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Post by the Scribe on Mar 20, 2022 5:24:08 GMT
Tucson Music Hall to be renamed in honor of local legend Linda Ronstadt
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The Tucson Music Hall will be renamed in honor of a local legend, Linda Ronstadt.
Mayor Regina Romero unveiled plans for the renaming Friday, calling Ronstadt "one of Tucson’s most iconic women" in a tweet.
The venue will be formally renamed during the International Mariachi Conference Espectacular Concert on May 7.
In a statement, Romero said, "Linda Ronstadt is a beloved daughter of Tucson. It is time to honor her legacy and her ability to tell the story of our culture through music."
Ronstadt was among the most successful solo artists of the '70s, selling out "stupid" arenas, as she called them in a recent interview with The Republic, thanks to hits as huge as "You're No Good" and "When Will I Be Loved."
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Having launched her career in 1967 with the breakthrough single "Different Drum," a baroque ballad credited to the Stone Poneys featuring Linda Ronstadt, she managed a career-defining run of 10 Top 20 singles from 1975's "You're No Good" to 1980's "Hurt So Bad."
From there, she branched out into almost every area of music, from her starring role in "Pirates Of Penzance" on Broadway to her multiplatinum renditions of the Great American Songbook with Nelson Riddle, interpreting the mariachi classics in "Canciones de mi Padre" and teaming with Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton on country albums.
After earning a Tony nomination in 1981 for her role in "The Pirates of Penzance," she moved on from the country, pop and rock sound of her hit years, recording a trilogy of albums celebrating the Great American Songbook with conductor Nelson Riddle.
These were followed by "Trio," a 1986 collaboration with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris, and 1987's "Canciones De Mi Padre," the singer's first album of traditional Mexican mariachi music.
In an interview with The Republic in 2018, Ronstadt said, "In the ‘90s, I did my best singing. That was when I could sort of do whatever I wanted to do. I could make my voice do it."
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She's won lifetime achievement awards from both the Grammys and the Latin Grammys. And although she prefers singing standards and Mexican folk songs to the rock 'n' roll on which she rose to fame in the '70s, Ronstadt took her rightful place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.
By the time of that induction, Ronstadt had retired.
Unable to perform to her own standards, the singer gave her last performance, a Mexican show, in 2009, and retired two years later, finally learning the cause behind the loss of her ability to sing in late 2012 when she was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
She did, however, tour with a highly-acclaimed one-woman show, A Conversation with Linda Ronstadt, from 2014 to 2018.
"Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice," a heartfelt documentary, won Best Music Film at last year's Grammy.
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The previous October, she received the Hispanic Heritage Foundation's Legend Award on PBS.
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Romero's office said Ronstadt is scheduled to be in Tucson to unveil the music hall's new sign.
The city also shared a statement from Ronstadt, who said, "I am fortunate to be a member of a large musical family that has been associated with the City of Tucson since the 1800s. My entire career was informed and nurtured by the music we made as I was growing up here."
The singer opened her memoir, "Simple Dreams," with a chapter titled Tucson, sharing a memory of her sister playing piano in the family's home while her brother, the soprano, sings.
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As she writes in the book, "I said, 'I want to try that.' My sister turned to my brother and said, 'Think we got a soprano here.' I was about four. I remember thinking, 'I'm a singer, that's what I do.' It was like I had become validated somehow, my existence affirmed."
In 2018, she told the Republic she still feels "very connected" to Tucson, where she returned in 1989 and lived until she moved to San Francisco in 2000.
"I have a lot of good friends and family still there," she said. "And I can find my way around town. It’s on a grid, so it’s easy. I can orient myself by the mountains. Here, I have to be able to see the Bay to know which way I’m going."
She also talked about her childhood.
"Growing up in Tucson was learning how to play indoors because it was too hot to play outside, and a lot of going out on your own, on horseback, from a very early age," she said.
"It wasn’t that our parents were negligent. It’s just the way things were done in those days. It’s a miracle we lived to tell the tale. When I was 6 years old, I’d get on a pony and go someplace. It was like having a car when you were 6. And I think the town was only about 100,000 people, 150,000 people. You could always find a parking place."
She said they'd ride their ponies to the market, tie them up and go inside to have a cherry phosphate.
