From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2006 #261 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/joni Website: http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Thursday, July 20 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 261 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- vljc - incredible concert! [MoVFTYite@aol.com] Audra - Absolutely NJC [Jerry Notaro ] RE: Dimond Dog refrence [MINGSDANCE@aol.com] Joni on Dylan's Radio Show ["Snatch N. Grabster" ] Re: njc, an evening with Bonnie ["Sherelle Smith" ] Re: Book Recalled [RoseMJoy@aol.com] "hotel california" ["anon anon" ] RE: Book Recalled [simon@icu.com] Re: Web question ["Mark Scott" ] photos express what words cannot NJC [mags h ] Re: njc, an evening with Bonnie ["Patti Parlette" ] Re: Book Recalled ["Randy Remote" ] Re: "hotel california" [Marksa973@aol.com] Re: "hotel california" [Doug ] RE: Audra - Absolutely NJC ["patrick leader" ] Re: Web question ["roberto munguia" ] The Warner/Reprise Loss Leaders ["Tortorici, Frank" Subject: Audra - Absolutely NJC Audra McDonald's new CD Build a Bridge will be released on September 26 by Nonesuch Records. This is the quadruple Tony Award winner's first solo recording since Happy Songs in 2002. A concert tour in conjunction with the CD release will be announced shortly. The disc's 13 selections are all by contemporary composers; McDonald sang many of them when she christened the 2005 American Songbook series at Lincoln Center's Rose Hall. Build a Bridge includes two songs by her close friend Adam Guettel, "Dividing Day" (from The Light in the Piazza) and the title track; two by 1960s pop goddess Laura Nyro, "To A Child" and "Tom Cat Goodbye"; and Burt Bachrach and Elvis Costello's pop hit "God Give Me Strength." Also featured on the CD are songs by Oscar winner Randy Newman ("I Think It's Going to Rain Today"), Nellie McKay ("I Wanna Get Married"), Jessica Molaskey and Ricky Ian Gordon ("Cradle and All"), John Mayer ("My Stupid Mouth"), Neil Young ("My Heart"), Jane Kelly Williams ("Wonderful You"), Joseph Raposo ("Bein' Green"), and Rufus Wainwright ("Damned Ladies"). ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:30:36 EDT From: MINGSDANCE@aol.com Subject: RE: Dimond Dog refrence Richard sent the referance to Diamond Dog:http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=diamond+dog Then two years later she writes on Cyotoe; 'He picks up her scent on his fingers While watching some waitresses legs" So maybe Jose was impotent giveing her all he could, four fingers. I'll stop now. Peace Mingus ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:30:47 -0500 From: "Snatch N. Grabster" Subject: Joni on Dylan's Radio Show Bob Dylan just played Car On a Hill on his Theme Time Radio Hour program. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:06:07 -0700 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: (NJC) Mark Morford: Bush Gropes, Planet Cringes Mark Morford: Bush Gropes, Planet Cringes http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/gate/archive/2006/07/19/notes071906.DTL&nl=fix This could be the most accurate description Morford has ever written. ~ www.jonifest.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:19:40 -0600 From: Kate Subject: WTRF&DED > Wes > > p.s. Both "Wild Things Run Fast" and "Dog Eat Dog" are criminally > underrated... I agree with you. Love those two. Find them addictively singable. They are always in my listening rotation. Kate http://xoetc.antville.org ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:08:26 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: Re: njc, an evening with Bonnie Hi Patti! Thank you for such a wonderful review of her concert! it sounds like it was a wonderful, intimate evening!!! Wow! She came up to your table at intermission!!! I would have loved to be there! She sounds so approachable! I'm sure brother-in-law will be razzed for years to come! I feel his pain though! Once I had a chance to take a picture with the model Fabio and as we posed, he put his arms around me!!! Well! Being a married woman, I thought I could not put my arms around him back! So my arms in the picture looks like they are paralyzed downward! Quite a momento! Are both of Bonnie's parent's deceased or living? I thought her father passed away not too long ago but I'm not sure. I can understand her missing them. It seems that they were very close. On the humorous side, Bonnie has always been very open about having a crush on singer Michael