From: les@jmdl.com (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V3 #251 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk JMDL Digest Sunday, July 12 1998 Volume 03 : Number 251 The Official 1998 Joni Mitchell Internet Community Shirts are available now. Go to http://www.jmdl.com/ for all the details. ------- The New England Labor Day Weekend JoniFest is coming soon! Send a blank message to for all the details. ------- Trivia buffs! We are compiling an in-depth trivia database on all things Joni. Send your bit of trivia - or your questions you would like answered - to ------- And don't forget about JoniFest 1999! Reserve your spot with a $25 fee. Only 100 rooms have been reserved. Send a blank message to for more info. ------- The Joni Mitchell Homepage is maintained by Wally Breese at and contains the latest news, a detailed bio, Joni's paintings, original essays, lyrics and much more. ------- The JMDL website can be found at and contains Joni-related interviews, articles, member gallery, info on the archives, and much more. ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re:LJC:Next 17yrs? [Diana Duncan ] Re: JT [TerryM2442@aol.com] Re:to Swampchick [Diana Duncan ] Re: NJC! Aimee Mann [AzeemAK@aol.com] Donavan (NJC) [Michael Paz ] Wildflowers to Joni and Albatross [Diana Duncan ] caterpillar sheds his skin to find a butterfly within...(NJC) [RickieLee1] (NJC) Rascal's page [Susan Chaloner ] Lucinda Williams, NJC [Anne Madden ] mistake [terstan ] Influential Recording Artist, Pt-3 (NJC) [simon@icu.com] Influential Recording Artist, Pt-2 (NJC) [simon@icu.com] Re: Many joni related topics [Bmcd@aol.com] Re: observations about grammar - summary (NJC) [briano@interisland.net (O] When is the Millenium?! [al date ] Blue HDCD Remastering in PDX [p meyer ] Nashville Cats (SJC) [Marsha ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 17:31:17 -0500 From: Diana Duncan Subject: Re:LJC:Next 17yrs? >At 01:47 PM 7/11/98 +0100, Colin wrote: >>So now we both sit and play with our pc's! next we will be communicating >>via email!!! >colin - At 08:56 AM 7/11/1998 -0400, Heather wrote: >WOW! Now you can both e-mail each other from clear across the room! ;-) >>Heather Here's a computer obsession story: My ex-husband (whom I'm still friends with), his wife and her son all have computers. They were online so much they got a second phone line. But still, none of us can reach them because one of them will be on each line. And they *do* send messages back and forth instead of getting up and going to the other rooms! I heard the other day that more letters were sent e-mail last year than sent through the postal service. I think instant communcation and inforamtion is great as long as they keep the electricity comming. Although, I think "it's peaceful with a good [book] and some trees" Can't say dog, I'm a cat person! D. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 18:26:55 EDT From: TerryM2442@aol.com Subject: Re: JT In a message dated 7/11/98 7:53:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time, rosst@union.edu writes: << my brother-in-law disparages him as the 'Perry Como of the 70s', >> Agghhh! Like a dagger in my heart. Swooned, Terry ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 17:40:39 -0500 From: Diana Duncan Subject: Re:to Swampchick Welcome to the JMDL Swampchick! Just curious, does your nickname mean you live in the South? or are you a biologist? Good luck with all large daily quanitity of e-mail. I've been in Joni isolation for 25 years, no one I know cares for her at all. So this list lets me share others admiration for someone who has meant so much in my life. D. from Arkansas ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 18:40:16 EDT From: AzeemAK@aol.com Subject: Re: NJC! Aimee Mann I'm pretty sure Ani Di Franco also has a song called "4th of July"; on a similar theme, Louise Goffin wrote a wonderful song called "Fifth of July". Her version is pretty good, but Terry Reid's is stupendous - in fact I'd say it was one my favourite singles of the 90's. And yes, Aimee Mann is a top woman. I love all of her stuff, but I seem to be in a minority amongst Aimeephiles in rating 'Til Tuesday's second album, "Welcome Home", as the best thing she's ever done. It is a perfect album, especially what used to be called Side One (I bought it on vinyl for £1.00 in a second record shop, having remembered a rave review in Q months previously - best quid I ever spent). A big hello in particular to my fellow Brits on the list, Jamie and Linda, and any others. What price Joni coming over here, eh? I'd skip my own funeral to see the Great One in concert... Azeem ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 18:17:40 -0500 From: Michael Paz Subject: Donavan (NJC) Sue wrote: "Oh the intergalactic laxity will get you from here to there Relieve you and believe me without a worry or care If shitting is your problem when your out there in the stars Well the intergalactic laxity will get you from here to Mars. You gotta love this