Simple Dreams ~ A Musical Memoir (32 page)

8. LINDA RONSTADT—
HEART LIKE A WHEEL
—CAPITOL—NOVEMBER 1974

Produced by Peter Asher
You’re No Good (Clint Ballard Jr.) It Doesn’t Matter Anymore (Paul Anka) Faithless Love (J. D. Souther) The Dark End of the Street (Dan Pennington–Wayne Moman) Heart Like a Wheel (Anna McGarrigle) When Will I Be Loved (Phil Everly) Willin’ (Lowell George) I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still In Love With You) (Hank Williams) Keep Me From Blowing Away (Paul Craft) You Can Close Your Eyes (James Taylor)

9. LINDA RONSTADT—
PRISONER IN DISGUISE
—ASYLUM—SEPTEMBER 1975

Produced by Peter Asher
Love Is a Rose (Neil Young) Hey Mister, That’s Me Up on the Jukebox (James Taylor) Roll Um Easy (Lowell George) The Tracks of My Tears (William Robinson–Marv Tarplin–Warren Moore) Prisoner in Disguise (John David Souther) Heat Wave (Holland–Dozier–Holland) Many Rivers to Cross (Jimmy Cliff) The Sweetest Gift (with Emmylou Harris) (J. B. Coats) You Tell Me That I’m Falling Down (Anna McGarrigle–C. S. Holland) I Will Always Love You (Dolly Parton) Silver Blue (John David Souther)

10. LINDA RONSTADT—
HASTEN DOWN THE WIND
—ASYLUM—AUGUST 1976

Produced by Peter Asher
Lose Again (Karla Bonoff) The Tattler (Ry Cooder–Russ Titelman–Washington Phillips) If He’s Ever Near (Karla Bonoff) That’ll Be the Day (J. Allison–Buddy Holly–Norman Petty) Lo Siento Mi Vida (Linda Ronstadt–Kenny Edwards–Gilbert Ronstadt) Hasten Down the Wind (Warren Zevon) Rivers of Babylon (B. Dowe–S. McNaughton) Give One Heart (John and Johanna Hall) Try Me Again (Linda Ronstadt–Andrew Gold) Crazy (Willie Nelson) Down So Low (Tracy Nelson)

Someone to Lay Down Beside Me (Karla Bonoff)

11. LINDA RONSTADT—
SIMPLE DREAMS
—ASYLUM—AUGUST 1977

Produced by Peter Asher
It’s So Easy (Buddy Holly–Norman Petty) Carmelita (Warren Zevon) Simple Man, Simple Dream (J. D. Souther) Sorrow Lives Here (Eric Kaz) I Never Will Marry (Trad. arr. by Linda Ronstadt) Blue Bayou (Roy Orbison–Joe Melson) Poor Poor Pitiful Me (Warren Zevon) Maybe I’m Right (Robert Wachtel) Tumbling Dice (Mick Jagger–Keith Richards) Old Paint (Trad. arr. by Linda Ronstadt)

12. LINDA RONSTADT—
LIVING IN THE U.S.A.
—ASYLUM—SEPTEMBER 1978

Produced by Peter Asher
Back in the U.S.A. (Chuck Berry) When I Grow Too Old to Dream (Oscar Hammerstein II–Sigmund Romberg) Just One Look (G. Carrol–D. Payne) Alison (Elvis Costello) White Rhythm and Blues (J. D. Souther) All That You Dream (Paul Barrere–Bill Payne) Ooh Baby Baby (William Robinson–Warren Moore) Mohammed’s Radio (Warren Zevon) Blowing Away (Eric Kaz) Love Me Tender (Elvis Presley–Vera Matson)

13. LINDA RONSTADT—
MAD LOVE
—ASYLUM—FEBRUARY 1980

Produced by Peter Asher
Mad Love (Mark Goldenberg) Party Girl (Elvis Costello)

How Do I Make You (Billy Steinberg) I Can’t Let Go (Chip Taylor–Al Gorgoni) Hurt So Bad (Teddy Randazzo–Bobby Wilding–Bobby Hart) Look Out For My Love (Neil Young) Cost of Love (Mark Goldenberg) Justine (Mark Goldenberg)

Girls Talk (Elvis Costello)

Talking in the Dark (Elvis Costello)

14. LINDA RONSTADT—
GET CLOSER
—ASYLUM—SEPTEMBER 1982

Produced by Peter Asher
Get Closer (Jonathan Carroll) The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Jimmy Webb) I Knew You When (Joe South) Easy for You to Say (Jimmy Webb) People Gonna Talk (William Wheeler–Lee Dorsey–Morris Levy–Clarence L. Lewis) Talk to Me of Mendocino (Kate McGarrigle) I Think It’s Gonna Work Out Fine (with James Taylor) (Rose Marie McCoy–Sylvia McKinney) Mr. Radio (Roderick Taylor) Lies (Buddy Randell–Beau Charles) Tell Him (Bert Russell)

Sometimes You Just Can’t Win (with John David Souther) (Smokey Stover) My Blue Tears (with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris) (Dolly Parton)