McDonald. Though his hair is now silver and he's put on a few pounds hewas a looker back in the day! One of my friends saw her in concert once and as she was doing the opening of "Love Letter" she said something that cracked her up so much that she had to start the song over! She said, (and I slightly paraphrase) "I wish that Michael McDonald were a stamp so I could lick him!" (Smile) Sherelle From: "Patti Parlette" Dear Joniamigos: Was very late (almost 1 a.m. now) when I walked in, but I just had to share this while it's fresh in my heart and mind. I just got home from seeing Bonnie Raitt and Keb' Mo' at the Oakdale Theater (now called the Chevrolet Theater) in Wallingford, CT. This is sacred ground because it's where I last saw Joni (May 27, 2000), Carly Simon (November 20, 2005), Linda Rondstadt (last month), and now Bonnie. What a lady! Such energy, talent, and spunk. She was feisty and having fun and loving the crowd. Of course, we loved her back. She joked a lot, and said she was a bit forgetful lately, and that at our age the only thing we retain is water! Everyone laughed. She did a shout out (twice!) to the old Shaboo Inn in Willimantic, which was cool for me because that's where I last saw her in the late 70s. I can't believe she remembered it! But *I* will never forget it, because at that show, at intermission, she boogied up to OUR table and had a shot of JD with us and tried to dance with my brother-in-law -- who stood there like a stone pillar, frozen, and we never let him forget it! "You idiot -- you could have danced with BONNIE RAITT!" (I saw so many great shows at Shaboo....if anyone on this list ever went there, I'd love to share stories someday. But I can't go there now...it's wayyy past my bedtime.) She called out for Terry Adams from NRBQ who she said was an old and dear friend. She thought he might be in the audience but he didn't seem to be. A few minutes later he appeared on stage much to her surprise and delight. He then went on to do an awesome keyboard solo and she just loved it. And so did the audience. She did "Nick of Time" for her parents, whom she misses. She mentioned seeing her Dad do "Oklahoma" at this very same theater. It was very touching, and of course I cried. She said she wouldn't be the person and activist and singer she was if it weren't for her parents. She is so gracious and grateful to all her musicians. She did a four-song encore, and the last was a beautiful, slow and soulful rendition of John Prine's "Angel From Montgomery". I still have chills. And her final words, arms outstretched, which I leave you with tonight, were: Pray for peace. Pray for peace! Yeah. What she said. Love, Patti P. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 20:33:33 +0200 (CEST) From: Joseph Palis Subject: RE : Joni cover on upcoming Madeleine Peyroux CD Thanks for putting the word out for Madeleine Peyroux, Bob. I am a fan of hers since Time magazine did a feature of her debut album way back in 1996 (was that already 10 years ago?) and I still think that "Dreamland" is an amazing album/debut. I know that the Billie comparison will forever haunt Ms Peyroux but her take of such songs as "Walking After Midnight" and "La Vie En Rose" from her first album are truly beautiful creations, period. Besides MP, there are also other equally good singers that recall early Billie, from Ingrid Lucia to Janet Klein to Katharine Whalen and even the early albums of the late Susannah McCorkle. So it is nice to have MP's fourth album already out and she doing a duet with k.d. lang yet and singing a Joni. Joseph in Manila (typing in a keyboard so hard that I had to pound the letter "p" hard to make an impression) Bob.Muller@Fluor.com a icrit : Heads-up to you MP fans out there - her latest project, the Larry Klein-produced "Half The Perfect World" will feature a duet with kd lang of Joni's "River". For those of you who have not heard of or heard Ms. Peyroux, you can close your eyes and swear that you're listening to Billie Holliday. She also does Tom Waits & Leonard Cohen covers on the disc and does some originals as well. One of the tracks is co-written by Walter Becker of Steely Dan fame. Should be interesting. Bob NP: Drive-By Truckers, "Sink Hole" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. 