Biography
Bryndle, the Los Angeles folk-pop ensemble, saw its self-titled debut album surface in 1995 after a twenty-year wait that had begun during the city’s fertile late-1960s folk-pop movement. Early observers had hailed the quartet’s prospects, yet the initial promise remained unfulfilled when A&M signed the group and financed a 1970 recording that yielded only the lone single “Woke Up This Morning.” Disillusioned, the members parted ways and each built an independent career of considerable achievement. Karla Bonoff placed several pop singles on the charts and amassed multiple gold albums while her compositions were interpreted by Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Wynonna and Lynn Anderson. Wendy Waldman also issued solo work, though her most enduring contributions came as a songwriter whose material reached more than seventy artists, among them Vanessa Williams, Crystal Gayle, the Dirt Band, Don Johnson and Aaron Neville; she further distinguished herself as the first woman producer devoted exclusively to country music, guiding projects for Suzy Bogguss, Jonathan Edwards, Matraca Berg and the Ozark Mountain Daredevils. Kenny Edwards, an original Stone Poneys alumnus, maintained an active role as sideman and producer alongside Bonoff, Stevie Nicks, J.D. Souther and Don Henley. Andrew Gold established himself as a multifaceted singer, songwriter, musician and producer whose arrangements and compositions figured prominently in Linda Ronstadt’s 1970s output.
The four musicians first discussed reuniting in 1991; their debut album, tracked at Gold’s home studio, appeared in August 1995. Gold departed the following July and settled on the East Coast, leaving Bonoff, Waldman and Edwards to continue with Matt Cartsonis on bass and Scott Babcock on drums. While maintaining an active touring schedule across the United States and Japan and preparing a second group album, the members pursued separate endeavors: Bonoff’s 1986 album New World was reissued, prompting a 1997 tour of Japan with Edwards, and Waldman issued a Greatest Hits collection while performing several solo engagements in southern California.
The four musicians first discussed reuniting in 1991; their debut album, tracked at Gold’s home studio, appeared in August 1995. Gold departed the following July and settled on the East Coast, leaving Bonoff, Waldman and Edwards to continue with Matt Cartsonis on bass and Scott Babcock on drums. While maintaining an active touring schedule across the United States and Japan and preparing a second group album, the members pursued separate endeavors: Bonoff’s 1986 album New World was reissued, prompting a 1997 tour of Japan with Edwards, and Waldman issued a Greatest Hits collection while performing several solo engagements in southern California.
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