Ronstadt also spoke to the Republic about her Grammy-winning 1987 album "Canciones de Mi Padre" honoring the Mexican side of her heritage.
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The singer's grandparents were born in Mexico.
As a child in Tucson, Ronstadt said, "We sang a lot of Mexican folk songs. And stuff we heard on the radio. We sang everything we heard. But the stuff I loved the best was the Mexican music that came out of the rural culture, agrarian culture."
Ronstadt had wanted to make an album like "Canciones de Mi Padre" from the time she left Tucson to launch her career in Los Angeles.
"When I left home for Los Angeles, I took along a record by Lola Beltran and another record by the Mariachi Vargas," she said.
"I wanted to learn the songs and figure out how to make them into pop songs, like 'La Bamba.' That’s a traditional song. But the guys I was playing with didn’t have any idea how to make that kind of music."
When she won the Hispanic Heritage Foundation's Legend Award, Ronstadt spoke about the struggle to get that record made.
"I had a hit record and I asked the record company if I could record in Spanish. They said, 'No.'"
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She kept insisting, though.
"And finally," she said, "I had enough hit records that I could just tell the record company, 'Guess what? This is what you're getting.'"
To the label's credit, Ronstadt says, "they stepped up and tried to figure out how to sell it. They didn't have any idea how to market a Mexican record."
It became the biggest-selling non-English language album in U.S. history.
"I was grateful," Ronstadt said. "I hadn't thought about it while I was making it. I just thought, 'I'm gonna make this record and it's gonna be fine.'"
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 20, 2022 21:08:50 GMT
 Tucson Music Hall to be renamed in honor of Linda Ronstadt
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The Tucson Music Hall, used for concerts, plays, and ballet, will soon bear the name of Tucson native Linda Ronstadt.
Ronstadt began her musical career as the lead singer of the Stone Poneys, a country-folk trio featuring two friends she met while briefly attending the University of Arizona.
In an interview for a documentary, Ronstadt said one of her early musical experiences was singing in Spanish with father.
“We always, as a family, we always sang in Spanish. Even though I didn’t understand much of what I was singing, it was something that I learned to do. It was kind of like lip-reading, you know? I used to, kind of, chameleon in harmony along with my father,” said Ronstadt.
In a statement released by the city, Ronstadt says her “entire career was informed and nurtured by the music we made as I was growing up here.”
The venue will be formally renamed on May 7 during the International Mariachi Conference Espectacular Concert.
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Post by the Scribe on May 8, 2022 7:52:53 GMT
 Photos: The Tucson Music Hall renamed for Grammy and Emmy Award winner Linda Ronstadt
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Tucson, Ariz., native Linda Ronstadt was honored before the start of the Tucson International Mariachi Conference's Espectacular Concert, with the official renaming of the Tucson Music Hall as The Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, May 7, 2022.
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Linda Ronstadt stands before a Rock Martinez mural of her as she's honored by the crowd during the renaming ceremony for the Tucson Music Hall at The Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, Ariz., May 7, 2022.
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Singer Linda Ronstadt listens to the speakers during the renaming ceremony the Tucson Music Hall as The Linda Ronstadt Music Hall before the opening of the Tucson International Mariachi Conference Espectacular Concert, May 7, 2022.
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Singer Linda Ronstadt, left, listens to the speakers next to mayor Regina Romero during the renaming ceremony of the Tucson Music Hall as The Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, Ariz., May 7, 2022. The ceremony was held before the beginning of the Tucson International Mariachi Conference's Espectacular Concert.
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Singer Linda Ronstadt is escorted on stage to be honored with the renaming of the Tucson Music Hall as The Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, Ariz., May 7, 2022. The ceremony took place before the start of the Tucson International Mariachi Conference's Espectacular Concert.
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Linda Ronstadt takes the hand of one of the night's speakers after his address during the renaming ceremony of the Tucson Music Hall as The Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, Ariz., May 7, 2022.
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Mayor Regina Romero speaks during the renaming ceremony for the Tucson Music Hall as The Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, Ariz., May 7, 2022.
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The crowd lines up out side the Tucson Music Hall before the evening's Tucson International Mariachi Conference's Espectacular Concert, which was preceded by a ceremony renaming the hall The Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, Ariz., May 7, 2022.