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Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 15:37:30 -0500 (CDT) From: michael@thepazgroup.com Subject: Book Recalled Hi All Just found out that Joni's mgmt. was successful in getting the songbook recalled. My rep was very impressed that I had so much knowledge about Joni and associates and that the Internet community was on the case watching out for her and Joel. Those of you who received them now have collectors items. I wish I could see one and evaluate it myself. Oh well. I guess we are waiting another year for it. Be well all. Best Paz NP-Abacab-Genesis (on My Launchcast) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:26:01 -0400 (EDT) From: "Gerald A. Notaro" Subject: Re: Book Recalled What an extraordinary accomplishment for this group. Jerry michael@thepazgroup.com wrote: > Hi All > Just found out that Joni's mgmt. was successful in getting the songbook > recalled. My rep was very impressed that I had so much knowledge about > Joni and > associates and that the Internet community was on the case watching out > for her > and Joel. Those of you who received them now have collectors items. I wish > I > could see one and evaluate it myself. Oh well. I guess we are waiting > another > year for it. Be well all. > > Best > > Paz > > NP-Abacab-Genesis (on My Launchcast) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:43:38 EDT From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Re: Book Recalled it's still listed on Amazon.com. Notice the 2** JMDLer review..... glad they were able to fix this. rosie ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:44:49 -0400 From: "anon anon" Subject: "hotel california" Hi everyone... I missed the "Hotel California" book discussion... what does everyone think of the book? Is it generally a well liked book? I know there is a lot about Joni in it.. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 20:19:27 -0400 From: simon@icu.com Subject: RE: Book Recalled Re: the following messages > To: > Cc: > Subject: RE: Book Recalled > Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 15:32:29 -0600 > From: Les Irvin > > Simon, Paz - > > Sure would be nice to have a statement about this for the website. > What do you think? > >Les > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: michael@thepazgroup.com > Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 2:38 PM > To: joni@smoe.org > Subject: Book Recalled > > Hi All > > Just found out that Joni's mgmt. was successful in getting the > songbook recalled. My rep was very impressed that I had so much > knowledge about Joni and associates and that the Internet community > was on the case watching out for her and Joel. Those of you who > received them now have collectors items. I wish I could see one > and evaluate it myself. Oh well. I guess we are waiting another > year for it. Be well all. > >Best > > Paz i'm Not in a position to contradict Michael's message, although i'm Not going to comment further on it either, except to say ... ALL relevant parties are involved in ongoing discussions regarding the SongBook "Joni Mitchell Complete" (ie: the problem AND the solution). :-) other than that, there really isn't anything more I can say at this time. stay tuned but remember, these things don't happen overnight. but, it ain't gonna take a year either. more later when there's more to say. andmoreagain, - ----------------- simon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:12:36 -0700 From: "Mark Scott" Subject: Re: Web question I'm not sure I buy into the Jose Feliciano thing. Maybe he had something tangentially to do with the song. Maybe it was a private joke between Chaka and Joni that had little to do with it. Who knows? My feeling is that there is a reference to blindness but it's more figurative than literal. The next line is 'looking through a double glass/looking at too much pride and too much shame' which implies sight of some kind. And is the diamond dog the man or the woman? To me, if he gave her 'a diamond for her throat' it makes more sense that the woman is the diamond dog - the kept 'pet' with a diamond collar. And the cup and a cane refers to a metaphorical blindness stemming from the fact that her life is limited and colorless (darkness/wonder makes it easy/darkness/with a joyful mask/darkness/tubes gone, darkness, darkness/no color no contrast). She lives with or denies the darkness and 'stays with a love of some kind'. 'It's the lady's choice' to be blind, to be the trophy wife, the diamond dog. My opinion, anyway, for what it's worth. Mark E. in Seattle - ----- Original Message ----- From: "J Kendel Johnson" To: ; Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 7:17 PM Subject: Re: Web question > Had not read about jose feliciano when i wrote this. fascinating. I love > the layers in Joni's work! