From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2009 #239 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 Website: http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Tuesday, August 11 2009 Volume 2009 : Number 239 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Joni from Norway? ["HENNING OLSEN" ] Re: Joni from Norway? [gerard mclaughlin ] Harry Nilsson and Joni(?) [Ms Bene Lux ] Re: Harry Nilsson and Joni(?) [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Fiddle & The Drum in L.A. ["Richard G." ] Re: Harry Nilsson and Joni(?) [Catherine McKay ] Re: Harry Nilsson and Joni(?) [Dan Olson ] Since You've Asked [Willie Yanock ] Re: Harry Nilsson and Joni njc [merk54@aol.com] Re: Harry Nilsson and Joni(?) [Catherine McKay ] Hello Old Friends Of Jack Neilson (NJC) [Michael Paz ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:44:04 +0200 From: "HENNING OLSEN" Subject: Joni from Norway? Hi Maybe this is old news, but when I was in Norway there was a big story in the papers: Joni's Grandmother comes from a farm in western Norway near Bergen. Actually it is the family of my brothers Norwegian wife with the familyname of Farestveit. Here is the link to a paper: http://www.bt.no/kultur/Ut-fra-Moelvi-munner-Mitchells-musikk--893641.html Maybe Odd can translate? Besr regards Henning Hi! (right links) I'm about to to close down the sale of our 4 CDs with a price that only covers copy, copyright, my shipping, shipping of CDbaby: 10$ If you allready have a copy it might be a funny gift for host/dinner? "A Tribute to Joni Mitchell" http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bigyellowtaxi "A Tribute Minus Mitchell" http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bigyellowtaxi2 (without vocal, for you to sing) "Unknown and famous Songs of Joni Mitchell" (3 unreleased) http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bigyellowtaxi4 "Treasures of Joni Mitchell" (9 unreleased) http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bigyellowtaxi6 Best regards Henning Olsen ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:34:30 +0100 From: gerard mclaughlin Subject: Re: Joni from Norway? Facsinating . I remember hearing Joni say her grandmother had kicked down-or punched?-the barn door when she was told she couldn't have a piano...and that maybe just maybe she was the one that got the gene to could go out and be that musician,for all the women in her family before her...I didn't know her grandmother lived in Norway. Great for Norway!! Good for us Europeans too. Joni's granny was a neighbour. Looks like a nice barn too....does that say her cousin is a jazz singer or am I getting carried away with myself. C'mon Odd....please.... On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 9:44 AM, HENNING OLSEN wrote: > Hi > > Maybe this is old news, but when I was in Norway there was a big story > in the papers: Joni's Grandmother comes from a farm in western Norway > near Bergen. Actually it is the family of my brothers Norwegian wife > with the familyname of Farestveit. Here is the link to a paper: > > http://www.bt.no/kultur/Ut-fra-Moelvi-munner-Mitchells-musikk--893641.html > > Maybe Odd can translate? > > Besr regards Henning > > Hi! (right links) > > I'm about to to close down the sale of our 4 CDs with a price that only > covers copy, copyright, my shipping, shipping of CDbaby: 10$ > > If you allready have a copy it might be a funny gift for host/dinner? > > "A Tribute to Joni Mitchell" http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bigyellowtaxi > "A Tribute Minus Mitchell" http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bigyellowtaxi2(without vocal, for you to sing) > "Unknown and famous Songs of Joni Mitchell" (3 unreleased) > http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bigyellowtaxi4 > "Treasures of Joni Mitchell" (9 unreleased) > http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bigyellowtaxi6 > > Best regards Henning Olsen ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:01:25 +0200 From: Ms Bene Lux Subject: Harry Nilsson and Joni(?) A friend of mine made me listen to Harry Nilsson. I was impressed with his phrasing -- for reasons I don't need to explain here, I 'm impressed when a singer can put a million words into one line and make it sound completely easy and natural. Does anyone know of any relationship between him and Joni? As far as I can see they have never performed together. How come...? Best Bene Who wishes she would keep up more regularly with the list... