Don't Cry Now

Performer: Linda Ronstadt
Engineer: Ric Tarrantini; John Haeny; Peter Granet
Producer: J. D. Souther; John Boylan; Peter Asher
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Personnel includes: Linda Ronstadt (vocals, tambourine); J.D. Souther, Herb Pedersen (acoustic guitar); Jerry McGee, Larry Carlton, Glenn Frey (electric guitar); Sneaky Pete, Ed Black, Buddy Emmons (steel guitar); Nino Tempo (saxophone); Mac Johnson (trumpet); Gail Martin (trombone); Spooner Oldham (piano); Lee Sklar (bass); Russ Kunkel, Dennis St. John (drums); Clydie King (background vocals). Personnel: Linda Ronstadt (vocals, tabla, tambourine, background vocals); J.D. Souther (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals); Herb Pedersen (guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals); Sneaky Pete Kleinow (guitar, steel guitar); Rick Roberts (acoustic guitar); Ed Black (electric guitar, steel guitar); Glenn Frey, Andy Johnson, Richard Bowen, Jerry McGee, Larry Carlton, Richard Bowden (electric guitar); Sneaky Pete, Buddy Emmons (steel guitar); Gib Guilbeau (fiddle); Jimmie Haskell (strings); Jimmy Fadder, Jimmie Fadden (harmonica); James Gordon, Jim Gordon , Nino Tempo (saxophone); Darrell Leonard, Mackinley Johnson, Mack Johnson (trumpet); Gail Martin (trombone); Craig Doerge, Spooner Oldham (piano); John Boylan (electric piano); Dennis St. John, Mickey McGee, Russ Kunkel (drums); Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews, Ginger Holladay, Mary Holliday, Wendy Waldman, Shirley Matthews, Marti McCall (background vocals). Audio Remixers: J.D. Souther; Al Schmitt. Photographers: Ed Caraeff; Terry Wright. This major 1973 release finds Ronstadt still solidifying her position as rock's premier interpretive singer. The country rock of the Eagles and producer/writer John David Souther remains the idiom, but Ronstadt has the voice, style and background to deliver this commercialized roots music with little loss of authenticity. Unlike Bonnie Raitt or Janis, she is relatively free of blues or R&B influence. In another singer this might seem a liability, but it allows Rondstadt unusually direct access to the emotional wellsprings of the country and folk which defined post-sixties rock music. Whether on the Eagles' own "Desperado," the country warhorse "Silver Threads And Golden Needles" or Neil Young's "I Believe In You," Rondstadt's powerful contralto emerges as a representative voice of a musical generation just coming of age.

Linda Ronstadt began as the clear-voiced, country-influenced singer for '60s folk-rockers the Stone Poneys, where she covered tunes by the likes of Mike Nesmith and Tim Buckley. That knack for choosing material served her well in the second half of the '70s, when she became a pop superstar interpreting songs by everyone from Dave Edmunds and Elvis Costello to Chuck Berry and Roy Orbison. Subsequently, she showed her diversity by cutting albums of jazz standards, traditional Mexican music, and pure country

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