And real bands performed on the special while mtv made what were nobody's into stars but also mtv brought attention many great bands as well I came from both era's luckily 😊
So what if you didn't have MTV back in 73. It would be 8 more years before it came out anyway. Midnight Special was a whole lot better. Not knocking MTV. I loved it while it lasted. That was my era. I was born in 72. But I just think MS was more fun to watch. Gone was the lip syncing, you had to perform live. One of the best music shows ever imo. Plus it was the 70's. Best decade for music. And who could forget, it put an end to TV shutting off at midnight after the Star spangled banner played.
@@razorqueen775 Yeah queen, I’m an old L.A. studio musician. Skunk is too, (when he’s not on tour.) so we are kinda friends, when this video came on, & they panned over to the congas, he usually plays guitar, I yelled Skunk! OMG, I’d know that mustache anywhere! lol.
@@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw Wow Michael that's so cool your a L.A. studio musician I want to be able to record really good studio quality guitar parts and I practice constantly with a metronome to try and achieve this! Any tips you could give me? The guitar solo in this song is awesome in my opinion especially the way he opens it up! The beginning of the solo in this live version is the same as on the studio recording but he changes it after that. The skunk is great on Ricki don't lose that number and all the stuff he did with the Dan & the Doobies. He's a legend for sure.✌
Let's see?????...you have Skunk Baxter on congas and Richie Hayward from Little Feat on drums with Andrew Gold on guitar....you MIGHT just get funky !!!!!!
@@garenosborn That's Clydie. She was a Raelette (with Ray Charles), sang with Phil Spector, Bob Dylan, the Stones, Joe Cocker, and many others, and was one of the singers on "Sweet Home Alabama." She also had some singles on her own. She MAY have been secretly married to Bob Dylan at one point.
about five months prior Clydie did background vocals on a little ditty called Sweet Home Alabama with Merry Clayton for what they thought was "some guy named Leonard Skinnerd" :-)
I was 7 years old and I swear I remember this. My dad was a massive LR fan and we never missed her----her TV performances, albums, songs on the radio turned up a bit more. She had a voice for the ages. Perfection comes to mind!
and her engineer and record producer playing the guitar... Crazy times and a lot of talent At that point, Jeff Baxter was still pretty much full-time with Steely Dan and then joined The Doobie Brothers in 74
This was 50 years ago this month. That's Andrew Gold (Thank you for Being a Friend) on guitar, Skunk Baxter (Steely Dan) on congas, and Richie Hayward (Little Feat) on drums.
I remember the night this aired. I'd never heard Ronstadt before and was knocked out. As soon as I was able, I went to some record stores to acquire this great song -- and it wasn't available. It wasn't until months later that Linda did a proper studio recording, and it was around a *year* later that I finally heard it on the radio. It would never happen today for an artist to perform a song on national television without having "product to sell," as they say.
If you want to see more Skunk percussion, there's a vid of him playing percussion (congas I recall) with Steely Dan on the song Do It Again. I think the performance was also from The Midnight Special and it's great.
Andrew Gold on Guitar - Ritchie Hayward (little Feat) on drums. Sherlie Matthews and Clydie King, who are legendary backup singers (look them up on Wikipedia) too!
This is exactly 💯 why the Midnight Special, was freaking awesome. With talent like this ,the show was amazing. Our generation had it good. We had the best musicians and groups hands down. Linda kicked ass on the Midnight Special. This is what we listened 🎶 to. We had the best. Ty,for the good times and memories.
I know exactly where I was when this played live... I was in the Marines just before Xmas and I wasn't going home... So, I was down at the EM club drinkin beers, playin pool and this came on and I fell in love with her right then and there. One of those points in time...that sticks with you... It was the first time I was even aware of her as an artist...not to mention how good she looked.
