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Posted: 25 Jan 2015

Taken: 26 Jul 2012

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"Willin'

"Willin'
From Wikipedia -
"Written in 1970, "Willin'" was a mainstay of Little Feat, the band Lowell George had helped to found in 1970 and was a leading member of until his death on June 29, 1979. The song, John Tobler contends in the liner notes of As Time Goes By. The Very Best of Little Feat (1993), "quickly became a favorite among America’s truckdrivers, many of whom continue to regard it as the anthem of their profession . . . although absurdly it never has been a hit."

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Listen here -
Willin' ~ Linda Ronstadt

I am taking a lead from Karen here and giving another link below in case the above link doesn't work :-)
Willin' ~ Linda Ronstadt

And, following Karen's great idea.... if neither of the above work here is another link :-)
Willin' ~ Linda Ronstadt

I cannot get enough of these three versions. In my humble opinion three of the best live performances .....ever!! :-) And, 'cos as Karen already knows :-) and as everyone else is probably starting to realise, Linda is at the top of my fave list :-)

Karen's Place, , have particularly liked this photo

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 Karen's Place
Karen's Place club
Beautiful photo Roger and I like all the pops of blue against the buildings in the background.

I love this song and this whole album Roger. What always amazed me about Linda was how she would sing songs that weren't necessarily written for a female. She just did it anyway. She was a real pioneer in this way. What great videos (all of them!) and I enjoyed her story about the song. She's just so sweet. I have been a fan of hers since I was a teenager and it's nice to enjoy these tunes with you and the others.
9 years ago. Edited 9 years ago.
Roger Bennion club has replied to Karen's Place club
Thanks so very much, Karen. And, thank you for faving my photo. It is indeed amazing how Linda could sing songs that weren't necessarily written for a female and make them her own. I bought "Hand Sown.....Home Grown" and "Silk Purse" when they were released on Vinyl and I still have these even though I no longer have a music system for playing LP's :-( Although having said that I do have a record deck I can use to copy LP's to the computer and then burn them to cd's :-) Of course I have bought lots and lots of Linda's cd's since this time :-)
9 years ago.
Karen's Place club has replied to Roger Bennion club
Oh, you are such a fan like me Roger. I credit her for making me like some country music, not all, but some at least (it is a huge and varied genre, granted.)

I have so many of her albums and love how she has worked her way through so many genres. It's been a real enjoyable trip with her. I saw her in the Kingdome in Seattle back in the 1970s along with the Eagles and J.D. Souther and it didn't get great reviews, but all I can remember is standing there, in that space, hearing her glorious voice filling every square inch and it was pure magic. What a lady.
9 years ago.
Roger Bennion club has replied to Karen's Place club
Wonderful and magical memories :-)
8 years ago.

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