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:31:27 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Harry Nilsson and Joni(?) That's a good question, Bene - two of my favorites, and I don't have any recollection of any intersection. They both appear on the "Practical Magic" soundtrack, but that's about it. They both recorded orchestral standards albums, although Nilsson's was done way before it had become an overdone cliche. Bob NP: The Dead Weather, "New Pony" - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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. 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Thanks! ~Richard in San Francisco ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:28:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Harry Nilsson and Joni(?) My response will be useless, since I'm not aware of any collaboration between Harry and Joan. Too bad though! I'm a big Harry fan and have been listening to a lot of his stuff lately. What a character he was! He did hang out with John Lennon ("Impossible Dreamer") though, so there's a bit of a connection. They seemed to get wasted together a lot! - --- On Mon, 8/10/09, Ms Bene Lux wrote: > From: Ms Bene Lux > Subject: Harry Nilsson and Joni(?) > To: "Joni List" > Received: Monday, August 10, 2009, 8:01 AM > A friend of mine made me listen to > Harry Nilsson. I was impressed with > his phrasing -- for reasons I don't need to explain here, I > 'm > impressed when a singer can put a million words into one > line and make > it sound completely easy and natural. Does anyone know of > any > relationship between him and Joni? As far as I can see they > have never > performed together. How come...? > > Best > > Bene > > Who wishes she would keep up more regularly with the > list... > __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:04:30 -0500 From: Dan Olson Subject: Re: Harry Nilsson and Joni(?) I have been a long-time fan of Harry Nilsson (and of course Joni Mitchell), and to my knowledge, this is the first mention of Harry on this list. One unusual thing about Harry was he never performed live. He was a master of the studio recording. He often overdubbed his own voice dozens of times; he had elaborate arrangements with studio musicians, but never mentioned anyone in the credits. I don't know if he generally accompanied himself, or always had others play with him (although he clearly had some keyboard skills on display in this amusing u-tube clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dswVK5si45M). An excellent documentary film on his career exists ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_is_Harry_Nilsson%3F_(And_Why_Is_Everybody_Talkin%27_About_Him)), but to my knowledge, has never been made generally available to the public. My personal favorite albums are "Harry", "Nilsson sing Newman", and "The Point", which is a beloved parable about tolerance that will amaze people of all ages. I've been listening to "the Point" with my daughter since we first discovered it 8 years ago, and we will never get tired of it. ~Dan On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Catherine McKay wrote: > My response will be useless, since I'm not aware of any collaboration > between Harry and Joan. Too bad though! I'm a big Harry fan and have been > listening to a lot of his stuff lately. What a character he was! > > He did hang out with John Lennon ("Impossible Dreamer") though, so there's > a bit of a connection. They seemed to get wasted together a lot! > > --- On Mon, 8/10/09, Ms Bene Lux wrote: > > > From: Ms Bene Lux > > Subject: Harry Nilsson and Joni(?) > > To: "Joni List" > > Received: Monday, August 10, 2009, 8:01 AM > > A friend of mine made me listen to > > Harry Nilsson. I was impressed with > > his phrasing -- for reasons I don't need to explain here, I > > 'm > > impressed when a singer can put a million words into one > > line and make > > it sound completely easy and natural. Does anyone know of > > any > > relationship between him and Joni? As far as I can see they > > have never > > performed together. How come...? > > > > Best > > > > Bene > > > > Who wishes she would keep up more regularly with the > > list... > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! > > http://www.flickr.com/gift/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:55:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Willie Yanock Subject: Since You've Asked I had the pleasure of Judy Collins with her angelic voice sending me to a beautiful place in my mind. She makes you feel grateful to have lived to have witnessed such beauty and grace, truly heavenly. But I had the misfortune of listening to Dan Fogelberg's version and to be polite all I can say is that his version was just POOR. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:26:19 -0400 From: merk54@aol.com Subject: Re: Harry Nilsson and Joni njc Dan, Just a minor correction regarding Harry performing live.? I know he did it at least once because I saw him perform at Beatlefest in Chicago in 1984.??If you do a search on Nilsson and Beatlefest, I think you might even find a clip of the performance on You Tube. The timing of all this Nilsson talk is so weird, because me and a buddy just performed at a luau, and I thought it might be fun to do?Coconut for the party.? It was the hit of the night, and got me listening to Nilsson cds that I hadn't listened to in quite a while.? A couple of days later, this thread show up. Small world. Jack - -----Original Message----- From: Dan Olson To: Joni List Sent: Mon, Aug 10, 2009 4:04 pm Subject: Re: Harry Nilsson and Joni(?) I have been a long-time fan of Harry Nilsson (and of course Joni Mitchell), and to my knowledge, this is the first mention of Harry on this list. One unusual thing about Harry was he never performed live. He was a master of the studio recording. He often overdubbed his own voice dozens of times; he had elaborate arrangements with studio musicians, but never mentioned anyone in the credits. I don't know if he generally accompanied himself, or always had others play with him (although he clearly had some keyboard skills on display in this amusing u-tube clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dswVK5si45M). An excellent documentary film on his career exists ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_is_Harry_Nilsson%3F_(And_Why_Is_Everybody_Talkin%27_About_Him)), but to my knowledge, has never been made generally available to the public. My personal favorite albums are "Harry", "Nilsson sing Newman", and "The Point", which is a beloved parable about tolerance that will amaze people of all ages. I've been listening to "the Point" with my daughter since we first discovered it 8 years ago, and we will never get tired of it. ~Dan On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Catherine McKay wrote: > My response will be useless, since I'm not aware of any collaboration > between Harry and Joan. Too bad though! I'm a big Harry fan and have been > listening to a lot of his stuff lately. What a character he was! > > He did hang out with John Lennon ("Impossible Dreamer") though, so there's > a bit of a connection. They seemed to get wasted together a lot! > > --- On Mon, 8/10/09, Ms Bene Lux wrote: > > > From: Ms Bene Lux > > Subject: Harry Nilsson and Joni(?) > > To: "Joni List" > > Received: Monday, August 10, 2009, 8:01 AM > > A friend of mine made me listen to > > Harry Nilsson. I was impressed with > > his phrasing -- for reasons I don't need to explain here, I > > 'm > > impressed when a singer can put a million words into one > > line and make > > it sound completely easy and natural. Does anyone know of > > any > > relationship between him and Joni? As far as I can see they > > have never > > performed together. How come...? > > > > Best > > > > Bene > > > > Who wishes she would keep up more regularly with the > > list... > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! > > http://www.flickr.com/gift/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:06:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Harry Nilsson and Joni(?) Dan and anyone else interested. Maybe some of you already have these, but here are links to some mp3 files. One is Harry Nilsson's demos (demoes?) for the Robert Altman "Popeye" film - a strange film, but I love the music. This is mostly Harry singing, but a few sung by cast members for the movie. The song "He needs me," sung here by Shelley Duval, was also used in "Punch drunk love" with Adam Sandler and Emily Watson. The other is his Monkees demoes, since he wrote a number of songs for the Monkees and I understand was good friends with Mickey Dolenz. Link to Popeye demoes download: https://download.yousendit.com/MnFoUXVqaytwM2xFQlE9PQ Link to Monkees demoes download: https://rcpt.yousendit.com/724399267/a18067fe3a9e265a989e617d5e0db275 I particularly love the "Popeye" songs. Downloads should be good for seven days. - --- On Mon, 8/10/09, Dan Olson wrote: > From: Dan Olson > Subject: Re: Harry Nilsson and Joni(?) > To: "Joni List" > Received: Monday, August 10, 2009, 5:04 PM > I have been a long-time fan of Harry > Nilsson (and of course Joni Mitchell), > and to my knowledge, this is the first mention of Harry on > this list. One > unusual thing about Harry was he never performed > live. He was a master of > the studio recording. He often overdubbed his own > voice dozens of times; he > had elaborate arrangements with studio musicians, but never > mentioned anyone > in the