From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #29 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://jmdl.com JMDL Digest Thursday, January 27 2011 Volume 2011 : Number 029 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Judy Collins - New interview with more information about new book [L] Joni In New Doc? ["Randy Remote" ] Marcie [est86mlm@ameritech.net] Re: Marcie [Lc Stanley ] RE: JMDL Digest V2011 #28 [anon anon ] RE: JMDL Digest V2011 #28 [anon anon ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:59:01 +0000 (GMT) From: Lieve Reckers Subject: Re: Judy Collins - New interview with more information about new book Wonderful article, Jerry. Thanks so much for sharing. My goodness, ANOTHER book I'm going to have to get about the same place and time in music - I'll soon have a complete "Laurel Canyon" book shelf! Lieve ________________________________ From: Gerald Notaro To: Joni List Sent: Wed, 26 January, 2011 23:38:25 Subject: Judy Collins - New interview with more information about new book By: Kevin Ransom http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/judy-collins-folk-fest-preview/ January 24, 2011 At this point in music history more than a half-century after popular music was re-defined by the youthful energy of rock n roll one important measure of greatness is longevity. Many of the idioms greatest artists have achieved it: Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Joan Baez, Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell and Judy Collins. Those above-named artists now range in age from 67 (Mitchell) to 74 (Cohen). Collins is 71, but if anything, her elder status only seems to have inspired her to become more prolific. Last year, she released a new album, Paradise, and a childrens book, Over the Rainbow. She still does about 110 shows a year, by her estimation, and she is now in the final editing stages of her upcoming autobiography, which she says will be titled Suite: Judy Blue Eyes Sex, Drugs, Rock n Roll and the Music That Changed a Generation. The book is slated to be published in September. Ive actually been working on it for four years, says the folk-pop icon, who co-headlines the second-night lineup of the Ann Arbor Folk Festival on Saturday at Hill Auditorium. It starts in 1968, and spans the 20-year-period after that. The year 1968 really is the centerpiece, though. Theres a lot to be said, still, for the events of that year. One of the events of that year was her romance with Stephen Stills, which Stills immortalized in the song that inspired the books title. Collins has already written several books over the years, including a couple of autobiographies, a novel and a couple of books about being a survivor of suicide: Her son took his own life in 1992. I really wanted to write this particular book at this time, though, because I knew I would be turning 70, says Collins by phone from her home in New York City. Collins career as a recording artist actually dates back 50 years her first album, Maid of Constant Sorrow, was released in 1961. Initially, she was an interpretative artist, who lent her sparkling, winsome soprano vocals to songs written by the folk-music poets of the 60s Dylan, Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, and, later, Mitchell and Cohen. In the late 60s, she began writing her own songs to complement her expressive covers of other writers tunes. But shes always continued to flex her interpreters chops. Paradise includes her own versions of classic and / or vintage tunes like Over the Rainbow, Ghost Riders in the Sky, Baezs Diamonds and Rust, Paxtons Last Thing on My Mind, Jimmy Webbs Gauguin and Tim Buckleys Once I Was. She also puts her own stamp on Weight of the World, by Amy Speace / Jon Vezner / Jud Caswell. (Speace and Vezner appeared at The Ark last month as part of the Decembersongs show.) In fact, her recordings of Diamonds and Rust and Last Thing on My Mind are duets with a couple of old pals. She duets with Baez herself on Diamonds. And, fittingly, she and Stills do a duet on Last Thing a song in which the singer laments a broken romance and expresses his / her regrets. Stephen and I remained friends, and wed talk to each other on the phone every now and then, and then we had dinner one night in California in around 2007, and we began talking to each other more often after that, and he just suggested one night, Why dont we do a duet? And that just seemed like a very good song for ex-lovers to sing. My husband took photos of us singing it in the studio it was like something out of a Robert Altman film, she says with a laugh. Their performance of this very poignant song is quite stirring, and both are in fine voice. As for the Baez duet: I started performing that song live in 09, and one day I called Joan and said, I want to record this for my new album, and she said, Oh, thats great, no one ever records my songs. Then she suggested we do it as a duet. We also performed it together at the Newport Folk Festival last year, without a rehearsal, in the rain, says Collins, laughing again. Its on You Tube. Collins played a key role in helping to launch the careers of Mitchell and Cohen, in 1966-67, when she recorded their songs Both Sides Now and Suzanne, respectively, before either of them had a recording contract. At the time, Collins was already an established, successful artist, so her recordings of their songs exposed each artist to the mass audience and eventually led to each landing a record deal. So we couldnt resist asking Collins about her recollections of how those recordings came to be, and her interaction at the time with Mitchell and Cohen who, over the decades, have come to be recognized as two of the greatest songwriters of the last half-century. Well, with Joni, she was still playing the clubs at the time she wasnt on the marquee anywhere, but some people had taken notice, recalls Collins. And one night I got a call from Al Kooper, who was at Jonis house, and he said, Joni has this song, and I think you should hear this, and she sang it to me over the phone. Of course, I loved it. With Leonard, I also got a call, from a friend who said, I know this guy, hes Canadian, hes a poet, and he wants to come play these songs for you. So Leonard came over, and he said, I want to know if you think these are songs. And he played three songs for me Suzanne, Dress Rehearsal, and The Stranger Song. I said, Of course theyre songs, theyre wonderful songs, and Im going to record them. Ive always thoughts that part of my function is to expose people to other artists who they might not have heard of. So, to this day, I still like to keep my foot in the interpretive camp. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:46:29 -0800 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Joni In New Doc? Joni is mentioned in the description of this new documentary, "Troubadours: Carole King / James Taylor & The Rise of the Singer-Songwriter", set to air on PBS March 2 as part of the "American Masters" series. Her music is not part of the accompanying CD, nor is she listed as an interviewee. Contributors include Crosby, McGuinn, Browne, Raitt, etc, and will contain "archival footage", for you footage fetishists. The narrative begins in the 60s, when Carole King and Gerry Goffin were writing their now-iconic songs at Manhattans 1650 Broadway hit factory, and James Taylor was emerging as a folksinger/songwriter. The location then shifts westward to L.A.s Laurel Canyon, the breeding ground for the burgeoning singer-songwriter community, and to Doug Westons Troubadour, where the King/Taylor partnership begins to blossom and a close-knit crew of future legends  including Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Joni Mitchell, Eagles, and Elton Johnperforms on the small stage and holds court in the bar, the epicenter of the action. More at: http://tinyurl.com/46pgjmk (PBS.org) and http://tinyurl.com/4s4a85l (Concord Music Group/CD/DVD preorder) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:41:07 -0600 From: est86mlm@ameritech.net Subject: Marcie Laura & Sue, Recently I read this article looking for info for a video posting...... Joni specifically talks about the real Marcie and the writing of the song. She says: "My lyrics are influenced by Leonard," she admits. "We never knew each other in Canada, but after we met at Newport last year we saw a lot of each other. My song 'Marcie,' has a lot of him in it, and some of Leonard's religious imagery, which comes from being a Jew in a predominantly Catholic, seems to have rubbed off on me, too. 'Marcie' is about a girl waiting for a letter that never comes, who walks out of the last verse to go west again. Is Marcie Joni? "I suppose so, really. Marcie is a real girl, she lives in London. I used her name, because I wanted a two-syllable name. But I'm the girl in all these songs. http://jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=178 Laura ... but my question is, how many of the long stories that Joni used to tell in the old days (while re-tuning) should we all believe hook, line and sinker? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 05:03:00 -0800 (PST) From: Lc Stanley Subject: Re: Marcie Hi Laura, Thanks for this quote. Very cool. Reminds me of Little Green where she writes to Brad hoping for a life and gets back a poem and no desire for a life with Joni and their daughter. When she sings about heading west again with a one way ticket, I always visualize her going to California, and I think about Brad going there too as she sings about in Little Green. It seems like whenever she mentions California it has to do with life and destiny. Love, Laura ________________________________ From: "est86mlm@ameritech.net" To: joni@smoe.org Cc: sem8@cornell.edu; sillyseabird7@yahoo.com Sent: Thu, January 27, 2011 6:41:07 AM Subject: Marcie Laura & Sue, Recently I read this article looking for info for a video posting...... Joni specifically talks about the real Marcie and the writing of the song. She says: "My lyrics are influenced by Leonard," she admits. "We never knew each other in Canada, but after we met at Newport last year we saw a lot of each other. My song 'Marcie,' has a lot of him in it, and some of Leonard's religious imagery, which comes from being a Jew in a predominantly Catholic, seems to have rubbed off on me, too. 'Marcie' is about a girl waiting for a letter that never comes, who walks out of the last verse to go west again. Is Marcie Joni? "I suppose so, really. Marcie is a real girl, she lives in London. I used her name, because I wanted a two-syllable name. But I'm the girl in all these songs. http://jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=178 Laura ... but my question is, how many of the long stories that Joni used to tell in the old days (while re-tuning) should we all believe hook, line and sinker? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 08:13:42 -0500 From: anon anon Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2011 #28 what is going on with Joni these days? any recent interviews? does she have any plans to tour or record a cd? anyone know? thanks... > Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:00:10 -0500 > From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org > To: joni-digest@smoe.org > Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #28 > > > JMDL Digest Thursday, January 27 2011 Volume 2011 : Number 028 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Re: Re: New JMDL membership requirement [Anne Sandstrom Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] > Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl [Dave Blackburn RE: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl [Susan Tierney McNamara Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl from lesli [shadows and light Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl [Michael Paz RE: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl from lesli [Susan Tierney McNamara ] > Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl NJC unless she shows up and I say YES [Bob.Muller@Fluor] > Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl NJC unless she shows up and I say YES [Michael Paz Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl from lesli [Dave Blackburn Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl [Dave Blackburn Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl [shadows and light Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl [Sam Stone ] > Marcie [Lc Stanley ] > RE: Marcie [Susan Tierney McNamara ] > Judy Collins - New interview with more information about new book [Gerald] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:06:21 +0000 (GMT) > From: Anne Sandstrom > Subject: Re: Re: New JMDL membership requirement > > I am humbled. With a clock ticking, my brain froze. And I tried to name > them in order, starting with STAS. > > Waiting for the bus... > > lots of love, > Anne > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:52:52 -0500 > From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com > Subject: Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl > > This will definitely be the star-studded Joni event of the year, even if > Paz doesn't show up. I'd love to come out to LA to catch it. > Jack, see you there. > > Bob > > NP: The Band, "Down South In New Orleans" > - ------------------------------------------------------------ > 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. > > Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual > sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. > - ------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:57:53 -0800 > From: Dave Blackburn > Subject: Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl > > Thank you S&L. I wonder how to make that happen? > > > > > > > On Jan 25, 2011, at 10:33 PM, shadows and light wrote: > > > Robin and dave should open. > > > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 3:30 PM, wrote: > > > >> Wow! This should be amazing! So far they list Cassandra Wilson and Wayne > >> Shorter as artists performing with additional artists to come. > >> > >> Just might have to plan a trip to LA for