Kate and Anna McGarrigle with Linda Ronstadt: Heart Like a Wheel (1984)

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14 жыл бұрын

Linda Ronstadt, along with Kate and Anna McGarrigle, performs Anna's song "Heart Like a Wheel" in a June 1984 TV concert recorded at the Red Creek Inn in Rochester NY.
In addition to Kate and Anna, the band for this concert includes Pat Donaldson (bass), Gordy Adamson (drums), Andrew Cowan (guitar), Gilles Losier (violin), Dane Lanken (bass voice), Chaim Tannenbaum (voice, harmonica, and other instruments), and Jane McGarrigle.

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@richie8230 2 жыл бұрын

One of the most beautiful performances of this song I’ve heard. Perfect in every way

@jeffj9322 Жыл бұрын

Remembering Kate McGarrigle born on February 6, 1946. She was a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter, who wrote and performed as a duo with her sister Anna McGarrigle. She is the mother of singers Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright from her marriage to American singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, which ended in divorce. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_McGarrigle

@patriciasnyder8652 5 жыл бұрын

Little did we know that we were seeing and hearing the most exquisite angelic broken hearts beating together in one voice... sublime & timeless.

@Mrbobg366 4 жыл бұрын

This is one of those songs you just put on repeat till it drives all your friends crazy

@GBL30307 Ай бұрын

Let 'em go crazy. This song will save your life.😊

@wilerockell5409 6 жыл бұрын

I was there at the Redcreek. Just incredible! A voice so pure and strong. Long live linda.

@John_Fugazzi 10 жыл бұрын

How lucky you people were at this small Rochester bar to have all this talent on stage!

@joaidane 7 жыл бұрын

Wow, Wow, and Wow, Kate, Anna, Linda, Maria, together! When will we ever see so much talent gathered together in one small venue! Never.

@DebDellaPiana Жыл бұрын

Tell you what I respect about Linda Ronstadt. She sang this song on this night the way Kate & Anna McGarrigle would sing it, not as she performed it on her own album. Either way, Ronstadt is undoubtedly the most majestic voice in women's music. I've seen her live 40 times in my lifetime. I miss it. A lot.

@lnl3237 Жыл бұрын

40 times! Extraordinary. Which performances stand out?

@DebDellaPiana Жыл бұрын

@@lnl3237 I actually traveled to the L.A. Forum from Boston for the 'Living in The USA' tour on Christmas Eve and came home Christmas Day for dinner. That was amazing. The Show in Boston at the Orpehum when she was touring with Emmylou Harris on the 'Western Wall' tour was fabulous; and every single show at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in NY was great. There were so many. My friends and I were traveling Linda Ronstadt junkies. Also saw her in NY with Nelson Riddle.

@lnl3237 Жыл бұрын

@@DebDellaPiana If I could go back in time, I would beg you and your friends to let me tag along! I was an odd teen who was obsessed with old movies back in the 70's; I pretty much just spun my vinyls of all the Laurel Canyon crowd up in my room when I could've been watching Ms. Ronstadt countless times literally performing within an hour of where I lived. Love that you and your pals went to such lengths to be companions for Ms. Ronstadt's musical journey. Bet you're still talking about your Christmas adventure! Emmylou. Nelson Riddle, not to mention all the incredible musicians in her bands-you saw them all. Have read a ton of wonderful comments on KZfaq by devoted fans, but yours takes the cake. You have to be the most rabid Ronstadt fan living today! Thanks so much for taking the time to flesh out your memories for me. Hope and pray there will be concerts in Heaven.

@thetruthwillsetufree Ай бұрын

As a guy, I used to feel a little guilty loving this song so much. haha Loved Maria singing harmony on the album. The lyrics are so touching. I used to secretly listen to this & Carole King's 'Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?' from Tapestry. haha

@cattypurry8023 3 жыл бұрын

Such a huge fan of these women for 4 decades of my life. My heart still hurts that Kate died so young from cancer.

@kimmysophiabrown4807 Жыл бұрын

So exquisite, such an honor that these moments were recorded so we all could hear such beauty. Such beauty. Thank you Linda and Kate and Anna and everyone. God bless you forever.

@rosebrunberg Жыл бұрын

Kate and Anna are so lovable songwriters.

@jpratm1993 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing ❤ I miss when vocalists and true songwriters were at the forefront

@beldengi 6 жыл бұрын

20 years single after divorce. Finally found someone to love and I will never break her heart.

