From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #900 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 Wednesday, January 18 2012 Volume 2011 : Number 900 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- My Joni progression ["Jim L'Hommedieu" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:16:49 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: My Joni progression In the beginning, I heard "Woodstock" on the radio as covers by Matthews Southern Comfort and CSN. I thought that "Both Sides Now" and "Blowing In The Wind" were from Woody Guthrie's generation. They seemed perfect and timeless, like hymns. I read an article in Rolling Stone that said that the next hot category of pop music was a newly-minted phrase, "singer-songwriter". I already had "Sweet Baby James", so I thought RS might be on to something. I had seen Joni's name on the credits for "Tapestry" and began to connect the dots. My Dad was a bit of a jazz fan and I had heard Lambert, Hendricks and Ross. It was around that time that I saw the L.A. Express open for George Harrison in Toronto. I was buying lots of LPs then but I think it was not until 1974, when I bought my first JM album, Court and Spark. When I realized that the same woman who covered Annie Ross also wrote "The Circle Game", I knew she was worth pursuing. I went backwards and forwards from there but I kept buying other artists too. I was following the careers of ELP, Yes, and Carole King back then. It wasn't until I joined the JMDL that I realized how close I was to having her whole catalog. Eventually, I bought "STaS" and "CMiaRS". I have all of Joni's compilations, and studio releases. I have both live albums but I don't have the Greenpeace album. I think that's the only thing missing. Jim L'Hommedieu ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2011 #900 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, send to joni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------