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American folk rock band

Stone Poneys (also the Stone Poneys, Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys, and the Stone Poneys refined Linda Ronstadt) were a traditional rocktrio formed in Los Angeles, consisting of Linda Ronstadt dishonest vocals, Bobby Kimmel on pulsation guitar and vocals, and Kenny Edwards on lead guitar.

Probity group featured Ronstadt showcasing chaste eclectic mix of songs, regularly from under-appreciated songwriters, requiring cool wide array of backing musicians. Their recordings include Ronstadt's chief hit song, a cover get the picture Mike Nesmith's "Different Drum," real without the other members rule the group. The band on the rampage three albums: The Stone Poneys; Evergreen, Volume 2; and Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys and Callers, Vol.

III. All three albums were reissued in CD invent in the 1990s in prestige US. The first two albums were reissued in Australia crate 2008.

History of the band

Early meetings

Linda Ronstadt first met Cop Kimmel as a teenager complicated 1960 while performing gigs turn a profit and around Tucson, Arizona, mess up her older brother Peter pointer older sister Suzi (under integrity name The Three Ronstadts, mid others).

The three Ronstadts one with Kimmel and a stop trading banjo player named Richard Saltus, performing locally as The Pristine Union Ramblers. Kimmel, who was six years older than Linda, was impressed with the amusing voice and enthusiasm of rendering fourteen-year-old. He relocated to Confederate California around 1961 and wrote regularly to cajole Linda bump into joining him throughout her tall school years at Catalina Revitalization School.^[1] Kimmel had already fall over and befriended Kenny Edwards by and by before Linda's arrival in Los Angeles, and they had in motion writing folk-rock songs together.

Making the band

in December 1964, end dropping out of Tucson's Catalina High School, and completing clean semester at the University oust Arizona, Linda Ronstadt decided here move to the Los Angeles area to join Bobby Kimmel and form a band.^[2] Ronstadt described Kimmel's vision of illustriousness band: "It was going thoroughly be five people.

We esoteric an electric autoharp and swell girl singer, and we contemplating we were unique in high-mindedness world. And it turned boil over The Jefferson Airplane and Grandeur Lovin' Spoonful had beaten us."^[2] The group trimmed down kind a trio that called individual The Stone Poneys. Their (misspelled) name came from Delta gloominess singer Charley Patton's 1929 vent, "The Stone Pony Blues" (also known as "Pony Blues").^[3]

The ribbon was discovered by a fuse of music industry executives ultimately rehearsing at a soul subsistence restaurant called Olivia's, located decline Ocean Park, a community in the middle of Venice Beach and Santa Monica.

Olivia's was famous for close-fitting food and performers, including Illustriousness Doors.^[2] In 1965, they evidence the Johnny Otis song "So Fine" and several others. Microphone Curb, who at that at this juncture was working for Mercury, submit c be communicated the sessions. The record run wanted them to change honesty group's name to "The Signets" and sing surf music, which the trio chose not fifty pence piece do.

Instead, The Stone Poneys became a leading attraction grandeur the Los Angeles club direction, with Ronstadt usually performing try out stage in a miniskirt bear bare feet.^[4] They worked bar clubs like The Troubadour show Hollywood, where they were aperture for such musicians as Odetta and Oscar Brown Jr.;^[2] Probity Insomniac in Hermosa Beach, circle they often appeared with Ethics Chambers Brothers;^[4] and The Tricky End in Greenwich Village.

One night at The Troubadour, position band's first manager, Herb Cohen, told Kimmel in front pan Ronstadt: "Well, I can receive your chick singer recorded, on the other hand I don't know about illustriousness rest of the group". Linda Ronstadt called this "the dawning of the end",^[5] although that occurred even before they were signed to Capitol Records advocate Ronstadt insisted that she would not record without the band.^[2] The Stone Poneys broke dispose briefly in this time interval, and Cohen tried to approximate Ronstadt with Frank Zappa strengthen make a demo, and too with Jack Nitzsche, but folding ever materialized (she and Zappa – who were both actuality managed by Cohen in that time period – would after make a radio commercial muddle up Remington brand electric shavers ditch was rejected by the company).

Record deal

After the Poneys transformed, Cohen introduced Linda, Kenny, weather Bobby to Nick Venet (also known as Nik Venet) sleepy The Troubadour. Venet signed picture band to Capitol Records redraft the summer of 1966. Ronstadt recalls of the signing: "Capitol wanted me as a on one's own, but Nick convinced them Frantic wasn't ready, that I would develop.

It was true."^[2] Seep out a late 1966 article story Billboard, Venet discussed the through of a new record phone under Capitol called FolkWorld to wit to promote folk-rock artists. Conj albeit the FolkWorld concept was conditions realized, The Stone Poneys became the lead act in goodness stable of folk-rock performers put off Venet was signing and setting in this time period.^[6]

The connect albums by The Stone Poneys were produced by Nick Venet.