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Photos: Rock Martinez paints mural of Linda Ronstadt
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South Tucson-born mural artist Rock Martinez, 41, completed a mural at the Tucson Music Hall in honor of Grammy-winning singer and Tucson native, Linda Ronstadt.
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Muralist Rock Martinez, middle, uses spray paint on his image of music legend Linda Ronstadt along with Joel Valdez, left, in a studio in downtown Tucson on Thursday, April 28, 2022. The Tucson Music Hall was renamed after Ronstadt during a ceremony at the 40th annual International Mariachi Conference Espectacular Concert. Ronstadt is one of the founders of the festival.
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Painter Rock Martinez works on some details of a mural of music legend Linda Ronstadt in a studio in downtown Tucson on Thursday, April 28, 2022. The Tucson Music Hall was renamed after Ronstadt during a ceremony at the 40th annual International Mariachi Conference Espectacular Concert. Ronstadt is one of the founders of the festival.
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Joel Valdez, left and Rock Martinez strategize their next move as they paint a mural of music legend Linda Ronstadt in a studio in downtown Tucson on Thursday, April 28, 2022. The Tucson Music Hall was renamed after Ronstadt during a ceremony at the 40th annual International Mariachi Conference Espectacular Concert. Ronstadt is one of the founders of the festival.
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Muralist Rock Martinez walks around a section of his mural of legend Linda Ronstadt as music from Canciones de mi Padre fills the studio space in downtown Tucson on Thursday, April 28, 2022. The Tucson Music Hall was renamed after Ronstadt during a ceremony at the 40th annual International Mariachi Conference Espectacular Concert. Ronstadt is one of the founders of the festival.
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The signature of music legend Linda Ronstadt is located on the earring of the mural painted by Rock Martinez in the studio before being hanged on the stage of the Tucson Convention Center Music Hall on Thursday, May 5, 2022. The Hall was renamed after Ronstadt during a ceremony at the 40th annual International Mariachi Conference Espectacular Concert. Ronstadt is one of the founders of the festival.
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A number of discarded spray paint cans are lined up as muralist Rock Martinez, along with the help of Joel Valdez, paint an image of music legend Linda Ronstadt in a studio in downtown Tucson on Thursday, April 28, 2022. The Tucson Music Hall was renamed after Ronstadt during a ceremony at the 40th annual International Mariachi Conference Espectacular Concert. Ronstadt is one of the founders of the festival.
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David Valdez, foreground, reinforces the canvas that he and muralist Rock Martinez, put together to create the image of music legend Linda Ronstadt before hanging it on the stage of the Tucson Convention Center Music Hall on Thursday, May 5, 2022. The Hall was renamed after Ronstadt during a ceremony at the 40th annual International Mariachi Conference Espectacular Concert. Ronstadt is one of the founders of the festival.
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Muralist Rock Martinez, left, checks with his friend and collaborator Joel Valdez, second left, as a group of people hang a mural of music legend Linda Ronstadt on the back stage of the Tucson Convention Center Music Hall on Thursday, May 5, 2022. The Hall was renamed after Ronstadt during a ceremony at the 40th annual International Mariachi Conference Espectacular Concert. Ronstadt is one of the founders of the festival.
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Dwarfed by its size, muralist Rock Martinez, middle, stands in front of his image of singer Linda Ronstadt while hanging it on the stage of the Tucson Convention Center Music Hall on Thursday, May 5, 2022. The Hall was renamed after Ronstadt during a ceremony at the 40th annual International Mariachi Conference Espectacular Concert. Ronstadt is one of the founders of the festival.
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For Star subscribers: After Ronstadt stopped singing due to Parkinson's, “I was moved by how she found an appreciation for other things in life, even though everything she was known for was taken away.”
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Post by the Scribe on May 8, 2022 8:54:24 GMT
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Post by the Scribe on May 8, 2022 8:59:22 GMT
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A Tucson Legacy: Linda Ronstadt Surprised By Music Hall Renaming
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By Eli Pacheco On May 13, 2022
Linda Ronstadt looked a little nervous sitting on the stage of the newly christened Linda Ronstadt Music Hall on May 7.
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All eyes were on the Tucson native and music legend, and she knew it.
