylan is still touring in his 80's?? Oh my. I saw him twice in 2006. His voice is completely gone, didn't even recognize Rainy Day Woman. But hey, it was Dylan so who cares?@@RockessentialTim
Terrific like always my man. Great stuff. For those of us who have followed these artists and their music, bought the albums and have poured over the liner notes you are literally putting real visual locations to our lifetime of imagining and wondering. What a great idea that appeals to a whole lot of people. Carry on…
Thanks! Loved doing this vid cuz many of Linda's locations were places I had never been. My fave was finding the Harry Dean Stanton signature in the sidewalk outside her former apartment that she shared with the late, great JD Souther.
Again, very interesting and informative. Ur such a good narrator that it has that infomercial vibe, maybe it's the music!!
Super video...! Love your stuff...! Keep bringing me to these places I can't go and see, for now. Years ago on a trip to Disneyland with my kids I brought them also to the Whiskey, the Roxy, and had lunch at the Rainbow, in the Guns and Roses booth. Then to Venice to see the Jim Morrison art on his former apartment building.... Part of their education....! I look forward to your next story....!
You are obviously a great Dad. I've dragged mine along in the past and it never really sunk in until I brought them to a concert. We went to see Social Distortion and it was kinda like the Rock & Roll light bulb went on.
Good one Tim! Love the track starting at 9:24. Thanks for posting.
Thanks. I absolutely love surf music. Like metal, it will never go out of style, right?
Linda Ronstadt was and is loved by so many, including me. Everything about her is captivating.
Couldn't agree more!
Thank you again for a delightful journey through both the past and interesting parts of LA.
Thanks. I love getting up to Topanga and this gave me a reason to go!
She is strong, amazing and a voice no one can touch except Whitney. I love how she has that tough exterior no matter the hard disease she has. I pray for her to live free of any pain and a beautiful life she so deserves! She gave us so much!
I’ll go ahead and comment at first viewing on this one. I’m constantly amazed at how worlds apart the haunts and homes of some of my favorite music icons are compared to my home in LA (50 miles from the Georgia state line)😉. I’ve always loved Linda’s voice as well as being enamored by her charm and beauty. Thank you for another fantastic, up close and personal ride!
Thanks much. Its always interesting cuz the places early in their career are the same kind of apartments that I used to live at when I was young and then they just take off. I guess their arc is a lot steeper than ours.
Tim - I love this channel (and the music you make for it). I just finished Linda's autobiography - and putting place to the stories was great!
Thanks. I read it and used it as one of my main sources. I've heard rumor she's publishing another one in the fall.
Maybe with Jackson Browne on her Mexican roots?@@RockessentialTim
awesome content Tim 👍 thanks so much for sharing this , peace brother ✌️
Right on, Mark.
Great "mini-doc", my man! I'm a huge fan of Linda's music and that whole period in musical history in general. 👍
Great video dude...keep em coming , loving this stuff. She's definitely a national treasure.
I'll remember that one. National Treasure. So true!
@@RockessentialTim 👍
Very well done and beautiful photos of Linda's stomping grounds. I'm guessing since her home in Tuscan is no longer you couldn't get any shots of Arizona. Linda was my idol in the 70's. I followed her music career and life as much as I could back then. This video was informative and added to things I did not know about her. I was so saddened when she lost her voice way too soon. Amazing how she hooked up with Jim Carrey, a 21 year old unknown when she was 37 and her rock n roll career was at a stall. I think her last hit record was around 1983 with Get Closer which was underrated to me. Then she ventured into all those other genres. It seemed the 80's just stopped her rock fame for some reason. I went to see her every time she toured through Cincinnati. One time I had no one to go with to see her. I got tickets for the front row and went all myself. I wasn't going to miss my favorite star! One disappointment with her live shows was she never would sing one of my favorites that I loved. Long, Long Time. I truly don't know why she wouldn't sing it. I deem her the most beautiful and talented singer of all time.
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I still think her singing is unmatched but that's just me.
When I was in LA and drove down Wonderland Ave, I got the creeps also.
Hi from a fellow musician here who's also lived through the same music era as yourself. I just wanted to say how much I enjoy your LA tour videos. It's like having a visit and personal guided tour by an old friend who shares the same interests only it saves me the trip to LA. Great stuff! Thanks!
Thanks Len, made my day!
Another great video Tim. Channel growing rapidly my friend. Keep knocking them out.
Thanks Henry and thanks for being one of my channel's original subs!