@AngelusMortisify 11 жыл бұрын

Linda's voice is so majestic and her face so divine here.

@carolsmastica9118 6 жыл бұрын

SHE IS AMAZING!!!! HER VOICE IS PURE ANGELIC!!!!!

@patrickjerome9169 6 жыл бұрын

Linda's OK, but I'll take Anna.

@MarieProvost77 2 жыл бұрын

@@patrickjerome9169 Ha, ha, yup - LR is great. The McGarrigles are on a whole other level - relatively unknown partly 'cause they weren't "cute" like LR, along with having less conventionally popular types of voices...

@jamesdolan4042 4 жыл бұрын

In addition to the gorgeous Lina Ronstadt, credit also must be given to the very unique, and the very beautiful voices of the Montreal sisters Kate and Ana McGarrigle. Sadly we lost Kate a couple of years ago long before her time. RIP Kate.

@davidharrison9501 2 жыл бұрын

too true like eva cassidy gone too soon thankfully we have the memories and music

@jimrebr Жыл бұрын

RIP McGarrigle sisters, I love Heart Like A Wheel, I remember getting that album of Linda’s as a teenager, I wish I could have been there…but I saw Linda at several small venues as a teenager and I consider myself SO Lucky ❤

@lnl3237 Жыл бұрын

May I ask where you saw her? Savor those memories. Thank you.

@hanserren1239 11 ай бұрын

Why did I only discover this today?

@NickMcGivney 2 жыл бұрын

Nice to be alive to savour this. Thank you, giants.

@DanPurdy1 2 жыл бұрын

A great song. Really fine singing. Linda showing that her skills as a singer were beyond belief.

@DavidEVogel 3 жыл бұрын

Linda Ronstadt had the ability to pick amazing songs from lesser know artists such as Kate and Anna McGarrigle. Thanks Linda for expanding my musical world.

@lnl3237 6 ай бұрын

Yes, David, yes. She introduced me not only to the McGarrigle sisters, but also to Warren Zevon and Karla Bonhoff. Excited about the announcement of an upcoming biopic based on Linda's musical memoir with Selena Gomez cast as our beloved songstress. Pretty sure they're going to use original recordings. My hope is that the film will introduce new generations to the magnificence of Linda.

@exaudi33 Жыл бұрын

Although emotionally painful, that song is amazing and what a gorgeous performance. Thanks for uploading

@johnschroeter9743 2 жыл бұрын

Some say a heart is just like a wheel When you bend it, you can't mend it And my love for you is like a sinking ship And my heart is on that ship out in mid-ocean They say that death is a tragedy It comes once, and it's over But my only wish is for that deep dark abyss For what's the use of living with no true lover When harm is done, no love can be won I know it happens frequently What I can't understand, oh please god hold my hand Is why it should have happened to me And it's only love and it's only love That can wreck a human being and turn him inside out That can wreck a human being and turn him inside out Some say a heart is just like a wheel When you bend it, you can't mend it And my love for you is like a sinking ship And my heart is on that ship out in mid-ocean And it's only love and it's only love And it's only love and it's only love And it's only love and it's only love And it's only love and it's only love

@boblaker8676 Ай бұрын

Love how Linda's voice is like a train that pushes the song along.....wow. jealous of everyone who saw this live...

@anthonyjacques7697 4 жыл бұрын

LINDA RONSTADT IS THEE ABSOLUTE BEST ARTIST OF ALL TIME. NO ONE AND I MEAN NO ONE COMES CLOSE IMO... PURE BEAUTY, TALENT ALL MIXED IN ONE... WOW! 🤗

@Mrbobg366 Ай бұрын

Proud to say I owned both Kate and Anna's and Linda's version of this song on the Original Vinyl LP

@patriciakimball8150 2 жыл бұрын

Great to see girls singing in harmony

@arnelangsetmo3573 Жыл бұрын

Wow! 🥰

@shellohween924 Жыл бұрын

Just exquisite 💎💎💎

@eugenedegeorge5084 Жыл бұрын

Wow! Wow! and Wow!!! Just came across this thank you so much to whomever posted it

@Jobotubular 3 жыл бұрын

let us note that one additional singer on the right, Maria Muldaur

@lizbrian5288 5 жыл бұрын

Kate McGarrigle - with short dark hair and at the piano - was the mother of Rufus and Martha Wainwright. Her sister and singing partner, Anna McGarrigle, introduced Linda Ronstadt, wrote the song, and came in at 1:01. Anna’s husband is Dane Lanken - bass voice in this performance - and together, they are the parents of Lily Lanken and Sylvan Lanken, who also have been known to sing in public. Jane McGarrigle, the oldest sister, also participated in this performance. Kate died of sarcoma in 2010. I was privileged to meet Anna in Montreal in May, 2019, at a fundraiser for URSA, Martha Wainwright’s new community center/performance venue.