guy! Makes going to the Garden even more fun. Will you all join me in requesting this song? Sue I love this song. Several years ago I worked a gig here with Donovan. I was hired to run sound for his show, but also ended up as his driver while he was here in N.O. The club manager had car trouble and I volunteered to help her out. After picking he and his son (who was his road mgr. at the time) at the airport, he insisted that I pick him up for the show that night. It was one of the most memorable days of my life. I felt like I was on some sort of bizarre acid trip, riding down St. Charles Ave. talking to Donovan about his music, the beatles, the sixties, drugs (go figure), etc. I asked him if he would do the Intergalactic Laxative for me, but he avoided the topic (I don't know why). After the show I took them up to Tipitinas to catch some local music. It was fun hanging with him and overall he was very nice even tho he wouldn't do that song. Still hoping I get to the garden Best, Michael NP-For Free-From Live at the Troubadour 1972 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 18:29:24 -0500 From: Diana Duncan Subject: Wildflowers to Joni and Albatross At 06:25 PM 7/11/1998 -0400, simon@icu.com wrote: >there's a lot of love and mutual admiration between Joni and Judy Collins.> >Joni Mitchell's first 'serious' earnings were the royalties earned from >the Judy Collins album "WILDFLOWERS" (1967), which included "Michael From >Mountains" as the opening song on side 1 and "Both Sides, Now" as the >opening song on side 2. > I bought Wildflowers in 1968 and then had to get the album of the songwriter of "Both Sides Now". That's how I got introduced to Joni! Wildflowers continues to be one of my favorite albums. The song that stays with me as much as Joni's songs is "Albatross". I can't say much for the music. I think Joni could have done a lot more with these lyrics. I don't want to type out the whole thing but here's a snip "She watches sea gulls fly, silver on the ocean, stitching through the waves, the edges of the sky. Many people wander up the hills from all around you, making up your memories and thinking they have found you...... ......Young men holding violets so curious to know if you have cried and tell you why and ask you why Either way you answer..... Will there never be prince that rides along the sea and the mountains.... ....Holding the sun in his hands and shattering the icing glass Day and night and day again and people come and go away forever... ...While you search the waves for love and your visions for a sign The knot of tears around your throat is crystallizing into your design..... .....And in the dark the heart bell's ringing with pain, Come away alone. Come away alone With me. These lyrics meant a lot to me as a Freshman in College. I was such a romantic, not the cynical, rationalist I've become! I really thought that some prince would arrive and sweep me away! They really dished out the Cinderella philosophy in the 50's. Hope no one minds that I took all this space. I just had to share my memories of Wildflowers. Diana, ........now going to fix her "low fat, low choresteral" dinner. (doctors orders!) Ulk! You might as well shoot me! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 21:01:36 EDT From: RickieLee1@aol.com Subject: caterpillar sheds his skin to find a butterfly within...(NJC) i have always loved donovan. sunshine superman was on the jukebox at the poolhouse of an apartment complex where a friend of mine lived and i used to empty my pockets playing it again and again. i recently bought his collection "troubador" and was struck by the number of hits the guy had. season of the witch...catch the wind....epistle to dippy...anyway, there were alot of them. he is one of those artists, like cat stevens, who was huge at the time, but people tend to forget about them for some reason. it would be fun to see donovan perform, but i prefer to remember him as he was on the smothers brothers show, when he sat in a lotus postion in the middle of a sunken stage, the floor of which was lit from beneath, in his embroidered jeans and peasant shirt, with the audience rising in graduating tiers on all sides, who showered him with flowers when he finished whatever it was he sang. a man of his times. speaking of that show, does anyone by any chance, remember a folk/rock duo that appeared there, called hedge and donna? they were married, hedge was white and donna, a beautiful black woman. gorgeous harmonies and deep, meaningful songs. donna had a sort of low, incredibly rich voice, not unlike nina simone's, hedge played the guitar? i became a huge fan of theirs after seeing them on that show (they had one top ten type hit that i know of...a cover of jackson browne's "there came a question") and bought all their albums, all of which are in very rough shape now. anyone remember them? love, ric ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 18:43:10 -0700 From: Susan Chaloner Subject: (NJC) Rascal's page While I have been busy