It would have never occurred to me to even think I'd ever see it again and then one day I stumbled across all these old shows and remembered and so went hunting and finally found it. Sometimes technology is very interesting for affirming memories. @@ReasonableExpectations
Linda is the most talented lady singer I've ever heard. I saw her in 1982 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, and her voice was so incredible live. I've seen so many artists that disappoint you with their live vocals, but Linda was so very good. She had an incredible band - Andrew Gold on guitar, Waddy Wachtel, on guitar Lee Sklar on bass, Don Grolnick on keyboards and Ricky Marotta on drums, and Dan Dugmore on guitar. She was also drop-dead gorgeous, and I had third-row seats. Shout out here to Clyde King on background vocals and super funky dancing. Clydie is on so many albums that I own by so many different artists.
No doubt about it, Linda Ronstadt was a Superstar. I also watched this live on Midnight Special. I always tried to stay up late to watch Midnight Special because the Artist were Great.
No one will ever read this but i just learned something pretty special about Linda. Here she is covering a "You're no good", an R+B song that came out in 1963. Dee Dee Warwick (Dionne's sister) sang it. It went to about 50 in the top 100. Linda sang it in about 1974 and it went to number 1. Linda was invited to do it on the Midnight Special. Here is what you don't know. The black backup singer on the left IS Dee Dee Warwick! She didn't have to do that. Wow!
Slamming the vocals and letting her band shine. Clear, confident and on the verge of Superstardom. Linda never swam in her own reflection - it was the musical groove that mattered.
Mesmerisingly, brilliant, beautiful and spine tingling (as ever) performance of this song by Linda and band, including superb guitar work by the multi talented Andrew Gold (God rest his his soul). ❤
The story is that this performance predates the recording of the song and they had difficulties recording this arrangement...Andrew Gold stepped in, created the new arrangement, and played all instruments except bass on the recording...It was her only #1 and in my top five all-time favorite songs
@@halloweenjack2562 in a documentary about Linda she said when she heard the first version of that song that's great but the music and guitaring and all sounds like the Beatles...... Well when you have Andrew gold guitar and arranging , and who was a massive fan of The Beatles and of course the producer was Peter Asher close associate of the Fabs and esp. McCartney .....that maybe the result ..
"Our band is so good we don't even let Skunk Baxter play the guitar!" I'm sure I saw this as it happened because I watched Midnight Special religiously back then. I just assumed there would always be singers like Linda Ronstadt. I did realize then what a generational talent she was. Thanks for posting!
Rare and remarkable vocalist. When Linda sang the whole musical team was lifted up. Her many live versions of this signature song are each a bit different, each wonderful. Soon after this appearance Ronstadt became a reluctant superstar because of those pipes. OMG those pipes!
Other girl singers bore me to death after one tune. Ahhh, but Linda Ronstadt remains in constant rotation. Rockin' or crooning she was just sensational especially live. We believed her. So glad this stuff is posted - much appreciated.
Linda ...believed her when she sang - powerful and tender. None of the other girls had quite the authority in their voices and often they didn't have the devoted musicians surrounding them. Linda was a super fine, generous band leader.
How Remarkable Linda Was and you see she has her clothes on and isn’t singing about b/s not like ALL OF THE FEMALE SINGERS OF TODAY PURE TALENT ❤❤❤ FROM HER HEART AND SOUL
Together with Janis Joplin, Rita Coolidge, and Pat Benatar, early Linda Ronstadt is one of the top 4 female vocalists in rock history. Man, the power, control, and depth of her voice.
Greetings from Jacksonville Florida USA. This must be one of the greatest live performances of all time. She was amazing, and the others were right there with her. Still knocking them out on TH-cam 50 years later…
this performance is fire 🔥⚡🔥⚡🔥‼️ i saw this on television ( i was almost 4 yrs old ) when it aired 📺 My Folks & all of the adults all of us - everyone was stomping and hollering and Dancing Clapping Singing omgoodness ❇️🏵️✨🔸 it was magical 🌌✳️🔹
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This is soooooo good! That's all I got to say about that.
We didn't have MTV back in 73 but we had the Midnight Special. LOL
And real bands performed on the special while mtv made what were nobody's into stars but also mtv brought attention many great bands as well I came from both era's luckily 😊
Shining its ever loving light on us.
