Gorgeous free spirit. Glorious pipes and somehow , in a dirty rotten business, Linda was beloved and respected by all the players. Very special songbird.
There's a young singer with an old voice named Sierra Ferrell who does a smoking version of this song. Part of a new generation of kids who are taking the music back to its roots. Cheers.
She is a Camelian. Can inflect perfectly to any genre. Country, blues, pop, rock, ballads, folk, even opera and mariachi. Wow, just WOW. Saw her with the Stone Poneys way back and loved her ever since.
Don't we all wish we could lol I'd have my life all over again if I could so many things I would do differently or have missed or didn't do and seeing linda in her early years is one of them I didn't pick her up until around 74
Hef is right, Linda plays Country Music with a difference. Most people don't realize that what they are watching here is the birth of Country Rock right before their eyes. Bernie Leadon of the Eagles can be seen playing bass to Linda's right. Great performance. Thanks for posting it.
Even though Dylan did not release it until the 90s, Arlo Guthrie sang it at Woodstock. I believe Dylan published the song in Broadside or a similar magazine without recording it.
A 24 year old Linda here, just a walking that line, like only she could. Boy, that little girl could sing! It was so obvious that she had all the other ladies beat hands down, and she didn't even have to try. If there were an attractiveness meter, Linda just blew all its fuses. Barbie at that time was spectacular as well. I think that fiddle player must of just picked it up that morning.
So true. I remember trucking up out of Alabama at night with a couple of Decatur based truckers in the mid-80's. I mentioned on CB radio that I had some Linda Ronstadt tape casettes--and all the sudden one driver gasped , lit up his brakes, begged to borrow the tapes til we got up to Detroit.
Pretty sure thats Bernie Leadon (Eagles) on lead in the back left. Lindsey Wagner in the audience and Barbi Benton sitting next to Hefner. Linda, the best.
The band is Bernie Leadon on guitar plus John London bass and John Ware drums from Michael Nesmith's First National Band but we can't see the fiddle player but it may be Richard Bowden.
That’s Bernie Leadon in the red shirt on Linda’s right playing guitar. He went on to be in her regular touring band before going on to be a co-founder of the Eagles.
At about the 1:45 mark Bernie Leadon gives the fiddle player a look, like "what the hell is that" and then camera flashes back to Linda whose doing the same thing!
The Dillards took this Dylan song and went bluegrass with it. Rick Nelson then did it on one of his country albums. Linda does it here a lot like Rick but she replaces the "heavy head gal" with some walking shoes. Some legendary musicians backing her here in their younger days.
Linda was one of a kind. She was beautiful and very ladylike. You don't see that with the popular female singers today. Every female these days wants to be like Kim Kardashian or Cardi B. YUCK! Today's female stars have nothing on LOVELY LINDA.
@ronstadtfanaz You brought up a really good point, In order to be REALLY succcessful you need to your own unique style or service, If you come out with a copy of the beatles you will fail, you have to be unique, not neccessarily a non-conformist, but unique in your own way
frank peter Correct. She was the muse of country/rock, the true blue center of the scene. Plus she did it earlier and more often than Gram - with greater(steadier)musical chops.
@Mark Landau Gram was great but as a hardcore addicted East Coast rich kid a bit of a poser. Ronstadt, a Borderland Senorita, from the Cowboy and Indian Southwest - to many her emotional voice seems far more pure. She sang this stuff from her earliest days in Tucson - a decade or so before Sweetheart of the Rodeo( a classic no doubt). Always enhances ones reputation to die young. Had to be there.
@Mark Landau Both beloved and very special. But Linda's musical instincts were natural, Gram a bit of a fairytale. Had Ronstadt not become such a huge Pop Star - no one would question her soul.
@Ktube I'm not questioning it at all - Linda is deeply and purely soulful. I believe Mr. Landau was. Gram Parsons was terrific but not as "pure and authentic". An early death creates musical myths.
