Simple Dreams ~ A Musical Memoir (39 page)

Nudie,
84
,
176

nuns,
16
–19,
160
,
187

Nyro, Laura,
61

Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir,
185

Oaxaca, Mexico,
175

“Oceana Roll, The,”
20

O’Connor, Mark,
109

Odetta,
36

“Old Man,”
101

“Ooh Baby Baby,”
74
–75

opera,
see Bohème, La

Orbison, Roy,
63
,
106

Ostin, Mo,
75

O’Sullivan, Dana,
8
–10,
15
,
103

Owens, Bonnie,
58

Oz, Frank,
127
–29

pachangas
(picnics),
22

Palomino Club,
57

paparazzi,
136
–37

Papp, Joe,
121
–27,
121
,
132
,
136
–39,
161
,
164
–68

“Parlez-moi d’amour,”
195

“parlor music,”
107

Parsons, Estelle,
139

Parsons, Gene,
49

Parsons, Gram,
49
,
50
,
58
–60,
79
–82,
83
,
84
,
92
–93

Parsons, Gretchen,
80
–81

Parton, Dolly,
93
,
95
,
105
–10,
176
,
191

Patsy (LR’s friend),
16
,
19

Patton, Charlie,
36

Paul Butterfield Blues Band,
41

Pauline (secretary),
40

Paupers,
99

Pavón, Pastora (La Niña de los Peines),
13
,
196

Payne, Bill,
85

Pearlman, Ron,
35
,
60
–61

Peer Gynt
(Grieg),
13

Peter, Paul and Mary,
26
,
75

Peter and Gordon,
66

Petty, Tom,
25

Phillips, Lee,
76

physical training,
102
–3

Piaf, Edith,
26
,
174
,
197

Pickett, Wilson,
143
,
186

Pieces of the Sky
,
87

Pirates of Penzance, The
(Gilbert and Sullivan),
4
,
123
–27,
130
,
144
,
145
,
157
,
166
,
181

Broadway production of,
137
–41

Central Park production of,
135
–37

motion picture version of,
147
–48

rehearsals for,
131
–35,
139
–40

Pirates of the Caribbean
,
133

Playboy After Dark
,
58

playlists,
29
,
43

poetry, Mexican,
169
–70

ponies,
8
–9

Ponselle, Rosa,
24

“Poor Poor Pitiful Me,”
63

“Poor Wandering One,”
126

pop music,
141
,
142
,
182
,
195

Porter, Cole,
192

Prejean, Sister Helen,
187

Presley, Elvis,
84
,
176

Pretenders,
158

Price, Ray,
49

“Prisoner in Disguise,”
72

puppetry,
128
–29

Putnam, Norbert,
54

Quadrafonic Studios,
100
–101

Quico (L. Ronstadt’s nephew),
200

“Quiéreme Mucho,”
3

Radio City Music Hall,
156
–57

“Ragtime Cowboy Joe,”
20

Raitt, Bonnie,
191

Rameau, Jean-Philippe,
186

rancheras
,
12
,
25
,
26
,
163
–64,
170
,
180

Randi, Don,
42

Ray Charles in Person
,
73

Redding, Otis,
72

Reddy, Helen,
76

Reeves, Steve,
102

“Refrain Audacious Tar,”
124

Remson, Sister Jane,
187

rhinestone cowboy,
176

rhythm and blues,
143
,
186

Rich, Frank,
167

Richard (bodyguard),
137

Richards, Keith,
58
–60,
112
,
133

Richmond, Fritz,
41

Riddle, Christopher,
159

Riddle, Nelson,
29
,
73
,
151
–61,
170
,
174
,
179
,
181
,
184
,
186

Riddle, Rosemary,
152

Rillito River,
10

Rising Sons,
32

“River Deep, Mountain High,”
82

Rivingston, Marge “Magic Marge,”
140
–41

Roberts, Elliot,
61
,
83
,
143

Robinson, Smokey,
74
–75

rock and roll,
39
,
49
–50,
85
,
141
,
143
,
152
,
157
–59,
179

LR’s uneasiness with,
158
–59

Rockingham Drive, Brentwood, LR’s residence at,
112
,
131
,
137
,
151

Rockwell, John,
56
,
121
–24

Rodgers, Jimmie,
58

Rodrigues, Amália,
197

Rogers, Roy,
176

roller skates,
103
–4

Rolling Stones,
42
,
58
–59,
82
,
116
,
138

“Roll On Through the Night,”
91

“Roll Out the Barrel,”
31

Ronstadt, Bill,
27
,
199
–200

Ronstadt, Britt,
199
–200

Ronstadt, Fred,
1
–4,
6
,
20
,
33
,
176
,
194
–95

Ronstadt, Gilbert,
1
–3,
5
–6,
13
,
15
,
18
,
19
,
22
–23,
25
,
32
–33,
65
,
103
,
126
,
142
,
147
,
158
,
163
,
170
,
177
,
196

death of,
189

Ronstadt, John,
199
–200

Ronstadt, Linda:

A. Fudge and,
28
–31,
73

arrest of,
64
,
84
,
104

A. Savoy and,
192
–96

birth of,
1

childhood of,
xii
,
5
–23,
25
–27,
124
,
133
,
148
,
152
,
164
,
170
,
172
,
173
,
179
,
188
,
189
,
194
,
196
,
200

children of,
16
,
116
,
190
,
191
,
197
,
200