From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #129 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 Tuesday, May 3 2011 Volume 2011 : Number 129 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: My best to you [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Re: Arthur Lee and Gene Clark Bands record party (no Joni but Laurel Canyon related) [Lieve Reckers ] Re: My best to you [Michael Paz ] njc Phoebe Snow njc ["gene" ] Re: Arthur Lee and Gene Clark Bands record party (no Joni but Laurel Canyon related) [shadows and light ] RE: Who could play Joni [Susan Tierney McNamara ] Re: njc Phoebe Snow njc [Gerald Notaro ] SHM-CD Joni [Gerald Notaro ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 18:21:21 +1000 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: My best to you Thanks for this Les. These photos are windows into a time and place that I never experienced and I am grateful for a touch of that to be delivered to me. ljirvin sure has a way with words too. Mark in Sydney ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 10:33:08 +0100 (BST) From: Lieve Reckers Subject: Re: Arthur Lee and Gene Clark Bands record party (no Joni but Laurel Canyon related) Wow Kakki, that sounds like a night and party to die for! You lucky girl! I'd love to see the photos, so if you can send a link I'd be really grateful. Thanks for sharing! Lieve at the seaside ________________________________ From: "kbhla@fastmail.fm" To: joni@smoe.org Sent: Mon, 2 May, 2011 3:27:35 Subject: Arthur Lee and Gene Clark Bands record party (no Joni but Laurel Canyon related) For you Arthur Lee and Byrds fans (and those two groups are in my top 10 of all time), I had an overflow of those "once in a blue moon" musical moments the other night at the Roxy Theatre. High Moon Records had a party there launching the first ever release of Arthur Lee's 1973 Black Beauty album and the reissue of the long out of print 1977 Gene Clark band's Two Sides to Every Story album. It was all beyond fantastic. The original Black Beauty band members performed the album along the amazing Valerie Davis on vocals and Bernard Liliton on keyboards. Arthur Lee's widow, Diane spoke along with one of Arthur's former manager who called him "the Picasso of song" and "ahead of his time." Yes indeed. Gene Clark's son, Kai, is a truly incredible musician himself and performed the Two Sides album with his bandmates and the original Gene Clark bandmates, Chip Douglas (ex-Turtles and Monkees producer), Bill Rinehart (ex-Leaves) and Joel Larson (ex-Grass Roots and more). Chip was also a member of the Modern Folk Quartet with our favorite Henry Diltz, and Henry also joined in on harmonica, banjo and tamborine. After performing the songs on the album they then blew out the place performing the Byrds' Feel A Whole Lot Better, Mr. Tambourine Man and Eight Miles High! OMG, I was literally dancing and bouncing off the walls through those three. So were most everyone. It was so cute, even Henry Diltz couldn't help but snap photos of everyone on a small digital camera from the stage at that point. The record company handed out samplers of both albums to us and the music on both is wonderful, beautifully re-mastered and probably a bit unlike what you might expect from both artists. Black Beauty has reggae, blues/funk/soul and a WHOLE lot of what absolutely sounds like Jimi Hendrix. I can see why Paul thought Hendrix played on it. Two Sides also covers a wide range of styles on beautifully crafted songs. I've always heard the post-Byrds Gene Clark music described as "country rock, alternative country," etc. but I hear him more as just a great, original American balladeer. While there are some minor country elements, I found some of his songs very Jimmy Webb/ Stephen Stills-ish and a couple even have a touch of early Joni. I invited my friend Virginia to come with me to the party. She grew up literally off Sunset in the heart of Hollywood. There were probably no more than 100 people in the Roxy and as it turned out most every one of them were notable in their own right, either as close friends and collaborators of Arthur and Gene and/or musicians and prodcuers in their own right. It was a very special group of people and we seemed to be rather popular with them - maybe because we were "new" and they didn't know us back in the day ;-) At any rate, they all insisted we come to the after-party with them at the private On The Rox club upstairs. Lucky Girls! They set up a stage there and the musicians kept playing and jamming on late into the night. What was kind of funny is that they mostly performed a lot of Beatles and other well-known oldies - exactly how we usually end up the night at Jonifests! I even grabbed a mic for a minute LOL! I've posted photos of the night on Facebook. If anyone not there wants to see them, let me know and I'll send another link. Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 02 May 2011 12:34:26 -0400 From: Jim Subject: bin Lauden, was : A weight... njc Right. The world is a little brighter. Now we just have to watch out for dem paybacks. Jim L'Hommedieu ....somewhere in my soul has been lifted after hearing our President tonight. Mark in Seattle thinking he will sleep a wee bit better tonight. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 13:40:26 -0500 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: My best to you WoW! Amazing! Thanks for sharing. I had a hell of a musical weekend will share as soon as I catch my breath. Best Paz Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com On May 1, 2011, at 7:15 PM, Les Irvin wrote: Joniphiles - One of the great pleasures of working with Joni's website over the years has been the unexpected things that come in from the fans across the globe. Recently, one Jim Yulman uploaded to the chronology some photos he took back in 1969 in Connecticut. One in particular caught my eye, isolated here at this link: http://jonimitchell.com/19690427.jpg This photo is pretty amazing. Try to find a dozen people who are not completely enraptured by this performance... More of Jim's photos are here: http://jonimitchell.com/chronology/detail.cfm?id=1238 Les NP - Tallest Man on Earth ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 07:38:37 -0700 From: "gene" Subject: njc Phoebe Snow njc Hope all of you caught the outstanding segment on Good Morning America about Phoebe Snow. I know you're with Valerie