“Sitting through the ceremony was a bit difficult,” she admitted in a phone interview a couple of days later. “Sometimes Parkinson’s takes your voice away, and when it happens I start to stutter. I wasn’t prepared to speak.”
She also confessed that she never would have imagined her hometown would honor her in that controversial space that she had railed against when it was built in the early 1970s.
The sprawling Tucson Convention Center and adjoining Music Hall and Leo Rich Theater was built on 80 acres of downtown that for more than 100 years was home to mostly Mexican-American, Pasqua Yaqui and Tohono O’odham residents. Their barrio was razed in the name of urban renewal in a move that was controversial back then and remains so for some residents to this day.
Ronstadt had spoken out against the Tucson Community Center — the Tucson Convention Center name came later — which makes the move to slap her name on the building a bit ironic, she said.
“I have been very vocal about complaining about the Convention Center,” she said. “It’s a community center replacing a community that was viable.”
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Tucson Mayor Regina Romero says the long-simmering hurt over the TCC played a bit of a role in her proposal to honor Ronstadt, the first Latina woman to have a city building named after her.
“Her name belongs in that space and the names of Mexican-American people belong in a space that really (sparked) trauma that is still very much alive in many families, including Mexican and O’odham and Yaqui families that were displaced from that area to build the Tucson Convention Center,” Romero said. “It really is, for me, about reclaiming space.”
A crowd waits outside Tucson Music Hall before the Tucson International Mariachi Conference’s Espectacular Concert and ceremony renaming the hall as the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall.
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“She has a beautiful, long legacy in music. She doesn’t really need Tucson for her name to live on forever,” the mayor added. “What it does is give Tucson an opportunity to really recognize her as a daughter of Tucson. Her and her family have a long history here in our city and so being able to reconnect her to her history and her culture it really cements her legacy in the Southwest, in our Sonoran Desert …. Her culture and her Mexican-American culture, I think that renaming the Music Hall after her is my way of saying that there is history here in our city and our downtown that revives that Mexican-American family and people (who) were part of this space.”
Ronstadt said the funny thing about having her name on the Music Hall is that her Mexican-American heritage will be lost on people who have no idea about her beyond her historic music career that crossed genres — country, pop, rock and Mexican — and generations — her career spanned four decades, from the late 1960s through early 2000s.
“I have a German surname,” she said, then chuckled. “It’s always confusing to people. Of course a lot of Germans settled in northern Mexico and they married Mexican women. My great-grandfather married Margarita Redondo. His family had been (in Mexico) for at least 100 years.”
Chronicling Linda
Ronstadt stopped singing around 2006 when she started experiencing symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease. She was diagnosed with the degenerative disorder in 2013.
She has made several public appearances in Tucson since, including a couple “conversations with” evenings at Fox Tucson Theatre in 2014 and 2018 that gave fans an opportunity to hear Ronstadt tell stories about her career and her childhood in Tucson.
She also made a journey in spring 2019 to Banámichi, Sonora, the small town along the Río Sonora several hours south of the U.S.-Mexico border not far from where her grandfather, Federico José María Ronstadt, was born. He immigrated to Tucson in the early 1880s.
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Ronstadt took the journey with her longtime friends Bill Steen, who also has ties to that area, and Jackson Browne, and students from the Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy. Documentary filmmaker James Keach chronicled the visit in the 2020 film “Linda and the Mockingbirds.”
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It was the second documentary centered around Ronstadt; in 2019, filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman released “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice,” based on her 2013 book “Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir.”
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In October, Ronstadt is releasing “Feels Like Home,” a book she wrote with Lawrence Downes with photos by Steen. The book is a love letter to Tucson and Mexico told through the family letters, photos, recipes and songs of six generations of Ronstadts.
A musical legacy
At the May 7 renaming ceremony, which took place during the 40th annual Tucson International Mariachi Conference, the 75-year-old said she accepted the honor on behalf of the entire Ronstadt family, past and present.
