![]() ![]() I was always writing for my own records and my own projects, and a lot of times, people would come to me asking for material. So, once I referred her to that one, it had already been released by me. For example, the song that Wynonna recorded ("Tell Me Why") had already been on an album of mine. Then, when people would ask for songs, I would pass them along. ![]() Q: After Linda Ronstadt recorded some of your songs, did you aspire to do more songwriting for other artists, or how did that process evolve?Ī: I never set out to write for anybody else. I had some of the same songs that were on my first album (Karla Bonoff) that were on Linda's Hasten Down the Wind Album. I wasn't writing for anybody else, I was writing for me, but people would ask for material, so I would offer them things I had written. About the same time I got signed to my solo deal, around 1976, Linda Ronstadt also recorded a couple of my songs. Q: When did you start penning songs other artists?Ī: I continued to perform on my own, and I continued to write songs. I would say that was an 8- or 10-year process. So, I was trying to write professionally at that point, but it really didn't come together for me until a bit later when I had done some more writing and performing, which led to Linda Ronstadt doing some of my songs. At that point, I was 19 years old, and we were signed to A&M Records. So, I started writing music, and then I got in a band with a couple of other people, and we all started writing songs, together and separately, for our band (Bryndle) with Wendy Waldman, Andrew Gold and Kenny Edwards. We were listening to a lot of Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, and later, Carole King. We had an acoustic duo, kind of a Joni Mitchell-style. Q: Tell us about your early songwriting and how that moved into a professional writing role?Ī: I started writing with my sister (Lisa), mostly music, and she wrote lyrics. ![]() SCHOOL NEWS: Area schools preparing food trucks to battle student hunger over the summer We spoke with Bonoff in a phone interview to find out more about her songwriting, the new album and her upcoming concert. Produced by Bonoff and Sean McCue, the new album features Bonoff on piano and guitar and Gerber on acoustic and electric guitar. ![]()
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