@@lordsatanicus1622 LOL. supposedly, when she did the Johnny Cash Show, around this same time, June went out and bought her a pair of underpants and told her that she was not going onstage with Johnny until she put them on.
TheODLawson23 I noticed that too, I have to wonder how she got on here, she wasn’t on any TV series back then, maybe Hef was eyeing her for the magazine
@@jennifersman7990 I have no idea how she got on here. People didn't know who she was before she became famous in her show. It seems like she was a model woman or something.
Supposedly in 68’ she was a college dropout at 19. She moved to LA and did TV commercial work & modeling before getting hired by Hefner as a hostess there. That’s why she’s front & center in the audience.
On this show, Hef introduces Ms. Ronstadt as a country star - NOT as a rock star. That was in 1970. One hundred million records later -- and thirty million country records later -- why isn't Ms. Ronstadt in the CMHOF? She's sold as many records as Dolly Parton (and shared a couple of Grammys with Dolly and Emmylou Harris).. She's outsold Boonie Raitt three to one for country records. She's outsold Emmylou Harris three to one just on country records. (She and Emmylou are best friends, so maybe the comparison is not fair.)
thinkerly1 - I'd bet my bottom $ that it's because of all the other genres she did. RRHOF sure took their sweet-ass time inducting her. She's the only artist I know whose voice you can hear evolve throughout her career - she says in her book that it wasn't until "Pirates of Penzance" that she really learned how to sing and all of her work afterward reflects that
It's said Glen Frey and Don Henley were instrumental in getting Linda in the ballot for the RRHOF. I'm sure that Linda, who seems to not be impressed with awards and accolades, would have mentioned to both Dolly and Emmylou to not try that with her. Linda is probably pleased enough that so many of country music's stars claim Linda as an influence
I think what PJE says here has a lot of validity. Even though I am aware of all the county she has done, I tend to think of her more as a pop music or even folk-rock singer.
I'm guessing, but when Dylan wrote that, it was probably about a dude in jail. Most jails have tape lines on the floor and all prisoners are required to stay on the line and not deviate. Like when going from their cell to the cafeteria etc. "Well I'm walkin down the line, feet ill be a flyin, tell ya bout my troubled mind"
Gorgeous free spirit. Glorious pipes and somehow , in a dirty rotten business, Linda was beloved and respected by all the players. Very special songbird.
Those dangling sleeves are adorable! A cutie....and the greatest most versatile female vocalist of her generation.
Man, she had a great set of............ pipes
My goodness she's a baby here. I miss her voice. Thank goodness for all the recordings.
There's a young singer with an old voice named Sierra Ferrell who does a smoking version of this song. Part of a new generation of kids who are taking the music back to its roots. Cheers.
She is a Camelian. Can inflect perfectly to any genre. Country, blues, pop, rock, ballads, folk, even opera and mariachi. Wow, just WOW.
Saw her with the Stone Poneys way back and loved her ever since.
Can I go back in time, and watch Linda sing this live ?
Those were better days !
Don't think so!
Don't we all wish we could lol I'd have my life all over again if I could so many things I would do differently or have missed or didn't do and seeing linda in her early years is one of them I didn't pick her up until around 74
So authentic,pure talent she could sing any genre and make it her own, One of the greatest voices of my generation. The Real Deal, Amazing Artist
That dress, that voice, her hair, the Band - Linda was, even in her early daze, simply marvelous
And if you believe June Carter, she didn't wear anything underneath her dress.
@@Sweetmelody2011 I bet no one there forced her to put on drawers.
Hef is right, Linda plays Country Music with a difference. Most people don't realize that what they are watching here is the birth of Country Rock right before their eyes. Bernie Leadon of the Eagles can be seen playing bass to Linda's right. Great performance. Thanks for posting it.
check out the Flying Burrito brothers,. Parson and Hillman were the bridge a whole genre crossed over.
Leadon is on guitar not on bass
But Ken Burns didn't include her in his country documentary, shame on him.
