Simple Dreams ~ A Musical Memoir (42 page)

Vargas, Silvestre,
170

Vaughan, Sarah,
188

Venet, Nik,
40
,
42
–43,
50

Venice Beach, extreme characters on,
103
–4

Vietnam War,
28

end of,
77
–78

voice:

aging of,
25
,
192

emulation in,
24
–25,
30
,
118
,
192

vocalization,
181
–83

see also
Ronstadt, Linda, musical career of, voice quality of

Wachtel, Waddy,
185

Wagner, Lawrence “Stash,”
72

Wainwright, Martha and Rufus,
56

“Waiting, The,”
25

“Walk Away Renee,”
195

Walker, Jerry Jeff,
53
–55

Waller, Gordon,
66

Walton, Gen,
175

Walton, Tony,
175

Warner Brothers Records,
84
,
108
,
109
,
110

Washington, D.C.,
69
,
86
,
91

Washington, Dinah,
25

Watergate Hotel,
86

Weavers,
28

Webb, Jimmy,
122
,
171
,
181
–83

Weill, Kurt,
122

Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions
,
191

Weston, Doug,
117

Wexler, Jerry,
142
–47,
142
,
148
,
173

Wexler, Renee,
143
,
146

“What’ll I Do?”
151
,
154

What’s New
,
157

“What’s New,”
73
,
144
,
154
–55

“When I Grow Too Old to Dream,”
128

“When Will I Be Loved,”
99

White, Clarence,
29
,
49
–50

White, Gary,
53
–55

White, Roland,
29

Whiteman, Paul,
6

Whitten, Danny,
81

“Whole Enchilada Marches On, The,”
72

“Wild Horses,”
59

Williams, Hank,
19
,
25
,
49
,
81
,
84
,
110

Williams, Paul,
112

“Willin’,”
86

Wilson, Brian,
183
–84

Wilson, Nancy,
65

Winehouse, Amy,
24
–25

“Witchy Woman,”
70

“Woman,”
66

“Work Song, The,”
56

World’s Fair, New Orleans,
186

World War I,
102

World War II,
5
,
13
,
20

“World Without Love,”
66

Wynette, Tammy,
58
–59

“Y Ándale,”
200

“You Can’t Always Get What You Want,”
82

Young, Lester,
143

Young, Neil,
54
,
61
,
100
–101,
106

LR’s tour with,
77
–82

“Your Bright Baby Blues,”
91

“Your Cheatin’ Heart,”
110

“You’re No Good,”
96
–97,
154

Zappa, Frank,
39

Zevon, Warren,
62
–63,
71
,
171

zydeco music,
91

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Front jacket photograph by Jim Shea
Back jacket photographs: (left) Jim Shea, (right, top to bottom) by Henry Diltz, NARAS, Bob Blakeman, Bob Blakeman, NBC Universal Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ronstadt, Linda.

Simple dreams : a musical memoir / Linda Ronstadt.

pages cm

Includes index.

1. Ronstadt, Linda. 2. Singers—United States—Biography.

I. Title.

ML420.R8753A3 2013

782.42164092—dc23 2013009309

[B]

ISBN 978-1-4516-6872-8

ISBN 978-1-4516-6874-2 (ebook)