The Call of the Road
Despite doing well at school and at university, Lynda couldn’t keep her mind off the touring lifestyle, and soon, decided to leave Arizona State and return to performing – full time.
To ease her worried parents, she promised her father she would mail him every other paycheck she made, in order to save up.
During her time touring, she travelled extensively. She learned about musical theory from Jazz musicians, and performed everywhere, from Borscht-belt lounges in New York, supper clubs in the Midwest and honky-tonk joints in the South.
But while she was getting a first class, hands-on education in music and performing, something was beginning to bother her.
A Ghost from the Future
One day, while she was out somewhere in the Midwest, the young Lynda Carter saw a 30-something lounge singer walk on stage. While the singer was good, she wasn’t a star – for her, the glamour and adventure of the touring life had worn off, and it showed.
“I woke up the next day and couldn’t stop crying,” Carter told The New York Times. “I thought, ‘That’s me in 10 years.’”
The epiphany was a wake-up call for Carter, and soon after she gave her band notice, and returned home to her parents. She had a lot of thinking to do.