{"id":1301,"date":"2008-03-28T23:53:43","date_gmt":"2008-03-29T03:53:43","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-02-16T11:00:57","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T11:00:57","slug":"cat-power-is-the-new-linda-rondstadt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/cat-power-is-the-new-linda-rondstadt\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical Upgrade: Linda Rondstadt"},"content":{"rendered":"

For those of you of a certain age<\/em>, think of all the great songs from an earlier era in rock ‘n roll that you first heard through the hit cover versions by Linda Rondstadt<\/strong>. Take Betty Everett<\/strong>‘s “You’re No Good”. I know you, loyal Townsperson, are about as cool and knowledgeable as rock ‘n roll fans get, but if you’re of that certain age range, I doubt you’d ever heard of Betty Everett and her version of “You’re No Good” until years after you’d dug then completely denied the wonders of Linda Rondstadt’s string of ’70s hits. Excluding those of you younger than 38 years old, raise your hand if you honestly heard Everett’s excellent original before this major hit song. In fact, I’d bet that most of us didn’t know if was a cover until a good 5 years after the song’s release.<\/p>