I first heard of Karla Bonoff at a Linda Ronstadt concert. Linda LOVED Karla's songs and plugged them big time. She was right. I went out and bought "Restless Nights"....I was hooked. Karla is one of the greatest singers ever....her cover of "The Water is Wide" is the best I've ever heard.
What I didn't know about Kenny was everything. I admit to be be stupid about Bryndle and only knew Karla from a few things in the past. Then I went to her concert in Templeton two weeks after Kenny died. Since then I've learned a lot. This video of them performing together just screams at me about how hard that concert a week ago had to be for her. The first since Kenny died. But she performed like the total pro she is and left the audience awed.
It's sad to hear this. Beautiful. I had the original LP. But it reminds me far too much of those years,when we listened to all these artists who had their roots in the singer/songwriter tradition starting a few years earlier. How we listened to music, how casual our lives were. How friendly and intimate people seemed then, even in LA where this came from, where I first came out into the adult world. We were such a different country, with a lot less fear. Karla, Linda, Andrew, Jackson....where did it go?
You can put a bandaid over a deep wound. But it will still need to be looked after. These people were responding to the angst of their time in a way created by Bob Dylan, and others. The digital age gives us more than we can deal with, so we must pick our cause. She is a best example of of the one person singer/songwriter, She hung out in Laurel Canyon with Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, Stephen Stills, Mama Cass, Glenn Frey, Loggins, Andrew gold and Kenny Edwards. What a giant group of people who let their whole selves be consumed by the nasty record industry. They all had resigned themselves to getting Screwed by the publishers.
Karla is a wonderful singer/songwriter/musician that this man never tires of listening to--and her talent and singing is as wonderful as it ever was!!! Peace and Joy and Love to All, BobbyK
Yes, Absolutely exquisite - along with his instrumental counter-part, they seemed tenderly and rarely attuned. Great guitarist with them adds powerful balance.
The Beatles double white is my all time favorite album, then comes Karla and this amazing view of the human condition. I have treasured it since to came out in the 70's.
I couldn't believe how beautiful this song was when I first heard it upon buying the vinyl record in 1977. It still sounds the same and I feel the same when I hear it.
My band played in Europe for 3 months in the 80s. During that last month every time I heard this song I would tear up. It's a favorite, and one of the first songs I recorded on my 4 track when I got home. Again, this is a knocked-out performance. I guess some people just hate beauty.
You know Carole King's "Tapestry"? Everyone does. IMHO, Karla's eponymous album from 1977 is every bit the equal of "Tapestry" in quality of lyrics, beauty of melody, and great hooks. I really have never understood why Karla didn't become a very big sensation. She deserved more than having her songs covered by other great artists.
+Robert Cohen I agree. I love Tapestry; however, this is one of my all time favorite albums. And I'd put Cheryl Wheeler's Different Strip album in the same grouping.
A guess is maybe to some degree she wanted it that way. Look at Laura Nyro. People are just now discovering her. Very similar. When Laura rocked the Music Center in LA people showed up. Her following tended to be NYLA coastal entertainment people and hippies. The rest of people did not know she was writing all those songs.
I was wondering if all the twennyteens female artists were lacking something. They all sound alike, doing lackluster tunes. Now going back to some of the trippy hippies' 1970s stuff I can hear I was right! Better songs, better performers & better bands (not synthesized backup with obnoxious thump-thump "drumming" from machines)! I'm hoping the newer bands like the Black Keys, the White Stripes, the Northern Mississippi All Stars & Sturgill Simpson can show the kids & grandkids how it's done!
Karla is a very big presence and a very bright light in the folk/pop firmament. She embodies grace and timeless beauty in her stage presence and her music. This song has always played on my heart's strings, and it makes me remember with bittersweet joy my years with my late partner at our peaceful cabin in the woods.
I bought Karla's album when it came out all those years ago, I about wore it out. She has a certain fragile quality to her music that I love. This is a great performance, thank you for sharing it.
Nina Gerber for some reason is kept in the shadows during this concert despite being the jell that makes the group excel. Karla is incredible but she was lucky to find Nina.