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:06:38 -0700 (PDT) From: mags h Subject: photos express what words cannot NJC all this talk about war now.... found this one the cbc website today and thought it was worth posting http://www.cbc.ca/news/photogalleries/flash/mideast_0718.html?gallery=mideast_0718 mags - --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low PC-to-Phone call rates. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 02:24:50 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: Re: njc, an evening with Bonnie Notre chanteuse Sherelle wrote: >Thank you for such a wonderful review of her concert! it sounds like it was >a wonderful, intimate evening!!! Wow! She came up to your table at >intermission!!! I would have loved to be there! She sounds so approachable! >I'm sure brother-in-law will be razzed for years to come! No, dear Strawberry Fields Sister (SFS, for Catherine)! LOL....She came up to our table when I saw her 30 years ago, not this past Sunday. I don't think she drinks shots of JD these days! She's very clean. This Sunday, after a particularly powerful number (can't remember which one) when she got down on her knees, she exclaimed afterward (I'm paraphrasing): "WOW! That was something! Who needs drugs when you've got music?!" > >Are both of Bonnie's parent's deceased or living? I thought her father >passed away not too long ago but I'm not sure. I can understand her missing >them. It seems that they were very close. Yes, they have both passed away. I'll paste a review at the end of this post that tells you a little more. > >On the humorous side, Bonnie has always been very open about having a crush >on singer Michael McDonald. Though his hair is now silver and he's put on a >few pounds hewas a looker back in the day! One of my friends saw her in >concert once and as she was doing the opening of "Love Letter" she said >something that cracked her up so much that she had to start the song over! >She said, (and I slightly paraphrase) "I wish that Michael McDonald were a >stamp so I could lick him!" (Smile) LOL....I get the impression that Bonnie "loves her lovin'!" She told us that they had been on the road for some time, but that the next night they would all get a break and get to go home and "get some." And if you ask me, I saw some real sparks flying between Bonnie and Keb' Mo', or maybe it's just their creative genius feeding off of each other. Nah, forget that. She had sparks flying with *everyone*! She was really "on", although I suspect she always is. She was just having a ball! When she did "Woman Be Wise", she introduced it by saying: "I just looooove Sippie Wallace." I think Ms. Wallace would be proud of Bonnie's version. (Personal note: this song has been kind of stuck in my head the past few days..."woman be wise, keep your mouth shut, don't advertise your man..." because I keep talking up my man, Ned Lamont! I'm not takin' Bonnie's advice! ) Here's another Bonnie tale that a friend sent me the other day: "I have a funny Bonnie story....a while back.....('88? '89?) I was working at that year's Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame induction dinner/ceremony.....at the end, they'd have anybody who was there and care to come onstage and jam.....I forget everybody who was there but two of them were John Entwistle and Bonnie. Entwistle starts playing (REALLY LOUD...he literally blew the amp up) I know because I was standing right behind it. Bonnie comes over and starts humping the amp going "I love this guy" (Entwistle). Later she came over to me and showed me a big run in her stocking. Hmmmmm...... > A run in her stocking? Ha! C'est tres Joni, n'est-ce pas? ("Wreck my stockings", "a run in her nylons", and you know......) Okay, here is the other review I promised you. Enjoy! Love and peace, Patti P., getting ready to pack my bags for this flight tonight (actually, tomorrow) because I'm going to Chicago ("we can change the world, rearrange the world....") Bonnie Raitt Just Keeps Getting Better July 18, 2006 By DAN LEROY, SPECIAL TO THE COURANT Only a supremely confident artist would waltz out unannounced to sit in for a song with her opening act. But Bonnie Raitt is about as self-assured as they come. And after delighting the crowd Sunday at the Chevrolet Theatre in Wallingford by making an early appearance with bluesman Keb' Mo', Raitt followed with a masterly performance that showed exactly why her