15. LINDA RONSTADT—
WHAT’S NEW
—ASYLUM—SEPTEMBER 1983

Produced by Peter Asher
What’s New? (Johnny Burke–Bob Haggart) I’ve Got a Crush on You (George Gershwin–Ira Gershwin) Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry (Sammy Cahn–Jule Styne) Crazy He Calls Me (Carl Sigman–Sidney Keith Russell) Someone to Watch Over Me (George Gershwin–Ira Gershwin) I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You (Bing Crosby–Ned Washington–Victor Young) What’ll I Do? (Irving Berlin) Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?) (Jimmy Davis–Jimmy Sherman–Roger “Ram” Ramirez) Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins)

16. LINDA RONSTADT—
LUSH LIFE
—ASYLUM—NOVEMBER 1984

Produced by Peter Asher
When I Fall in Love (Edward Heyman–Victor Young) Skylark (Hoagy Carmichael–Johnny Mercer) It Never Entered My Mind (Lorenz Hart–Richard Rodgers) Mean to Me (Fred Ahlert–Roy Turk) When Your Lover Has Gone (Einar Swan) I’m a Fool to Want You (J. Herron–F. Sinatra–J. Wolf) You Took Advantage of Me (Lorenz Hart–Richard Rodgers) Sophisticated Lady (D. Ellington–I. Mills–M. Parrish) Can’t We Be Friends (P. James–K. Swift) My Old Flame (Sam Coslow–Arthur Johnston) Falling in Love Again (Frederick Hollander–Sammy Lerner) Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn)

17. LINDA RONSTADT—
FOR SENTIMENTAL REASONS
—ASYLUM—SEPTEMBER 1986

Produced by Peter Asher
When You Wish Upon a Star (Ned Washington–Leigh Harline) Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (Lorenz Hart–Richard Rodgers) You Go to My Head (Haven Gillespie–Joe Fred Coots) But Not for Me (Ira Gershwin–George Gershwin) My Funny Valentine (Lorenz Hart–Richard Rodgers) I Get Along Without You Very Well (Hoagy Carmichael) Am I Blue (Grant Clarke–Harry Akst) (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons (Deek Watson–William Best) Straighten Up and Fly Right (Nat King Cole–Irving Mills) Little Girl Blue (Lorenz Hart–Richard Rodgers) ’Round Midnight (Bernie Hanighen–Cootie Williams–Thelonious Monk)

18. LINDA RONSTADT, EMMYLOU HARRIS, AND DOLLY PARTON—
TRIO
—WARNER BROS.—MARCH 1987

Produced by George Massenburg
The Pain of Loving You (Dolly Parton–Porter Wagoner) Making Plans (Johnny Russell–Voni Morrison) To Know Him Is to Love Him (Phil Spector) Hobo’s Meditation (Jimmie Rodgers) Wildflowers (Dolly Parton) Telling Me Lies (Linda Thompson–Betsy Cook) My Dear Companion (Jean Ritchie) Those Memories of You (Alan O’Bryant) I’ve Had Enough (Kate McGarrigle) Rosewood Casket (Trad.) Farther Along (Trad.)

19. LINDA RONSTADT—
CANCIONES DE MI PADRE
—ASYLUM—SEPTEMBER 1987

Produced by Peter Asher and Rubén Fuentes
Por Un Amor (Gilberto Parra) Los Laureles (José López)

Hay Unos Ojos (Rubén Fuentes)

La Cigarra (Ray Pérez Y Soto)

Tú Sólo Tú (Felipe Valdez Leal) Y Ándale (Minerva Elizondo) Rogaciano El Huapanguero (Valeriano Trejo) La Charreada (Felipe Bermejo) Dos Arbolitos (Chucho Martinez Gil) Corrido de Cananea (Rubén Fuentes) La Barca de Guaymas (Rubén Fuentes) La Calandria (Nicandro Castillo) El Sol Que Tú Eres (Daniel Valdez)

20. LINDA RONSTADT—
CRY LIKE A RAINSTORM, HOWL LIKE THE WIND
—ASYLUM—SEPTEMBER 1989

Produced by Peter Asher
Still Within the Sound of My Voice (Jimmy Webb) Cry Like a Rainstorm (Eric Kaz) All My Life (with Aaron Neville) (Karla Bonoff) I Need You (with Aaron Neville) (Paul Carrack–Nick Lowe–Martin Belmont) Adios (Jimmy Webb) Trouble Again (Karla Bonoff)

I Keep It Hid (Jimmy Webb)

So Right, So Wrong (Paul Carrack–Nick Lowe–Martin Belmont) Shattered (Jimmy Webb) When Something Is Wrong with My Baby (with Aaron Neville) (Isaac Hayes–David Porter) Goodbye My Friend (Karla Bonoff)