“I came from a certain musical milieu that was informed a lot by the radio and a lot by the culture of Tucson,” she said. “My family was musical; some of them were professional, some weren’t professional at all, but everybody played and sang and they sang their own feelings and they sang their own sorrows and they sang their own joys. That’s why I accepted it on behalf of the entire Ronstadt family. We weren’t the only musical family but we were one of the musical families. My grandfather had a band, military band, at the end of the 19th century. They toured and got out on the road to California and played. But they were the main source of music in Tucson. If you had a wedding or baptism or military parade, my grandfather played music for you.”
When you ask her about her own legacy in Tucson, Ronstadt said she has no idea how she will be remembered.
“You don’t know what people are going to think of you after you’re gone,” she said. “And I don’t care; I’ll be dead.”
But she said that one of her proudest accomplishments was her Mexican records including the seminal 1987 album “Canciones de Mi Padre.” The album, which sold 2.5 million copies and earned Ronstadt a Grammy, played a significant role in mariachi’s rise on the world stage and the prominence of the Tucson International Mariachi Conference.
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“I recorded Mexican music for the most self-indulgent reasons: I loved it and I wanted to sing it,” she said. “And I didn’t know that it was going to have any effect at all on the world of mariachi at large. They were idols to me, these kings and queens … they were my heroes. So to think that I had an impact on their world is a little overwhelming.”
In April, “Canciones de Mi Padre” was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry.
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Post by the Scribe on May 12, 2022 9:26:25 GMT
This must be the place to eat when being honored by the city of Tucson. Linda Ronstadt Out for lunch at El Charro Cafe, Tucson, Arizona May 8 2022
The El Charro Cafe Tucson where Linda went out for a meal is the oldest Mexican Restaurant in the U.S. built in 1922 & named as one of America’s 50 most iconic restaurants. It ships food nationwide & even appears on YouTube on Oldest Mexican Restaurant in America. The 100th Anniversary of El Charro Cafe is coming up this year. There are four different locations in Tucson, but the downtown restaurant is the original.
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This week Aaron Childs with Journey Maps travels to Tucson to explore and finds a place that the local rave about and has been round for almost 100 years. It's El Charro Cafe! If you're ever in the area or planning a trip to Tucson, this places needs to be on your list.
El Charro Cafe is a very quaint spot. The outside is very alluring with traditional style Mexican architecture. The inside has it's own individual charm as you make your way through many, many Mexican culture styled themes. Each room having it's on personality, including the fully decorated cozy basement for special occasions or private parties.
We also discovered that they're also the inventors of a very popular Mexican dish, called the "Chimichanga." The owners sister, Tia Monica Flin accidentally dropped a burro into the fryer. After almost cussing, she changed the word to Chimichanga and the rest is history.
If your into authentic Mexican food, love incredible architecture, amazing food and want to brag to your friends that you ate an original chimichanga, then you'll love El Charro Cafe in Tucson, Arizona.
Call (520) 622-1922 or visit them online at www.elcharrocafe.com
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Celebrating 35 years of the release or ‘Canciones de Mi Padre’ by Linda Ronstadt. Canciones de mi Padre would go on to become the biggest selling non-English language album in American record history and reinvigorate the mariachi genre for decades to come. The City of Tucson (Mayor @tucsonromero and Pima County Supervisor @adelitasgrijalva) dedicated and renamed the TCC Music Hall in honor of Linda Ronstadt and her family’s contributions. |
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Post by the Scribe on May 16, 2022 16:53:06 GMT
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Imagine that you lose the ability to do one thing in your life that you were intended to do, and thus you become the person you intended.
For the spray can artist Rock Martinez, 41, one was the ability to use the sides of walls and buildings as canvas to create complex, detailed and vibrantly colored murals.
A few years ago, a South Tucson-born artist was working on a show in the Midwest. He took his finger off the constant spray tension while using an inferior brand of paint can.
I remember pushing the nozzle harder than usual. “I heard pop and noticed something was terribly wrong and saw my fingers swollen.”
It has been super extended. As he tried to continue spraying with his middle finger and then his thumb, his tension worsened, causing unbearable pain in his entire hand and palm.
He left the show earlier than planned and wanted his hands to heal over time. Especially if the European tour is just a few days away.
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Instead, he noticed that his hand was so swollen that he couldn’t even open it.
“I thought,’What should I do?'”
He recalled a television interview starring singer Linda Ronstadt and looked back on how she dealt with Parkinson’s disease, the pain that robbed her of her singing voice.
