Celebrate celebrate dance to the music! Just pulled out Three Dog Nights greatest hits. What an awesome band! So happy this moment!

"Not a thing, Doc. I'm a goddamn marvel of modern science"!

- Randle McMurphy

A few days ago, I saw this documentary of this incredible woman who came from nothing, carrying a dream in her bag.

The First time i heard Linda’s voice, i could hear my heart beating real fast & my eyes swelling up as i was about to cry.

I told myself i had to listen to her albums right from the very beginning when she joined the “Stone Ponneys” to that Glorious Solo Career.

This album really made me feel something i felt i was keeping locked up inside of me.

The whole “Heart Like a Wheel” record has this dreamy, heavy atmosphere. It's soaked in melancholy and sorrow, but somehow still offers you a little reassurance.

These are just some thoughts I put together for how the album made me feel.

From the second "You're No Good" started, it felt like it was physically pulling me by the collar into another world.

Linda's voice is just so raw and fiery—it cuts right through you.

Then "When Will I Be Loved" hit, and those crystal-sharp harmonies completely gripped me.

There is this gritty, unapologetic rupture of pure rock and roll in these tracks.

The guitar riffs are so fluid, the drum fills feel heavy and ballsy, and the shimmer of the cymbals adds this beautiful zest to the air.

But then she completely shifts gears. She goes from these rock-and-roll rhythms straight into pure soul heartache on the piano ballad title track.

Those piano cues hold a weight that makes everything around you just yearn.

Sitting there listening, Linda’s tone felt as warm as a bonfire on a chilly night.

Her vocal texture is so thick, it felt like a comforting cotton shawl wrapped right around my shoulders.

You get these acoustic guitars adding sparkles of soothing brightness in between the heartbreak, while the strings, pedal steel, and the greasiness of the harmonica bring this beautiful, dusty country, honky-tonk sensation back into tracks like "Willin'" and "I Can't Help It."

By the time I reached the final song, "You Can Close Your Eyes," I was just weak in the knees.

Linda’s hypnotically gentle vibrato came floating toward me like whispers of a cool night wind over those intimate, stripped-back acoustic guitars.

When the album faded out, I just sat there looking around at the absolute emptiness of my room.

The emotional ache of this record is heavy, and it's completely staying with me.

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I remember thinking when he died, man he couldn't be more than 10 years older than me. Never knew his age!