credits. I don't know if he generally > accompanied himself, or always > had others play with him (although he clearly had some > keyboard skills on > display in this amusing u-tube clip > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dswVK5si45M). > > An excellent documentary film on his career exists ( > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_is_Harry_Nilsson%3F_(And_Why_Is_Everybody_Talkin%27_About_Him)), > but to my knowledge, has never been made generally > available to the public. > > My personal favorite albums are "Harry", "Nilsson sing > Newman", and "The > Point", which is a beloved parable about tolerance that > will amaze people of > all ages. I've been listening to "the Point" with my > daughter since we > first discovered it 8 years ago, and we will never get > tired of it. > > ~Dan > > > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Catherine McKay wrote: > > > My response will be useless, since I'm not aware of > any collaboration > > between Harry and Joan. Too bad though! I'm a big > Harry fan and have been > > listening to a lot of his stuff lately. What a > character he was! > > > > He did hang out with John Lennon ("Impossible > Dreamer") though, so there's > > a bit of a connection. They seemed to get wasted > together a lot! > > > > --- On Mon, 8/10/09, Ms Bene Lux > wrote: > > > > > From: Ms Bene Lux > > > Subject: Harry Nilsson and Joni(?) > > > To: "Joni List" > > > Received: Monday, August 10, 2009, 8:01 AM > > > A friend of mine made me listen to > > > Harry Nilsson. I was impressed with > > > his phrasing -- for reasons I don't need to > explain here, I > > > 'm > > > impressed when a singer can put a million words > into one > > > line and make > > > it sound completely easy and natural. Does anyone > know of > > > any > > > relationship between him and Joni? As far as I > can see they > > > have never > > > performed together. How come...? > > > > > > Best > > > > > > Bene > > > > > > Who wishes she would keep up more regularly with > the > > > list... > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > > Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of > Flickr! > > > > http://www.flickr.com/gift/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:07:23 -0500 From: Michael Paz Subject: Hello Old Friends Of Jack Neilson (NJC) This was sent to me and I thought I would share it with all of you. Best Paz Hello Old Friends Of Jack Neilson, My Old Friend Fund was established in memory of Jack Neilson for the benefit of his daughter Sarah, to help her complete her education and get on her feet in life and in her career. Sarah received her BA in English from the University of Iowa in 2007 and is pursuing a career in writing. Toward that end, she has recently been accepted to a graduate writing program described in her attached note. We are resurrecting My Old Friend Fund to contribute to the tuition costs, as she does not have sufficient funds to make this happen. No gifts are too small and any amount is greatly appreciated. Contributions may be made payable to either Sarah Neilson or My Old Friend Fund, and sent directly to: Regions Bank 1820 St. Charles Ave, Suite 100 New Orleans, LA 70130 Attn: Ms. Ame Flynn Please forward this email to anyone you think may be interested in supporting this venture on Sarahs behalf in memory of Jack Neilson. For more information, please contact: Amy Lapeyre Gui, amylgui@hotmail.com Nancy Lemann, nlemann@earthlink.net John Parker, johnparkermusic@yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:43:58 -0500 From: "MusicIsSpecial" Subject: tiny Joni mention by Jimi Page In the Sept 2009 issue of the British music magazine Q, there is an article about Led Zeppelin's playing Knebworth in August 1979. Commander Cody was one of the openers and described it as one of the worst concerts he'd witnessed. anyways, in the article Jimmy Page says "The line-up we hoped for was Fairport Convention, Dire Straits, Little Feat and Joni Mitchell." And then another person is quoted as saying "When the time came to get support, nobody wanted to play with Led Zeppelin" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:28:46 -0500 From: Michael Paz Subject: This JUST in!!!!! Happy Birthday to the amazing and talented Mr. Les Irvin who is out celebrating tonight. I think the B-Day fairies need to be taken out back and flogged. How is it possible that they missed this historic day? Anyways Les I hope you have a wonderful day and thank you for this beautiful forum of friendship, love, and music! Luv, Paz Sent from my iPhone ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2009 #239 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------