One of my favorite bands who I never hear anyone talk about anymore is Little Feat. I especially liked Little Feat founder Lowell George’s songwriting. He was a huge influence on some of my favorite music of the 1970s and early 1980s, and he died too young. I thought of him when I saw this sign in New Mexico.
And I’ve been from Tucson to Tucumcari
Tehachapi to Tonopah
Driven every kind of rig that’s ever been made
Driven the backroads so I wouldn’t get weighed
Like many of my favorite songwriters, I found Lowell George thanks to Linda Ronstadt. Here’s her cover of “Willin’.” You can always listen to it just to see how the Comanche, Kawaiisu, and Shoshone place names are pronounced. =)
Linda Ronstadt! She takes me back. Is she still around?
She is retired. Last year the news was that she’d been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease and it has left her unable to sing anymore.