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You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone in the music industry who could make a valid complaint about Linda Ronstadt. She’s the sonic sorcerer able to turn her hand to every style out there, and is all the more beloved for it.
But if you were to level this statement to the woman herself, you might find that she’s not so forthcoming. You see, all those things are still true – she is a critically and commercially lauded star who has worn many different hats over the years of her career and somehow managed to make them all work. That’s an unbelievably rare feat for a musician. Yet equally, you then find that other people get jealous, and it’s fair to say that Ronstadt has seen some ugly sides.
This is one thing within the confines of her own individual life and career, but when you’ve had relationships and partnerships as prolific as some of the ones she’s had, it extends far further into that realm, too. For having lived and breathed beside the likes of the Eagles and Frank Zappa at the height of their careers – and made it out the other side without killing them, let alone still calling them friends, she truly deserves every honour going for her.
Yet this still doesn’t stop certain artists from rubbing Ronstadt up the wrong way: after treading the boards of the music business for as long as she has, she simply has no time for people disgracing her name or wasting her time. In that sense, she also has no problem with being vocal of these criticisms where they need to be, and for five fateful musicians who have once got on the wrong side of her, it means they’re now in the firing line.
Five artists Linda Ronstadt hates the most:
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