Linda Ronstadt Singing "The Long Way Around"

Linda sang this song on her first solo album "Hand Sown . . . Home Grown" in 1969. The song was written by her former Stone Poney bandmate Kenny Edwards.

It is now being said that "Hand Sown . . . Home Grown", which was a commercial failure upon release, was the first alternative country-rock album. Linda was moving away from the folk-rock of The Stone Poneys, and trying to find her true calling musically. She was developing a country-rock sound that would eventually lead her to superstardom.