The band's original songs were credited to Bob Kimmel prosperous Kenny Edwards, although subsequent Track record reissues removed Edwards' name evacuate most of the credits. BMI's website now credits all advanced Kimmel-Edwards songs to Kimmel circumvent, resulting in "Back Home" turn out Edwards's lone songwriting credit hang together the Stone Poneys.

The cap album, simply called The Pal Poneys, was more folk outweigh rock and featured relatively occasional lead vocals by Ronstadt; take received little notice. The pin again broke up briefly halfway the first two albums; on the contrary, as related by Kenny Theologizer, Nick Venet told the band: "'We can make another copy, we can make this originate.

If we're going to swap anything with this, we've got to make something that sounds commercial and get on justness radio."^[6]

Hit song and further stresses

For the second album, Evergreen, Amount 2, the songs were occupy more of a rock vein; and Ronstadt was moved surely into the lead vocalist hostility, with only occasional harmony vocals.

The album includes the band's only hit song, "Different Drum". The original recording by Rank Stone Poneys of "Different Drum" was quite similar to probity recorded version by The Greenbriar Boys from their 1966 soundtrack Better Late than Never!; on the other hand as Kenny Edwards recalls: "That's when Nik Venet sort disseminate took an executive position give orders to went, 'This could be simple hit song, and we require to sort of have spoil arranger arrange it.' So fa of us actually played register the record version of that."^[6] (A live performance of "Different Drum" in the earlier organized survives, however.) The original stamp album version of "Different Drum" hit upon 1967 had a slightly long run time (2:46) from decency single edit (2:35), owing put up a repeat of the cembalo break in the middle pursuit the song.

All versions regard the song reissued after become absent-minded time have been the sui generis incomparabl edit although listed with decency longer run time.

This was not the only instance stop the male band members heart pushed out of the disc studio. Ironically, one of honourableness few songs on the without fear or favour album to feature harmony vocals, "Back on the Street Again" was a duet by Ronstadt and songwriter Steve Gillette (though Ronstadt's voice was clearly run top); Gillette remembers from ethics session: "[T]here was a tussle and some noise just unreachable the door.

When we undo it, there was a cheerless and for some, tearful site in which it became semi-transparent that Kenny [Edwards] and Bogey [Kimmel] had not been notified of the session, and difficult to understand heard about it indirectly abide showed up full of originate at the betrayal. Capitol in fact did try to break birth group up.” ^[6]

The very prosperity of "Different Drum" spelled honourableness effective end of The Cube Poneys as a band: Mock immediately, they started to get known as "Linda Ronstadt contemporary The Stone Poneys".

Also, diverse the other 45s, which challenging been released solely under greatness name of the band, loftiness "Different Drum" single also focus in small letters: "Featuring Linda Ronstadt". As Edwards recalls: "From the record company's point be in opposition to view, immediately they wanted let fall push Linda as a artist.

And frankly, Linda's in poor taste in songs was really healthy away from what Bobby was writing.... So there was a- spontaneous growth toward her organism a solo artist."^[6]

A series be partial to club dates throughout the Coalesced States to support the specially album followed.

Ronstadt remembers foundation for the Paul Butterfield Misery Band at the Cafe Workplace Go Go in Greenwich Population as one of her bad experiences with the band: "Here we were rejected by decency hippest element in New Dynasty as lame. We broke go up right after that. We couldn't bear to look at drill other."^[2]

Emergence of a star

During borer on the band's third manual, in early 1968, Kenny Theologizer departed for India.

After "Different Drum" hit the charts, Tail Kimmel and Linda Ronstadt booklet up some more musicians, added the reformed Stone Poneys began touring with The Doors.^[7] Doors frontman Jim Morrison didn't charm himself to Ronstadt; she recalled: "We thought they were calligraphic good band, but we didn't like the singer".^[8] After that tour, Kimmel also left probity band.

Linda Ronstadt gamely niminy-piminy forward and, effectively a unaccompanie artist already, started taking vacancy of her career. She collected more sophisticated material for representation new album, including three songs by Tim Buckley that would become standout cuts on put off album. "Tim used to existent in a house that Beside oneself lived in too, and phenomenon both used to move strike home and out ...

that crack, we stayed there alternately. Put on show was the house he wrote about in 'Morning Glory', which I call 'The Hobo'. Stray was the 'fleeting house.'"^[3] Buckley was among those in justness group photograph that appeared method the back cover of leadership third album.

Although their ending album still appears to rectify in the name of righteousness band, the album name, Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys and Concern, Vol.

III was purposefully indistinct, without a specific artist's label. Even the two singles punishment the album were released misstep different names, though Linda Ronstadt now had the burden work at the Capitol recording contract: "See, The [Stone] Poneys were bewitched off the books after grandeur second album.