@@anthonymussari8783 Meathead is on bass
John London on bass, John Ware on drums (of Michael Nesmith's First National Band)
GORGEOUS vocals and a free spirited charmer. Nothing else quite like early Linda.
Stunning purity in her voice. Young, free, down to Earth. Linda was something in voice and vibe.
Hands down, she was the cutest girl in America in the late 60's.
And 70’s
Not bad singer either
"Cutest" doesn't really describe her beauty here.
Still is
@@robertkelly6282 and she is one of The best voice of all time
Linda Ronstadt...fill in as you wish. Just a rare instrument attached to a really special dame. Great vibe from her earliest performances.
Fantastic. Linda is lovely beyond description This is my favorite version of another of Dylan's unreleased classics.
Even though Dylan did not release it until the 90s, Arlo Guthrie sang it at Woodstock. I believe Dylan published the song in Broadside or a similar magazine without recording it.
No one beat Linda live.
A 24 year old Linda here, just a walking that line, like only she could.
Boy, that little girl could sing!
It was so obvious that she had all the other ladies beat hands down,
and she didn't even have to try.
If there were an attractiveness meter, Linda just blew all its fuses.
Barbie at that time was spectacular as well.
I think that fiddle player must of just picked it up that morning.
Hardcore country and she is stunning.
She put us through some changes, boy. Great singer from crooning, to belting softcore charms.
A pioneer with some great pipes, devoted talented musicians and sensual without even trying. Sigh...
Linda was a force of nature
Breathtakingly groovy and a vocalist extraordinaire.
I love it! Back in the day when she sang barefoot.
Linda is a Amazing talent one of the greatest vocalist of her generation she defined decades of music 🎶 always the best of the best ❤🎶
¡¡¡ MUCHAS FELICIDADES LINDA !!! TE QUEREMOS DESDE MADRID (Spain)
i'm gonna wear this out. while i'm walkin down the line. truly, a powerhouse.the best.everyones second,but linda woudn't say that.
I love Linda here and Bernie too. They are having fun.
Fabulous! Have never heard this version. Great band too. A lot of charm in this performance.
the one and only!! she could sing anything!!
She is beautifully pretty here!
And prettily beautiful as well.
Every song is Linda's song.
amazing
Linda easily made strong men surrender. She was remarkable and unlike all the others, from the beginning.
So true. I remember trucking up out of Alabama at night with a couple of Decatur based truckers in the mid-80's. I mentioned on CB radio that I had some Linda Ronstadt tape casettes--and all the sudden one driver gasped , lit up his brakes, begged to borrow the tapes til we got up to Detroit.
Love her so much!!!
i love this so much
Pretty sure thats Bernie Leadon (Eagles) on lead in the back left. Lindsey Wagner in the audience and Barbi Benton sitting next to Hefner. Linda, the best.
It doesn't matter what she sings,love her so much.Make Angels Smile Linda
I love us ronstadt fans!
Please, let"s put Ms. Ronstadt in the CMHOF!
Always love you Linda.
Bernie Leadon right there in the thick of it. Love it! ❤
The Voice!!!
Linda's song selection is impeccable -- what seems like a country song was written by Bob Dylan.
I'll have what they're having. Linda...truth. A country rockin hippie chick with a voice of wonder.
A rockin' cutie ❤
I WANT THAT DRESS!!!
The band is Bernie Leadon on guitar plus John London bass and John Ware drums from Michael Nesmith's First National Band but we can't see the fiddle player but it may be Richard Bowden.
woooow, that dress of Linda!!! I just Love
Had a dress just like that in 1966.
Yeah Bernie! You had no idea what heights you were about to scale!❤️
That’s Bernie Leadon in the red shirt on Linda’s right playing guitar. He went on to be in her regular touring band before going on to be a co-founder of the Eagles.
Linda is phenomenal! Heffner was a scuzzball!
Puritan much?
@@davidbach7003 yes
Cool footage. I bet Hef was jonseying to get Linda to pose for his rag. One smokin' hot mama she is! And a cool song to boot as well.
