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Post by the Scribe on Mar 9, 2016 18:01:58 GMT -5
MORE TO COME
I will add more years and if anyone has more to add to that year have at it. Personal reviews, set lists, your own photos from that year, clippings or scrapbook articles.... anything is appreciated.
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Post by Doc on Nov 3, 2019 23:58:19 GMT -5
I'm trying to remember what year I saw Linda. It would have to have been between 1977-1979 and I'm 95% sure it was at the Coliseum in Phoenix but I can't seem to find any solid information & any help would be appreciated.
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Post by RobGNYC on Nov 4, 2019 0:17:08 GMT -5
Not sure how reliable this is but the setlist site has the following for Linda in 1978, U.S. and Canada: www.setlist.fm/stats/concert-map/linda-ronstadt-4bd6bb36.html?year=1978Waddy has this on his site: Living In The U.S.A. Tour 1978 - 1979 The Living in the U.S.A. Tour included concerts played in the U.S. as well as Australia and Japan. Band: Linda Ronstadt - Vocals Waddy Wachtel - Guitar, Background Vocals Don Grolnick - Keyboards Kenny Edwards - Bass, Background Vocals Dan Dugmore - Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar Russ Kunkel - Drums Set List: Lose Again That'll Be The Day Blue Bayou When Will I Be In Loved It Doesn't Matter Anymore Willin' Alison All That You Dream Love Me Tender Just One Look Desperado Mohammed's Radio It's So Easy Someone To Lay Down Beside Me My Blue Tears / Poor Poor Pitiful Me Tumbling Dice You're No Good Sorrow Lives Here Back In The U.S.A Partial list of concert dates: 7/30/78 Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO 8/1/78 Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 8/8/78 Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI 8/9/78 Rochester Dome Arena, Rochester, NY 8/15/78 Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT 8/19/78 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada 8/25/78 Merriweather Post Pavillon, Columbia, MD 12/15/78 Special Events Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX 12/17/78 The Summit, Houston, TX 12/23/78 The Fabulous Forum, Los Angeles, CA 2/16/79 Sydney Showground, Sydney, Australia (photo) 2/24/79 Melbourne Cricket Grounds, Melbourne ?/?/79 Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne 2/27/79 Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan 3/1/79 Kanagawa-Kenmin Hall, Kanagawa, Japan 3/3/79 Budokan Arena, Tokyo, Japan 3/5/79 Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan
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Post by RobGNYC on Nov 4, 2019 0:43:58 GMT -5
John Rockwell's NY Times review of Linda's Forest Hills concert, August 7, 1978--based on the set list from her July 30, 1978, show at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City MO, I think that the "new song not on the album" was "My Blue Tears," which she did as a lead-in to "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" at the Kansas City show: Pop: Linda Ronstadt Aug. 9, 1978 THE Forest Hills tennis stadium is a fine place for popular music, with a concert capacity of 12,500 combined with a nice sense of intimacy. But with threatening rain clouds, lightning and humidly heavy air—not to speak of jets roaring overhead — it can't be said that circumstances were ideal Monday night for Linda Ronstadt's only New York concert of the year. At least, she and her audience could be grateful that she was able to get through the concert without anyone's getting wet; it had been scheduled for Sunday and was rained out. Miss Ronstadt is the most popular woman singer in the world these days, to judge from record sales, and there are three obvious reasons for that popularity. First is her voice, which remains not only wonderfully individual, strong and vulnerable, but which also for sheer technical freedom and authority stands above nearly all her competition. Second is her looks and manner, which are undergoing a fascinating transition just now — from cuddly girlish sexuality to a more womanly allure. And third is the symbiosis between her evolving artistic gifts and her manager and record producer, Peter Asher, who has guided her career for four years. Monday's set offered a generous selection of Ronstadt hit singles and album‐track favorites. It also included seven songs from her new album, due out in a month, plus a bonus in the form of a new song not on the album. Eight unfamiliar selections in an 80‐minute set might seem excessive. But Miss Ronstadt's ear for material and her performing strengths are such that the audience seemed to accept all the newness happily, and indeed the high point was her account of Warren Zevon's “Mohammed's Radio,” which will be on the new album. With its evocative, mysterious imagery and a haunting refrain that lies just right for her voice, it has already become a Ronstadt setpiece to match her always overwhelming version of Karla Bonoff's “Someone to Lay Down Beside Me.” The set as a whole documented Miss Ronstadt's shift in the last couple of years toward a tougher, more assertive musical style and personal image. In the past, she has been the mistress of the lovelorn ballad, and she still sings such material with a tender openness