It could be argued that if it were not for Linda Ronstadt, there likely would not be The Eagles.

Her "Blue Bayou" is simply outstanding. Thank you gentlemen, enjoy your work

Linda was the only female artist in the 70s that could sell out stadiums!!!!!

Please delve into the Linda Ronstadt rabbit hole. You will not be disappointed. She has an incredible voice and wow's everyone. She can sing anything and do it better than the original singers...much to their chagrin.

Linda also helped Don Henley and Glenn Frey before they formed the Eagles...they played backup for Linda.

Cannot believe that there are Americans that do not know this great singer

Everything she touched..., every genre, every collaboration turned to gold. The first lady to sell out stadium concerts, Linda Ronstadt is one of the most respected singers in all of music. Do yourselves a favor and follow the suggestions for future reactions. She mastered it all.

Linda Ronstadt is one of the best female singers & can sing any genre from ballads to country to rock & even opera. She has had so many hits such as "Different Drum", "When Will I Be Loved", "Long, Long Time", "Poor Poor Pitiful Me", "Desperado" etc. Ronstadt also did two great duets, "Somewhere Out There" (with James Ingram) & "Don't Know Much" (with Aaron Neville). The Eagles were her backing band till they went out on their own & she has covered a lot of their songs. Also love her collaborations with Dolly Parton & Emmylou Harris.

You will be crushed by Linda's ballads: Blue Bayou, Long Long Time, Hurt So Bad, Tracks of my Tears (cover), etc

Whether it's a cover song or not, when Ronstadt sings it, it's hers. I love Desperado and Blue Bayou the most. Thanks, guys.

Gents, this doesn't even scratch the tip of the surface of her voice. Her older stuff when she started out with Stone Poneys is legendary. She's the main reason The Eagles got their big break too.

Linda paved the way for many other female artists to follow. A part of true Americana. Well, damn.

My fav artist of all time! Dolly Parton said of Linda..."Linda can sing anything!" And she's not wrong!

Linda is the GOAT

You MUST listen to more of her!!!!

Linda is one of the best vocalists ever!!!

That's an all star band right there. Andrew Gold on guitar - he was a regular guitarist and arranger with Linda as well as a solo artist. On the drums is Richie Hayward, regular drummer for Little Feat. On the congas is Skunk Baxter, guitarist with both Steely Dan and the Doobie Bros. Kenny Edwards was Linda's regular bassist and did session work with a dozen other artists. Check out the studio version, it has a different vibe but it's still a banger.

A true queen of music, and the most versatile voice, man or woman we’ve ever seen. I have been praying for the day when I see you react to something by her she was never a songwriter, but a great song interpreter and if you do the Rolling Stones Tumbling Dice and then right after it do Linda’s version you’ll be amazed. Tom Petty is great and I love his song “the waiting” but Her version is the best version I’ve ever heard, even including Tom’s. I feel the same way about Elvis Costello‘s song “Alison” and Linda’s version

That guitar player is a late friend of mine named Andrew Gold who had a great career himself. Thank You For Being a Friend which was later the theme for The Golden Girls.

God sent Linda Ronstadt down to Earth to cover every song ever written and show everybody exactly how it's done. My college roommate had that Farrah Fawcett poster on the wall. I had Linda's.

The lovely Linda no one can touch her, she was one of the top female artists of the 70's and 80's, she did this live, no auto tune artists don't perform like this anymore. She was a pure musical genius who explored multiple musical genres and was a smashing success in all of them!

One of the best showcases of Linda's range and power is Blue Bayou. The live performances on the internet are unbelievably good. Her voice could fill up the arenas she played.

Linda owned the 70s and you will never be disappointed with any of her songs. She’s as fabulous live as in the studio! ❤ The Eagles started out as backup for Linda and she helped them get started…I believe that was Andrew Gold playing guitar with her on the performance.

It's really hard to get a good idea of the breadth of Linda's talent by listening to one song. Linda is one of the greatest vocalists in popular music of all time. I had the great honor to see her not long before she retired and she was incredible.

One of the great voices of all time

She is the GOAT imho. The diversity of her body of work will never be duplicated.

Clydie King on backing vocals. Andrew Gold on Lead guitar. Linda surrounded herself with the very best musicians LA had to offer. She could sing anything, quite literally.

