All My Life - The Best of Karla Bonoff

Beautiful song...... using for a funeral

A box of tissues, a container of Rocky Road and Karla- just doesn't get any better...

the song goodbye my friend is my favorite my dog bailey died 3 weeks ago and this song helps me remind my self that hes always with me and i will see him soon <3 ily bailey

When I first heard Karla Bonoff, I immediately liked her songwriting style, and honest if sometimes melancholy lyrics, which you knew were from her heart. My favorite has always been "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me" for its subject of wanting/needing a good man to share your good heart of love with but sometimes having to just settle for less at times to ward off loneliness. Karla's music is tender, sad, reminescent and longing but in a beautiful way that isn't depressing or angry. Linda Ronstadt did her cover songs exquisitely and I give credit to her sweet voice and Karla's sharing them for all of us to enjoy.

For those of you not familiar with Karla Bonoff, she was one of the premier songwriters of the 70's, when there were a number of good songwriters. Fresh, inventive, with strongly original ear for melody, there were few better. Not only did a number of other artists record her work successfully, but Bonoff's songs were often some of their best (Bonnie Raitt's "Home", for example). You knew how much the era's best respected her, because they often backed her up in the studio, or performed her work. She was Sheryl Crow, long before Sheryl Crow. This is a very, very good record, especially for anyone who has ever tried to write a song.

I was introduced to Karla Bonofff my freshman year of college (1978) and finding this on iTunes takes me right back to those halcyon carefree days. That So-Cal folk-rock sound will always be my defining music and Karla's a vital piece off it.

I bought this cd a few years ago, because I wanted one or two songs on it, and I feel so lucky that I did. Every song on this cd is beautiful. It is so easy to connect with Karla's music. She is such a beautiful singer and songwriter. A+

Karla has such a beautiful, clear, simple voice. Everytime I miss my "Pops", I listen to "Daddy's Little Girl". It makes me cry, but somehow I feel better and it makes me feel closer to him. "Goodbye My Friend" reminds me of all the wonderful friends I have lost through the years. "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me" is one of my favorite songs when I am feeling lonely. I love this CD....just wish I could find it...lol

Nothing personafies the 70s-early 80s better than Karla Bonoff. It takes me right back to the Student Union at the University of Montana where Karla Bonoff''s ablum played frequently in the great acoustics of the atrium.

No one can write a better "women's lament" than the sensationally talented Karla Bonoff. If you ever get to see her in person... in concert... you'll be stunned by how pretty she is and how her smile can light the room. I love her songs and how SHE sings them. Maybe, someday she'll make it all-the-way to Connnecticut and I'll get to see her again. Song to song this album has the unique depth and character that lovers of the "singer / songwriter" will both appreciate and admire. Karla is well worth your time and attention. Bring a hanky... she'll get to ya.