40 years later, LindaRonstadt & her collaborators reminisce on MadLove
For all the speculation about 1980's-- released 40 years ago in late February 1980 -- being a new wave record, it was never the intention of Linda Ronstadt or her longtime producer Peter Asher to compete with the likes of Blondie, The Cars and the legion of acts on the vanguard of pop music at the top of the new decade.
"I was looking for songs to record," Ronstadt explains."And Wendy Waldman, who sang with me, came to my house once with music from a young songwriter who turned out to be Billy Steinberg. So she let me hear some of his demos and I picked the one I felt I could sing, which was 'How Do I Make You.'" Guitarist Mark Goldenberg had just gotten off the road with Al Stewart on his Year of the Cat tour and was offered the chance to record with the opening act, who happened to be Wendy Waldman.Mad Love
"I remember really liking his music, especially 'Mad Love,' which was occurring in my life at the time," Ronstadt laughs."Then Wendy and my bass player Kenny Edwards -- who were once in a band together in the '60s called Bryndle -- were taking me to see The Cretones perform the songs I heard on the demo."'s direction, seeing Ronstadt choose his song as the title track was an unexpected bonus.
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