Fabulous Friday: Linda Ronstadt

Is Linda Ronstadt the most versatile singer ever? She has convincingly sung rock, pop, country, operetta, American Songbook, and Mexican folk songs.

This one of her great early songs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__627t2bzJM

She's got some badass attitude in this song - - never too far from the surface, from what I've seen of her. She's cute but she's nobody's fool. Do not mess with Miss Ronstadt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ7bcmrS1U8

How about something kinda mellow. I ADORE this song. It's got a big range and she nails it, she knows how to navigate those different registers. She's a marvel. And the voice itself is so pretty...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp9G0zkorio

I'll close with the LR sequence from her Kennedy Center Honors evening. Carrie Underwood really delivers - - do I need to become a Carrie Underwood fan? Is it time for me to forgive her for the painfully misguided Sound of Music Live from 2013...?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt9P9Lg8aXg