@1401minstrel 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for providing Jane McGarrigle's first name! I was in the audience that night, and I was viewing this clip and blanking out on her name.

@lnl3237 4 жыл бұрын

The perfect venue for the perfect song for these perfect voices. Our mortal beings age and pass on, but the voices of our souls reverberate forever. I pray in Heaven, this performance can be replicated and I can get a table right up front!

@rogerfitzsimmons6476 4 жыл бұрын

And remember, Rufus is a tit man!

@dominicwmyan7164 4 жыл бұрын

To liz Brian really appreciate your detail into history of the artists and song . I listened to this song in 1975 because my flat mate’s husband cheated on her.She played it over and over again in the university Student radio.Then The lyric were so touching and real.After 34 years I recently found out they are together again. He left UK to come back home.Love can be a goof boomerang!

@jackwalsh1270 4 жыл бұрын

Another story of the Wainwright family, more amusing: www.thisamericanlife.org/690/too-close-to-home/act-two-15

@railwaystationmaster 2 жыл бұрын

Breathtaking .

@robg9236 3 жыл бұрын

singing is art

@thinkerly1 5 жыл бұрын

Always delightful to hear Ms. Ronstadt singing with other singers.

@eduardoljm4104 4 жыл бұрын

Kate and Anna McGarrigle create a very special and distinctive kind of harmonies, beautiful and heart touching. Although quite different, It reminds me the harmonies by Peter, Paul & Mary.

@TheDominos1 5 жыл бұрын

Linda was a gift from God to to us.

@monellerichmond7208 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, my, so beautiful!

@mikemurphy6736 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best tunes every written!

@davidharrison9501 2 жыл бұрын

these ladies amazing sat in car listening to this and the fella in next car asked me who it was hes asked me to write down so he can get it somehow a new convert

@robertpapps3618 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful.

@Harmelcon 6 ай бұрын

A gem. Grateful for the technology that captures and preserves these exceptional moments.

@harlanchess8056 4 жыл бұрын

Sadness so gloriously sang.

@Ahnishinabe 4 жыл бұрын

What a treasure this is, a precious gift.

@jeanettesmith765 3 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@1401minstrel 11 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad to see this clip. Thank you for posting it, rrgomes. I was in the audience that night in Rochester in 1984 for this concert. The entire concert was exquisite, and this clip is especially poignant now after the death of Kate McGarrigle and the loss of Linda Ronstadt's wonderful voice to the cruel effects of Parkinson's disease.

@suesjoy 6 жыл бұрын

1401minstrel wow- lucky you! I’m thankful this was recorded and was posted here! I really appreciate it! This is the most beautiful version I’ve ever heard.

@peppersander2457 4 жыл бұрын

1401 minstrel: What an unforgettable experience.

@1401minstrel 4 жыл бұрын

@@peppersander2457 It sure was.

@lnl3237 4 жыл бұрын

Ms. Ronstadt will be 74 on July 15th. The fulfillment of her "simple dream" to become a professional singer brought her satisfaction and us profound joy. If I had ever seen her live, I would've loved to have seen her in an intimate venue like this with women who meant so much to her. For what was probably her last public appearance, it was Maria Muldaur who presented her with an AARP Award in January for the documentary based on Ms. Ronstadt's musical memoir. It was quite a poignant and memorable moment when Ms. Muldaur supported her friend as they walked off the stage...an end of an era.

@1stGeorgiaGirl 6 жыл бұрын

Wow! What Girl power !

@OctoberOhio 4 жыл бұрын

First Night, Portland Maine. Didn't know that I was seeing the McGarrigle Sisters. Maybe two years later.

@lynneguenette9854 6 жыл бұрын

stunningly beautiful!!

@candelise 4 ай бұрын

A stunning version!!

