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Linda Ronstadt: The Sound Of My Voice

Just got done watching "The Sound Of My Voice" a documentary about Linda Ronstadt.

What an excellent, well done and fantastic ode.

I must confess, I'm pretty biased.  Linda holds a special place in my heart and soul.  Wanting to hear her albums better, (higher fidelity), is what got me into high-end audio.


I also had several firsts that are related to her:

1st female vocalist that got me into that female vocalist genre of music, (my favorite)

1st celebrity crush

1st concert ever attended

1st celebrity autograph


Needless to say, she is a special artist and IMHO, the best female voice to ever grace Rock-N-Roll.  She did it her way and without compromise.

She catalyzed so many talents; Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, Karla Bonoff, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, JD Souther and many more.  She also was able to cross pollinate many styles of music.

It's so very sad that she developed Parkinson's.  Wish she was still able to sing and perform, but she leaves behind a great catalog of music.

If you get a chance to see this, please do...it's wonderful.  Highly recommended!

LOVE you Linda!!!
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mitchagain
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The Linda Ronstadt documentary was excellent indeed. It seems like we are living in a golden age of music documentaries.

 The recently released David Crosby documentary ("Remember My Name") was also great. I'd give the Crosby documentary a slight edge,  as he led a little more colorful and/or controversial life.
tomlhuffman
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It is not semantics. She was initially misdiagnosed with Parkinson's, but subsequently learned that it was progressive supranuclear palsy, which has many of the same symptoms. This is a similar story to Robin Williams, whose Parkinson's diagnosis was changed to Lewy bodies disease.https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/linda-ronstadt-never-stopped-singing/2019/12/02/5...
The documentary was fantastic. I thought her book was not very good. The doc was much more revealing.

I struggle to think of another vocalist who had the same range, both technically and in terms of musical styles covered. Her work in the mid 70s from Heart like a Wheel through Simple Man, Simple Dreams is just stunningly good.
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mofimadness OP
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It is not semantics. She was initially misdiagnosed with Parkinson's, but subsequently learned that it was progressive supranuclear palsy, which has many of the same symptoms.

Sorry everyone for the misinformation.  Seems funny that almost every article I've read says she has/had Parkinson's?  I would think by now that would have been corrected.  The article I linked above is about a month old.  Oh well, it's still terrible.
jrwaudio
332 posts
 
Linda has an amazing career and voice!! I lost my Dad to Super Necular Palsy  With the Canadian health care system, it took them almost three years to figure out what he had.
This was back in 1999 It's a very rare disease 
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jw944ts
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opinions of her best LP recording?
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