Thursday Music Corner: Eleven-time Grammy winner Linda Ronstadt emerged from the folk music scene to broad appeal in the 1970s across the country, rock and pop genres with hits like Blue Bayou and the chart-topper You’re No Good. Here she performs one of her Warren Zevon covers, Mohammad’s Radio, live in Texas. The song, which is about the redemptive power of music, appeared on Ronstadt’s ninth studio album, Living in the USA. Released in 1978, it was the third of her run of three albums in a row that topped the Billboard album charts. Now aged 75, due to a degenerative condition Ronstadt has been unable to sing since around 2011.
The much-loved Warren Zevon died of cancer in 2003, having never achieved breakthrough success as a solo artist, but having long impressed with his inventive, wry rock writing. His one legitimate hit was the witty Werewolves of London, but other well-known tracks included Poor Poor Pitiful Me (also covered by Ronstadt), Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner and Excitable Boy.
Linda Ronstadt – Mohammed’s Radio (Live in Houston, 1978)
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