YUP! We'd be at parties and when Midnight Special would come on, all eyes were on the TV!
73 was way better.
So what if you didn't have MTV back in 73. It would be 8 more years before it came out anyway. Midnight Special was a whole lot better. Not knocking MTV. I loved it while it lasted. That was my era. I was born in 72. But I just think MS was more fun to watch. Gone was the lip syncing, you had to perform live. One of the best music shows ever imo. Plus it was the 70's. Best decade for music. And who could forget, it put an end to TV shutting off at midnight after the Star spangled banner played.
I think this is her best live performance of this song on TH-cam. Linda Ronstadt is incredible.
She is Smoking on this Song. Does not get better because she is an Exquisite and Talented Musician 😊😅🎉😂❤
I wish I could travel back in time to hear this in person. She was great and her band was great. What a concert she must have given.
@@joemedley195 It truly was! I saw her in Roanoke, VA, 1974, just sang her heart out, band was tight. Thank goodness for these videos.
Skunk Baxter on congas, what?
Outstanding!!🎶👍✌️💕
Yeah that's incredible and Andrew Gold plays the guitar.
@@JamesWilliams-js4fo
🎸🎶👌
RIGHT??? I just stopped this vid as soon as I saw Skunk Baxter on percussion and had to see if anyone else noticed…😮
@@razorqueen775
Yeah queen, I’m an old L.A. studio musician. Skunk is too, (when he’s not on tour.) so we are kinda friends, when this video came on, & they panned over to the congas, he usually plays guitar, I yelled Skunk! OMG, I’d know that mustache anywhere! lol.
@@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw Wow Michael that's so cool your a L.A. studio musician I want to be able to record really good studio quality guitar parts and I practice constantly with a metronome to try and achieve this! Any tips you could give me? The guitar solo in this song is awesome in my opinion especially the way he opens it up! The beginning of the solo in this live version is the same as on the studio recording but he changes it after that.
The skunk is great on Ricki don't lose that number and all the stuff he did with the Dan & the Doobies. He's a legend for sure.✌
Let's see?????...you have Skunk Baxter on congas and Richie Hayward from Little Feat on drums with Andrew Gold on guitar....you MIGHT just get funky !!!!!!
The late Clydie King on backup vocals. Beyond sexy.
@@inquiry7 And Sherlie Mae Matthews right beside her!
This Is SO Bad Ass! Richie Hayward Was An Absolute BEAST!
No doubt. Imagine how bad ass it would be if Skunk actually played guitar on it! 😂
@bloozedaddy I thought that looked like Jeff Baxter but I thought it just looked like him. Didn't know he played congas!
Sherlie Matthews and Clydie King on those amazing backing vocals.
yeah, they've always stood out to me in this performance. I don't know which is which but the one in the yellow really brings it. Love her energy
@@garenosborn That's Clydie. She was a Raelette (with Ray Charles), sang with Phil Spector, Bob Dylan, the Stones, Joe Cocker, and many others, and was one of the singers on "Sweet Home Alabama." She also had some singles on her own. She MAY have been secretly married to Bob Dylan at one point.
about five months prior Clydie did background vocals on a little ditty called Sweet Home Alabama with Merry Clayton for what they thought was "some guy named Leonard Skinnerd" :-)
Clydie King was MAGIC!!!!
@@albadore Bob Dylan also asked Mavis Staple of the Staples Singers to marry him.
I was 7 years old and I swear I remember this. My dad was a massive LR fan and we never missed her----her TV performances, albums, songs on the radio turned up a bit more. She had a voice for the ages. Perfection comes to mind!
The back up singer in gold is gorgeous!!
Clydie Mae King; she sang w/all the greats!
Something in the way she moves! 🙂
Linda could sing it all. Rock, country and blues. Amazing voice.
That is one powerful groove and rhythym. And who would not want to hear and see Linda unleash the powerful and tuneful pipes of hers. Fantastc
She's Just Freakin' AMAZING!
