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Old Dorms Rule!
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Warren Zevon’s original version of Poor Poor Pitiful Me is way more happening than Linda’s - which itself is really pretty great
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Happy Birthday, Linda Ronstadt.
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Shenhoo
07/15/2023 12:08PM
I love her and everything she’s recorded
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Newt
07/15/2023 2:33PM
Ditto. For those who haven't heard it, check out Trio, her record with
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Joey Wahoo
07/16/2023 09:19AM
Thank The Last Of Us for putting her back on the map. Way before my time
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WahooRQ
07/15/2023 1:38PM
Sang, yes—good luck finding a song writing credit for her. **
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Mad Bowl Hoo
07/15/2023 8:02PM
Pics
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SixerHoo
07/15/2023 1:25PM
Cute as hell. Love the hoop earrings. My wife still wears those sometimes. **
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Seattle .Hoo
07/15/2023 1:39PM
If I'm not mistaken, Ronstadt helped start The Eagles. **
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Blah
07/15/2023 12:46PM
They were her backup band for a while. Frey and Henley wanted
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Shenhoo
07/15/2023 12:50PM
Yes. They wrote Desperado in her living room. The exhibit at the Hall of
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Seattle .Hoo
07/15/2023 12:49PM
I want to say she taught them how to sing it. **
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hooshouse
07/15/2023 1:06PM
One of them, Frey I think, said the song wasn't a hit until Ronstadt sang
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Seattle .Hoo
07/15/2023 1:14PM
I love the Eagles. I remember it being mentioned in a documentary.
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hooshouse
07/15/2023 1:22PM
I saw them in the summer of 1975. Great performance! Warm up band was a
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Seattle .Hoo
07/15/2023 1:25PM
Eagles bass player Timothy B. Schmidt was in Poco before the Eagles. **
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SixerHoo
07/15/2023 1:32PM
And original Eagles bass player Randy Meisner was in Poco before Schmidt. **
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JMHoo
07/15/2023 3:36PM
Correct. Some crossover with Buffalo Springfield, too I think. **
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Seattle .Hoo
07/15/2023 1:35PM
I listened to Poco’s album A Good Feelin’ to Know
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SixerHoo
07/15/2023 1:43PM
Yes. Buffalo Springfield’s Richie Furay and Jim Messina, later of Loggins
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SixerHoo
07/15/2023 1:40PM
Again, the HOF in Nashville had an entire section dedicated to these
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Seattle .Hoo
07/15/2023 1:45PM
Huh. It would never have occurred to me to go there (I hate most country
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SixerHoo
07/15/2023 1:46PM
Mid-sixties and in the early stages of their career most of what came
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Chuck Taylor
07/15/2023 2:17PM
I visited my niece down there in November and she insisted that we go both
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Seattle .Hoo
07/15/2023 1:51PM
70’s rock is my jam. **
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hooshouse
07/15/2023 1:28PM
Yeah, people tend to think of it as the disco era. :( **
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Seattle .Hoo
07/15/2023 1:37PM
Saturday Night Fever didn’t come out until ‘77. The early to mid ‘70s was
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SixerHoo
07/15/2023 1:55PM
Ann Wilson, Stevie Nicks and Ronstadt we kind of my triumvirate of female
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Seattle .Hoo
07/15/2023 2:05PM
Add Grace Slick **
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WaxHoo
07/15/2023 4:32PM
Her version of just about anything is better. **
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SixerHoo
07/15/2023 1:20PM
One exception
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Old Dorms Rule!
07/15/2023 9:16PM
Be still my heart. I saw her perform at Merriwether Post Pavilion when I
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Seattle .Hoo
07/15/2023 12:13PM
My girlfriend at the time and her roommate at JMU could
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Shenhoo
07/15/2023 12:35PM
Story like this makes this agnostic wonder about the creator's plan.
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JohnHoo2
07/15/2023 2:40PM
Thanks. And yes, on the sense of Awe. I just ahead with the
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Shenhoo
07/15/2023 3:04PM
I remember some of your story Shen. But not those exact details.
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Lazarus
07/15/2023 2:12PM
Re: I remember some of your story Shen. But not those exact details.
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Shenhoo
07/15/2023 3:01PM
Shen that was an awesome story! Heartbreaking and joyous. I lost a special
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HiwasseeHoo
07/15/2023 10:57PM
Thank you. Best wishes! **
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Shenhoo
07/16/2023 08:29AM
Get out of here hippie boy, leave my daughter alone.
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Lazarus
07/15/2023 8:29PM
Wow, Shen. That is an amazing story. Sad to hear…
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Los Angeles Hoo
07/15/2023 1:26PM
That's an amazing story! Tragic and wonderful. **
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Seattle .Hoo
07/15/2023 12:43PM
One of the greatest voices back in the day **
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FxHoo
07/15/2023 12:09PM
The whole package as they say. From 1973 and Midnight Special
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Chuck Taylor
07/15/2023 4:18PM
It held up well. I'll still spin a Ronstadt, well, Ipod lp from time
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Shenhoo
07/15/2023 12:11PM
Prisoner in Disguise. Awesome album. **
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Seattle .Hoo
07/15/2023 12:25PM
Unfortunately, she can't sing anymore due to brain disorder. **
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Blah
07/15/2023 12:17PM
Parkinson's right? **
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Shenhoo
07/15/2023 12:36PM
I think a form of Parkinson's. Short Ronstadt segment from CBS Morning ...
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Blah
07/15/2023 12:41PM
When was the last time you were able to belt it out, Icecaps?!?!? **
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ResistHoo
07/15/2023 12:30PM
You're so weird. **
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Blah
07/15/2023 12:34PM
Remember it stems from being the little short round who couldn’t even make
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WahooRQ
07/15/2023 1:18PM
LOL - how many moar times are you going to call another poster little?!?
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ResistHoo
07/15/2023 2:28PM
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