Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir (Hardcover) by Linda Ronstadt

from cherybear

Love Linda. Love her music. In fact, I'm going to buy some stuff to add to what I have. But. . . she is not a writer. The book is pretty disjointed. Her style is oddly stilted. She describes relationships as "I was keeping company with. . ." Who talks like this in 2013? Suddenly she talks about h...

from pennsylady

★ ★ ★ This autobi is true to title. It revolves around the musical career of Linda Ronstadt. I appreciated the close look at her career and those instrumental to it. However, I found it strangely shy of personal detail. Bear in mind, I have an attachment to her career in a particular era and ther...

from clue

This is not so much a personal memoir as it is a history of the music scene of the 70's and 80's. Very interesting overall but sometimes too much a list of performances.

from Peter1Mic

Simple Dreams, Ronstadt prefers not to roar. Her memoir is a measured and polite reminiscence on her sizable role in rock's For anyone fascinated by the cross-pollination of musical talent in Los Angeles' buzzing pre-corporate rock scene, Ronstadt's front-row seat offers a prime view. She was pa...

from terrygraap

I just loved Linda Ronstadt's music. I lost touch of what she played after I sold my lps and never got her in cds. This book was truly wonderful especially her earlier years. I never knew she got Glenn Frey and Don Henley togother and that she knew and played with emmylou harris and dolly parton....