Brian Phillips I
I think he did make her an offer to pose at one time
This Dylan song got played at Woodstock by Arlo Guthrie but I think this version may have the edge
Fantastic version with multi-instrumentalist Bernie Leadon on guitar, what could be better.
Barbie Benton too! She's at Hefs left at the beginning.
I waited on her and her mother in 1986 in a restaurant on St. Petersburg Beach Florida
At about the 1:45 mark Bernie Leadon gives the fiddle player a look, like "what the hell is that" and then camera flashes back to Linda whose doing the same thing!
I see Lindsey- WOW!!!!!
The Dillards took this Dylan song and went bluegrass with it. Rick Nelson then did it on one of his country albums. Linda does it here a lot like Rick but she replaces the "heavy head gal" with some walking shoes. Some legendary musicians backing her here in their younger days.
so cute😊 barefoot lovely talented lady🙌❤️❤️❤️
Linda in her famous hoop earrings.
I think the guitarist is Bernie Leadon
Linda was one of a kind. She was beautiful and very ladylike. You don't see that with the popular female singers today. Every female these days wants to be like Kim Kardashian or Cardi B. YUCK! Today's female stars have nothing on LOVELY LINDA.
Linda was sexy without TRYING to be sexy! Just a classy lady all the way around!
This Dylan song shud have been a hit...
@ronstadtfanaz You brought up a really good point, In order to be REALLY succcessful you need to your own unique style or service, If you come out with a copy of the beatles you will fail, you have to be unique, not neccessarily a non-conformist, but unique in your own way
Bob Dylan really did write EVERYTHING Lol
That's John London playing Bass, John Ware on drums, after this they went on to be in the First National Band, with Michael Nesmith!
Randi Parton And future Eagle Bernie Leadon is on the red Gibson ES-335
John London looks like Michael Stivic the Meathead
Not to take anything away from emmylou harris or gram parsons but linda does not get enough credit for the development of this genre.
frank peter Correct. She was the muse of country/rock, the true blue center of the scene. Plus she did it earlier and more often than Gram - with greater(steadier)musical chops.
@Mark Landau Gram was great but as a hardcore addicted East Coast rich kid a bit of a poser. Ronstadt, a Borderland Senorita, from the Cowboy and Indian Southwest - to many her emotional voice seems far more pure. She sang this stuff from her earliest days in Tucson - a decade or so before Sweetheart of the Rodeo( a classic no doubt). Always enhances ones reputation to die young. Had to be there.
@Mark Landau Both beloved and very special. But Linda's musical instincts were natural, Gram a bit of a fairytale. Had Ronstadt not become such a huge Pop Star - no one would question her soul.
@Ktube I'm not questioning it at all - Linda is deeply and purely soulful. I believe Mr. Landau was. Gram Parsons was terrific but not as "pure and authentic". An early death creates musical myths.
Gustavino
I just wanted to find the audio for that song.
Did I spot a few future Eagles in the band?
"Barefoot, braless, and breathtaking with killer pipes". Early Linda ...sigh
and likely panty less too
Ohhhh yes!!
@@lordsatanicus1622 LOL. supposedly, when she did the Johnny Cash Show, around this same time, June went out and bought her a pair of underpants and told her that she was not going onstage with Johnny until she put them on.
@@mthivier yhats what I was referring to
@@mthivier it's rumored she told June that she sings better without panties
At 0:21, that's Lindsay Wagner, The Bionic Woman in the audience!! Wow, she looked so young.
TheODLawson23 I noticed that too, I have to wonder how she got on here, she wasn’t on any TV series back then, maybe Hef was eyeing her for the magazine
@@jennifersman7990 I have no idea how she got on here. People didn't know who she was before she became famous in her show. It seems like she was a model woman or something.
Supposedly in 68’ she was a college dropout at 19. She moved to LA and did TV commercial work & modeling before getting hired by Hefner as a hostess there. That’s why she’s front & center in the audience.