packing to "Wild Things Run Fast" Rascal has been sneakily working on his page... You can see his work with and without balloons at: http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/ondulees/rascal.html Now maybe he'll quit chewing at my heels :~D Susan L.A. Dreaming on her dimes ;~) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 22:14:54 -0700 From: Anne Madden Subject: Lucinda Williams, NJC This review on Lucinda Williams' new album - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road was in today's Toronto Star (July 11) - "Whatever the reason, be it label upheavels or Williams' legendary fastidiousness, it took six years to release this stunner, a no-frills, roots-rock album that contains no missteps, just Williams' clear, earthy twang combined with winning melodies and unflinchingly direct cliche-proof lyrics. "You left your mark on me/it's permanent, a tattoo/pierce the skin and the blood runs through", she pines in album opener "Right In Time". The disc - her fourth in 18 years - was recorded in Nashville and Los Angeles with Steve Earle, Ray Kennedy and Roy Bittan (Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band) alternately handling co-producer chores and guitarist Charlie Sexton can be heard on a few tracks. Also just re-issued by KOCH and also well-worth seeking out: Williams' self-titled 1988 album. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 21:30:49 +0000 From: terstan Subject: mistake so sorry . I listed a song for dan as first time i saw richard... a kind soul reminded me that it was the last time i saw richard...Please don't attack me...the scariest thing about this group is making a mistake...the flames can last for days. Mike (terstan) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 23:02:47 -0400 From: simon@icu.com Subject: Influential Recording Artist, Pt-3 (NJC) (from Laura's New Anthology), conclusion In 1984 Laura released "Motherıs Spiritual", a major work of 14 original songs. The lyrics were presented at the Chicago Peace Museum. In 1988, at age 40 and in fine voice, Laura took her music on the road again, playing concerts around the country, which resulted in her second ³live² recording, "Laura-Live At The Bottom Line", (released on Cypress/A & M, 1989). ³I quit smoking and it made my instrument richer and more stable,² she said at the time. ³I have this new band,² she added, referring to the group led by guitarist Jimmy Vivino. ³And we have a lot of vitality.² The album drew upon a combination of Lauraıs classic compositions and eight original new songs featuring ³Roll of the Ocean,² and the ³Japanese Restaurant Song.² The tour was dedicated to the Animal Rights Movement. In 1993 "Walk The Dog And Light The Light" arrived with the studio version of ³Broken Rainbow,² considered one of Lauraıs most important songs of social protest. It was written for the film of the same name, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary of 1985. ³Broken Rainbow² is about the unjust relocation of the Navajo people. A working musician, Laura has spent much time during her twenties, thirties and forties on the road, singing in clubs and concert halls throughout America and abroad, including her return to Japan in 1994. ³The Japanese tour was the ultimate fun. I brought my harmony group, and we sang three nights in Tokyo, then took the train to Kyoto. It was very romantic. The language barrier didnıt matter. The music was a universal soul connection.² As of this writing in late 1996, a tribute album covering Lauraıs songs is being produced. The musicians involved in this project include: Suzanne Vega, Pheobe Snow, Sweet Honey in the Rock and many more. Laura is currently writing and is working on a new studio recording and a third ³live² recording - a small taste of which is previewed at the end of this anthology. Through the years Lauraıs albums have reflected various musical explorations from simple, down-home singing, to wild orchestrations resembling abstract art. Robert Hilburn of The Los Angeles Times, wrote about Laura, ³Her contributions have paved the way for the rise of the urban female singer-songwriter.² And Jon Pareles amplified this in The New York Times: ³If not for Laura Nyro the music of Rickie Lee Jones, Joni Mitchell, and Teena Marie might have been very different. When she released her first album in 1966, Nyro was a nineteen-year old who linked high flown poetry to the ecstatic emotions of soul music, and her singing mixed the pure tones of a soprano with the throbs and swoops of gospel and jazz.² ³The music she made,² noted Concerts East magazine, ³was a building block for an important group of contemporary artists, particularly in the way they cross- bred jazz, R&B, and pop, while poetically exploring the range of their emotions.² Her voice has been described as ³a blues soprano,² a ³rich, charcoal-smudged alto,² ³a soul singer who soars - she can make you feel it deep down.