@rosslynjones9318 3 жыл бұрын

Love

@MikeEchoNovember 7 жыл бұрын

I m might be wrong, but in an interview Linda said Texas Troubadour, Jerry Jeff Walker first told Linda about this song, while sharing a taxi, and that Linda might want to check it out. And of course the rest was history.

@oohyllab 12 жыл бұрын

This is just an utterly gorgeous rendition! Thanks for post!

@ScottWDoyle 5 ай бұрын

Otherworldly.

@kathleenkosel9368 3 жыл бұрын

I live in Rochester, and which I could have seen you there.

@ParArdua 2 жыл бұрын

Such a heartbreaking beautiful song. Ronstadt’s voice is just superb, but I was struck by the physical likeness now between Martha Wainright and Kate McGarrigle.

@jagtone 6 жыл бұрын

Wow.

@pjesf 5 жыл бұрын

This was a beautiful rendition of that song with all of the additional vocals. She performed with so many artists and I've yet to hear a bad word about her

@joannthomases9304 Жыл бұрын

I loved Linda's cool teeth ☺

@Mickeytenen 13 жыл бұрын

I think this is the saddest song I know. Also best 3-part harmony.

@patriciasnyder8652 5 жыл бұрын

Linda's Lay Down Beside Me is sad and poignant, too. She had phenomenal gift in picking songs.

@caveatemp 3 жыл бұрын

I believe that to be objectively true. It is everybodie's saddest song- if they only knew it.

@jeanettesmith765 3 жыл бұрын

Faithless Love is sad, too.

@thetruthwillsetufree Ай бұрын

♥

@ianmcgarrigle8492 3 жыл бұрын

Sadly I never got to meet them, probably because i live in London. They are distant cousins of mine. Ian McGarrigle

@suzannelawson9215 3 жыл бұрын

It's too bad they never traveled to London to perform so then you could have seen them.

@rgrndu 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty

@TakeCareTV 4 жыл бұрын

My goodness wonder what their next song was ? How could you ever top that.

@beldengi 4 жыл бұрын

Talk to me of Mendocino perhaps. Or Kitty come home.

@doublepick 3 жыл бұрын

This is SO the McGarrigle’s; not totally rehearsed (Linda Ronstadt is clearly reading the lyrics) and charmingly spontaneous.

@jorgea.rodriguez1952 2 жыл бұрын

Ronstadt reading the lyrics? In 1984? It can't be. "Heart like a wheel" is also the name of the fifth solo album of Linda Ronstadt, released on 1974. From then on, she sang this beautiful melody hundreds of times on her concerts and tours. As a very high quality (and very self demanding) professional, it's impossible that she needed read the lyrics of a song very well known by her. Most probably she looked something or someone in the room. And this presentation, looking the results, surely was well rehearsed.

@doublepick 2 жыл бұрын

@@jorgea.rodriguez1952 - It’s not a slur to say she is reading “something”. It may be the order of who sings. But as a performer, I know that look - it’s merely a glance at a crib sheet probably placed on the floor or a low music stand. The McGarrigles were famously under-rehearsed which gave rise to their spontaneity. It’s a lovely rendition.

@ianwilson2007 3 жыл бұрын

Kate looks so much like Rufus here.

@1401minstrel Жыл бұрын

She sure does.

@grindupBaker 7 жыл бұрын

I was extremely sad 13 years ago to find that like a wheel once you bend it can't mend it is a true deep insight after a car door turned me broadside at 50 kph and tacoed both wheels. They laughed in the store when I asked for a rebuild. Now that's sad.

@Mickeytenen 13 жыл бұрын

I guess I mean 4-part

@andyfabo5802 9 ай бұрын

The saddest song in the world.

@unamckillen7125 11 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't disagree. I think she might hate being inducted. There is a lot of bull-shit attached. She would not have wanted any of it, I am guessing She was the interpreter par excellence of any song. Most songs are really diminished by other people's interpretations". Not hers: she had an instinct for a song.

@DavidEVogel 3 жыл бұрын

Agree. Lets include songs by Warren Zevon.

@lnl3237 Жыл бұрын

...and Karla Bonhoff.

@moragmacgregor6792 5 жыл бұрын

So...not "I got a heart like a wheel, baby i got to roll."

@eoinoriabhaigh8186 2 жыл бұрын

I really like this but.... does anyone else feel that it was sung too fast and that Kate and Anna weren't entirely comfortable? I prefer the original.