A huge loss in the California country-rock community, as famed roots musician Chris Darrow has passed away at the age of 75. Among other things, he was in the original 1966-68 incarnation of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and, during 1969 and 1970, was part of Linda Ronstadt's first post-Stone Poneys backing band The Corvettes:
"I don't think of myself as a star. I didn't set out to become a star, I set out to become a singer. I would have sung no matter what. The star part is just something that they made up in Hollywood in 1930."--Linda Ronstadt