From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2012 #1225 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 Wednesday, August 29 2012 Volume 2012 : Number 1225 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Covers/Safaris of the Heart and All That Jazz [Anita G Subject: Re: Covers/Safaris of the Heart and All That Jazz Forgive me Joni Friends for missing so much, but I went all Light Weight for a while (whilst the Olympics were here in the UK) and went on the Joni Digest, which is a bit hard to negotiate. Must get back on the full list, but I did want to chime in a wee bit on the current threads about covers, originals and Safaris of the Heart. I think that it's great that Shari finds so much in Joni's originals. How else did we all get so moved and swept away for so long other than by the superlative nature of Joni's music. Or maybe I should say how else did I get swept along for the last 44 years? I am so grateful that Joni's songwriting has been so awesome that folk can offer interpretations that are so diverse that something new emerges in an often familiar melody or lyric. That's why our Cover King, dear Bob, has done such a great job - to have the interest to keep bringing new arrangements to my ears and heart is just great. And Joni's originals remain great. And there, on this very site, are contributions from the Mutts and Robin Adler. I have said it here many time before, but I have heard many great singers cover Joni's songs and seen many great players - but no-one has come close to stirring so consistently the feeling in me that I had when I saw Joni play for the first time in January 1970 - - apart from Robin and Dave. I am just so grateful that now Joni doesn't get out there to play and sing these days that we have the chance to see Robin, Dave and the Mutts interpreting Joni's music in a way that I believe Joni would just love. Seeing Robin and Dave play Joni has been a particular blessing for me, and I continue to feel enormously grateful that I have lived long enough to see them play and experience Joni's music in what I feel is a truly authentic way, Anita x ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2012 #1225 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------