Only Linda can have one of the greatest guitar players of the world like Jeff "The Skunk" Baxter playing congas!
and her engineer and record producer playing the guitar... Crazy times and a lot of talent
At that point, Jeff Baxter was still pretty much full-time with Steely Dan and then joined The Doobie Brothers in 74
Andrew gold is no slacker
Guess you can’t tell Skunk what not to play.
Andrew Gold " Lonely Boy" isn't a slouch either
Richie Heyward on drums and Kenny Edward's on drums.
Wow this is so so good!
During the instrumental break in the middle I thought the band was gonna blow up the stage. What a great live performance by all involved.
Amen
Cocaine is a hell of a drug
They were bad ass...real musicians.
A dream of a singer, and an A-list band behind her. Lots of firepower, lots of fun. The percussion drives it.
This was 50 years ago this month. That's Andrew Gold (Thank you for Being a Friend) on guitar, Skunk Baxter (Steely Dan) on congas, and Richie Hayward (Little Feat) on drums.
@@bigneiltoo What a lineup--if you can afford to have Skunk on congas, you know you've serious talent up there!
Linda had a way of having the greatest bands behind her. The woman invented the fookin' EAGLES!
Perhaps one of the great rock singers of all time! WOW!!!
This is so good. Linda had it all, the voice, the looks, the camera just loves her.
Just killing it. Screaming from the depths of her soul "I'm gonna say it again"
I love that line too!
She's got gravel down there any time she needs it.
I just uncovered from the rock i was under...and im glad i did !
I remember the night this aired. I'd never heard Ronstadt before and was knocked out. As soon as I was able, I went to some record stores to acquire this great song -- and it wasn't available. It wasn't until months later that Linda did a proper studio recording, and it was around a *year* later that I finally heard it on the radio. It would never happen today for an artist to perform a song on national television without having "product to sell," as they say.
once she dropped the soft-vibrato folkie Stone Ponies image the sky was the limit.
Lies All lies
WOW! That is Jeff Skunk Baxter playing Bongos! Dang! I never knew a guitar hero like Baxter could ripp it hard on percussion! Nice!!!
If you want to see more Skunk percussion, there's a vid of him playing percussion (congas I recall) with Steely Dan on the song Do It Again. I think the performance was also from The Midnight Special and it's great.
Andrew Gold on Guitar - Ritchie Hayward (little Feat) on drums. Sherlie Matthews and Clydie King, who are legendary backup singers (look them up on Wikipedia) too!
Best female voice ever! She could sing anything and make it her own song!❤
This is exactly 💯 why the Midnight Special, was freaking awesome. With talent like this ,the show was amazing. Our generation had it good. We had the best musicians and groups hands down. Linda kicked ass on the Midnight Special. This is what we listened 🎶 to. We had the best. Ty,for the good times and memories.
There is SO MUCH talent on that stage. Wow.
Is that Richie Hayward (from Little Feat) on drums?
I know exactly where I was when this played live... I was in the Marines just before Xmas and I wasn't going home... So, I was down at the EM club drinkin beers, playin pool and this came on and I fell in love with her right then and there. One of those points in time...that sticks with you... It was the first time I was even aware of her as an artist...not to mention how good she looked.
That’s a great story, thanks for sharing it.
It would have never occurred to me to even think I'd ever see it again and then one day I stumbled across all these old shows and remembered and so went hunting and finally found it. Sometimes technology is very interesting for affirming memories. @@ReasonableExpectations
Linda just slays
The band too, with a couple of the guys from Little Feat, and Jeff Skunk Baxter.
Linda is the most talented lady singer I've ever heard. I saw her in 1982 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, and her voice was so incredible live. I've seen so many artists that disappoint you with their live vocals, but Linda was so very good. She had an incredible band - Andrew Gold on guitar, Waddy Wachtel, on guitar Lee Sklar on bass, Don Grolnick on keyboards and Ricky Marotta on drums, and Dan Dugmore on guitar. She was also drop-dead gorgeous, and I had third-row seats.
Shout out here to Clyde King on background vocals and super funky dancing. Clydie is on so many albums that I own by so many different artists.