this one. > >> > >> Jack > >> > >> _http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4565_ > >> (http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4565) > >> > >> > >> In a message dated 1/25/2011 5:12:12 P.M. Central Standard Time, > >> davidmarine@mindspring.com writes: > >> > >> > >> http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-hollywood-bowl-20110126,0,18 > >> 7 > >> 538.story > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:42:25 -0500 > From: Susan Tierney McNamara > Subject: RE: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl > > Make it happen. I am going to beg, borrow and steal to get there. What an awesome thing, Brian Blade and Hissing of Summer Lawns. Can we start a betting pool to see if Joni shows up? :-) > > - -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Dave Blackburn > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 8:58 AM > To: shadows and light > Cc: Merk54@aol.com; davidmarine@mindspring.com; joni@smoe.org > Subject: Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl > > Thank you S&L. I wonder how to make that happen? > > > > > > > On Jan 25, 2011, at 10:33 PM, shadows and light wrote: > > > Robin and dave should open. > > > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 3:30 PM, wrote: > > > >> Wow! This should be amazing! So far they list Cassandra Wilson and Wayne > >> Shorter as artists performing with additional artists to come. > >> > >> Just might have to plan a trip to LA for this one. > >> > >> Jack > >> > >> _http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4565_ > >> (http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4565) > >> > >> > >> In a message dated 1/25/2011 5:12:12 P.M. Central Standard Time, > >> davidmarine@mindspring.com writes: > >> > >> > >> http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-hollywood-bowl-20110126,0,18 > >> 7 > >> 538.story > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:08:26 -0800 > From: shadows and light > Subject: Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl from lesli > > the thought of this show is welcome distraction from the holycombe fest. > i've always wanted to walk the cotswolds, but this august it is not meant to > be. > and now!! sue, let's not jinx this with betting : ). > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 6:42 AM, Susan Tierney McNamara wrote: > > > Make it happen. I am going to beg, borrow and steal to get there. What an > > awesome thing, Brian Blade and Hissing of Summer Lawns. Can we start a > > betting pool to see if Joni shows up? :-) > > > > gosh, dave i'm not sure how to storm those bastitions.. > > > -----Original Message----- > > Thank you S&L. I wonder how to make that happen? > > > > > > On Jan 25, 2011, at 10:33 PM, shadows and light wrote: > > > > > Robin and dave should open. > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 3:30 PM, wrote: > > > > > >> Wow! This should be amazing! So far they list Cassandra Wilson and > > Wayne > > >> Shorter as artists performing with additional artists to come. > > >> > > >> Just might have to plan a trip to LA for this one. > > >> > > >> Jack > > >> > > >> _http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4565_ > > >> (http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4565) > > >> > > >> > > >> In a message dated 1/25/2011 5:12:12 P.M. Central Standard Time, > > >> davidmarine@mindspring.com writes: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-hollywood-bowl-20110126,0,18 > > >> 7 > > >> 538.story > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:10:52 -0600 > From: Michael Paz > Subject: Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl > > I have it on my calender. Thanks for the heads up David. See you at the Bowl > > Paz > > > Michael Paz > michael@thepazgroup.com > > Tour Manager > Preservation Hall Jazz Band > http://www.preservationhall.com > > > > > On Jan 26, 2011, at 6:52 AM, Bob.Muller@Fluor.com wrote: > > This will definitely be the star-studded Joni event of the year, even if > Paz doesn't show up. I'd love to come out to LA to catch it. > Jack, see you there. > > Bob > > NP: The Band, "Down South In New Orleans" > - ------------------------------------------------------------ > 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. > > Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual > sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. > - ------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:15:14 -0500 > From: Susan Tierney McNamara > Subject: RE: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl from lesli > > Yes, let's avoid a jinx at all costs! I take back my impulsive reaction!!!! > :) > > From: shadows and light [mailto:cloudhidden101@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 10:08 AM > To: Susan Tierney McNamara > Cc: Dave Blackburn; Merk54@aol.com; davidmarine@mindspring.com; joni@smoe.org > Subject: Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl from lesli > > the thought of this show is welcome distraction from the holycombe fest. > i've always wanted to walk the cotswolds, but this august it is not meant to > be. > and now!! sue, let's not jinx this with betting : ). > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 6:42 AM, Susan Tierney McNamara > > wrote: > Make it happen. I am going to beg, borrow and steal to get there. What an > awesome thing, Brian Blade and Hissing of Summer Lawns. Can we start a > betting pool to see if Joni shows up? :-) > gosh, dave i'm not sure how to storm those bastitions.. > - -----Original Message----- > Thank you S&L. I wonder how to make that happen? > > > On Jan 25, 2011, at 10:33 PM, shadows and light wrote: > > > Robin and dave should open. > > > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 3:30 PM, > > wrote: > > > >> Wow! This should be amazing! So far they list Cassandra Wilson and > Wayne > >> Shorter as artists performing with additional artists to come. > >> > >> Just might have to plan a trip to LA for this one. > >> > >> Jack > >> > >> _http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4565_ > >> (http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4565) > >> > >> > >> In a message dated 1/25/2011 5:12:12 P.M. Central Standard Time, > >> davidmarine@mindspring.com writes: > >> > >> > >> > http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-hollywood-bowl-20110126,0,18 > >> 7 > >> 538.story > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:14:28 -0500 > From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com > Subject: Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl NJC unless she shows up and I say YES > > I'd say we got us a minifest a-brewin'...yeeh ha!! > > Bob > > NP: Neil Young, "Stringman" > - ------------------------------------------------------------ > 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. > > Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual > sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. > - ------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:22:40 -0600 > From: Michael Paz > Subject: Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl NJC unless she shows up and I say YES > > yay > > > Michael Paz > michael@thepazgroup.com > > Tour Manager > Preservation Hall Jazz Band > http://www.preservationhall.com > > > > > On Jan 26, 2011, at 10:14 AM, Bob.Muller@Fluor.com wrote: > > > I'd say we got us a minifest a-brewin'...yeeh ha!! > > Bob > > NP: Neil Young, > "Stringman"------------------------------------------------------------ > 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. > > Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual > sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. > - ------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:28:02 -0800 > From: Dave Blackburn > Subject: Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl from lesli > > I have written to Brian Blade via his management company telling him of what > we do and inviting him to check out some CD clips from "Safaris". Perhaps he > will take the bait and want to find out more. I think we might be able to fit > Aug 17th into our busy schedule should he contact us :-D > > Dave > > > > > On Jan 26, 2011, at 7:08 AM, shadows and light wrote: > > > the thought of this show is welcome distraction from the holycombe fest. > > i've always wanted to walk the cotswolds, but this august it is not meant to > be. > > and now!! sue, let's not jinx this with betting : ). > > > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 6:42 AM, Susan Tierney McNamara > wrote: > > Make it happen. I am going to beg, borrow and steal to get there. What an > awesome thing, Brian Blade and Hissing of Summer Lawns. Can we start a > betting pool to see if Joni shows up? :-) > > > > gosh, dave i'm not sure how to storm those bastitions.. > > -----Original Message----- > > Thank you S&L. I wonder how to make that happen? > > > > > > On Jan 25, 2011, at 10:33 PM, shadows and light wrote: > > > > > Robin and dave should open. > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 3:30 PM, wrote: > > > > > >> Wow! This should be amazing! So far they list Cassandra Wilson and > Wayne > > >> Shorter as artists performing with additional artists to come. > > >> > > >> Just might have to plan a trip to LA for this one. > > >> > > >> Jack > > >> > > >> _http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4565_ > > >> (http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4565) > > >> > > >> > > >> In a message dated 1/25/2011 5:12:12 P.M. Central Standard Time, > > >> davidmarine@mindspring.com writes: > > >> > > >> > > >> > http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-hollywood-bowl-20110126,0,18 > > >> 7 > > >> 538.story > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:28:59 -0800 > From: Dave Blackburn > Subject: Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl > > Already heard back from Brian's management. The manager says Brian is super busy and gets behind on his email but he will forward my message to him and assures me that Brian will be excited about our enthusiasm for his show. > > Dave > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:54:50 -0800 > From: shadows and light > Subject: Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl > > wow! maybe you should hire that manager! > lesli > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Dave Blackburn wrote: > > > Already heard back from Brian's management. The manager says Brian is super > > busy and gets behind on his email but he will forward my message to him and > > assures me that Brian will be excited about our enthusiasm for his show. > > > > Dave > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:21:50 -0500 > From: Sam Stone > Subject: Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl > > I wonder who else will be in on this? Herbie probably... Joni herself, > perhaps? > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:21:19 -0800 (PST) > From: Lc Stanley > Subject: Marcie > > Hi Ya'll, > > I was sitting here playing and meditating on Marcie and thinking about how Joni > said she wrote the song after meeting Marcie in England and finding out Marcie > had lived in NY fairly close to her - yet they hadn't met until England. There > was a transcendence of time from NY to England with the two of them so close but > not meeting and then meeting at such a distance from where they had lived. That > had to strike a chord in Joni about possibly meeting up again one day with > Kilauren. > > So Marcie isn't about Marcie exactly. That fascinated me when I heard it. > > As I was playing and singing it just now, it seemed that what Marcie is waiting > is life itself... not really a man. I was struck with the passing of the > seasons in the song and then finally going west toward the sun, where there is > only one big season... where life can be lived uninterrupted so to speak. > > Love, > Laura > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:14:39 -0500 > From: Susan Tierney McNamara > Subject: RE: Marcie > > That was a weird coincidence that Marcie and Joni didn't meet until after they moved away, but this brings up another issue. Granted, Marcie is one of my favorite songs and it's an exquisitely written song that is so fun to play and sing ... but my question is, how many of the long stories that Joni used to tell in the old days (while re-tuning) should we all believe hook, line and sinker? Some of them are really funny and fantastic, but I guess sometimes I am skeptical. They say all good lies have a basis in truth, but clearly she kept a lot of secrets in those days, too. > > - -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Lc Stanley > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 4:21 PM > To: Joni List > Subject: Marcie > > Hi Ya'll, > > I was sitting here playing and meditating on Marcie and thinking about how Joni > said she wrote the song after meeting Marcie in England and finding out Marcie > had lived in NY fairly close to her - yet they hadn't met until England. There > was a transcendence of time from NY to England with the two of them so close but > not meeting and then meeting at such a distance from where they had lived. That > had to strike a chord in Joni about possibly meeting up again one day with > Kilauren. > > So Marcie isn't about Marcie exactly. That fascinated me when I heard it. > > As I was playing and singing it just now, it seemed that what Marcie is waiting > is life itself... not really a man. I was struck with the passing of the > seasons in the song and then finally going west toward the sun, where there is > only one big season... where life can be lived uninterrupted so to speak. > > Love, > Laura > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:38:25 -0500 > From: Gerald Notaro > Subject: Judy Collins - New interview with more information about new book > > By: Kevin Ransom > http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/judy-collins-folk-fest-preview/ > > January 24, 2011 > > At this point in music history  more than a half-century after popular > music was re-defined by the youthful energy of rock n roll  one important > measure