² Daily Variety wrote, ³Nyro still has an astonishing voice, a kind of melting, pure-toned soprano, loaded with feeling, that seems drawn in equal measure from some private inner cathedral, and the doo-wop streets of her youth.² Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro, a thirty-year retrospective, comes full circle with a gift - the previously unreleased ³live² version of ³Save The Country,² recorded on Christmas Eve 1993, at The Bottom Line Club in New York with her newest harmony group. The harmonies sing in counter-point: ³In my mind I canıt study war/In my mind I canıt study war/Thereıll be trains of blossoms/Trains of blossoms/Thereıll be trains of music/Thereıll be music.² her death was tragic. though the voice is now silent ~ the music Lives!   for that, we can all be grateful. - ------- simon - ------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 23:02:40 -0400 From: simon@icu.com Subject: Influential Recording Artist, Pt-2 (NJC) (Taken from Laura's New Anthology) On "Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best Of Laura Nyro", a compilation of her twenty-five years with Columbia Records, the innovative artistry of Lauraıs singing and songwriting is in full celebration. Contained in this collection are her original songs of spiritual, social and sensual vision. Experimenting with form and feeling, her work shares a connection with modern poetry and art. Her songs have inspired musicians and music lovers for over three decades. ³I would go out singing, as a teenager, to a party or out on the street, because there were harmony groups there, and that was one of the joys of my youth,² Laura says of her musical roots. ³I mean you could just go out and sing. If I look back now, all these years later, I must have had a spiritual, holistic feeling from all of that.² When asked about her approach to songwriting, that perhaps she is of the generation who addresses certain issues, and what her responsibility is to express those issues - Laura replies: ³Iım not interested in conventional limitations when it comes to my songwriting. For instance, I may bring a certain feminist perspective to my songwriting, because thatıs how I see life. Iım interested in art, poetry, and music. As that kind of artist, I can do anything. I can say anything. Itıs about self-expression. It knows no package - thereıs no such thing. Thatıs what being an artist is.² By age 17, she had written the classic ³And When I Die,² popularized by Peter, Paul and Mary, and later Blood, Sweat and Tears. The radio airwaves of the late Œ60ıs and Œ70ıs were filled with her songs. ³Wedding Bell Blues,² ³Stoned Soul Picnic,² ³Blowinı Away,² ³Save The Country,² and ³Sweet Blindness,² a bouquet of compositions, all became hits for The Fifth Dimension, as did ³Eliıs Cominı² for Three Dog Night, and ³Stoney End² for Barbra Streisand. ³She wrote the most unexpected songs,² observed Stereo Review, ³a dazzling display of lyrical and musical innovation that gave her music a fresh feeling.² Lauraıs work draws from soul, jazz, blues, R&B, and folk-rooted music, along with a modern classical influence. Her songs have been recorded by artists as diverse as Carmen McCrae, Suzanne Vega, Phoebe Snow, Roseane Cash, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Jane Siberry, Mongo Santamaria, Junior Walker and the All Stars, Chet Atkins, Frank Sinatra, Linda Ronstadt, George Duke, Maynard Ferguson, Thelma Houston, Patti Larkin, The Roches, and many, many others. The prestigious Alvin Ailey Dance Company includes Lauraıs music in their performance piece ³Cry.² And the Canadian Ballet has danced to ³Emmie.² Born in New York on October 18, 1947, Laura was brought up on city life and summers spent in the lush greenery of the Northeast. She began playing music very early, and enjoyed a wide range of influences through her high school years at Manhattanıs Music and Art. Laura listened to the late Œ50ıs and Œ60ıs girl groups, Nina Simone, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions, Mary Wells, Dusty Springfield, and the early Burt Bacharach-Hal David songs of Dionne Warwick, among many others. Laura read poetry and at home her mother played records by Leontyne Price and impressionist classical composers such as Ravel, Debussy and Persicetti. Throughout high school Laura also listened to the protest music of Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, early Bob Dylan the Beatles and others. Laura always "adored" the music of Van Morrison. ³I was always interested in the social consciousness of certain songs. My mother and grandfather were progressive thinkers, so I felt at home in the peace movement and the women's movement, and that has influenced my music.² Laura made her first extended professional appearance at age 18, singing at the legendary Hungry i coffeehouse in San Francisco Sound.