that can be intensely moving. But several songs from the last album above all “Tumbling Dice,” which she sang recently with the Rolling Stones in her hometown of Tucson, Ariz. showed that she could rock with the best of them, and the new album is full of such songs. This may reflect not only her own maturation, but also the influence of her collaborators. When Andrew Gold led her band, the arrangements were more ornate and progressively popsy than they are now with Waddy Wachtel, her superb lead guitarist, playing prominent role. In fact, her current band is probably her finest yet. The veterans have had another year of working together, and Rues Kunkel, who has replaced Rick Marotta on drums, is hardly a letdown. Don Grolnick's keyboard work deserves special mention, and David Sanborn, the saxophonist, joined in as a guest on several numbers. All that said, Monday's show was only a middling effort on the scale of Ronstadt performances. She didn't sound as tentative and terrified as she had during the early part of last summer's crisis‐wracked tour, but neither did she project the technical security and confidence of phrasing of her best shows. She has been suffering from a mild throat infection recently, and her voice sounded intermittently insecure, in terms of pitch and of ease of production. And the care with which she negotiated troublesome notes helped lend her singing an unwanted stiffness and lack of spontaneity. The band, too, sounded unduly lethargic here and there. Miss Ronstadt is a singer who can overwhelm an audience with the studied perfection of her singing and a “sassiness,” to use one of her favorite self‐descriptions, that gains in charm when set against the essential shyness of her nature. At her very best, the perfection is lent life by the friskiness; on Monday, her constraint of manner made it impossible for her to make us forget the slight flaws in her vocalism.
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Post by Doc on Nov 4, 2019 1:38:16 GMT -5
Thank you so much for your quick & helpful response!
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Post by ausfan2 on Nov 4, 2019 23:55:20 GMT -5
Here is an expanded list of Linda Ronstadt concerts: 1978 Concerts and Appearances
28 May 1978 Oakland Coliseum Stadium, Oakland, California - Day on the Green: featuring the Beach Boys, Linda Ronstadt, Elvin Bishop, Dolly Parton & Norton Buffalo
21 July 1978 Tucson Community Theatre, Tucson Arizona - Rolling Stones concert, Linda Ronstadt was flown by helicopter to make a special guest appearance & sang Tumbling Dice
30 July 1978 Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri - Summer Rock II 1978 with Jackson Browne, Eagles with Joe Walsh, Linda Ronstadt & Dan Forgelberg 1 August 1978 Blossom Music Centre, Cuyahoga Falls, Cleveland, Ohio 2 August 1978 Blossom Music Centre, Cuyahoga Falls, Cleveland, Ohio 4 August 1978 Saratoga Music Festival, Saratoga Springs, New York 5 August 1978 Saratoga Music Festival, Saratoga Springs, New York 7 August 1978 West Side Tennis Center, Forest Hills, Queens, New York 8 August 1978 Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island 9 August 1978 Rochester Dome Arena, Rochester, New York 11 August 1978 Centennial Hall, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 12 August 1978 Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana 15 August 1978 Robin Hood Dell West, Philadelphia (Billboard 1978-06-10) 16 August 1978 New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Connecticut 18 August 1978 Central Canadian Exhibition Grandstand, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 19 August 1978 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada 20 August 1978 Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston, Michigan 21 August 1978 Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston, Michigan 22 August 1978 Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston, Michigan 24 August 1978 Convention Center, Niagara Falls, New York 25 August 1978 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland 26 August 1978 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland
14 December 1978 UT Frank Erwin Special Events Center, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 15 December 1978 UT Frank Erwin Special Events Center, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 16 December 1978 Dallas Convention Centre Arena Theatre, Texas 17 December 1978 The Summit, Houston, Texas 19 December 1978 Pan American Center, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 20 December 1978 Tucson Community Center Arena, Tucson, Arizona 22 December 1978 San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, California 23 December 1978 The Fabulous Forum, Los Angeles, California - Smokey Robinson joined Linda for Oh Baby Baby 24 December 1978 The Fabulous Forum, Los Angeles, California
date unknown The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia
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Post by RobGNYC on Nov 5, 2019 0:43:54 GMT -5
The Mann Center site shows Linda there August 15, 1978, same day as the Robin Hood Dell West show. Dell West date is correct, ticket attached. Maybe she didn't play the Mann Center in 1978? Waddy's site says they were in New Haven on August 15.
