Post by the Scribe on May 22, 2021 9:41:42 GMT
“Try Me Again,” Hasten Down The Wind (1976)
There are times Ronstadt may not have been given the respect she has always deserved simply because she was primarily an interpreter of song rather than a songwriter (despite the fact that many of the greatest singers from Sinatra to Whitney Houston, did not write their own material). But Ronstadt actually did write a few of her own songs including this magnificent soulful ballad – co-written with Andrew Gold, at that time a member of her band – said to be about her on and off again relationship with J.D. Souther.
The song also contains one of Ronstadt’s greatest and most powerful vocals, maybe due to the personal nature of the lyrics. Because of this Ronstadt never performed the song live, sadly. The album Hasten Down The Wind also features another Ronstadt co-write, the gorgeous “Lo Siento Mi Vida,” partly written in Spanish, a forerunner to her later hugely successful albums of tradition Mexican Mariachi music.
www.rebeatmag.com/deep-tracks-linda-ronstadt/
There are times Ronstadt may not have been given the respect she has always deserved simply because she was primarily an interpreter of song rather than a songwriter (despite the fact that many of the greatest singers from Sinatra to Whitney Houston, did not write their own material). But Ronstadt actually did write a few of her own songs including this magnificent soulful ballad – co-written with Andrew Gold, at that time a member of her band – said to be about her on and off again relationship with J.D. Souther.
The song also contains one of Ronstadt’s greatest and most powerful vocals, maybe due to the personal nature of the lyrics. Because of this Ronstadt never performed the song live, sadly. The album Hasten Down The Wind also features another Ronstadt co-write, the gorgeous “Lo Siento Mi Vida,” partly written in Spanish, a forerunner to her later hugely successful albums of tradition Mexican Mariachi music.
www.rebeatmag.com/deep-tracks-linda-ronstadt/