Emmylou and Linda
alundra (Larry)
> Hi!
But then she wrote:
> Emmylou is just *too* cool (and if you'd told me 5 years ago that I'd be
> running out eagerly grabbing new Emmylou Harris releases, I'd have branded
> you nuts).
I'd have praised you highly. Emmylou has ALWAYS
been great. And she sounds in these songs abso-
lutely no different then she always has. She has
had so many great albums, and I'm proud to say
that I've listened to her since probably Day 1,
and still have the vinyl to prove it! I even
have _Gliding Bird_ both on cassette and LP! :)
Has there ever been a sexier picture than Emmy
on the covers of _Luxury Liner_, _Elite Hotel_,
or _Cimarron_? Not that I've ever seen. Mmmmm..
I dare say that even KATE hasn't looked as great.
What a gift not only to be incredibly talented,
beautiful, but a wonderful person as well. One
of my favorite memories was when she signed my
_Luxury Liner_ LP. I would kill to be able to
marry Emmylou Harris. :)
I've always preferred female artists my whole
life, and my ectoish tastes sprang from my love
as a boy for the songs of Linda, Emmylou, Nico-
lette, Wendy Waldman, the great, horribly under-
appreciated Karla Bonoff (whose songs made Linda
a household name, by the way), and others along
that line. The late 60's, early 70's "Southern
California" contingent, if you will.
I couldn't recommend a specific album of hers for
an Emmylounewbie, but if I had a squirt gun to my
head, I'd say go buy _The Ballad of Sally Rose_,
immediately. A concept album to rival any concept
album ever made, just an incredible effort!
> I've always liked Linda Ronstadt's voice, even if her choice of
> material has been suspect at times. I think this is going to be very tasty
> indeed.
Suspect?! HA! Linda is a certified PIONEER who
has mined more musical veins and brought them
to mainstream popularity than *any* other singer
alive today. Country, country-rock, rock and
roll, torch, big band, mariachi, cubano, you name
it, Linda has made it shine. The word "eclectic"
in Webster's Unabridged should have Linda's picture
by it! And no, the fact that Linda is the pride
and joy of my hometown, Tucson, Arizona, has nothing
to do with it. :)
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/entertainment/special_features/8_23_99duo.html
I just saw the CD last night at Cellophane Records
here in sunny Bellingham, but didn't get it only
because I already had the new Innocence Mission, a
3-gold CD bootleg set of George Harrison outtakes
from _All Things Must Pass_ (what a GREAT treat),
three HDCD Joni Mitchell rereleases, _Los Super
Seven_, Alison Krauss' new one, _Forget About It_,
and no more cash! I just got a 10% raise, and boy,
has EWS got me me on the run! I'll wait until it
it is discounted to say, $12.99. _The Tucson
Sessions_ is something I look forward to, and I
can't WAIT until the Seattle date! :-) :-)
Larry (alu...@netos.com)
np: "Across the Border" - I just LOVE it when a
website realaudio sample is the whole song, not
just 50 seconds! I wish all realaudio samples
were whole songs. Man, I just love that Neil
Young-ish harmonica!
"I'll dream of you, my corazon."
Joseph Zitt
> np: "Across the Border" - I just LOVE it when a
> website realaudio sample is the whole song, not
> just 50 seconds! I wish all realaudio samples
> were whole songs. Man, I just love that Neil
> Young-ish harmonica!
If I'm not mistaken (I don't have my copy at hand, and am working from info
on the Web) that Neil Youngish harmonica is played by.... Neil Young.
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Joseph Zitt
On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 10:02:32AM -0500, Joseph Zitt wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 25, 1999 at 11:15:49PM -0700, alundra (Larry) wrote:
>
> > np: "Across the Border" - I just LOVE it when a
> > website realaudio sample is the whole song, not
> > just 50 seconds! I wish all realaudio samples
> > were whole songs. Man, I just love that Neil
> > Young-ish harmonica!
>
> If I'm not mistaken (I don't have my copy at hand, and am working from info
> on the Web) that Neil Youngish harmonica is played by.... Neil Young.
Looking at the liner notes now, yup, it is.