Linda Ronstadt wanted to record Mexican folk songs in Spanish since she left Tucson, Arizona as a teen. This is the story of how that dream came true.
It just took some time to get to where she had the clout she needed in the industry to make it happen.
"The label didn't want it," Ronstadt tells The Arizona Republic. "But to their credit, they stepped up to promote it once it started doing well on its own.""I just thought of it as the record I wanted to make," she says. "It seemed like the most natural thing in the world to call him and say 'Help us write these lyrics in Spanish,'" Ronstadt says."He was delighted," she says."He got paid."Beautiful Aunt Luisa's 'Canciones'
In 1946, her aunt published a book called"Canciones de Mi Padre: Spanish Folk Songs from Southern Arizona." "I was using the same promoter I used for rock 'n' roll. And he was flipping out. But when we got out on stage, the place was just packed to the rafters with three generations of families and they all knew the songs."Old songs have a habit of sticking around in Ronstadt's family. She recalls a recent family gathering where five generations of Ronstadt starting singing — the sort of thing that's bound to happen when they get together.
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