Day 5: January 5: I Think It's Gonna Work Out Fine

"Do you remember they used to call you 'Dapper Dan'?"

So in honor of my parent's anniversary, I chose this deep track from Linda Ronstadt's Get Closer album.  Seems like James and Linda had a "you sing one on mine and I'll sing one on yours" kind of deal.  Linda got this one and James got "One Morning in May" from his One Man Dog album.  Linda got the better deal.  One Morning is fine, but this one is lots of fun.

Ike and Tina have a version that seems pretty different with Ike doing lots of talking and lots of background vocals behind Tina.  I like this version better.  

I Think It's Gonna Work Out Fine

I really like Linda's early work. I think her later stuff changes the way we think about her but she worked with some cool folks early on.  Don Henley and Glenn Frey sang back up for her- and she seemed to really dig one of my favorite bizarre songwriters, Warren Zevon.  She did at least four covers of his songs- Poor Poor Pitiful Me, Hasten Down the Wind, Mohammad's Radio- and this beautiful cover of Carmelita.

Happy anniversary mom and dad.