From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2012 #413 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, March 14 2012 Volume 2012 : Number 413 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: JMDL Digest V2012 #410 [Rozanne Gates ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:52:07 -0400 From: Rozanne Gates Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2012 #410 I have to chime in here because Suzanne Sheridan has been performing a masterful tribute concert to Joni and Leonard for the past few years - in Australia, Canada, and the Northeast (mostly Connecticut). The next opportunity to hear the music of Joni and Leonard together is on March 31 in Ridgefield, CT at Bernards. Suzanne connects the dots between their music and their love life. http://youtu.be/ScUn3Pz8XDQ Rozanne Gates on 3/14/12 4:26 PM, JMDL Digest at owner-joni-digest@smoe.org wrote: > > JMDL Digest Wednesday, March 14 2012 Volume 2012 : Number 410 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Leonard Cohen and Joni -Heck of a Guys Blog [Stewart.Simon@sunlife.com] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:10:56 -0400 > From: Stewart.Simon@sunlife.com > Subject: Leonard Cohen and Joni -Heck of a Guys Blog > > Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:31:29 -0400 > From: Michael Sentance > Subject: Leonard Cohen & JoniIf you like Leonard Cohen - and Joni Mitchell > - - you may have been read 1 > Heck of a Guy's blog . > > > He has posted several times about Joni and the relationship between Cohen > and Mitchell. He's recently updated an extensive post about it and you may > read it here: > > http://1heckofaguy.com/2007/03/31/leonard-cohen-and-joni-mitchell-just-one-of- > those-things/ > > > > Hey Michael, > > Thanks for that link. That was an excellent read. > > I loved these comments by Joni in regards to Leonards work: > > 1. My lyrics are influenced by Leonard. After we met at Newport last year > (1967) we saw a lot of each other. Some of Leonardbs religious imagery, > which comes from being a Jew in a predominantly Catholic part of Canada, > seems to have rubbed off on me too. Leonard didnbt really explore music. > Hebs a word man first. Leonardbs economical, he never wastes a word. I can > go through Leonardbs work and itbs like silk. > > and: > > 2. I think Ibm rather Cohen influenced. I wrote bMarcieb and afterwards > thought that it wouldnbt have happened if it hadnbt been for bSuzanne. > > and: > > 3. Leonard was an early influence. I remember thinking when I heard his > songs for the first time that I was not worldly. My work seemed very young > and naive in comparison. At the time I met him I was around 24, around the > time of my first record. But thematically I wanted to be broader than he > was. In many ways Leonard was a boudoir poet. > > and this quote attributed to Judy Collins: > > 4. Joni and Leonard met for the first time at that concert [the Newport > afternoon concert] and began a love affair. Still, everyone was a little > off-center. I remember being in bed with a man I did not know who was > coming down from an acid trip and wanted me to bcomfort him,b no sex > involved. Leonard sat in the room with us, singing bThe Stranger Songb > softly to himself, not paying any attention at all to what was happening > on the bed. The Chelsea Hotel indeed! I trusted Leonard completely in very > intimate situations and although we never had an intimate exchange of that > kind ourselves, he was a constant ally I could take into battle with no > fear of betrayal. Joni wrote bThat Song About The Midwayb about Leonard, or > so she says. Sounds right: the festival, the guy, the jewel in the ear. > > ================= > Sheila Weller, Michelle Mercer, Brian Hinton, Ellen Sanders, Ira B. Nadel > and others are the source of much of the material in this blog highlighting > the Leonard Cohen / Joni Mitchell relationship. > > My Question for anyone on the list that have read these books is how > credible in your opinion are these accounts by Weller, Mercer and others in > their books citing interviews from conversations they had with various > sources to their books? > > I'd like to hear some feedback on this topic. > > > - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This e-mail message (including attachments, if any) is intended for the use > of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain > information that is privileged, proprietary , confidential and exempt from > disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that > any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is > strictly prohibited. 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