Very informative video bro most of which was new to me. Great job you're doing with the history of Los Angeles both with film and music. Stay safe. Rog. Pacific sunset records
Thanks!
Another home run tim! Looking forward to more
Thanks for the history lesson
Terrific vid, as always so well researched, and also great voice !
Such memorable music made by unforgettable people in unique places. Thanks for the tour!
Right on!
One night my sister and I were in the Whisky(66 or 67) and Linda was sitting in one of those big half round booths on the west side...several guys with her
The collective sound of that whole early 70s LA music scene created a backdrop to much of my young life- in England. It is hard to listen to any of it and not be taken back to one's youth and sense of excitement but sadly it all dissipated as musical tastes changed. That's just life- nothing lasts for ever- but Linda's music is so good and we are lucky to have it to recall those great times.
Like Sinatra her music transcends time. Even my kids love her!
I was fortunate to see her many moons ago , she sang the national anthem at a Dodgers Cubs game in LA , been a huge fan ever sense ❤️
Awesome!
Linda is my favorite singer(sorry Aretha). Hard to believe all that power and voice comes out of that small frame.
BTW all the musical fills you put in the videos sound like really high quality audio - they make my stereo sound great !
Thanks, Dugald. I've probably already said it but I probably work as hard on the music than anything else.
I think this is one of the best you've done... very historical....thank you as always!!
Thanks much. Loved going to the locations on this one.
Back in the mid-70s rock critics in the UK raved about Andrew Gold's guitar playing- and how he understood all the great licks from 60s pop and his playing was based on this synthesis. I always liked his playing and "You're No Good" is no exception, in my mind. Whether or not it was too Beatlesque, I don't know but it reminds me a bit of the guitar figure in the middle of Cream's "Badge". Eric Clapton and George Harrison played on that song but I don't know who played it. Either way, Andrew Gold was a remarkable talent and he owned the song- and it has really stood the test of time.
Couldn't agree with you more. He had a not-to-shabby solo career as well.
Harrison played the bridge on Badge. The song originally had no title, but was labelled "Bridge" on the studio tapes. Clapton misread that as Badge, so they went with that as the title.
Thanks Tim ! Excellent as always ! Peace, Rudy
Thanks, Rudy. Peace to you!
@@RockessentialTim Love Linda always.... So great how she transformed wonderful covers into massive hits ! The way she did Michael Nesmiths' Different Drum was always a treat to hear and helped her launch her career... That whold grouping that you highlighted here gave birth to so much great music ... Just wonderful. Again. Thanks for posting... Also prayers for Norm Harris and his family as he is very ill...God Bless him and his wonderful contribution to charities and worthy causes....
@@unclerudy9797 Yeah, I heard about Norm a couple days ago. He's lucky he was in the hospital when he had that heart attack. As a guitar geek I have so much respect for folks like Norm and you, Rudy!
This was fantastic Tim! Linda was my absolute idol in the 70’s and growing up in LA I’d always wondered where she lived hoping to one day to run into her. Loved seeing her past homes! Thanks for sharing!
Yer welcome!
Fantastic narration. So well done!
Thank you kindly. Hopefully my midwest twang doesn't stick out too much!
Just saw this Tim and subscribed to your channel! I have loved Linda since I first heard her with the Stone Poneys.
Thanks and thanks for the sub.
🙋🏻♂️ Tim ✌️
Thanks, Garry!
@@RockessentialTim were D brothers bud.
Wow! Loved ALL THE HOMES SHE LIVED! From Santa Monica 1964, to Brentwood 1977?. Youre right Tim she was the greatest singer of all time cause she could adapt her voice to different genre. From Different Drum 1966, Long Long Time 1968, Poor Pitiful Me 1968, 1970 when she was creating with The Eagles in the bungalows. Youre no Good 1974, When will i be loved 1975 country, Its so Easy 1976, Blue Bayou 1977 southern rock, Ooh Baby, Baby, 1978, ballad Hurts so Bad 1980, ballad, Its easy for you to Say 1982, my favorite even though i love all her songs. Cant get enough of her wonderful voice Tim!!!! Somewhere out There duet with Aaron Neville, ballad 1989.
I love your channel I lived in Hollywood in the 70s and 80s and was into the music scene then, LA got worse so I moved to Orange County in 1990, which was a good decision. Thank you for you great stories!
I'm sure we attended some of the same shows. It was such a great time to be young!