self-confidence is so well-placed. Her 100-minute set revealed an artist who has managed a rare career arc. Following several early-'90s pop hits, Raitt has returned to the bluesy eclecticism that once confounded record executives. Yet her commercial appeal remains intact. She used that freedom Sunday to venture into the churning funk of "God Was in the Water" - a 2005 song spookily prophetic of Hurricane Katrina - and to playfully cover one of her idols, blues singer Sippie Wallace. Meanwhile, shorn even of the modest polish that producer Don Was gave them, Raitt hits like "Something To Talk About" and "Love Letter" gained a welcome new spark. The 56-year-old Raitt was also generous with the spotlight. Besides duetting with Keb' Mo', she made keyboardist John Cleary a focal point of her set, and the New Orleans native added soulful vocals and acrobatic organ and piano runs to several tunes, including his own, funky "Unnecessarily Mercenary." And for the last few numbers, Raitt invited Terry Adams, keyboardist of the famed NRBQ, onstage to jam with her backing quartet. The best of many memorable moments, however, came when Raitt took her own seat at the keyboard and turned reflective. After reminiscing about seeing her father, the Broadway actor John Raitt, play Wallingford in a traveling cast of "Oklahoma," she offered 1989's "Nick of Time" as a eulogy to her recently deceased parents. The original version was a lovely, understated R&B song that also managed to kick off Raitt's career revival. But she's grown into the tune and its gospel undertones; now slower, sadder, yet sweeter, it's become the hymn it was destined to be. Luring Raitt onstage early for an acoustic duet was undoubtedly a highlight of Kevin Moore's evening Sunday, but the lanky, Los Angeles performer known as Keb' Mo' certainly earned the assist. He and his quintet offered blues-inflected sing-alongs that proved a perfect warm-up for Raitt, and Moore's conversational vocals and tasteful licks won him a standing ovation of his own following "Whole Nutha Thang," a smile-worthy salute to women. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 19:08:04 -0700 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: Book Recalled Alright! Yay to the publishers for doing the right thing~ Maybe they knew about the problem before...I still have not received my copy from Amazon ordered on the 7th, and they are saying "usually ships within 3 to 5 weeks".... I'll change my review when it comes out. - ----- Original Message ----- From: > it's still listed on Amazon.com. Notice the 2** JMDLer review..... > glad they were able to fix this. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 23:59:45 EDT From: Marksa973@aol.com Subject: Re: "hotel california" Joni doesn't come off very well in the book. In its very short review of the book, Entertainment Weekly this week highlights the Crosby quote about Joni being about as modest as Mussolini. We've all heard that before, but I was a bit surprised at how no one quoted in the book seemed to have much good to say about Joni. They all admire her as an artist, but I got the sense that no one thought all that much of her as a person. At least the author didn't seem to find anyone with anything nice to say about her. Crosby and Stills come across worse. And if you're an Eagles fan, you won't find much that's positive about them either. The one who gets the best overall treatment and seemed to be genuinely liked as a person and respected as an artist is Linda Ronstadt. All and all, it's a fun book to take to the beach this summer. The writing isn't bad, the gossip is a little juicy and some of the photos are great. In a message dated 7/19/2006 7:20:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time, icnh@hotmail.com writes: Hi everyone... I missed the "Hotel California" book discussion... what does everyone think of the book? Is it generally a well liked book? I know there is a lot about Joni in it.. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:26:36 -0400 From: Doug Subject: Re: "hotel california" I read this book a couple of days ago. My main problem with it is that the information is all second or third hand. It looks like the author just collected all the interviews and other author's books he could find and made a story out of it. I prefer some first hand knowledge even if it's only one perspective. Fortunately I didn't have to buy this book, a friend found it in a used book store (already!) and I borrowed it. I didn't think it was too negative on Joni. It's worth reading but try not to spend much money on it. Doug anon anon wrote: > Hi everyone... I missed the "Hotel California" book discussion... > what does everyone think of the book? Is it generally a well liked > book? I know there is a lot about Joni in it.. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:56:49 -0400 From: "patrick leader" Subject: RE: Audra - Absolutely NJC thanks for this jerry. sounds absolutely wonderful, what a great songlist. i'd really like to see 'god give me strength' get some legs, as a standard, along with 'dividing day'. patrick np - friskyradio.com - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org]On Behalf Of Jerry Notaro Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 8:19 AM To: Joni List Cc: knarf Subject: Audra - Absolutely NJC Audra McDonald's new CD Build a Bridge will be released on September 26 by Nonesuch Records. This is the quadruple Tony Award winner's first solo recording since Happy Songs in 2002. A concert tour in conjunction with the CD release will be announced shortly. The disc's 13 selections are all by contemporary composers; McDonald sang many of them when she christened the 2005 American Songbook series at Lincoln Center's Rose Hall. Build a Bridge includes two songs by her close friend Adam Guettel, "Dividing Day" (from The Light in the Piazza) and the title track; two by 1960s pop goddess Laura Nyro, "To A Child" and "Tom Cat Goodbye"; and Burt Bachrach and Elvis Costello's pop hit "God Give Me Strength." Also featured on the CD are songs by Oscar winner Randy Newman ("I Think It's Going to Rain Today"), Nellie McKay ("I Wanna Get Married"), Jessica Molaskey and Ricky Ian Gordon ("Cradle and All"), John Mayer ("My Stupid Mouth"), Neil Young ("My Heart"), Jane Kelly Williams ("Wonderful You"), Joseph Raposo ("Bein' Green"), and Rufus Wainwright ("Damned Ladies"). ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:46:41 -0500 From: "roberto munguia" Subject: Re: Web question Mark, Good reading on this song, a personal favorite,too. Here's a thought: "The timeless root that binds her to this blink of an eye spreads its's trail through many pools, eluding definition." (- 94 yr-young friend, after hearing Joni for 3 months) Cheers, Roberto On 7/19/06, Mark Scott wrote: > > I'm not sure I buy into the Jose Feliciano thing. Maybe he had something > tangentially to do with the song. Maybe it was a private joke between > Chaka > and Joni that had little to do with it. Who knows? My feeling is that > there is a reference to blindness but it's more figurative than literal. > The next line is 'looking through a double glass/looking at too much pride > and too much shame' which implies sight of some kind. And is the diamond > dog the man or the woman? To me, if he gave her 'a diamond for her > throat' > it makes more sense that the woman is the diamond dog - the kept 'pet' > with > a diamond collar. And the cup and a cane refers to a metaphorical > blindness > stemming from the fact that her life is limited and colorless > (darkness/wonder makes it easy/darkness/with a joyful mask/darkness/tubes > gone, darkness, darkness/no color no contrast). She lives with or denies > the darkness and 'stays with a love of some kind'. 'It's the lady's > choice' > to be blind, to be the trophy wife, the diamond dog. > > My opinion, anyway, for what it's worth. > > Mark E. in Seattle > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J Kendel Johnson" > To: ; > Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 7:17 PM > Subject: Re: Web question > > > > Had not read about jose feliciano when i wrote this. fascinating. I > love > > the layers in Joni's work! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:26:40 -0400 From: "Tortorici, Frank" Subject: The Warner/Reprise Loss Leaders Hi JMDLers: I haven't posted in a few years..but still love Joni...and.. when I was cleaning out my parents' basement today, I found an old Cat Stevens' vinyl LP that came with an innersleeve advertising some special record offers called The Warner/Reprise Loss Leaders, featuring hot artists of the period (early 70s) including Joni, who was featured with BYT, Chelsea Morning and a few other well-knowns. But she is also listed as contributing two songs I've never heard of: "Spoony's Wonderful Adventure" and "My American Skirt..." Anyone know anything about these? Frank Tortorici ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2006 #261 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------