In 1990, strange things began to happen in Karla's life. Souther and others, building up a passionate audience, resulting in sold-out houses everywhere. She's toured with Bonnie Raitt, John Prine, J.D. Throughout the years, Karla has continued to do what she does best. Souther wrote songs for the motion picture "About Last Night." She is also the voice on the Tom Snow/ Dean Pitchford song from "Footloose" called "Somebody's Eyes." In 1994, Karla had a top-ten AC hit single with a song from the film "8 Seconds," called "Standing Right Next to Me." This track was produced by the legendary Keith Thomas (a longtime fan of Karla's) and written with her old partner, Wendy Waldman. Karla began to tour in Japan, where audiences fell in love with her, and where she became a very successful artist - and continues to be to this day. Her fourth album, New World, was originally released on Gold Castle, and is now available on the Valley Entertainment label. "I'm sure there're people out there who only know me from this song, but I really enjoyed singing and recording it." Bonoff had a big hit with "Personally," from her album "Wild Heart of the Young" - a song Karla did not write. Souther, and her old partners from Bryndle, Wendy Waldman, Andrew Gold and Kenny Edwards all participated in the making of these wonderful records. Musicians such as Russ Kunkel, Joe Walsh, Waddy Wachtel, Danny Kortchmar, Don Henley, Timothy Schmit, Peter Frampton, Bill Payne, J.D. Two subsequent albums, "Restless Nights" and "Wild Heart of the Young", established Karla as one of LA's major artists and songwriters. "So I just kept playing them longer!" She went from there to coveted spots on major tours, opening for James Taylor and Jackson Browne and earning a rave review in Time magazine. "I was headlining and I barely had enough songs to play," Karla recalls, still amazed at the memory.
Bonoff then embarked on a solo tour to promote her album, and by the time she reached Seattle, "I Can't Hold On" was Number 1 in the Pacific Northwest. The producer of this great first album was Karla's old friend and partner, Kenny Edwards. There, she not only recorded the three songs Linda had done, but also the hit single "I Can't Hold On" and the tune "Home," which later wound up on one of Bonnie Raitt's albums. "Hey, you know that's real good," Bonoff remembers Ronstadt saying, "What else have you got?" On Linda's "Hasten Down the Wind" album, there were three Bonoff songs: "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me," "If He's Ever Near" and "Lose Again."Īs Ronstadt was scoring hits with Karla Bonoff songs, Karla herself was signed as a solo artist to Columbia Records in 1977. Karla recalled playing a tape of "Lose Again" for her. Kenny and Andrew joined Linda Ronstadt's band, and through that connection, Ronstadt was to hear a demo of hers. Bryndle broke up, but it launched four very illustrious careers. "It was a hit in Santa Maria ," Karla remembers. In the next few years, had we stayed together, I think we could have done well." A single, with Karla singing lead, was released from those sessions, but failed to forward the band's career. They actually had Lou Adler produce a single to try to make us like that. the closest thing they could compare us to was the Mamas and the Papas. This was right before Crosby, Stills and Nash, and before Fleetwood Mac. I think they didn't really know quite what to make of it. Speaking of the A&M project, Karla says, "They didn't release it. They were, unfortunately, a bit ahead of their time. The band made an album for A&M, but it was never released. Thus the band Bryndle was born - one of the early songwriter groups, even before the Eagles. Something powerful in their combined sound drew them together. They were Kenny Edwards, (who had started the Stone Poneys with Linda Ronstadt and Bobby Kimmel), Wendy Waldman, and Andrew Gold. Jackson Browne, James Taylor and Elton John were around the Troubadour in those days." There were some other writer-singers who became friends of Karla's, and eventually, they decided to put a band together. She talks about lining up at the legendary Troubadour at noon on Mondays to get a slot in the famous Monday night Troubadour "hoot," which was a breaking ground for many artists who went on to great success.
She became friends with other singer-songwriters and musicians who were creating their own unique sound.
Karla's sister became a teacher of history and religion, but Karla's passion was always music. An 11-song demo was recorded but no deal came of this first effort. By 16, Karla and her sister Lisa auditioned for Elektra Records. She had already fallen in love with the guitar and studied with Frank Hamilton of the famous folk group, The Weavers. She and her sister Lisa were writing songs and playing as a duo titled "The Daughters of Chester P" named after their father, Dr. Born and raised in Southern California, Karla Bonoff was a songwriter by the age of fifteen.
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