21. LINDA RONSTADT—
MAS CANCIONES
—ASYLUM—OCTOBER 1991

Produced by George Massenburg and Rubén Fuentes
Ta Ta Dios (Valeriano Trejo) El Toro Relajo (Felipe Bermejo) Mi Ranchito (Felipe Valdés Leal) La Mariquita (Rubén Fuentes) Gritenme Piedras del Campo (Cuco Sanchez) Siempre Hace Frio (Cuco Sanchez) El Crucifijo de Piedra (Antonio y Roberto Cantoral) Palomita de Ojos Negros (Tomas Mendez) Pena de Los Amores (Jose Luis Almada) El Camino (Jesus Navarro) El Gustito (Jose Lopez)

El Sueño (Nicandro Castillo)

22. LINDA RONSTADT—
FRENESÍ
—ASYLUM—NOVEMBER 1992

Produced by Peter Asher and George Massenburg
Frenesí (Alberto Dominguez) Mentira Salomé (Ignacio Pinero) Alma Adentro (Sylvia Rexach) Entre Abismos (Victor Manuel Matos) Cuando Me Querías Tú (Emilio Catarell Vela) Piel Canela (Bobby Capo) Verdad Amarga (Consuelo Velazquez) Despojos (Francisco Arrieta) En Mi Soledad (Miguel Pous)

Piensa En Mí (Agustin Lara)

Quiéreme Mucho (Gonzalo Roig–Agustin Rodriguez) Perfidia (Alberto Dominguez) Te Quiero Dijiste (Maria Grever)

23. LINDA RONSTADT—
WINTER LIGHT
—ASYLUM—NOVEMBER 1993

Produced by George Massenburg and Linda Ronstadt
Heartbeats Accelerating (Anna McGarrigle) Do What You Gotta Do (Jimmy Webb) Anyone Who Had a Heart (Burt Bacharach–Hal David) Don’t Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) (B. Wilson–A. Asher) Oh No Not My Baby (Gerry Goffin–Carole King) It’s Too Soon to Know (Deborah Chessler) I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself (Burt Bacharach–Hal David) A River for Him (Emmylou Harris) Adónde Voy (Tish Hinojosa) You Can’t Treat the Wrong Man Right (Jimmy Webb) Winter Light (Zbigniew Preisner–Eric Kaz–Linda Ronstadt)

24. LINDA RONSTADT—
FEELS LIKE HOME
—ASYLUM—APRIL 1995

Produced by George Massenburg and Linda Ronstadt
The Waiting (Tom Petty) Walk On (Matraca Berg–Ronnie Samoset) High Sierra (Harley L. Allen) After the Gold Rush (Neil Young) The Blue Train (Jennifer Kimball–Tom Kimmel) Feels Like Home (Randy Newman) Teardrops Will Fall (E. V. Deane) Morning Blues (Trad. arr. by Auldridge–Gaudreau–Coleman–Klein) Women ’Cross the River (David Olney) Lover’s Return (A. P. Carter)

25. LINDA RONSTADT—
DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE
—ELEKTRA—JUNE 1996

Produced by George Massenburg and Linda Ronstadt
Dedicated to the One I Love (Lowman Pauling–Ralph Bass) Be My Baby (Phil Spector–Jeff Barry–Ellie Greenwich) In My Room (Brian Wilson–Gary Usher) Devoted to You (Boudleaux Bryant) Baby I Love You (Phil Spector–Jeff Barry–Ellie Greenwich) Devoted to You (instrumental) (Boudleaux Bryant) Angel Baby (Rosalie Hamlin) We Will Rock You (Brian May)

Winter Light (Zbigniew Preisner–Eric Kaz–Linda Ronstadt) Brahms’ Lullaby (Johannes Brahms) Good Night (John Lennon–Paul McCartney)

26. LINDA RONSTADT—
WE RAN
—ELEKTRA—JUNE 1998

Produced by Glyn Johns, with George Massenburg, Peter Asher, Linda Ronstadt, and Waddy Wachtel
When We Ran (John Hiatt) If I Should Fall Behind (Bruce Springsteen) Give Me a Reason (M. Hall) Ruler of My Heart (Naomi Neville) Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (Bob Dylan) Cry Till My Tears Run Dry (Doc Pomus) I Go to Pieces (Waddy Wachtel–Troy Newman) Heartbreak Kind (Marty Stuart–Paul Kennerley) Damage (Waddy Wachtel) Icy Blue Heart (John Hiatt)

Dreams of the San Joaquin (Jack Wesley Routh–Randy Sharp)

27. LINDA RONSTADT, EMMYLOU HARRIS, AND DOLLY PARTON—
TRIO II
—WARNER BROS.—FEBRUARY 9, 1999

Produced by George Massenburg
Lover’s Return (A. P. Carter) High Sierra (Harley L. Allen)

Do I Ever Cross Your Mind (Dolly Parton) After the Gold Rush (Neil Young) The Blue Train (Jennifer Kimball–Tom Kimmel) I Feel the Blues Movin’ In (Del McCoury) You’ll Never Be the Sun (Donagh Long) He Rode All the Way to Texas (John Starling) Feels Like Home (Randy Newman) When We’re Gone, Long Gone (Kieran Kane–Paul O’Hara)

28. LINDA RONSTADT AND EMMYLOU HARRIS—
WESTERN WALL: THE TUCSON SESSIONS
—ELEKTRA—AUGUST 24, 1999