FM is a 1978 film directed by John A. Alonzo and starring Michael Brandon, Eileen Brennan, Alex Karras, Cleavon Little, and Cassie Yates. The screenplay was written by Ezra Sacks. This film was produced by Universal Pictures and originally released to theaters in the spring of 1978. (More from Wikipedia)
In performance, Linda Ronstadt mostly sings, though she sometimes plays a tambourine; however, I seem to remember seeing her play a guitar once. On her third solo album, Linda Ronstadt, she includes two live performances; and her live concert was the centerpiece of the 1978 film, FM.
When Linda Ronstadt released her version of the Rolling Stones song “Tumbling Dice” (she and Mick Jagger dated for a while), I was reminded again of how masterful the Jagger/Richards team was at crafting song lyrics. The song is included on her 1977 album Simple Dreams; Linda had to noticeably slow the tempo in order to get all of those words out of her mouth but still turns in a fine performance. The Ronstadt concert that forms the focal point of the 1978 film FM also features “Tumbling Dice”. But there was no need to look up the words that time; Linda Ronstadt included the lyrics on most of her albums, so they were right there on the album sleeve.
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