singing and dancing. Life well lived. Peace, Gene ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 13:52:24 -0700 From: shadows and light Subject: Re: Arthur Lee and Gene Clark Bands record party (no Joni but Laurel Canyon related) you're such a gifted conversationalist., i'm not surprised that you were included in the after party. thanks for sharing. On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 2:33 AM, Lieve Reckers wrote: > Wow Kakki, that sounds like a night and party to die for! You lucky girl! > I'd love to see the photos, so if you can send a link I'd be really > grateful. > Thanks for sharing! > Lieve at the seaside > > ________________________________ > From: "kbhla@fastmail.fm" > To: joni@smoe.org > Sent: Mon, 2 May, 2011 3:27:35 > Subject: Arthur Lee and Gene Clark Bands record party (no Joni but Laurel > Canyon related) > > For you Arthur Lee and Byrds fans (and those two groups are in my top 10 of > all time), I had an overflow of those "once in a blue moon" musical moments > the other night at the Roxy Theatre. High Moon Records had a party there > launching the first ever release of Arthur Lee's 1973 Black Beauty album > and > the reissue of the long out of print 1977 Gene Clark band's Two Sides to > Every > Story album. It was all beyond fantastic. > > The original Black Beauty band members performed the album along the > amazing > Valerie Davis on vocals and Bernard Liliton on keyboards. Arthur Lee's > widow, > Diane spoke along with one of Arthur's former manager who called him "the > Picasso of song" and "ahead of his time." Yes indeed. > > Gene Clark's son, Kai, is a truly incredible musician himself and performed > the Two Sides album with his bandmates and the original Gene Clark > bandmates, > Chip Douglas (ex-Turtles and Monkees producer), Bill Rinehart (ex-Leaves) > and > Joel Larson (ex-Grass Roots and more). Chip was also a member of the > Modern > Folk Quartet with our favorite Henry Diltz, and Henry also joined in on > harmonica, banjo and tamborine. After performing the songs on the album > they > then blew out the place performing the Byrds' Feel A Whole Lot Better, Mr. > Tambourine Man and Eight Miles High! OMG, I was literally dancing and > bouncing off the walls through those three. So were most everyone. It was > so > cute, even Henry Diltz couldn't help but snap photos of everyone on a small > digital camera from the stage at that point. > > The record company handed out samplers of both albums to us and the music > on > both is wonderful, beautifully re-mastered and probably a bit unlike what > you > might expect from both artists. Black Beauty has reggae, blues/funk/soul > and > a WHOLE lot of what absolutely sounds like Jimi Hendrix. I can see why > Paul > thought Hendrix played on it. > > Two Sides also covers a wide range of styles on beautifully crafted songs. > I've always heard the post-Byrds Gene Clark music described as "country > rock, > alternative country," etc. but I hear him more as just a great, original > American balladeer. While there are some minor country elements, I found > some > of his songs very Jimmy Webb/ Stephen Stills-ish and a couple even have a > touch of early Joni. > > I invited my friend Virginia to come with me to the party. She grew up > literally off Sunset in the heart of Hollywood. There were probably no > more > than 100 people in the Roxy and as it turned out most every one of them > were > notable in their own right, either as close friends and collaborators of > Arthur and Gene and/or musicians and prodcuers in their own right. It was a > very special group of people and we seemed to be rather popular with them - > maybe because we were "new" and they didn't know us back in the day ;-) At > any rate, they all insisted we come to the after-party with them at the > private On The Rox club upstairs. Lucky Girls! They set up a stage there > and > the musicians kept playing and jamming on late into the night. What was > kind > of funny is that they mostly performed a lot of Beatles and other > well-known > oldies - exactly how we usually end up the night at Jonifests! I even > grabbed > a mic for a minute LOL! > > I've posted photos of the night on Facebook. If anyone not there wants to > see > them, let me know and I'll send another link. > > Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 13:54:57 -0700 From: shadows and light Subject: Re: Who could play Joni On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 11:30 AM, shadows and light < cloudhidden101@gmail.com> wrote: > what about Daisy, joni's granddaughter, as the young joni? I'd think she > could nail the part. > lesli ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 17:02:37 -0400 From: Susan Tierney McNamara Subject: RE: Who could play Joni Yes, she looks just like her grandma ... so sweet!! - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of shadows and light Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 4:55 PM To: JMDL Subject: Re: Who could play Joni On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 11:30 AM, shadows and light < cloudhidden101@gmail.com> wrote: > what about Daisy, joni's granddaughter, as the young joni? I'd think she > could nail the part. > lesli ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 17:13:51 -0400 From: Gerald Notaro Subject: Re: njc Phoebe Snow njc They also rebroadcast the wonderful segment on CBS Sunday Morning in her memory. Jerry On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 10:38 AM, gene wrote: > Hope all of you caught the outstanding segment on Good Morning America > about > Phoebe Snow. I know you're with Valerie singing and dancing. > Life well lived. > > Peace, Gene ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 19:39:05 -0400 From: Gerald Notaro Subject: SHM-CD Joni Got my new Japanese SHM-CD remasterings of Hissing and FTR today. I am in Joni Heavan. They sound unbelievable on my equipment. One word of advice: if you love these Joni albums and have any inkling to buy them, GET THEM NOW straight from Japan. They will definitely sell out and be more than twice the amount over here within weeks. I paid $60.04 including shipping for both. A steal! Jerry, off to Orlando for a week long conference ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2011 #129 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, send to joni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------