GeoffW1
13-04-2014, 02:28 PM
Hi,
Did you see this in today's Herald? I had not previously known she had Parkinson's disease
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/silenced-songbird-linda-ronstadt-still-calling-the-shots-20140410-36dw3.html
This is tragic news for an old fart like me who has loved her powerful voice and country rock renditions, right from when she recorded Mike Nesmith's "Different Drum" in 1967.
It says there that Parkinson's first showed up in her voice, robbing her of range, timbre and pitch control. It has evidently progressed quickly too.
All the best to her and others suffering this malady.
Did you see this in today's Herald? I had not previously known she had Parkinson's disease
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/silenced-songbird-linda-ronstadt-still-calling-the-shots-20140410-36dw3.html
This is tragic news for an old fart like me who has loved her powerful voice and country rock renditions, right from when she recorded Mike Nesmith's "Different Drum" in 1967.
It says there that Parkinson's first showed up in her voice, robbing her of range, timbre and pitch control. It has evidently progressed quickly too.
All the best to her and others suffering this malady.