The sound of the 70s for me is dominated by Linda Ronstadt belting out Top-40 hits like “You’re No Good,” “That’ll Be the Day,” “Heatwave,” “It’s So Easy,” and “When Will I Be Loved?”. The doe eyes peering out from LP covers belied the powerhouse voice. The LA music industry wanted a bona fide female rocker, but Linda was never comfortable in that role and she always defied classification. When her fame forced her to sing her hits again and again in enormous acoustically-challenged arenas and the life on the road began to get to her, she decided to explore other aspects of her musical persona. She followed her pop superstardom with collaborations with Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton, Nelson Riddle, and explored her Mexican heritage with the enormously successful Canciones de mi padre , among other projects. There are some personal stories in this slim volume, but it’s mostly what the subtitle says—a musical memoir. There is no gossip or mud-slinging, Jer...