² The following year (1966) saw the release of her debut album "More Than A New Discovery" on the Verve/Folkways label. Itıs still interesting to note that her Verve label-mates then included The Blues Project, Tim Hardin, Richie Havens, Janis Ian, and Dave Von Ronk; other seminal New York peers included Tim Buckley and Kenny Rankin. Laura joined Columbia Records in 1968 and released "Eli And The Thirteenth Confession", ³the work of an original and brilliant young talent,² (as Jon Landau wrote in Rolling Stone). The summer of 1969 brought "New York Tendaberry" followed by "Christmas And the Beads of Sweat" at the end of 1970. These three albums represent a litany of songwriting craft to this day. One year later came "Gonna Take A Miracle", Lauraıs impressionistic cover album of the soul songs of her youth. In 1973, her Verve debut album was acquired and reissued by Columbia as The "First Songs". ³When I was working on this anthology, and listening back to that music,² Laura says of these early recordings, ³I thought ŒOh my God - what a madcap energy. I donıt know if I can deal with this.ı (laughs) But itıs funny because soon I started to get into it and it was very energizing. And a lot of fun. I cried when I heard New York Tendaberry.² Following "Gonna Take A Miracle", Laura recorded "Smile" in 1976. She then embarked on a four-month tour with a full band, which resulted in "Season Of Lights", a ³live² album (1977). Her next album, "Nested", in 1978, continued Lauraıs explorations of sound and color. Of the shows that followed the release of Nested she recalls, ³That tour was special, because I was pregnant at the time and I sang up until a few weeks before I had the baby. Iıd sing new originals and just drift into the old Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions songs.² ³Eight months pregnant, Laura Nyro played The Bottom Line in four sold-out performances,² wrote Tom Windbrandt in The Soho News. ³The show was almost understated in its simplicity. Ms. Nyro wore a red strapless dress and performed without any back-up musicians at all. What the performance lacked in texture, it made up for in intimacy. It was almost like having Laura in oneıs own living room. The baby figured into the between-song-patter: ŒWeıre both really happy to be here,ı she announced.² ... continued in next message - ------- simon - ------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 23:38:46 EDT From: Bmcd@aol.com Subject: Re: Many joni related topics In a message dated 98-07-08 03:22:02 EDT, you write: (Marsha wrote) << HAHAHA! Karen, Our Fred Simon is a brilliant pianist (with a record label) who has recorded beautiful renditions of some of Joni's songs. >> So, Fred, what is your record label and are your recordings (esp. of Joni songs) available? Thanks a million, or at least 5 grand! ; D Karen Mc ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 22:06:31 -0700 From: briano@interisland.net (Odlum, Brian) Subject: Re: observations about grammar - summary (NJC) ORIGINAL POST - ------------------------- Hi Folks, One of the big problems regarding "correct" grammar is that EVERYONE commits grammatical errors, especially when they write. Great authors have editors and proof readers to minimize the impact of their mistakes. My wife (now deceased) was a professional editor. She knew more about the English language than I will EVER know, and my command of the idiom is substantial. She was always able to find hundreds of grammatical errors in any author's manuscript, even manuscripts by renowned and experienced writers of non-fiction. I can always find grammatical errors in my own writing if I re-read anything I wrote that's more than two weeks old. I can find grammatical errors in my wife's letters, and she was about as close to perfect (in matters of grammatical structure) as one becomes. If you think you're an exception, submit to me a 250 word essay (on any subject) less than 24 hours old that only YOU have read (i.e., no proof reading by parties other than yourself prior to your submission). I will change your mind. I just wrote this post. I have read it and I'm about to send it. It's about 5 minutes old. How many grammatical errors can you find? I'll summarize and post the results to the group. Brian - --------------------- REPOST WITH CORRECTIONS >>>[reader's comment] - --------------------- One of the big problems regarding "correct" grammar is that EVERYONE commits grammatical errors, especially >>>[more an error of word choice here, but I would suggest "even" instead of especially, because people make more mistakes when they speak than when they write] when they >>>[lack of agreement, use his or her] write. Great authors have editors and proof readers to minimize the impact of >>>[the impact of -- extraneous words] their >>>[ambiguous pronoun, *their* incorrectly refers to the editors and proof readers] mistakes. My wife (now deceased) was a professional editor. She knew more about the English language than I will EVER know, and >>>[wrong conjunction, use although] my command of the idiom >>>[the word language is preferrable [sic] in this context] is substantial. She was always able >>>[always was able would be preferred] to find hundreds of grammatical errors in any author's manuscript, even manuscripts