of greatness is longevity. Many of the idioms greatest artists have > achieved it: Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Joan Baez, Paul McCartney, Joni > Mitchell  and Judy Collins. > > Those above-named artists now range in age from 67 (Mitchell) to 74 (Cohen). > > Collins is 71, but if anything, her elder status only seems to have > inspired her to become more prolific. Last year, she released a new album, > Paradise, and a childrens book, Over the Rainbow. She still does about > 110 shows a year, by her estimation, and she is now in the final editing > stages of her upcoming autobiography, which she says will be titled Suite: > Judy Blue Eyes  Sex, Drugs, Rock n Roll and the Music That Changed a > Generation. The book is slated to be published in September. > > Ive actually been working on it for four years, says the folk-pop icon, > who co-headlines the second-night lineup of the Ann Arbor Folk Festival on > Saturday at Hill Auditorium. It starts in 1968, and spans the > 20-year-period after that. The year 1968 really is the centerpiece, though. > Theres a lot to be said, still, for the events of that year. > > One of the events of that year was her romance with Stephen Stills, which > Stills immortalized in the song that inspired the books title. > > Collins has already written several books over the years, including a couple > of autobiographies, a novel and a couple of books about being a survivor of > suicide: Her son took his own life in 1992. I really wanted to write this > particular book at this time, though, because I knew I would be turning 70, > says Collins by phone from her home in New York City. > > Collins career as a recording artist actually dates back 50 years  her > first album, Maid of Constant Sorrow, was released in 1961. Initially, she > was an interpretative artist, who lent her sparkling, winsome soprano vocals > to songs written by the folk-music poets of the 60s  Dylan, Phil Ochs, Tom > Paxton, and, later, Mitchell and Cohen. In the late 60s, she began writing > her own songs to complement her expressive covers of other writers tunes. > > But shes always continued to flex her interpreters chops. Paradise > includes her own versions of classic and / or vintage tunes like Over the > Rainbow, Ghost Riders in the Sky, Baezs Diamonds and Rust, Paxtons > Last Thing on My Mind, Jimmy Webbs Gauguin and Tim Buckleys Once I > Was. She also puts her own stamp on Weight of the World, by Amy Speace / > Jon Vezner / Jud Caswell. (Speace and Vezner appeared at The Ark last month > as part of the Decembersongs show.) > > In fact, her recordings of Diamonds and Rust and Last Thing on My Mind > are duets with a couple of old pals. She duets with Baez herself on > Diamonds. And, fittingly, she and Stills do a duet on Last Thing  a > song in which the singer laments a broken romance and expresses his / her > regrets. > > Stephen and I remained friends, and wed talk to each other on the phone > every now and then, and then we had dinner one night in California in around > 2007, and we began talking to each other more often after that, and he just > suggested one night, Why dont we do a duet? And that just seemed like a > very good song for ex-lovers to sing. My husband took photos of us singing > it in the studio  it was like something out of a Robert Altman film, she > says with a laugh. > > Their performance of this very poignant song is quite stirring, and both are > in fine voice. > > As for the Baez duet: I started performing that song live in 09, and one > day I called Joan and said, I want to record this for my new album, and > she said, Oh, thats great, no one ever records my songs. Then she > suggested we do it as a duet. We also performed it together at the Newport > Folk Festival last year, without a rehearsal, in the rain, says Collins, > laughing again. Its on You Tube. > > Collins played a key role in helping to launch the careers of Mitchell and > Cohen, in 1966-67, when she recorded their songs Both Sides Now and > Suzanne, respectively, before either of them had a recording contract. At > the time, Collins was already an established, successful artist, so her > recordings of their songs exposed each artist to the mass audience  and > eventually led to each landing a record deal. > > So we couldnt resist asking Collins about her recollections of how those > recordings came to be, and her interaction at the time with Mitchell and > Cohen  who, over the decades, have come to be recognized as two of the > greatest songwriters of the last half-century. > > Well, with Joni, she was still playing the clubs at the time  she wasnt > on the marquee anywhere, but some people had taken notice, recalls Collins. > And one night I got a call from Al Kooper, who was at Jonis house, and he > said, Joni has this song, and I think you should hear this, and she sang > it to me over the phone. Of course, I loved it. > > With Leonard, I also got a call, from a friend who said, I know this guy, > hes Canadian, hes a poet, and he wants to come play these songs for you. > So Leonard came over, and he said, I want to know if you think these are > songs. And he played three songs for me  Suzanne, Dress Rehearsal, and > The Stranger Song. I said, Of course theyre songs, theyre wonderful > songs, and Im going to record them. > > Ive always thoughts that part of my function is to expose people to other > artists who they might not have heard of. So, to this day, I still like to > keep my foot in the interpretive camp. > > ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2011 #28 > **************************** > > ------- > To post messages to the list, send to joni@smoe.org. > Unsubscribe by clicking here: > mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe > ------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 08:14:12 -0500 From: anon anon Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2011 #28 what is going on with Joni these days? any recent interviews? does she have any plans to tour or record a cd? anyone know? thanks... > Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:00:10 -0500 > From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org > To: joni-digest@smoe.org > Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #28 > > > JMDL Digest Thursday, January 27 2011 Volume 2011 : Number 028 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Re: Re: New JMDL membership requirement [Anne Sandstrom Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] > Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl [Dave Blackburn RE: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl [Susan Tierney McNamara Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl from lesli [shadows and light Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl [Michael Paz RE: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl from lesli [Susan Tierney McNamara ] > Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl NJC unless she shows up and I say YES [Bob.Muller@Fluor] > Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl NJC unless she shows up and