On this show, Hef introduces Ms. Ronstadt as a country star - NOT as a rock star. That was in 1970. One hundred million records later -- and thirty million country records later -- why isn't Ms. Ronstadt in the CMHOF? She's sold as many records as Dolly Parton (and shared a couple of Grammys with Dolly and Emmylou Harris).. She's outsold Boonie Raitt three to one for country records. She's outsold Emmylou Harris three to one just on country records. (She and Emmylou are best friends, so maybe the comparison is not fair.)
thinkerly1 - I'd bet my bottom $ that it's because of all the other genres she did. RRHOF sure took their sweet-ass time inducting her. She's the only artist I know whose voice you can hear evolve throughout her career - she says in her book that it wasn't until "Pirates of Penzance" that she really learned how to sing and all of her work afterward reflects that
It's said Glen Frey and Don Henley were instrumental in getting Linda in the ballot for the RRHOF. I'm sure that Linda, who seems to not be impressed with awards and accolades, would have mentioned to both Dolly and Emmylou to not try that with her. Linda is probably pleased enough that so many of country music's stars claim Linda as an influence
I think what PJE says here has a lot of validity. Even though I am aware of all the county she has done, I tend to think of her more as a pop music or even folk-rock singer.
@@roberthill799 I read an interview where Linda said she was a pop star who sang some country songs.
Arlo Guthrie sang this at Woodstock, Linda does it best
Is that before he did the voice for the Aflac duck?
As per Dolly Parton: Linda has the ability to get inside a song. She becomes it
Bernie Leadon on guitar as well
I doubt Linda would have appeared on that show later in her career.
Did Hugh make her an offer?
@ronstadtfanaz wrong, he's playing the big red guitar
How did violin go out of tune so fast
A Dylan song, introduced by Hefner as a "country song". Well...
Nashville Skyline was NO.1 on ALL the country charts and those songs have been covered by country artists ever since.
Bernie Leadon on guitar? Bryon Berline on fiddle?
Pretty girl and pretty voice. She is easy to fall in love with.
It all fall apart at 1:48?
Yea what was that look about?😞
@@Sammy-mp9xn cocaine?
Snortin down the line
I'm guessing, but when Dylan wrote that, it was probably about a dude in jail. Most jails have tape lines on the floor and all prisoners are required to stay on the line and not deviate. Like when going from their cell to the cafeteria etc.
"Well I'm walkin down the line, feet ill be a flyin, tell ya bout my troubled mind"
He was walking down the railroad line; he's got the walkin' blues.
This song was banned in Texas.
William Wallace Why?
The brother in the green shirt, is that Paul Mooney?
Derek Carson Sure is. He is on a couple of episodes I believe. Never know who will turn up at the Mansion!!!
goodness, I didn't recognize hefner at first
Got her at 0:22...
Why didnt Heffner persuade her to pose in his magazine?
When she left tucson for LA in the 60's her father gave her his guitar, $30 dollars, and told her never to be photograped without clothes.
frank peter Yep, true story
Who is LIndsey Wagner? This is about Linda.
She was the Bionic Woman( a famous 70s tv show)
She was famous in the 70's TV show, "The Bionic Woman". She didn't become famous yet in this video before The Bionic Woman made her famous.
If they ever do a biopic of Linda’s life, Selena Gomez should play Linda
no! vanessa hudgens
selena gomez is a crack head btw
You're getting your wish!
I am so jealous of Jerry Brown.
Late60s what about the 70sand8os
nobody as sexy as texmex sex symbol from the sixties
Is that Meathead playing base???
😂😂😂
very cute legs
Anyone notice she has no shoes on :)
+Suzie N She said she sang better barefoot and with no underwear on.
Don't we all? ; -)
She was barefoot so she could escape from Hefner, LOL.
No shoes, no bra, and no panty!
She sang on Johnny Cash's show with no shoes, its her thang.
Meathead on bass! 😎
I think dillards did the best with this.
I thought that was meathead from Archie Bunker behind her
Bernie Leadon guitar