-wow- loved seeing this being performed, I had every one of her albums and then cd's - many many nights her voice and music played on my stereo - blaring out or I'd lay on the floor with a headset late in the night if I couldn't sleep- - It's so wonderful reading these lovely posts from fellow fans.. Thank you Karla - a brave thing to perform- what a incredible talent you have - never stop! So glad I stumbled on this tonight! A big treat!
She sounds a lot like Linda Ronstadt but with not as strong of a voice. Her first album meant a lot to me in a bad time in my life. She got me thru it. :)
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I first heard of Karla Bonoff at a Linda Ronstadt concert. Linda LOVED Karla's songs and plugged them big time. She was right. I went out and bought "Restless Nights"....I was hooked. Karla is one of the greatest singers ever....her cover of "The Water is Wide" is the best I've ever heard.
how deeply comforting this song has always been to me.
She is one singer who is so much better than she's been credited for. So happy to be able to hear some of my favorite songs she sang.
Not many singer/songwriters touch my heart like Karla does. Thank you.
What I didn't know about Kenny was everything. I admit to be be stupid about Bryndle and only knew Karla from a few things in the past. Then I went to her concert in Templeton two weeks after Kenny died. Since then I've learned a lot. This video of them performing together just screams at me about how hard that concert a week ago had to be for her. The first since Kenny died. But she performed like the total pro she is and left the audience awed.
It's sad to hear this. Beautiful. I had the original LP. But it reminds me far too much of those years,when we listened to all these artists who had their roots in the singer/songwriter tradition starting a few years earlier. How we listened to music, how casual our lives were. How friendly and intimate people seemed then, even in LA where this came from, where I first came out into the adult world. We were such a different country, with a lot less fear. Karla, Linda, Andrew, Jackson....where did it go?
You can put a bandaid over a deep wound. But it will still need to be looked after. These people were responding to the angst of their time in a way created by Bob Dylan, and others. The digital age gives us more than we can deal with, so we must pick our cause. She is a best example of of the one person singer/songwriter, She hung out in Laurel Canyon with Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, Stephen Stills, Mama Cass, Glenn Frey, Loggins, Andrew gold and Kenny Edwards. What a giant group of people who let their whole selves be consumed by the nasty record industry. They all had resigned themselves to getting Screwed by the publishers.
It doesn't get any better than this ... Karla you are too generous , merci
Karla's voice has a beautiful connection to her heart!! 💖
Always loved her writing and singing. Thanks for posting.
Karla is a wonderful singer/songwriter/musician that this man never tires of listening to--and her talent and singing is as wonderful as it ever was!!! Peace and Joy and Love to All, BobbyK
Perfect harmony, Kenny. We miss you.
Yes, Absolutely exquisite - along with his instrumental counter-part, they seemed tenderly and rarely attuned. Great guitarist with them adds powerful balance.
The Beatles double white is my all time favorite album, then comes Karla and this amazing view of the human condition. I have treasured it since to came out in the 70's.
I couldn't believe how beautiful this song was when I first heard it upon buying the vinyl record in 1977. It still sounds the same and I feel the same when I hear it.
I still have my CASSETTE copy from 1979...saw Karla open for Jimmy Webb last year at NYC's CITY WINERY.
Nina Gerber is a phenomenal guitar player. Less is more.
This song reminds me of Summers spent on my Great Aunt and Uncle's farm in upstate NY. The best MEMORIES!!
It seems like yesterday. Brings back so many memories of my youth.
Wonderful. A great THANKSGIVING song.
Whomever gave this a thumbs down couldn't have just watched that extraordinary live performance of "Home". Just sayin'
My band played in Europe for 3 months in the 80s. During that last month every time I heard this song I would tear up. It's a favorite, and one of the first songs I recorded on my 4 track when I got home.
Again, this is a knocked-out performance. I guess some people just hate beauty.
You know Carole King's "Tapestry"? Everyone does. IMHO, Karla's eponymous album from 1977 is every bit the equal of "Tapestry" in quality of lyrics, beauty of melody, and great hooks. I really have never understood why Karla didn't become a very big sensation. She deserved more than having her songs covered by other great artists.
+Robert Cohen
I agree. I love Tapestry; however, this is one of my all time favorite albums. And I'd put Cheryl Wheeler's Different Strip album in the same grouping.
