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A Musical Memoir
Simon & Schuster
September 2013
On Sale: September 17, 2013
256 pages
ISBN: 1451668724
EAN: 9781451668728
Kindle: B00BOUZW9E
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Twelve-time Grammy winner Linda Ronstadt weaves together a
captivating story of her origins in Tucson, Arizona, and her
rise to stardom in the Southern California music scene of
the 1960s and ’70s. Born into a musical family, Ronstadt’s childhood was filled
with everything from Hank Williams to Gilbert and Sullivan,
Mexican folk music to jazz and opera. Her artistic curiosity
blossomed early, and she and her siblings began performing
their own music for anyone who would listen. When she arrived in Los Angeles the folk-rock movement was
just beginning to bloom, and after the dissolution of her
first band, Ronstadt went out on her own and quickly found
success. As part of the coterie that played at the
Troubadour club in West Hollywood, she helped define the
musical style that dominated American music in the 1970s,
and became the most successful female artist of the decade.
She has sold more than 100 million records, won numerous
awards, toured all over the world, and collaborated with
legends such as Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Aaron Neville,
J.D. Souther, Randy Newman, Neil Young, Bette Midler, and
Frank Sinatra, as well as Homer Simpson and Kermit the Frog.
By the time she retired in 2009, Ronstadt had spent four
decades as one of the most popular singers in the world,
becoming the first female artist in popular music to release
four consecutive platinum albums.
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