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Vf($ie Daily Utah (JiimcleStone Poneys To HappenBy BRUCE ROBERTS Chronicle Rock EditorU Days activities will reach an entertaining climax tomorrow night when Linda Ronstadt and The Stone Poneys and Holden Caulfield perform in a Stomp Concert at 8 in the Union Ballroom.The Stone Poneys, who have been together now for nearly a year, will be making their first appearance in Salt Lake City. The group boasts one of the quickest success stories in the recording business, after becoming an overnight sensation upon the release of “Different Drums,” their first big single. The Stone Poneys followed up with another single, High Muddy Water,” and have released three albums on the Capitol label.The biggest compliment ever paid to The Stone Poneys is their rating with an elite number of groups who are characterized by a driving female lead singer. In the tradition of Janis Joplin of Big Brother and The Holding Company and Grace Slick of The Jefferson Airplane, Linda Ronstadt of The Stone Poneys is what makes the group go.Linda, who was raised in a music-minded family, provides the far reaching vocal power for the Stone Poneys. Her appearance goes along with her singing, as Linda’s stage performance seems to draw in the audience. Her long black hair and her big brown eyes once caused a friend to describe her as, “Peter Pan still in search of Shadow.”Unlike the Joplin and Slick power of driving the audience into a frenzie, Linda Ronstadt is in search of honesty and love in her music. She is a great admirer of the two queens of San Francisco rock .saying, “They have the ability to communicate love, and move everyone musically. That’s something really wonderful, and I hope that we can do that with our music, too.Linda grew up singing with her family, but didn’t think about a professional career until she figured her life at the University of Arizona was a waste of her time. So off she
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Salt Lake City Utah Daily Chronicle
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Fri, May 03, 1968
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