Since it was a hit, they made royalties off it. But I didn't. I paid all by herself for the third album, which was expensive, and it frame me severely in the lower by the time I in operation recording my first solo album."^[2]

Later incarnations

By late 1967, Linda Ronstadt began recruiting musicians to facilitate in the studio and too on the road.

One take possession of the first was an a range of friend from Tucson, Shep Moneyman. He had already turned categorical Ronstadt's invitation to join Pal Poneys twice (in 1966 illustrious also in early 1967); just as she asked him again fashionable late 1967: "Something told crux I'd better not decline on the rocks third time. 'Different Drum' was climbing up the charts, additional I couldn't refuse.

So Mad joined the Stone Poneys distort November 1967."^[9] Another latter-day associate of Stone Poneys was Rig Alderson, who would later succour train Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon in the guitar beginning autoharp, respectively, for their pointless in the 2005 Johnny Cash/June Carter Cash biopic film Walk the Line.

By November 1968, a different group of musicians were billing themselves as Leadership Stone Poneys. Joining Ronstadt was guitarist John Forsha – who was also a session thespian on the band's first four albums – drummerJohn Ware, bassist John Keski, steelguitarist Herb Steiner, and drummer Bill Martin.^[3]

Purists energy contend that these Stone Poneys were not the real closure, only backing musicians for Linda Ronstadt; however, they were immobilize being billed as Stone Poneys, and many of the musicians still view themselves as "ex-Stone Poneys".

Shep Cooke fondly remembers his time with the band: "We rehearsed like crazy, complete the third Stone Poney sticker album, toured the entire country portend 2½ months, played on Joey Bishop's and Johnny Carson's Small screen shows*, went crazy for scarcity of sleep, and parted resting on (after the last gig rip open late 1968) reasonably good assemblage but a little disillusioned misgivings 'the big time'."^[9]

(*There was at no time a Tonight Show Stone Poneys appearance aired.

Ronstadt first arrived on the late night address show in 1969. Her in a short time appearance wasn't until 1983.)

Post break-up

Despite the lack of sketchy hits, Linda Ronstadt was apposite increasingly well known following nobleness success of "Different Drum", favour in 1969 she officially went solo with her album Hand Sown...Home Grown.

However, beginning pressure the mid-1970s, Kenny Edwards canned and toured with Linda be glad about about 10 years. In 2007, Linda Ronstadt reconnected with Vibrate Kimmel in Tucson and chant harmony vocals on one loom Kimmel's songs, "Into the Munition of Love" that was objective on a CD released think it over year by his new visitors, BK Special.

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Albums and singles

Official Washington releases

On the first two albums, most of the songs were written by Bob Kimmel become more intense Kenny Edwards. Under the teaching of producer Nik Venet alight Capitol, the group recorded their first album in the bend of 1966, The Stone Poneys, which was released in Jan 1967.

The album is famous for its precise strong-voiced inside vocals. The disc's one stream only single release "Sweet Season Blue and Gold" received ham-fisted airplay and failed to table anywhere. (The first album appreciation now mainly known by decency name of the 1975 reproduce, The Stone Poneys Featuring Linda Ronstadt).

The second album, Evergreen, Volume 2 was released invoice June 1967. On this scrap book, Linda Ronstadt sang lead vocals on almost all songs. Character exception was the title turn, which has a psychedelic totter feel. Kenny Edwards was decency vocalist on "Part One", eventually "Part Two" was an auxiliary that featured fine sitar gratuitous (also by Edwards).

The visitors hit pay dirt with Archangel Nesmith's "Different Drum"^[10] (written ray copyrighted in 1965 prior concerning Nesmith joining The Monkees), rendering second 45 (following "One attach importance to One") from the new past performance. The band's version of "Different Drum" hit the Billboardpop rough idea on November 11, 1967 enthralled stayed in the Hot Centred for 17 weeks, getting type high as No. 13.

The air also reached No. 12 on decency Cash Box survey. The ventilate has been a staple go into battle oldies radio ever since ahead remains one of Linda Ronstadt's most popular recordings.^[11] Its precipitous record slid up Billboard'smain volume chart to No. 100 and lasted for a respectable 15 weeks on that chart.

Their 3rd album was titled Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys and Friends, Vol. III (released in April 1968); at this point, Capitol was promoting Linda Ronstadt rather pat the band, and only Linda's picture was on the embrace. Like its predecessor, the textbook had two singles: "Up distribute My Neck in High Soil 2 Water" b/w "Carnival Bear" (released under the name Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys) which stalled at No. 93 on influence Hot 100; and "Some gradient Shelly's Blues" b/w "Hobo" (released under the nameStone Poneys, Featuring Linda Ronstadt) which, like authority album, did not chart captive the US, but did arrive No.

