#Different Drum

[singeratlarge]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the phenomenal Linda Rondstadt. She built an unsurpassable career on a singular voice and a classic stage sensibility, interpreting hundreds of songs on virtually every musical platform I could name: Classical, country, New Wave rock, opera, pop, showtunes & standards, theatre, and world music. 

Linda retired from performing and recording in 2011 when she came down with a form of aggressive palsy, but she still gets around. I met her in 2013 when she came into Guitar Center to get her guitar worked on. She and I have mutual acquaintances in the music biz and, once the dazzle wore off, the vibe became easeful and low-key, like a multiple award winning artist was really just another musician hanging out in a music shop with the crew. To me it’s heartening that someone with an affliction such as hers can still go home and enjoy music-making.

Here’s a cover of her breakthrough song “Different Drum.” Mike Nesmith wrote this in 1966 and, a year later, it became a hit for Linda Ronstadt & the Stone Poneys. The original track had a unique blend of Californianized baroque pop and country. Our cover is from a 1998 recording session I did with The Third National Band, a Mike Nesmith tribute project. The original had a strings. Since we didn’t have a string orchestra handy, I played those parts on harpsichord:

Meanwhile, HB Linda—thank you for your years of innovation and for giving us an incredible body of song!

#lindaronstadt #birthday #michaelnesmith #mikenesmith #differentdrum #johnnyjblair #sanfrancisco

[myimaginaryradio]

Different Drum - Stone Poneys

[buttholebuttonhole]

Sam eagle is SO Mike nesmith coded if you think about it. You know

[manitat]

Deadwood - Different Drum

[howardhawkshollywoodmusic]

33. Different Drum by The Stone Poneys debuted Nov 67 and peaked at number 13, scoring 1159 points.

The group formed in Los Angeles, and the follow up was their only other chart entry. It failed to make the top 40. Lead singer Linda Ronstadt released her first solo record, Long Long Time in 1970. It peaked at number 25.

Different Drum was written by Michael Nesmith of The Monkees.

[rambunctioustoons]

different drum // the stone poneys 🎶

[mickdalena]

to celebrate me handing in my assignment with mike in it have him in his nudie suit . wait i need this cd

[sunday-bug]

If I am anything, it’s one of God’s most dedicated simps 🥵

[starrysharks]

quick concept art of octavia with dreads for a planned chapter

[the-alan-price-combo]

An Animals diorama I made, based on the Pop Gear music video of "House of the Rising Sun"!!

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(Detailed pictures under the cut!)

[myimaginaryradio]

Different Drum - Stone Poneys

[forged-in-kaoss]

ouhn... ahhHA? nyop. eheheheheheOHOOOHOOHOOOOO nyehhahahahaha yehahahaha oawn~ ah-aha

[n3arell-art]

He can hear the sound of the drums, the never ending drums

[hauntedkeys]

Riot Maidstone is extraordinarily high school marching band drum major coded. No I will not be explaining myself further.

[moonpaw]

i wonder why the robot didn't wake up when luffy went gear 5 against lucci

ancient robot: oh cool, joyboy's here. he loves giant robots. well there's another giant robot around so he's probably satisfied. *continues to sleep*

vegaforce: *gets blown up*

ancient robot, activating: i gotta do everything around here, GODDAMN IT

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