No doubt about it, Linda Ronstadt was a Superstar. I also watched this live on Midnight Special. I always tried to stay up late to watch Midnight Special because the Artist were Great.
No one will ever read this but i just learned something pretty special about Linda.
Here she is covering a "You're no good", an R+B song that came out in 1963. Dee Dee Warwick (Dionne's sister) sang it. It went to about 50 in the top 100. Linda sang it in about 1974 and it went to number 1. Linda was invited to do it on the Midnight Special. Here is what you don't know. The black backup singer on the left IS Dee Dee Warwick! She didn't have to do that. Wow!
WOW!!
I love how you can tell every person on that stage was just having a great time.
Slamming the vocals and letting her band shine. Clear, confident and on the verge of Superstardom. Linda never swam in her own reflection - it was the musical groove that mattered.
That's a very brilliant comment. Spot on.
I'll say! @@kennethbrady
She looks real good,real good, real good
No enhanced anatomy anywhere to be seen, Skunk Baxter on congas, and Linda knocking it out of the park...geezoman
Mesmerisingly, brilliant, beautiful and spine tingling (as ever) performance of this song by Linda and band, including superb guitar work by the multi talented Andrew Gold (God rest his his soul). ❤
The story is that this performance predates the recording of the song and they had difficulties recording this arrangement...Andrew Gold stepped in, created the new arrangement, and played all instruments except bass on the recording...It was her only #1 and in my top five all-time favorite songs
@@thomasautonomousanonymous2050 Thanks, Thomas. Interesting story. AG was a brilliant musician.
@@halloweenjack2562 in a documentary about Linda she said when she heard the first version of that song that's great but the music and guitaring and all sounds like the Beatles...... Well when you have Andrew gold guitar and arranging , and who was a massive fan of The Beatles and of course the producer was Peter Asher close associate of the Fabs and esp. McCartney .....that maybe the result
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That's the anthem for EVERY WOMAN..
THANK YOU LINDA❤❤❤❤❤❤
No one could sing better than Linda. No one.
Amen
Massive talent
Notice what Linda is wearing? Blue jeans and an off the rack blouse. Just couldn’t imagine Beyoncé or Taylor Swift trying to pull that off.
Neither of them are half as hot as Linda!
Hit the nail on the head with that comment 👏👏👏👏
That was the charm of those times. Can add Madonna and shania too
Spot on. You can pit lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig. Linda is🔥🔥🔥
That shirt is not off the rack it is covered in rhinestones
"Our band is so good we don't even let Skunk Baxter play the guitar!" I'm sure I saw this as it happened because I watched Midnight Special religiously back then. I just assumed there would always be singers like Linda Ronstadt. I did realize then what a generational talent she was. Thanks for posting!
Linda was the best. Thank Midnight Special ❤
Back musician.
Conga : Jeff "Skunk" Baxter Doobie Bros.
Drums : Ritchie Hayward Little Feat.
Guitar : Andrew Gold
A wonderful and unusual combinatio !
Love that Skunk Beat.
Skunk original Steely Dan guitarist before joining Doobie Bros.
The drummer looks totally coked out
@@davidkemmer Maybe he was, maybe he wasn't. Either way, great performance and stickman.
Kenny Edwards on bass guitar, he was in Stone Poneys with her.
Loved Linda we all sang this she was tops!
Linda Ronstadt, she's so good, she's so bloody good. I,m telling you now Baby, she's so good ❤.
Now that's what singing looks like.
Alot of musical chops on that stage, they sounded amazing together.
Rare and remarkable vocalist. When Linda sang the whole musical team was lifted up. Her many live versions of this signature song are each a bit different, each wonderful. Soon after this appearance Ronstadt became a reluctant superstar because of those pipes. OMG those pipes!
Really laying it down.
Other girl singers bore me to death after one tune. Ahhh, but Linda Ronstadt remains in constant rotation. Rockin' or crooning she was just sensational especially live. We believed her. So glad this stuff is posted - much appreciated.
Even Janis Joplin?