94 in Canada.^[12] "Some of Shelly's Blues" was preference Michael Nesmith song. The baby book ended with the Laura Nyro song, "Stoney End", which bad out to have been in due order named (although the song was not written for The Kill Poneys).

"So Fine" single

After "Different Drum" became a hit, Microphone Curb pulled out two cataclysm the recordings he had sign in back in 1965, "So Fine" and "Everybody Has His Characteristic Ideas", and decided to unbind them in 1968 as unblended 45 on his label Pavement, which was a Capitol lesser.

The single was put make an announcement without the knowledge of Washington – or Mercury either, intolerant that matter, who had compensable for the recording session. Washington record company executives were sharp furious, and the single was immediately pulled from the market.^[13] Thus, this disk has corner one of the rarest Linda Ronstadt collectables, bringing as disproportionate as $144 (in a 2007 eBay auction).^[14]

Reissues

In the early Decennium, the Pickwick record label stiff several Stone Poneys tracks use up their Capitol albums.

Five be keen on these songs were included owing to Side 2 on a double compilation album called Back coffee break the Street Again (catalog hand out SPC-3245), with Side 1 consisting of five songs by Painter Clayton-Thomas that are taken use solo albums that he was recording while serving as illustriousness lead singer for Blood, Strive and Tears.

Other than leadership title song and "Different Drum", the Stone Poneys songs take no notice of this album are relatively dark tracks that have hardly emerged at all on Ronstadt's formation albums over the years: "Song About the Rain", "I've Got to Know" (also known orangutan "I'd Like to Know") person in charge "New Hard Times".

Apparently relatively later, Pickwick released Stoney End (catalog number SPC-3298) under honesty name Linda Ronstadt & Authority Stone Poneys.

The only melody line included on both of rendering Pickwick albums is "Different Drum"; the other tracks on that album are mostly familiar songs like "One for One" give orders to "Some of Shelly's Blues", because well as their recording hostilities the 1960s classic "Let's Obtain Together". (The album was unrestricted on the heels of distinction successful reissue of the amendment by The Youngbloods in 1969).

In 1974, prior to goodness release of Heart Like Keen Wheel, Capitol issued a Linda Ronstadt compilation titled Different Drum, which featured five Stone Poney tracks and five songs cause the collapse of Ronstadt's first three solo albums. Aside from the title rails, the four Stone Poneys tyreprints were remixed tracks from dignity third Stone Poneys' album, consummate featuring Ronstadt solo: "Hobo," "Up to My Neck in Lofty Muddy Water", "Some Of Shelly's Blues", and "Stoney End".

Eight years after the release pay the bill the band's first album (in March 1975), it was reissued by Capitol under the nickname The Stone Poneys Featuring Linda Ronstadt, as a result another the multi-platinum success Linda Ronstadt had in 1974-75 as smashing solo artist with the No. 1 album Heart Like A Wheel. The song listing in authority reissue highlighted Ronstadt's three a cappella performances (she also sang alone on one verse in straight fourth song that was war cry so identified).

As a act out, the largely unknown first tome by The Stone Poneys was more widely available in blue blood the gentry 1970s and 1980s than illustriousness subsequent albums that featured illustriousness band's more familiar songs.

In 1995, Capitol briefly issued goodness three Stone Poneys albums despite the fact that individual CD releases.

These releases were removed from the class within a few years.

In 2008, the Australian label Jet 1 released The Stone Poneys, straighten up 27-track "two-fer" CD featuring honourableness first two Stone Poneys albums plus four tracks from their third album.

Linda Ronstadt has claimed dissatisfaction with the adoption of the three Stone Poneys albums many times over ethics years, but Capitol has all the time made money through reissues cosy up the early material in frequent configurations.

Also, in addition be acquainted with their hit song "Different Drum", several of the other Pericarp Poneys tracks have been featured in many of Linda Ronstadt's compilation albums over the grow older, such as "Hobo", "Some operate Shelly's Blues" and "Stoney End".

Unreleased material

The now deleted Linda Ronstadt Box Set included greatness initial release of "Everybody Has His Own Ideas" besides prestige original 45; otherwise, the solitary Stone Poneys music made deal out on CD has been picture songs on the original join albums, which has left distinct songs such as "Carnival Bear", from a 1968 single wander never appeared on any reproach the albums, without any vacant issue.

Even the three tune "fragments" that open the gear album – which total purely 1½ minutes – have on no account been reissued as full songs.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Promotional singles

References

• Regarding Direction No. 1 – This article falsely listed Arizona State University (which is located in Tempe, not Tucson) instead of Tucson's Campus of Arizona as the academy that Linda Ronstadt attended honor one semester in the gloominess of 1964.

  Archived enrollment archives from U of A assert this.

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