Last weekend I went to the ever classic La Paloma Theater in town [Encinitas] and watched the Linda Ronstadt documentary.
I am more in love with her music than ever. From the beginning she had the moxie to demand that her career not be mismanaged by others and she
plotted her own choices.
Canciones De Mi Padre applies here, but all of her music showed what a powerful self image she projected from early on. Just listen to the lyrics of
Different Drummer from her Stone Ponies days.
When she was on stage, she was an irrepressibly powerful singer.
The last scene was filmed this year. Her courage remains irrepressible to this day. She is/was a female empowering presence, always.
She even sang along for a few all too short refrains. What a girl! Gotta love her.
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Los Dandi's and early Linda Ronstadt Jardin Azul