I’m glad I found you again! I watched some (all?) of your videos on Laurel Canyon and really enjoyed your style and your subject matter (I was born in Oakland in 64 but moved back to Ohio in 66) but I saw Zappa and several other “Canyon-ites” back in my teenage years. I remember seeing Linda on some kind of show-maybe Midnight Special-and even at the young age of 11 or 12 or so, I thought she was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. Then she started singing and I was probably plotting ways to get back out to California-certain she’d accept a marriage proposal from a kid too young to shave! Glad I found you again. I THOUGHT I had subscribed last time but I made sure this time! Long may you run! ❤️👍🏼. Semper Fi
I'm glad you re-found us too! I first saw Linda on the same Midnight Special (Great show) and have been a fan ever since too. It was one of my favorite episodes to do cuz I have so much respect for her talent.
Lived in Tucson for a number of years. Great to see Linda's journey highlighted here. I will say she was the only one in Barney Hoskyn's book, Hotel California, that came across as a truly wonderful person in addition to being a world class vocalist. Your videos are always so well done. Keep up the great work.
I read that book and he's a might tough on a lot of people, but I agree about how she is portrayed. I've never read anything about her not being down to earth and kind.
Absolutely fantastic job! New sub based on only a couple of your well researched and impeccably presented videos. And yes, I’m just another one of the millions who have loved Linda for decades. Cheers
Thanks for the sub and for making my day. Cool!
Awww...the way it used be. Leaving home. struggling, hustling. chasing your dreams....Maybe I am romanticizing it, but man, how exciting to pay your dues and succeed.
You're not romanticizing. Linda's had a great story so far and yes, it is exciting!
Good One Tim !! Jimmy ...
Thanks, Jimmy.
Excellent as always. Lots of info I didn’t know. I love the recording studio trivia on one of my favorite songs. It would be great if you could do a video on just the recording studio history in LA. It’s so rich despite many being gone.
Thanks much. I would have loved to do a piece inside that recording studio but the "gatekeeper" person was to put it mildly, somewhat of a douche. In past vid's pretty much everyone I've asked to take a peak inside have been really cool, even when they said no. But thankfully there are other studios!
@@RockessentialTim getting inside would be great of course but even if you couldn’t (but stood outside and told us all the great recordings made there, or what used to be there a la Goldstar) it would be a worthy chronicle.
Beautiful video, I enjoyed it and the music, the places. Thanyou for your time for giving us a great history for a great woman in music.
Right on. It was my pleasure to make it.
Wow another great show , stuffed with all kinds of good things . Thank you cheers from New Mexico!
Absolutely Brilliant! Tim, you provide such a service for musical history with your work. This LR piece is like all your stuff WONDERFULLY ENTERTAINING AND INFORMATIVE.
My favorite thing on UA-cam.
Ed: I appreciate the kind words, especially because I enjoyed making this Linda video so much.
This is wonderful. Thank you for this. I know about pretty much everything in the video already, but it's nice actually seeing the places then and now too. A good day to you.
Thanks much. The one huge surprise to me was the Harry Dean Stanton signature in the sidewalk on Beachwood. Was not expecting to see that!
This is a year late, but you do such a good job with these videos. Thank you.
Better late than dead, right? Thanks, Chuck!
Very well done! Your attention to detail is second to none. Love both your channels!! I would like to see you do a show about the L.A. punk group X. Again very cool!
Now that would be interesting. I actually saw them at Club 88 before they were signed and it was just so obvious that they were a cut above most of the other punk bands at the time. Thanks for the idea!
Great job! I really enjoyed this one.
Great video. Love the background on some of the iconic album covers like the homes in Santa Monica & Topanga. (Also had album cover location in some of your other videos like Jackson Browne (For Everyman, Late for the Sky) & Eagles (Hotel California)). Keep up the great work.
Thanks. I'm especially proud of the piece in front of her place in Santa Monica. It was a really hard one to locate.
Excellent thanks from Australia .
Right on, thanks!
Excellent video….thanks!!!!
I always wondered about that stone cabin in Topanga Canyon. Thanks for covering it.
Thanks much for that one. It was really hard to find!
TY... that was fun!
I love Linda's voice so pure clear and honest.
Darn I was born to late and in the wrong geographical location ~ I would have fit right in ☺ I think you're right though tragedy was always a step behind her, thank God ✌
Its such a shame that she can no longer sing. Luckily she made a lot of records, right?
Cheers from New Zealand 🇳🇿 great video...
Right on, thanks NZ!