I say YES [Michael Paz Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl from lesli [Dave Blackburn Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl [Dave Blackburn Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl [shadows and light Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl [Sam Stone ] > Marcie [Lc Stanley ] > RE: Marcie [Susan Tierney McNamara ] > Judy Collins - New interview with more information about new book [Gerald] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:06:21 +0000 (GMT) > From: Anne Sandstrom > Subject: Re: Re: New JMDL membership requirement > > I am humbled. With a clock ticking, my brain froze. And I tried to name > them in order, starting with STAS. > > Waiting for the bus... > > lots of love, > Anne > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:52:52 -0500 > From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com > Subject: Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl > > This will definitely be the star-studded Joni event of the year, even if > Paz doesn't show up. I'd love to come out to LA to catch it. > Jack, see you there. > > Bob > > NP: The Band, "Down South In New Orleans" > - ------------------------------------------------------------ > 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. > > Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual > sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. > - ------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:57:53 -0800 > From: Dave Blackburn > Subject: Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl > > Thank you S&L. I wonder how to make that happen? > > > > > > > On Jan 25, 2011, at 10:33 PM, shadows and light wrote: > > > Robin and dave should open. > > > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 3:30 PM, wrote: > > > >> Wow! This should be amazing! So far they list Cassandra Wilson and Wayne > >> Shorter as artists performing with additional artists to come. > >> > >> Just might have to plan a trip to LA for this one. > >> > >> Jack > >> > >> _http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4565_ > >> (http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4565) > >> > >> > >> In a message dated 1/25/2011 5:12:12 P.M. Central Standard Time, > >> davidmarine@mindspring.com writes: > >> > >> > >> http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-hollywood-bowl-20110126,0,18 > >> 7 > >> 538.story > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:42:25 -0500 > From: Susan Tierney McNamara > Subject: RE: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl > > Make it happen. I am going to beg, borrow and steal to get there. What an awesome thing, Brian Blade and Hissing of Summer Lawns. Can we start a betting pool to see if Joni shows up? :-) > > - -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Dave Blackburn > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 8:58 AM > To: shadows and light > Cc: Merk54@aol.com; davidmarine@mindspring.com; joni@smoe.org > Subject: Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl > > Thank you S&L. I wonder how to make that happen? > > > > > > > On Jan 25, 2011, at 10:33 PM, shadows and light wrote: > > > Robin and dave should open. > > > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 3:30 PM, wrote: > > > >> Wow! This should be amazing! So far they list Cassandra Wilson and Wayne > >> Shorter as artists performing with additional artists to come. > >> > >> Just might have to plan a trip to LA for this one. > >> > >> Jack > >> > >> _http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4565_ > >> (http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4565) > >> > >> > >> In a message dated 1/25/2011 5:12:12 P.M. Central Standard Time, > >> davidmarine@mindspring.com writes: > >> > >> > >> http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-hollywood-bowl-20110126,0,18 > >> 7 > >> 538.story > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:08:26 -0800 > From: shadows and light > Subject: Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl from lesli > > the thought of this show is welcome distraction from the holycombe fest. > i've always wanted to walk the cotswolds, but this august it is not meant to > be. > and now!! sue, let's not jinx this with betting : ). > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 6:42 AM, Susan Tierney McNamara wrote: > > > Make it happen. I am going to beg, borrow and steal to get there. What an > > awesome thing, Brian Blade and Hissing of Summer Lawns. Can we start a > > betting pool to see if Joni shows up? :-) > > > > gosh, dave i'm not sure how to storm those bastitions.. > > > -----Original Message----- > > Thank you S&L. I wonder how to make that happen? > > > > > > On Jan 25, 2011, at 10:33 PM, shadows and light wrote: > > > > > Robin and dave should open. > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 3:30 PM, wrote: > > > > > >> Wow! This should be amazing! So far they list Cassandra Wilson and > > Wayne > > >> Shorter as artists performing with additional artists to come. > > >> > > >> Just might have to plan a trip to LA for this one. > > >> > > >> Jack > > >> > > >> _http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4565_ > > >> (http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4565) > > >> > > >> > > >> In a message dated 1/25/2011 5:12:12 P.M. Central Standard Time, > > >> davidmarine@mindspring.com writes: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-hollywood-bowl-20110126,0,18 > > >> 7 > > >> 538.story > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:10:52 -0600 > From: Michael Paz > Subject: Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl > > I have it on my calender. Thanks for the heads up David. See you at the Bowl > > Paz > > > Michael Paz > michael@thepazgroup.com > > Tour Manager > Preservation Hall Jazz Band > http://www.preservationhall.com > > > > > On Jan 26, 2011, at 6:52 AM, Bob.Muller@Fluor.com wrote: > > This will definitely be the star-studded Joni event of the year, even if > Paz doesn't show up. I'd love to come out to LA to catch it. > Jack, see you there. > > Bob > > NP: The Band, "Down South In New Orleans" > - ------------------------------------------------------------ > 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. 