Blue Bayou is a MUST!! Silver Threads and Golden Needles is another good one to check out. You should also check out LA Charreda. Her voice is simply amazing.

No one did it better! Her Spanish language music is also phenomenal!!

I am 71 years old and still have a crush on one of the GREATEST female voices of all time! 😎❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Oh yeah the Eagles where her back up band, before she gave them her blessing for going on by themselves!

One of the GOATs for women artists! After Karen Carpenter - the best Alto voice! Her documentary is worth the watch!

"A Different Drum" is one of my favorites of hers, she was definitely a giant in the 60's and 70's.

The guitar player is a man named Andrew Gold. You may have heard Thank you for being a friend? He wrote and sang that one. Lonely Boy was another hit he had in the mid 70's both are worth a listen!!!!!!!

An amazing thing about Linda is how she stretched herself as an artist, she could have easily stuck with the formula but she fought to record an album of standards with Nelson Riddle which was highly successful and turned into a trio of albums - she then recorded an album of Mexican songs that were favorites of her father - also highly successful and led to two more Spanish language albums. Not to mention her light opera with Pirates of Penzance.

You have to check out Linda's version of Desperado, also recorded by the Eagles. Both great, but Linda's rendition, the female perspective gives it an emotional ache. Beautiful to boot!

The pride of Tucson, Arizona. ¡Viva, Linda!

And now you two? Linda rockef the 70’d soooo hard

Linda was an amazing singer. Great songs.

Great reaction. To get a taste of her diverse discography listen to “Ooh, Baby, Baby,” (Motown), “La Charreada,” (Spanish), and “Desperado” (Eagles, who were her first backup band) and “What’s New” (American Standard “Thanks gentlemen for this reaction.

Midnight Special is another reason the 70s was the greatest decade in music. The stadium shows like World Series of Rock, even some of the smaller venues had some big name artists. If there was a time machine everyone should visit the 70s. You would not be disappointed!

Her live version of Desperado is amazing and also Willin' is a great live performance.

Linda Ronstadt is a musical jewel. When you listen to this again and you should, listen to the studio version so that you can hear some of the other nuances that don't translate in The Midnight Special version. The Midnight Special is freaking awesome but listen to the album too. The band is with all the people who are in it. Andrew Gold is also in there and you should listen to his song Lonely Boy. There is so much musical talent squashed onto that stage.

Linda Ronstadt is a legend. Her voice was amazing. You definitely need to do more of her.

She knocks your socks off!

Powerhouse voice and the greatest female singer in history in my opinion. In her early days she had Glenn Frey and Don Henley the two founding members in her band. She could sing the phonebook and it would be a hit.

Make no mistake, this was her song after she recorded it.

She shows off her voice in her Spanish language stuff. My favorite is "La Cigarra."

HER Blue Bayou is awesome. Big, BIG rabbit hole!

In the 70s you had to be great LIVE. Linda Ronstadt really had the greatest voice, you'll love more of her songs.

Fantastic range, resonant, powerful, skilled singer.

This younger generation sure are missing out. Thank God for these reaction channels. The best music is from Linda's time

Ronstadt is a rabbit hole, for sure! wait until you see her Spanish stuff! She's amazing!

This was in the top 5 pop and R & B charts and she had a country top 5 at the same time, 'I can't help it if I'm still in love with you". Rare accomplishment.

She can flat out SING!¡!!

Skunk Baxter was on bongos and he later played with Steely Dan.

Midnight Special when I was a teenager meant you always had entertainment on Friday nights 😁

The Eagles were her original backup band. Her early work is untouchable.

My daughter sang this at a high school talent show several years ago. She got a huge applause! It's a great song and Linda Ronstadt is so talented. She's been dealing with an extended illness the last few years and had to give up performing. Hope you react to more of her stuff and her early band, Stone Poneys. She sent many men's hearts aflutter in her day!

This is the most beautiful female voice on the planet. I don’t know how people go without knowing who she is. Better late than never. Please check out her live version of “Down So Low”. Enjoy 🌺✌️ Linda’s hit/pop songs were covers. But in my opinion her best material was never played on the radio but is contained in her numerous albums. She sings ballads brilliantly but most didn’t make it onto the charts. 🌸

I love that you guys are hearing this song for the first time!! A teen in the 70s, this song is FIRE! Thanks guys!