+Claire P. Wow. I've never even heard of Cheryl Wheeler. I will be listening to that album ASAP. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
A guess is maybe to some degree she wanted it that way. Look at Laura Nyro. People are just now discovering her. Very similar. When Laura rocked the Music Center in LA people showed up. Her following tended to be NYLA coastal entertainment people and hippies. The rest of people did not know she was writing all those songs.
Yes, her album is the equal of anything I've ever heard. Karla did not want the "big" career.
I was wondering if all the twennyteens female artists were lacking something. They all sound alike, doing lackluster tunes. Now going back to some of the trippy hippies' 1970s stuff I can hear I was right! Better songs, better performers & better bands (not synthesized backup with obnoxious thump-thump "drumming" from machines)! I'm hoping the newer bands like the Black Keys, the White Stripes, the Northern Mississippi All Stars & Sturgill Simpson can show the kids & grandkids how it's done!
Beautiful mandolin by Kenny...
i miss Kenny. they were so sweet together. RIP
WOW - so glad I found this. I LOVE this song and Karla Bonoff. I saw her at The Cellar Door in Georgetown, DC back in the mid-70's. Great songwriter!
The Cellar Door !!! man that brings back some fun memories when DC was still a bigtime place for top bands & players.
Karla is a very big presence and a very bright light in the folk/pop firmament. She embodies grace and timeless beauty in her stage presence and her music. This song has always played on my heart's strings, and it makes me remember with bittersweet joy my years with my late partner at our peaceful cabin in the woods.
❤beautiful. And Kenney wearing that shirt Tom gifted you
I bought Karla's album when it came out all those years ago, I about wore it out. She has a certain fragile quality to her music that I love. This is a great performance, thank you for sharing it.
Love Karla’s style, singing,songwriting, so wonderfully presented. So many memories come back when I listen to her sing.
Always will love this song.
Magnificent
Nina Gerber for some reason is kept in the shadows during this concert despite being the jell that makes the group excel. Karla is incredible but she was lucky to find Nina.
-wow- loved seeing this being performed, I had every one of her albums and then cd's - many many nights her voice and music played on my stereo - blaring out or I'd lay on the floor with a headset late in the night if I couldn't sleep- -
It's so wonderful reading these lovely posts from fellow fans.. Thank you Karla - a brave thing to perform- what a incredible talent you have - never stop!
So glad I stumbled on this tonight! A big treat!
Way up there on my all-time favorites list, which includes a wide spectrum of genre's eras, movements, and such. So universally soothing!
A Gem of an Artist.
She sounds a lot like Linda Ronstadt but with not as strong of a voice. Her first album meant a lot to me in a bad time in my life. She got me thru it. :)
I literally wore out that LP!
Karla wrote some songs for Linda and they did a duet once.
soo good.
Lovely! ❤❤
Mmm.. memories. Misty watercolor memories.
She still looks and sounds great. Thank you so much for your inspiring music. Lynn Miles would not be the writer and singer she is without Karla.
Underrated artist
A masterpiece
heart wrenchingly good...
Kenny Edwards a great match with Karla...
He sure was...we miss him dearly. Prostate Cancer....another big loss.
Kenny produced Karla.
Ed ..As was Nina Gerber.
Beautiful
Lovely and powerful.
Beautiful!
It's really nice to see these "pieces" out here on YT ! Especially when Iv'e never seen Karla perform in person!! Thanx a bunch!!!
Incredible!
♥
Karla great ! Nina great ! Kenny great R.I.P. !
perfect in episodio 92 the wonder years
. comforting like homemade soup on a winters day
曲はもちろんなのですが、Nina Gerberのギターがとても素晴らしい！ アコギでのプレイを見ていると判らないのですが、エレキでプレイするスタイルを見るとハンク・マーヴィンのフォロワーなのかな？という気もします。
SUPERIOR
@jpkansas And don't forget the gentleman on drums, though his name escapes me now....!
@jpkansas , oh you're the lucky one !
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lovely. Didn't she do a song called Ball and Chain ? send it to me... please.
That was a Susan Ashton song
Song is called Lose Again
昔のアルバるがいい
Great song.....A pedal steel would really compliment the arrangement......RIP Kenny....
Chuckie … You must not be hearing Nina in there .