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Post by DB on Jun 1, 2020 23:30:51 GMT -5
I'm trying to remember what year I saw Linda. It would have to have been between 1977-1979 and I'm 95% sure it was at the Coliseum in Phoenix but I can't seem to find any solid information & any help would be appreciated. I was there! Yes, good old Maricopa County Coliseum at the fairgrounds. December of '78, right before or after her L.A. show on 12/23. The thing that stood out most was the awesome version of You're No Good, with the extended jam at the end. Dugmore, Wachtel, David Sanborn on sax, so wish that was recorded somewhere out in cyberspace
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Post by eddiejinnj on Jun 2, 2020 7:33:33 GMT -5
Welcome DB to the forum!!!!! eddiejinnj
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Post by Ridge on Jul 17, 2021 15:14:54 GMT -5
I'm trying to remember what year I saw Linda. It would have to have been between 1977-1979 and I'm 95% sure it was at the Coliseum in Phoenix but I can't seem to find any solid information & any help would be appreciated. I was there! Yes, good old Maricopa County Coliseum at the fairgrounds. December of '78, right before or after her L.A. show on 12/23. The thing that stood out most was the awesome version of You're No Good, with the extended jam at the end. Dugmore, Wachtel, David Sanborn on sax, so wish that was recorded somewhere out in cyberspace
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Post by Ridge on Jul 17, 2021 15:23:08 GMT -5
The Mann Center site shows Linda there August 15, 1978, same day as the Robin Hood Dell West show. Dell West date is correct, ticket attached. Maybe she didn't play the Mann Center in 1978? Waddy's site says they were in New Haven on August 15. View AttachmentIt’s the same place. Robin Hood Dell West, which opened in 1976, was the original name of the Mann Music Center. Linda also played there in 1976, the first summer it was open.
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Post by brent1981 on Sept 2, 2021 2:05:25 GMT -5
Since this list is pretty much done, I will just add the dates I have
August 13th - Wheeling Civic Center Wheeling West Virginia USA
August 27th - Merriweather Post Pavilion Columbia Maryland (There was a third show listed)
December 21st - Veteran's Memorial Coliseum Phoenix Arizona
Is the Dec 14 show definite? All papers at the time only mention her playing Friday Dec 15 and apparently that concert had so much demand they sold tickets behind the stage. Apparently they also sold seats behind the stage at both shows at The Forum too.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2021 16:07:16 GMT -5
The Summit.
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Post by Adam on Feb 4, 2022 16:44:48 GMT -5
I was in the US Air Force in 1978 and finished Technical School in Biloxi, MS mid December 1978. I had 4 weeks of leave so I headed back to Tucson, AZ where I was living at the time I entered the service. When I got there on December 19th, I visited a friend who had just started as security service. One of his first jobs was security for the Linda Ronstadt Concert on December 20th at the Tucson Community Center. He asked me if I wanted to make a few bucks and I said, why not. He said, show up at his house tomorrow at 4pm wearing a white t-shirt and jeans. We went to the TCC and my first assignment was Linda's dressing room. I stood outside and made sure only people with a certain badge was allowed in. It was sort of crazy because Linda being from Tucson had family, friends and industry people all over the place. After she arrived she spent about an hour in her dressing room when all of a sudden the room cleared out. I guess she wanted a few minutes to herself before going on. That's when I took my chance. I simply walked in and introduced myself. She knew who I was as they introduced me to her when she first arrived. I asked her for an autograph addressed to my younger brother. To this day I have no idea why but, he still has that autograph! She was one of the nicest people I ever met at that time. It was like talking to the girl next door who I knew for years. She made me feel very comfortable, asking all about me and my life. We spoke for what seemed like an hour but it was more like 10 minutes. Then, her manager walked in and rushed her out to the stage. There I was standing in an empty hallway listening to Linda Ronstadt echoing through the hallway. Then, my buddy comes running down the hall telling me to come his way. We walked real fast until there I was standing just off stage. He put me right in the front of the stage, center isle. I turned around and there was Linda Ronstadt performing right above me. The stage at TCC was only, maybe 4 feet high, so us security actually sat on the stage while she sang. A few times Linda actually placed her hand on my shoulder when she walked close to the front. It was unreal! Towards the end, when she sang her popular songs, the crowd started rushing the stage so we had to stand and push everyone back from getting to the stage. It wasn't anything violent. Nothing like that. Just everyone was all excited for the moment.
The funniest thing is, the next day I talked to and met with a few High School friends and when I told them about the concert, half of them were there also! They remember seeing a "bouncer" at the front of the stage but had no idea it was me. See, the last time they saw me was almost 10 months earlier before Basic Training when I had longer hair. Now I had a buzz cut or standard military haircut so they had no idea! My best friend told me he took this girl we were both gaga over to the concert before I told him about me being there. He died when I told him and he even said he thought that was me but said there was no way because I was in Mississippi. I never told him I was coming home for the holidays!
Great night, great memory! December 20, 1978
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2022 17:47:14 GMT -5
Great memories for you Adam! Thanks for sharing
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