If you want to be blown away do Linda’s Mariachi live performances, she’s unbelievable! Also, STEVIE NICKS is from AZ. You might’ve heard of her…

She was very young here and became much more comfortable as she continued on in her career.

She also won a Grammy for best non-english album with her Marachi Band latin album which to this day is double platinum and the highest grossing non-english album ever, her record company wouldn’t back her to record it so she did it on her own against their wishes, respect

Skunk Baxter on bongos. Andrew Gold on guitar. Classic rock, baby...

THe greatest female vocalist of my generation. Check out When Will I Be Loved -- the opening line is a clarion call. I've been cheated...been mistreated...when will I be loved. THen listen to some of her softer ballads. She's even better when she's being tender. It is beyond sad that she can no longer sing at all because of Parkinsons disease.

"Linda Ronstadt - You're No Good (Live 1976) [Reelin' In The Years Archives]" more amazing vocals 👌✌️

Love Linda

That's quite a back up band for Linda. I believe that is legendary session musician Skunk Baxter on the bongos, and Andrew Gold on lead guitar. Gold had some big 70s solo hits. Thank You for Being a Friend and Lonely Boy are classics. Of course she always surrounded herself with great musicians. Her early 70s back up band had these two unknowns named Don Henley and Glenn Frey. :)

Linda. An awesome voice and heartthrob of the '70s. I can attest.

Linda could sing every genre, and she did! Flawlessly

So glad you reacted to Linda Ronstadt! She is a national treasure and has dabbled in so many musical genres. Despite her father's German last name, her family on her father's side is also of Mexican ancestry and she grew up listening to mariachi music and Spanish folk songs around the house. I recommend the following hits by Linda to possibly react to down the road: "Blue Bayou" (there's a killer live-version official music video), and "I Don't Know Much" (a beautiful ballad with R&B singer Aaron Neville) and "La Charreada" (The Rodeo ... a Spanish-language mariachi song that shows off her vocal range ... there's a live performance of this song, too, on KZfaq) and "Desperado" (a cover of the Eagles song ... the Eagles were Linda's backup band before they went out on their own) and "I Can't Let Go" (a 1980 new wave cover of the Hollies' hit from 1966. Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills and Nash was a member of the Hollies).

Absolutely love Linda Ronstadt, dig deeper into her catalog and will not be disappointed. I live in Tucson Arizona where she is from and she is an incredible singer. "Just one look " is my favorite. So glad you reacted to her. ❤

Canciones de mi Padre will blow your mind.

Terrific performance on the legendary Midnight Special. The studio version deserves a listen. Same edgy vibe, but a more subdued aura. Kinda hard to describe until you hear it.

Linda covered and sang many genres extremely well.

2 of the founding members or The Eagles were in Linda's first band, the Stone Poneys, Glen Frye and Don Henley. I first saw her when I was in the 4th grade in Tombstone AZ. Her high school choir Catalina HS from Tucson was touring Arizona schools doing concerts. She sang two solos, she's the reason they were touring. She was incredible live.

Such a beautiful lady with such a beautiful voice. It's a terrible shame she suffers from Parkinson's disease and can no longer perform. One of my favorites is her cover of the Everly Bros. hit 'When Will I Be Loved?' Her voice is outstanding.

In my estimation, Linda Ronstadt is the most successful cover artist of all time and a great singer. But her remakes don't compel me to forget the originals e.g. "Tumbling Dice" (Rolling Stones), "Living In The U.S.A." (Chuck Berry), "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" (Warren Zevon), "That'll Be The Day" (Buddy Holly), "When Will I Be Loved" (Everly Brothers), etc..

Nick, I loved the "stankface" that you had towards the end. That means it was good. Your reactions are what keep me subscribed!

I had such a crush 😍 on Linda in the 70's!!!😊

voice of an angel and the Queen of the covers

Her back up guitarists asked her about forming their own band. She encouraged them to start their own band. "The Eagles".

