Linda Ronstadt "Simple Dreams" (1977) -Westcoast Rock / Country Rock-

  

 Label : Elektra / Asylum Records

 Side One

01 - It's So Easy (Buddy Holly & Norman Petty)
02 - Carmelita (Warren Zevon)
03 - Simple Man, Simple Dream (J.D. Souther)
04 - Sorrow Lives Here (Eric Kaz)
05 - I Never Will Marry (Traditional Arranged by Linda Ronstadt)

Side Two

01 - Blue Bayou (Roy Orbison & Joe Melson)
02 - Poor Poor Pitiful Me (Warren Zevon)
03 - Maybe I'm Right (Waddy Wachtel)
04 - Tumbling Dice (Mick Jagger & Keith Richards)
05  - Old Paint (Traditional Arranged by Linda Ronstadt)


Produced by Peter Asher
Recorded & Mixed at The Sound Factory, LA by Val Garay
Assisted by Mark Howlett
Recorded May 23rd-July22nd, 1977.
Mastered at The Mastering Lab, LA by Doug Sax


Side One

01 - It's So Easy

Acoustic Guitar : Dan Dugmore
Electric Guitars : Waddy Wachtel
Bass : Kenny Edwards
Drums : Rick Marotta
Clavinet : Don Grolnick
Background vocals : Peter Asher, Kenny Edwards, Linda Ronstadt & Waddy Wachtel

02 - Carmelita

Acoustic Guitars : Dan Dugmore & Waddy Wachtel
Electric Guitar : Waddy Wachtel
Bass : Kenny Edwards
Drums & Syn-Drums : Rick Marotta
Organ : Don Grolnick
Background vocals : Kenny Edwards & Waddy Wachtel

03 - Simple Man, Simple Dream

Steel Guitar : Dan Dugmore
Bass : Kenny Edwards
Drums & Shaker : Rick Marotta
Electric Piano : Don Grolnick
Violin : Charles Veal
Viola : David Campbell
Cello : Dennis Karmazyn
Double Bass : Richard Feves
String Arrangements by David Campbell

04 - Sorrow Lives Here

Acoustic Piano : Don Grolnick

05 - I Never Will Marry

Acoustic Guitars : Linda Ronstadt & Waddy Wachtel
Dobro : Mike Auldridge
Harmony vocals : Dolly Parton

Side Two

01 - Blue Bayou

Acoustic Guitar : Waddy Wachtel
Steel Guitar : Dan Dugmore
Bass & Mandolin : Kenny Edwards
Drums, Syn-Drums & Cowbell : Rick Marotta
Electric Piano : Don Grolnick
Marimba : Steve Forman
Background vocals : Kenny Edwards & Don Henley

02 - Poor Poor Pitiful Me

Acoustic Guitar : Dan Dugmore
Electric Guitar : Waddy Wachtel
Bass : Kenny Edwards
Drums & Syn-Drums : Rick Marotta
Clavinet : Don Grolnick
Tambourine & Maracas : Peter Asher
Background vocals : Kenny Edwards & Larry Hagler

03 - Maybe I'm Right

Acoustic Guitar & Electric Guitars : Waddy Wachtel
Bass : Kenny Edwards
Background vocals : Peter Asher, J.D. Souther & Waddy Wachtel

04 - Tumbling Dice

Electric Guitars : Dan Dugmore & Waddy Wachtel
Slide Guitar Solo : Waddy Wachtel
Bass : Kenny Edwards
Drums : Rick Marotta
Piano : Don Grolnick
Background vocals : Kenny Edwards & Waddy Wachtel

05 - Old Paint

Acoustic Guitar : Linda Ronstadt
Dobro : Mike Auldridge
Background vocals : Peter Asher & Kenny Edwards
Additional Background vocals on Last Chorus : Peter Asher, Kenny Edwards, Herb Pedersen & Linda Ronstadt