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2 Tucsonians Leave HomeVAnd Become Stone PoneysBy DAN PAVILLARD , Citizen Staff Writer Linda Ronstadt had nothing to tie her down here in her hometown, so, in her words, she “split out for L.A.”And • what happened to the daughter of Gilbert Ronstadt, local hardware merchant? She turned into a stone poney, that's what happened.The Stone Poneys are what’s happening. Well, beginning to happen. The trio, named for the 1930 Charles Patton blues recording, have signed a recorfling contract with Capitol Records.They appear at the Tucson Press Cluh at 5:30 p.m. today And complete their engagement At the Minus One Coffeehouse, 1021 E. 6th St., Sunday night.Miss Ronstadt, of the long tresses and seemingly irrepressible good spirits, is flanked by two other Poneys, Kenneth Edwards, 20, of Los Angeles, and Robert Kimmel, 26, another Tucson native.“We played, ‘The. Insomniac’ in Hermosa Beach,” one Poney said during a break between shows last night. “Now it’s aparking lot,” added another. “It didn’t give way to progress; it was a social menace.” The third one. chimed in: “It was our first public appearance together.”“Kenny.has the musical background,” Miss Ronstadt volunteered. “He played bassoon and cello in high school. And he plays the sitar. That’s an Indian instrument.”Cheerfully, the trio explained that what they play is fach and razz, “a combination of folk, Bach, rock and jazz — and tarragon.”“The lion’s share of our material is written by Bob,” Edwards said. “We have a lot of material and we add about three songs a month to our repertoire, giving the impression we are always starting out.”The two self-taught guitarists surround the tambourine thumping Ronstadt girl with strumming background for songs like “Sweet Summer Blue and Gold” (first single to be released Jan. 1 simultaneously with their first album), “I’m a Woman” (Miss R, is.20, and m the judgment of one listener “awoman with soul in her voice”), and “Fever.”Try to discuss a song with one Poney and you have to deal with all three. Take “Meredith.” “It’s about a pretty girl named Meredith,” one said. “She’s not mentioned- in the song,” the second said. “Her name is not really Meredith; she’s Kenny’s girl friend,” added the third. “But she’s real, oh boy, is she real.”Knuth Rites Will Be Held TomorrowFuneral services will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, 5951 S. 12th Ave., for Norman C. Knuth, who died Monday in San Francisco. He was 24.The .son of Mr. and' Mr s’, Norman Knuth, 394 N. Silverbell Road, he received a degree from the University of Arizona College of Agriculture in June;Miss Ronstadt does the vocal arranging for the band but she arranges nothing for dissenting voices.“We don’t sing protest songs, and we don’t carry ‘a.message’ unless it’s that everyone should, love one another. A~ lot of our songs are aoout love,” Edwards said.The predominantly collegiate audiences that have packed the coffeehouse this week seem to love lyrics such as: “If I were a carpenter / And you were a lady / Would you marry me way / And would you have my baby?” Or maybe it’s the way they are sung.The Future? “It’s uncertain,” Kimmel said. “After the album comes out, we might be in one of those package deals.” “A CARE package,” Edwards quipped. “Because we care,” Miss Ronstadt added. “And then we'll play three weeks at the Reseda bus station,” one of the Poneys said, and all three of them broke up in laughter at their own little joke.PRICED FOR INVESTMENT
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Fri, Nov 25, 1966
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