Hand Sown ... Home Grown is a 1969 album by American singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt. Produced by Chip Douglas of the Turtles, it was Ronstadt's first solo release following three Folk Rock albums with her band The Stone Poneys. The album saw Ronstadt take a decisive turn away from the Folk Rock of The Stone Poneys toward Country and Rock. Among others, Hand Sown... features covers of songs by the Flying Burrito Brothers and Bob Dylan a...
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Hand Sown ... Home Grown is a 1969 album by American singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt. Produced by Chip Douglas of the Turtles, it was Ronstadt's first solo release following three Folk Rock albums with her band The Stone Poneys. The album saw Ronstadt take a decisive turn away from the Folk Rock of The Stone Poneys toward Country and Rock. Among others, Hand Sown... features covers of songs by the Flying Burrito Brothers and Bob Dylan and a song written by her fellow Stone Poney Kenny Edwards, who would go on to perform in her band through the 1970s.
The album was a commercial failure and did not register on the Billboard album chart. In fact, it had sold less than 10,000 copies before her next album release. One single release from the album landed on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 Pop Singles chart - belatedly - in 1971, after the release of Ronstadt's follow-up album, Silk Purse. Edwards' "The Long Way Around," was the B-side to a single-only release of "(She's A) Very...
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