From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2006 #266 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 Tuesday, July 25 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 266 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- I've missed all of you!!!! [Peep Richman ] Re: Jack Neilson ["Donna Binkley" ] Jack njc ["Les Irvin" ] Re: Upcoming Nonesuch Joni Tribute Project??? [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] some beauty njc ["ron" ] Knock, njc ["Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 07:53:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Peep Richman Subject: I've missed all of you!!!! Hello to everyone!!!!! Too long and too boring of a story to tell you what amounts to me not having Internet service for over two months. The problem should be resolved. I've missed you!!!! Nuri, you have been and always will be in my prayers. I am heart-sick over this horrible War with such agony and loss of too many lives....most certainly "even" one life. I'm praying all the time for peace. I feel as though I could easily write a long book on how I feel and see this most recent horror....it would be too long. Please know that you are in my prayers. Lately I've been listening to...over and over again..."Ladies of The Canyon". I find that I usually return to Joni's earlier work when I'm stressed out or worried. "The Circle Game" holds special meaning as does "For Free" and "Woodstock". There's never an event...positive or negative...that helps me enjoy a fabulous time or helps me get through a tough time. Joni responds to a myriad of feelings. Best of love from Bo Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail Beta. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:12:33 -0500 From: "Donna Binkley" Subject: Re: Jack Neilson Hi Pazman, I've just returned to my email after being away from it all weekend and saw the sad news about Jack. I know how close you guys were and am keeping you and him and your families in my prayers. He was a wonderful, gentle soul and lucky to have you as a friend. Call me if you'd like to talk, Love Tex >>> Michael Paz 7/22/2006 1:29 AM >>> Just got home from HOB seeing Michael Franks. Got a phone call from my friend Roger Wilson that I wish I never got. My best friend in life has checked out. My heart is so broken. I thought I had death figured out after this fucked up year of losing my daddy and my brother and... Jack was such a tender generous spirit and such a wonderful singer and songwriter not to mention guitar player. He called me day before yesterday and left me a message that said, "hey it's me, Jack, you remember me, we used to work together back in the early 2000's. I am ready to record an EP, maybe 6 songs." I was elated. I had been bugging him since the CD release party of "Here I go Again" when I was ready to record the next one. And he had a ton on new songs. The Arlo and Friends Tour was a milestone in his life and he never stopped thanking me for getting him on the tour. I am dreading calling Arlo tomorrow to tell him that he is gone. I don't know how I am going to act now. I have no one calling me 10 times a day telling me all kind of crazy shit. If I died tomorrow my proudest accomplishment would be the production of his album. It was such a joy to work on it with him here in this room I am sitting in now. The song My Old Friend was born in this room and I remember the tears that flowed when I heard those lyrics and how I felt hearing Hello my old friend It's good to see you again I missed your point of view come on over to my house tonight maybe we'll knock down a few Till we get it right Passes so quickly Like it was all yesterday And I know you'd look the same Such a wonder But it ain't no crying shame Cause we made the best go far Ba Bye Whenever I see your face It brings me back to that place Only best friends know I don't know when it happened to me That part became history With a family of my own Such a wonder But it ain't no crying shame You that were making the best go We made the best go far Ba Bye I know you gotta get back to Little ones waiting for you Give 'em a hug for me When they all have to go their own way Hope they find a friend one day Just like you and me But it ain't no crying shame You that were making the best go We made the best go far Ba Bye Ba Bye Hello my old friend It's good to see you again It's good to see you again It's good to see you again I fear for how my children are going to react to this loss. In a way he was close to us than my daddy. Only because he was her for a year and a half while we hacked out the record in our spare time. Julian use to lay under the console digging just being there. And I remember asking everyone in the house to be quiet and not flush toilets and stuff so we could get a good take on a track. He used to take the kids to the movie store in the limo to pick up a movie or take us all out for a ride to the French Quarter or to a concert. He went with me to see NickleCreek a few months ago and we sat in the balcony in the VIP section at HOB and cried together at the beauty of their music. Another time I got a gig being Michael Franks' tour manager for a day (while his regular guy was completing another obligation to Sarah McLauglin's Lilith Fair Tour, and Jack came and helped me out with transport for Mike and the band in the limo. Always a generous soul. I could continue writing for days. I don't want to go to sleep. I am afraid. I am suddenly really alone (even tho I have so much love around me). If you have never heard Jack. PLEASE check him out at http://www.cdbaby.com/jackneilson Pick up the record and we will get the money to his child who is challanged with CP as well as being alone in college I have several more recordings of him (outtakes) as well as stuff from the Arlo tour and I hope to release another record to help out Sara. The memorial will be next week on Weds. If any of you can be here it would be great. Sorry to lay all this on you guys. Love Paz ....he never knew He could be A half a century old _Jack Neilson ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:20:51 -0600 From: "Les Irvin" Subject: Jack njc Absent from the computer for three days, I come back to the news of Jack's passing. Unbelievable. I spent a weekend in New Orleans about two years ago, hanging out with Paz and Jack. Jack and I spent a few evenings driving around in the limo he drove, talking and singing songs. To me, Jack was one of these rare individuals with whom I felt an instant connection. His dry, cutting edge sense of humor, the way he accepted life and all those he met with grace and a complete lack of judgment, and his seemingly total lack of ego really endeared him to me. Another great man gone before his time. Les ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:35:07 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Upcoming Nonesuch Joni Tribute Project??? Nonesuch did write me back and say that work is being done on a Joni tribute album, but they're keeping a tight lid on details as of now. Hopefully they'll share information with me when they're inclined to. Obviously I'll pass along anything I hear to you fine people. 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Curiousity got the better of me, so I walked to the outside door to have a look around. Among a pile of discs, stored upright but tilted against the wall, one had rolled away the pile, rolled towards the door, and made a knock. So long, Jack. I hope you've found your way home, at last. All the best, Jim L'Hommedieu PS, It was more of a clunk than a knock, really. ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2006 #266 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------