by renowned and experienced writers of non-fiction. I can always find >>>[always can find] grammatical errors in my own writing if I re-read >>>[my dictionary says no hyphen here] anything I wrote that's more than two weeks old. I can find grammatical errors in my wife's letters, and >>>[wrong conjunction, use although] she was about as close to perfect (in matters of grammatical structure) as one becomes. If you think you're an exception, submit to me a 250 word >>>[need hyphen for compound modifier] essay (on any subject) >>>[I think you overuse parenthetical comments rather than independent clauses] less than 24 hours old that only YOU have read (i.e., no proof reading by parties >>>[people or persons] other than yourself prior to >>>[before] your submission). I will change your mind. I just wrote this post. >>>[ have just written this post is preferrable [sic]] I have read it and I'm about to send it. It's about 5 >>>[spell out numerals] minutes old. How many grammatical errors can you find? I'll summarize and post the results to the group. - -------------------- See what I mean? Brian - -------------------------------------------------- Life is a litany of difficult questions They get tougher as we age Few have the will to even ask them Face the answers and still engage ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 22:44:25 -0700 From: al date Subject: When is the Millenium?! Colin, I can tolerate just about anything except millenial misinformation. Was your tongue inserted in your cheek? You must realize that the Christian Calendar was devised hundreds of years after Christ lived. Now, if those zealots adhered to the normal birthday rule of having to live one year to encounter your first birthday, they would've started with Year Zero for Christ's first year on earth. But they started with Year One! Christ apparently was the only person in history whose birthday was celebrated at the beginning of his year of life as opposed to the end thereof. As such, the Millenium will not pass until we have revolved around the sun 2000 times, beginning in Year One-- or Dec 31, 2000. So, Jan 1, 2001 is the true 2000th; ie, Millenial birthday party. :) When the world does not come to an end on Jan 1, 2000, the doomsayers will simply defer their predictions for one year-- that is MY prediction. - --Al Date ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 23:39:43 -0700 From: p meyer Subject: Blue HDCD Remastering in PDX I just bought a copy of BLUE remastered for HDCD at a Tower in Beaverton Oregon, in the discount bin! I have been watching carefully for at least six months, since I heard a rumor that this was coming out, and it wasn't even in the normal Joni Mitchell bin tonight. I recently wrote Reprise Records, in fact, and asked about it, and was told that they had no plans to remaster Blue at all! Who can you trust anymore? So, it sounds really great! It was worth the search. So, check out Tower in the discount bin. (I know, there is no ethical justification for putting any Joni in anything resembling a discount bin, but at least you'll know where to look.) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 02:49:28 -0400 From: Marsha Subject: Nashville Cats (SJC) I saw the famous Skunk Baxter, guitarist extraordinaire, and Joni friend tonight here in Nashville at the VH1 "Save the Music" benefit at the Tenn. Center for Performing Arts. (The rest is non-Joni content, so delete if you tire of my never-ending live music attendence droning, where I meet famous musicians and scarf up autographs, pictures and sundry memorabilia...) :-) As I said before this project raises monies for public school music education, so I felt good writing the silent auction check for David Pack's "The Biggest Part of Me" lyric sheet, signed and framed. He mingled at the reception and signed my pyramid design vinyl version of Ambrosia's "Somewhere I've Never Travelled". It is just a great piece of art. Hey, Kakki, I showed him your picture with Joe Puerta and he grinned and said we should come see their show July 24th! Then we mugged for the camera. Ahhh.... The performances were enthusiastic by Donna Summer, Peter Frampton (who lives in Nashville now), Delbert McClinton, David Pack, GINO VANNELLI, Tony Rich, Cee Cee Wyans, Beth Nelson Chapman, and some wonderful kids from the Music City here. Accompanying with Skunk, was also Tommy Sims on bass, Dave Santos on guitar, Kirk Whalum on sax, and well-known sessions musicians from around Nashville. Gino was kind enough to do pictures with us (again for the umpteenth time these many years) and signed another beaut of a vinyl for me, his "Gist of the Gemini". I connected with other Ginophiles from out of the area, and they were incredulous that Joni is my #1 Canadian choice, and Gino is #2... Marsha, not tired yet ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V3 #251 ************************** Post messages to the list at Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe joni-digest" to ------- Siquomb, isn't she?