I'll make this quick as I need to get to bed. So last night I went to see David Bromberg and his quartet play the Fillmore. Fine show, Bromberg is in much better voice than he was 12+ years back when he went into retirement. At one point in the show, the rest of the band left the stage, leaving DB and guitar to play a couple of tunes solo.
After the first one, he says to the audience, "I was a little worried about you at first, but I think this will work. I'm gonna come down there," and points to a spot in front of the stage. He comes down and starts playing a song sans audio reinforcement. No mics, no amp, zip. So about two-thirds of the way thru the song, all of a sudden, three voices (good ones, two female & one male) answer his last line from the middle of the hall. Surprised the hell out of everyone. Great finish to the song (the title of which I'm forgetting), after which DB motions for them to join him on stage.
The guy turned out to be his mandolin player, Mitch Corbin, who I didn't recognize in the dark halfway across the room. One of the women was Carol something-or-other, never heard of her. And the third woman?
Linda Ronstadt.
A major WTF??? moment.
She's kinda plump these days, dressed conservatively, but smiling all the while and still has a helluva set of pipes. The singers did one more song with DB and band, and brought down the house.