Linda ...believed her when she sang - powerful and tender. None of the other girls had quite the authority in their voices and often they didn't have the devoted musicians surrounding them. Linda was a super fine, generous band leader.
Love when she puts that dog on! She growls like nobody else!!
She always had the greatest musicians around her.
So true
She sure do ❤💙🤎🧡💜💚💗💛🤍💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
Yes. Linda had the greatest musicians.
Linda Ronstadt is undeniably great here, but it's her backup band that is really on fire.
Yes, just an instrumental would have been incredible but she capped it with a high note on par with the lead guitar. All star band.
How Remarkable Linda Was and you see she has her clothes on and isn’t singing about b/s not like ALL OF THE FEMALE SINGERS OF TODAY PURE TALENT ❤❤❤ FROM HER HEART AND SOUL
Linda was a once-in-a-generation singer.
Cookin’ with fire 🔥
Excellent excellent excellent
She had one powerful voice!
That band and backup vocals.
This is how perfection was achieved back in those days!
Thank you for sharing! 💖
She's such a bad ass & still is!
No miming! Just powerful singing and brilliant instrument playing!
have her 8 tracks. cassettes, DVDs, Itunes and youtube...can't get enough...
Is that Richie Hayward on drums ?
From Little Feat. What a supporting band ?
Yes
Incredible performance by Linda and the whole band!!
Just wow. The voice. The phrasing. The power. The authenticity.
Ronstadt’s the GOAT.
This is a perfect blend of r&b and rock n roll
Yes it is. So much going on. It never gets old.
Every single one of them is in the groove.
Whew, this was my anthem for player men when I was younger, thanks Linda!!
Fantastic song, artists, and era. Thankful it was part of my era.
Together with Janis Joplin, Rita Coolidge, and Pat Benatar, early Linda Ronstadt is one of the top 4 female vocalists in rock history. Man, the power, control, and depth of her voice.
what a performance! by everybody on that stage
Greetings from Jacksonville Florida USA. This must be one of the greatest live performances of all time. She was amazing, and the others were right there with her. Still knocking them out on TH-cam 50 years later…
Linda's wonderful as usual, thank you for sharing these great moments in history of music.
Thanks for listening
I need to watch this twice a day for the rest of my life.
Queen of her scene and she wore her fame so casually. Just listen - great pipes, great devoted bands and a songwriter's champion. Linda sigh.
fantastic wonderful a great artist
This imo is by far the best version of this song
I have to 2nd that comment. It really is IMO…
I want that black Strat Andrew Gold's playing. It was Linda's personal guitar.
Damn ! This is a jam !
Clydie King, baby:)
Linda had some of the purest vocals of her era.
Love Clydie too, what a great voice & dancing style!
This is THE ONE 🔥🌹
THANK YOU sO ' much
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I looked forward to The Midnight Special every week!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LINDA!!!!!!! YOU ARE STILL THE VIBRANT ONE!!!!!
Wonder how many times I can listen to this?
Just frickin awesome!
miss her voice so much. Thanks for sharing this again.
I love the studio version, but she is great live, and the band.❤❤❤❤❤
THIS IS OHHHHHH SOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOD!
Thank you for keeping the original ratio! Perfect Square!
I love Linda Ronstadt!
Awesome singer with perfectly back up vocals ❤❤❤
Las chicas del coro eran realmente animadas y profesionales ❤
The beauty and her pipes. The GOAT
Jeez. What a smokin band
The backup singers are adorable
They sure were 🥰😍
drummer is feeling evevery second of it
Happy drummer = GREAT MUSIC.
this performance is
fire 🔥⚡🔥⚡🔥‼️
i saw this on television ( i was almost 4 yrs old )
when it aired 📺
My Folks & all of the adults all of us - everyone was stomping and hollering and Dancing Clapping Singing omgoodness ❇️🏵️✨🔸
it was magical 🌌✳️🔹
Oh her voice !
We love you Linda❤
Amazing talent along with a great backing band. What a voice.
Linda was such a babe, her name fits her well
it's been a while, but still wonderful to hear.Linda is very talented, the song awakens beautiful memories.❤
Love, love, love