Just heard Linda Ronstadt's 'Blue Bayou' on an Internet radio station.

[onehandle]

I saw her three times in concert in her heyday.

From Wikipedia:
At a 2006 concert in Canada, Ronstadt told the Calgary Sun that she was "embarrassed George Bush (was) from the United States. ... He's an idiot.... He's enormously incompetent on both the domestic and international scenes. ... Now the fact that we were lied to about the reasons for entering into war against Iraq and thousands of people have died – it's just as immoral as racism."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Ronstadt

[AtomicKitten]

1. I saw her in LA in the 1970s.

The best, smallest, and most intimate venue was at the Troubadour in West Hollywood. I also saw her in 1976 at the Universal Amphitheater.

Beautiful voice.

[cascadiance]

8. Had first row seats at a big concert of hers in my college days around that time...

One of the best concert experiences I ever had. She was great!

Yep, not surprising that she thinks a lot like us... She had a great thing with California governor Jerry Brown too...

http://articles.latimes.com/2013/sep/17/local/la-me-pc-linda-ronstadt-jerry-brown-20130917

[elleng]

2. Here:

[KMOD]

3. love her,

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[mackerel]

4. I read somewhere that she has Parkinson's and doesn't sing anymore.

[hopemountain]

5. yes, this is true.

for this reason she was not able to be present when she was elected to the rock 'n roll hall of fame. several female singers and friends paid tribute to her at the event - emmylou harris, sheryl crowe, trish yearwood, etc.

[orleans]

6. always LOVED this song/version by her

[Scuba]

7. My favorite golfing song. I always sing it after the tee shots are hit on par-5's.

Good on Linda!!