Tucson Festival of Books: Feels Like Home Interview w/ Linda Ronstadt
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Published 2023-05-09
In Feels Like Home, Grammy award-winning singer Linda Ronstadt effortlessly evokes the magical panorama of the high desert, a landscape etched by sunlight and carved by wind, offering a personal tour built around meals and memories of the place where she came of age. Growing up the granddaughter of Mexican immigrants and a descendant of Spanish settlers near northern Sonora, Ronstadt’s intimate new memoir celebrates the marvelous flavors and indomitable people on both sides of what was once a porous border whose denizens were happy to exchange recipes and gather around campfires to sing the ballads that shaped Ronstadt’s musical heritage. Following her bestselling musical memoir, Simple Dreams, this book seamlessly braids Ronstadt’s recollections of people and their passions in a region little understood in the rest of the United States. This road trip through the desert, written in collaboration with former New York Times writer Lawrence Downes and illustrated throughout with beautiful photographs by Bill Steen, features recipes for traditional Sonoran dishes and a bevy of revelations for Ronstadt’s admirers. If this book were a radio signal, you might pick it up on an Arizona highway, well south of Phoenix, in the glow of Ronstadt’s hometown of Tucson. It would be playing something old and Mexican from a time when the border was a place not of peril but of possibility.
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All Comments (21)
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Everyone always talks about Linda's extraordinary singing abilities. Rarely mentioned is how intelligent she is. Always very thoughtful, curious and well informed. She was always very helpful to other women singers as she was a pioneer in the male dominated field.
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Her insight, her passion, her wit—-Parkinson’s hasn’t dulled any of that. She is remarkable.
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I'm weeping.....I just wish I could invade her personal space enough to give her a HUGE hug and thank her for a lifetime of incredible music and inspiration and example. I just love this woman and I pray for her every day. Love you, Linda...and my voice teachers over the years always had me sing your songs because I can sing in your range, thanks to you! I'm 60 now and I know that in my life there will NEVER be another singer that has influenced me as much, or that I appreciate as much. LoveLoveLove, Liz
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I'll be a Ronstadt fan forever.
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Linda is a compassionate warm intelligent woman who I absolutely love and respect! Been a fan for 40 years.❤❤
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This woman's a certified national treasure.
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So humbling watching this. Today's generation would see an old lady while the rest of us see a legendary voice and gorgeous lady of the 70's & 80's. Willie Nelson said, "There are two kinds of men in this world, those who have a crush on Linda Ronstadt and those who haven't heard of her"
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I am 67. I saw Linda at 19 on my birthday. I was blown away. Still love what she did for the music world.❤
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If there was a finer woman voice of the rock era , I have yet to hear it ! Linda's range is quite astonishing . To go from the high powered singing voice to the lowest bass in a matter of seconds with the most natural ease possible ,is in my book unprecedented.... This wonderful lady and her sensational Bands over the decades have lit up a huge part of my musical enjoyment . We rarely see talent of the calibre of Linda Ronstadt these days unfortunately . I'm a huge fanboy and from Scotland.
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How could anyone not appreciate and care for this lovely human? I saw Linda sing in a smallish venue in Boston in the 70's. She was opening for Jackson Browne. They were taking turns opening for one another on the tour! It remains the best concert I have ever seen. Decades later I do not live too far from her childhood's Tuscon area. Her humane way and strong wish for us as people to do the right thing is her music now, to our ears...
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I am 76 and I have spent a major portion of my life with Linda Ronstadt! When I was a young screamer her music fit me like a glove! Her music has blessed me her and my entire life! I am still mesmerized with her 3 albums she recorded with Nelson Riddle and listen to them frequently!! Linda Ronstadt I wish to thank you for a lifetime of music!!
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I love and respect Linda for her art and her personality.
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Linda has always been strong & intelligent. I love her personality & soul. Love you always❤️ 🙏God bless you, Linda🌹🎶 Ronstadt.
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I have been a fan of Linda since "Different Drum"
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The best voice in the world . Saw her twice in concert ❤
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My Dad suffered from Parkinson's, it robs you of your strength and independence. Linda is facing it with strength and her can do spirit.
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Remarkable lady to be so good with such a long illness. Bright, brave and beautiful. ❤❤❤
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Linda is still beautiful in her seventies. It's sad that she can't sing anymore. But her tiny voice is still powerful.
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She sang it and we listened and we were better for it.
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She is so intelligent ....well spoken.I can listen to her for hours and not get enough She has so much to give