She has so many great songs! Aside from those songs below, her versions of Heatwave and Tracks of My Tears are both stellar. Jeff "Skunk" Baxter on congas. He played with Steely Dan and later The Doobie Brothers. Andrew Gold on lead guitar. He later had a decent solo career. The studio version is much longer and has a breakdown and more solos. The more songs of hers you listen too, the better she will sound. This was a stripped-down version of her usual production.

Yes, it is VERY fair to say that Linda Ronstadt is absolutely the artist with the most hits that were cover songs. Her artistry is her powerhouse vocals and style and how she took many lesser known songs and made them her own. She takes the cake with the most (thirteen total) Hot 100 hits (almost all in the Top 40) that were all cover tunes: “Blue Bayou”, “Heat Wave”, “Hurt So Bad”, “I Can’t Let Go”, “It's So Easy”, “Just One Look”, “Ooh Baby Baby”, “Poor Poor Pitiful Me”, “That'll Be The Day”, “Tracks Of My Tears”, “Tumbling Dice”, “When Will I Be Loved” and “You're No Good”.

British band Swinging Blue Jeans had a hit with this song in the 60's. Linda Ronstadt also sort of formed The Eagles, as Don Henley and Glenn Frey were in her backing band. She then suggested Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner for the band.

One of the things I love about her is that she kind of switched things up on the producers in that this sort of presentation format was to focus on the singer/vocalist but she had a whole section for the artists and instrumentation which brought so much more to the song. Inclusive, many make one kind of ideal in songwriting and mixing that some don'r really value, but yo can hear the difference in this very short song unto itself. Linda, the back-up singers, the drummer, guitar player, bongo player, bass player, this is a whole outfit and therefore I like her musical message that it's a whole group and not one "star".

Thank you for doing this reaction. Those of us who traveled with Ms. Ronstadt on her musical odyssey are thrilled to see her get her due by a new generation. You really did your homework, too. Her family history is quite interesting and impressive. Hope you'll revisit Ms.Ronstadt and react to her performing "La Charreada" with Mariachi Vargas at the Grammys.

speaking of great...linda is in the rock n roll hall of fame

Great song 👏

This is one of those songs where you have to listen to the studio version, as well. The production on the studio version deserves a listen. The percussion on this live version makes it a totally different sounding song. By the way, that's Jeff "Skunk" Baxter on the bongo drums who played with the Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan, etc. etc. etc.

“Skunk” Baxter kills those bongos!! Linda was amazing in the 70’s. Willie Nelson said if you didn’t have a crush on Linda, you have never met her!!

One of my fave female vocalists

Glad you did this ... Linda is one of a kind great! Fun fact - she helped form the group Eagles. You should listen to her first hit (don't believe it was a cover) Different Drum. Don't wait too long to hit it and any other of her songs - there is not a bad one, God bless you.

Not the best video choice. There are so many other live-performance videos that showcase her voice better than this one. But the most important thing is that Linda Ronstadt is finally on the channel. It’s heartbreaking that a disease has destroyed her voice (and is destroying her body) and she can no longer sing. Love several of her songs: Someone to Lay Down Beside Me (this one would turn Nick into a puddle), When Will I Be Loved, Blue Bayou, Tumbling Dice, Desperado are just a few. Using Long, Long Time in E3 of The Last of Us was brilliant. The first female artist to have four consecutive albums go platinum. She was big deal. Please get back to her soon.

Someone else mentioned the Guess Who song “Clap for the Wolfman” Since you are so interested in Wolfman Jack, it is well worth a listen.

I didn't know these were cover songs. She is so good.

Oh my! I love her. You should experience "Faithless Love". Sublime.

I remember the Midnight Special! If you weren't old enough to be out that late on Saturday night you were watching the Midnight Special followed by Don Kirshners Rock Concert.

She started out as the singer for a group called "The Stone Ponies" the song... "Different Drum"

Ronstadt's backup band in this Midnight Special performance was chalk full of well know musicians...Andrew Gold (Lonely Boy...check it out) along with Waddy Wachtel on guitars, (Waddy Wachtel guitar has played Stevie Nicks (and many others) for decades and Jeff "Skunk" Baxter of Steely Dan fame on the bongos. Oh Sherlie Matthews and Clydie King singing background makes this particular performance pure perfection.