Lo Siento Mi Vida

Linda Ronstadt’s first songwriting credit was on “Lo Siento Mi Vida” (“I’m Sorry, My Love”), which she co-wrote with her father Gilbert Ronstadt and her former bandmate in the Stone Poneys, Kenny Edwards.  Ronstadt later recorded several Spanish-language albums, including Canciones de Mi Padre and Frenesí.  While I was living in San Francisco in the mid-1990’s, I saw Linda Ronstadt’s name on a poster with numerous Latino performers that advertised an upcoming concert.  It was a plain two-color poster in the Latino neighborhood called the Mission District and clearly was not aimed at her traditional fans.  In 2011, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Latin Recording Academy (known as the Latin Grammies). 

(October 2013)