“I remember the interview was very heartfelt,” Martinez said. “She was impressed that she was grateful for everything else in her life, even though she was robbed of everything she knew.”
He was already a fan of her music, but the interview helped him find the confidence he needed to move forward.
“I was in this delicate stage with a hand injury, but deeply I knew it wouldn’t last forever. I could create it without using my teeth. Inspired by her. I got a ration. “
After he regained the use of his hands, Martinez was urged to show his appreciation to Ronstadt by painting the murals of the singer.
But then some questions arose. How does he get permission? Where will the finished work be when it is finished?
Weeks, months, and years have passed. Martinez didn’t have a solution yet.
It didn’t discourage him. “I carry out my thoughts,” he said. “I will do what it takes to make it happen.”
The painter Rock Martinez is working on the details of the mural paintings of the musical legend Linda Ronstadt in a studio in downtown Tucson on Thursday, April 28, 2022. Ronstadt is one of the founders of the festival.
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His friend and fellow artist Joel Valdes, 30, a grandson of the former mayor of Tucson, knew Martinez’s obsession and participated in the search for the right place.
They met through mutual friends in 2011 and collaborated on several art projects.
“I always knew that I needed to create a project in honor of his injury and her,” Valdes said.
Call it a coincidence or something that tends to happen in Tucson. But one night, Valdes went to see his friend and declared, “I never know who was at my parents’ house the other night … Linda Ronstadt.”
It was the break they were looking for.
Martinez asked Joel’s father, film producer David Valdes, if he could help.
Soon David joined the search for a suitable mural site.
Meanwhile, Martinez wrote to Ronstadt about the intent of the mural and the reasons behind it.
He wrote about her influence on mariachi music, saying, “I’ve always tried to emphasize local talent and Tucson’s positive role model.”
Martinez sought her approval and shared his desire to portray her wearing a mariachi regalia.
A few days later, Ronstadt replied that she was honored.
Little by little, the search settled around the Tucson Convention Center.
First somewhere on the outside, then probably on the inside. Both the arena and the music hall were good choices.
Linda Ronstadt, Mural, Music Hall, 2022
Joel Valdes and Rock Martinez on the left strategically move on to the next move when painting the mural of music legend Linda Ronstadt in a studio in downtown Tucson on Thursday, April 28, 2022. International Mariachi Conference A spectacular concert. Ronstadt is one of the founders of the festival.
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And as an event in Tucson, it was announced in March of this year that the name of the music hall would be changed after Ronstadt.
At the time of the announcement, Martinez was working on a project in Switzerland.
“Everything was decided like a dream,” he said. “It was all intended to be that way.”
But now time was important.
With only a few weeks to prepare, the dedication to renaming the Music Hall was planned for the grand concert of the 40th International Mariachi Conference on May 7.
Several photographs were considered for the mural, but her black-and-white newspaper image taken at Arizona Daily Star on May 9, 1986 was selected.
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Fletcher McCascar provided Martinez and Valdes with the perfect place to paint murals at No. 1 East Tour Avenue, where Sinfonia Healthcare was once located.
In less than two weeks, Martinez, who now prefers to paint on canvas, went to work.
“By drawing on the canvas, my work becomes more agile and gives me more control over my work,” Martinez said.
After helping David Valdes create the framing of six canvases, Joel Valdes helped paint Martinez.
Wearing respirators, they work on long stretches, then check their progress, have a light meal with a strip of dried beef, drink La Croix Limoncello-flavored water, surrounded by abandoned paint cans, Dripping in various colors.
From time to time, they listened to Ronstadt’s song from “Canciones de mi Padre” in a cave warehouse, shining a soft, uniform light through an overhead frosted glass window.
When the mural was completed, both Valdeses, along with some friends, hung Martinez’s panel and a completed 14-foot x 21-foot portrait on the stage of the music hall in time for the dedication concert. I helped.
The mural will be displayed in the lobby of the new Linda Ronstadt Music Hall. This mural will inspire others over the years to come.
When Martinez’s wishes came true, his murals show that Ronstadt celebrated his return home and his roots and sang his father’s song “Canciones de Mipadre” forever.
Photo: Rock Martinez paints a mural of Linda Ronstadt
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