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I take back my impulsive reaction!!!! > :) > > From: shadows and light [mailto:cloudhidden101@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 10:08 AM > To: Susan Tierney McNamara > Cc: Dave Blackburn; Merk54@aol.com; davidmarine@mindspring.com; joni@smoe.org > Subject: Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl from lesli > > the thought of this show is welcome distraction from the holycombe fest. > i've always wanted to walk the cotswolds, but this august it is not meant to > be. > and now!! sue, let's not jinx this with betting : ). > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 6:42 AM, Susan Tierney McNamara > > wrote: > Make it happen. I am going to beg, borrow and steal to get there. What an > awesome thing, Brian Blade and Hissing of Summer Lawns. Can we start a > betting pool to see if Joni shows up? :-) > gosh, dave i'm not sure how to storm those bastitions.. > - -----Original Message----- > Thank you S&L. I wonder how to make that happen? > > > On Jan 25, 2011, at 10:33 PM, shadows and light wrote: > > > Robin and dave should open. > > > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 3:30 PM, > > wrote: > > > >> Wow! This should be amazing! So far they list Cassandra Wilson and > Wayne > >> Shorter as artists performing with additional artists to come. > >> > >> Just might have to plan a trip to LA for this one. > >> > >> Jack > >> > >> _http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4565_ > >> (http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4565) > >> > >> > >> In a message dated 1/25/2011 5:12:12 P.M. Central Standard Time, > >> davidmarine@mindspring.com writes: > >> > >> > >> > http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-hollywood-bowl-20110126,0,18 > >> 7 > >> 538.story > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:14:28 -0500 > From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com > Subject: Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl NJC unless she shows up and I say YES > > I'd say we got us a minifest a-brewin'...yeeh ha!! > > Bob > > NP: Neil Young, "Stringman" > - ------------------------------------------------------------ > 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. 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If you received this in error, please > contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. > > Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual > sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. > - ------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:28:02 -0800 > From: Dave Blackburn > Subject: Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl from lesli > > I have written to Brian Blade via his management company telling him of what > we do and inviting him to check out some CD clips from "Safaris". Perhaps he > will take the bait and want to find out more. I think we might be able to fit > Aug 17th into our busy schedule should he contact us :-D > > Dave > > > > > On Jan 26, 2011, at 7:08 AM, shadows and light wrote: > > > the thought of this show is welcome distraction from the holycombe fest. > > i've always wanted to walk the cotswolds, but this august it is not meant to > be. > > and now!! sue, let's not jinx this with betting : ). > > > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 6:42 AM, Susan Tierney McNamara > wrote: > > Make it happen. I am going to beg, borrow and steal to get there. What an > awesome thing, Brian Blade and Hissing of Summer Lawns. Can we start a > betting pool to see if Joni shows up? :-) > > > > gosh, dave i'm not sure how to storm those bastitions.. > > -----Original Message----- > > Thank you S&L. I wonder how to make that happen? > > > > > > On Jan 25, 2011, at 10:33 PM, shadows and light wrote: > > > > > Robin and dave should open. > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 3:30 PM, wrote: > > > > > >> Wow! This should be amazing! So far they list Cassandra Wilson and > Wayne > > >> Shorter as artists performing with additional artists to come. > > >> > > >> Just might have to plan a trip to LA for this one. > > >> > > >> Jack > > >> > > >> _http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4565_ > > >> (http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4565) > > >> > > >> > > >> In a message dated 1/25/2011 5:12:12 P.M. Central Standard Time, > > >> davidmarine@mindspring.com writes: > > >> > > >> > > >> > http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-hollywood-bowl-20110126,0,18 > > >> 7 > > >> 538.story > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:28:59 -0800 > From: Dave Blackburn > Subject: Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl > > Already heard back from Brian's management. The manager says Brian is super busy and gets behind on his email but he will forward my message to him and assures me that Brian will be excited about our enthusiasm for his show. > > Dave > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:54:50 -0800 > From: shadows and light > Subject: Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl > > wow! maybe you should hire that manager! > lesli > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Dave Blackburn wrote: > > > Already heard back from Brian's management. The manager says Brian is super > > busy and gets behind on his email but he will forward my message to him and > > assures me that Brian will be excited about our enthusiasm for his show. > > > > Dave > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:21:50 -0500 > From: Sam Stone > Subject: Re: Brian Blade at the Hollywood Bowl > > I wonder who else will be in on this? Herbie probably... Joni herself, > perhaps? > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:21:19 -0800 (PST) > From: Lc Stanley > Subject: Marcie > > Hi Ya'll, > > I was sitting here playing and meditating on Marcie and thinking about how Joni > said she wrote the song after meeting Marcie in England and finding out Marcie > had lived in NY fairly close to her - yet they hadn't met until England. There > was a transcendence of time from NY to England with the two of them so close but > not meeting and then meeting at such a distance from where they had lived. That > had to strike a chord in Joni about possibly meeting up again one day with > Kilauren. > > So Marcie isn't about Marcie exactly. That fascinated me when I heard it. > > As I was playing and singing it just now, it seemed that what Marcie is waiting > is life itself... not really a man. I was struck with the passing of the > seasons in the song and then finally going west toward the sun, where there is > only one big season... where life can be lived uninterrupted so to speak. > > Love, > Laura > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:14:39 -0500 > From: Susan Tierney McNamara > Subject: RE: Marcie > > That was a weird coincidence that Marcie and Joni didn't meet until after they moved away, but this brings up another issue. Granted, Marcie is one of my favorite songs and it's an exquisitely written song that is so fun to play and sing ... but my question is, how many of the long stories that Joni used to tell in the old days (while re-tuning) should we all believe hook, line and sinker? Some of them are really funny and fantastic, but I guess sometimes I am skeptical. They say all good lies have a basis in truth, but clearly she kept a lot of secrets in those days, too. > > - -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Lc Stanley > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 4:21 PM > To: Joni List > Subject: Marcie > > Hi Ya'll, > > I was sitting here playing and meditating on Marcie and thinking about how Joni > said she wrote the song after meeting Marcie in England and finding out Marcie > had lived in NY fairly close to her - yet they hadn't met until England. There > was a transcendence of time from NY to England with the two of them so close but > not meeting and then meeting at such a distance from where they had lived. That > had to strike a chord in Joni about possibly meeting up again one day with > Kilauren. > > So Marcie isn't about Marcie exactly. That fascinated me when I heard it. > > As I was playing and singing it just now, it seemed that what Marcie is waiting > is life itself... not really a man. I was struck with the passing of the > seasons in the song and then finally going west toward the sun, where there is > only one big season... where life can be lived uninterrupted so to speak. > > Love, > Laura > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:38:25 -0500 > From: Gerald Notaro > Subject: Judy Collins - New interview with more information about new book > > By: Kevin Ransom > http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/judy-collins-folk-fest-preview/ > > January 24, 2011 > > At this point in music history  more than a half-century after popular > music was re-defined by the youthful energy of rock n roll  one important > measure of greatness is longevity. Many of the idioms greatest artists have > achieved it: Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Joan Baez, Paul McCartney, Joni > Mitchell  and Judy Collins. > > Those above-named artists now range in age from 67 (Mitchell) to 74 (Cohen). > > Collins is 71, but if anything, her elder status only seems to have > inspired her to become more prolific. Last year, she released a new album, > Paradise, and a childrens book, Over the Rainbow. She still does about > 110 shows a year, by her estimation, and she is now in the final editing > stages of her upcoming autobiography, which she says will be titled Suite: > Judy Blue Eyes  Sex, Drugs, Rock n Roll and the Music That Changed a > Generation. The book is slated to be published in September. > > Ive actually been working on it for four years, says the folk-pop icon, > who co-headlines the second-night lineup of the Ann Arbor Folk Festival on > Saturday at Hill Auditorium. It starts in 1968, and spans the > 20-year-period after that. The year 1968 really is the centerpiece, though. > Theres a lot to be said, still, for the events of that year. > > One of the events of that year was her romance with Stephen Stills, which > Stills immortalized in the song that inspired the books title. > > Collins has already written several books over the years, including a couple > of autobiographies, a novel and a couple of books about being a survivor of > suicide: Her son took his own life in 1992. I really wanted to write this > particular book at this time, though, because I knew I would be turning 70, > says Collins by phone from her home in New York City. > > Collins career as a recording artist actually dates back 50 years  her > first album, Maid of Constant Sorrow, was released in 1961. Initially, she > was an interpretative artist, who lent her sparkling, winsome soprano vocals > to songs written by the folk-music poets of the 60s  Dylan, Phil Ochs, Tom > Paxton, and, later, Mitchell and Cohen. In the late 60s, she began writing > her own songs to complement her expressive covers of other writers tunes. > > But shes always continued to flex her interpreters chops. Paradise > includes her own versions of classic and / or vintage tunes like Over the > Rainbow, Ghost Riders in the Sky, Baezs Diamonds and Rust, Paxtons > Last Thing on My Mind, Jimmy Webbs Gauguin and Tim Buckleys Once I > Was. She also puts her own stamp on Weight of the World, by Amy Speace / > Jon Vezner / Jud Caswell. (Speace and Vezner appeared at The Ark last month > as part of the Decembersongs show.) > > In fact, her recordings of Diamonds and Rust and Last Thing on My Mind > are duets with a couple of old pals. She duets with Baez herself on > Diamonds. And, fittingly, she and Stills do a duet on Last Thing  a > song in which the singer laments a broken romance and expresses his / her > regrets. > > Stephen and I remained friends, and wed talk to each other on the phone > every now and then, and then we had dinner one night in California in around > 2007, and we began talking to each other more often after that, and he just > suggested one night, Why dont we do a duet? And that just seemed like a > very good song for ex-lovers to sing. My husband took photos of us singing > it in the studio  it was like something out of a Robert Altman film, she > says with a laugh. > > Their performance of this very poignant song is quite stirring, and both are > in fine voice. > > As for the Baez duet: I started performing that song live in 09, and one > day I called Joan and said, I want to record this for my new album, and > she said, Oh, thats great, no one ever records my songs. Then she > suggested we do it as a duet. We also performed it together at the Newport > Folk Festival last year, without a rehearsal, in the rain, says Collins, > laughing again. Its on You Tube. > > Collins played a key role in helping to launch the careers of Mitchell and > Cohen, in 1966-67, when she recorded their songs Both Sides Now and > Suzanne, respectively, before either of them had a recording contract. At > the time, Collins was already an established, successful artist, so her > recordings of their songs exposed each artist to the mass audience  and > eventually led to each landing a record deal. > > So we couldnt resist asking Collins about her recollections of how those > recordings came to be, and her interaction at the time with Mitchell and > Cohen  who, over the decades, have come to be recognized as two of the > greatest songwriters of the last half-century. > > Well, with Joni, she was still playing the clubs at the time  she wasnt > on the marquee anywhere, but some people had taken notice, recalls Collins. > And one night I got a call from Al Kooper, who was at Jonis house, and he > said, Joni has this song, and I think you should hear this, and she sang > it to me over the phone. Of course, I loved it. > > With Leonard, I also got a call, from a friend who said, I know this guy, > hes Canadian, hes a poet, and he wants to come play these songs for you. > So Leonard came over, and he said, I want to know if you think these are > songs. And he played three songs for me  Suzanne, Dress Rehearsal, and > The Stranger Song. I said, Of course theyre songs, theyre wonderful > songs, and Im going to record them. > > Ive always thoughts that part of my function is to expose people to other > artists who they might not have heard of. So, to this day, I still like to > keep my foot in the interpretive camp. > > ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2011 #28 > **************************** > > ------- > To post messages to the list, send to joni@smoe.org. > Unsubscribe by clicking here: > mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe > ------- ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2011 #29 **************************** ------- To post messages to the list, send to joni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------