From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #1204 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 Tuesday, August 27 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 1204 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: JMDL Digest V2013 #1203 [David Gizara ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 22:00:18 -0700 From: David Gizara Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2013 #1203 Thought I'd send this. David Featuring the L.A. Cats .... She started to sing and make up songs while learning how to walk and talk and it wasn't long before it was time to find this little girl an instrument she could express herself on. Mother, Nadine, bought her a guitar for her seventh birthday and I guess the rest is history. She played in some of the folk clubs in So. California as early as age nine & ten, accompanied by teacher and folk recording artist, Joyce James, and by the time she was in her early teens, Laura found herself singing lead in in a Motown soul band all the way over in Heidelberg, Germany, where she attended school for a year. Shortly after returning to the states, with her new individual sense of the world, she had the oportunity to meet up with the likes of Joni Mitchell, David Crosby & Jackson Browne. She began to make musical instruments at this time with early mentor, Joellen Lapidus and was allowed by her parents to travel to the Big Sur Folk festival where Lapidus sold Joni Mitchell her first dulcimer. A little later on she was invited to play on David Crosby's first solo album ... Allan's picture appears on this classic. Her Zither playing on "Traction on the Rain" is the first thumbprint in vinyl for this bright young talent who would spend the next two and a half decades dedicating her life to the pursuit of creativity through her music, song writing and artistic achievements. With a debut album of original songs released on Elektra/ Asylum in 1978, backed by a "who's who" of the best musicians from that era (Jeff Porcaro, Leland Sklar, Jim Keltner, Billy Payne, Chuck Rainy and so on) she moved to New York City and followed with a prolific run at writing songs for other artists that were covered by the likes of Kenny Rogers ("Dream Dancing"), Lynne Anderson ("Come As You Are") and Bill Champlin ("Hold On"). She even had artists as far away as China singing her songs in Mandarin and Cantonese. Allan sang back-up vocals on abums by Bette Midler, Bonnie Raitt and Eric Carmen, and even reappears on a couple Crosby & Nash LPs with some more Zither playing. Another vinyl album to this woman's credit is a New Age first , entitled "Reflections" (1980), which features Paul Horn on flute and Allan on vocals and multiple stringed instruments. Words and picture from the official website. Laura Allan - Laura Allan "The debut album" The Tracks are: Opening Up To You, Slip And Slide, Come As You Are, Hole In My Bucket, One Way Ticket, So Fine, Love Can Be, Promises, Yes I Do, Sunny Day & Starway. Musicians on the Laura Allan album: Laura Allan, Rick Marotta, Jim Keltner, Jeff Porcaro, Bob Glaub, Lee Sklar, Chuck Rainey, Abraham Laboriel, Jay Winding, Craig Doerge, Bill Payne, Bill Elliott, Waddy Watchel, Ernie Watts, Kim Hutchcroft, Larry Williams, Jerry Hey, Arnold McCuller, David Lasley, Bill Champlin, Wendy Waldman & Valerie Carter. Available from Elektra Records/Original release year: 1978 Laura Allan - Reflections "2nd album" The Tracks are: As I Am, Waterfall, Nicasio & Passage. Musicians on the Reflections album: Laura Allan and others. Available from Gramavision/Original release year: 1980 Laura Allan - Hold On To Your Dream "Back again after 16 years" The Tracks are: Say It Again, Stage Name, Our Love, Let It Go, Sweet Surrender, Enchanti, Hold On To Your Dreams. Storm Song, Be Strong, Every Beat Of My Heart, Back Door, Hour Of Darkness, Your Christmas Day & Starway. Musicians on the Hold On To Your Dream album: Laura Allan, Scott Gordon, Stewart Killen, Michael Sterlacci, Mark Gould, Laurence Juber, George Falbo, Robert Layne, Joel Bernstein, Brian Hatzer, Darryl Jensen, Guy Babylon, Trance Thompson, Christopher Spinks & Robert Walker. Available from Skyline Entertainment/Original release year: 1996 Laura Allan - Telegraph "Smooth album from Laura Allan" The Tracks are: Telegraph, Slip & Slide, Gone, Next To You, Take A Walk, Emily, Baby Blue, Long Way To Hell, Sweet Lovemaker, Day To Day World & Broken Dreams. Musicians on the Telegraph album: Laura Allen, Billy Lee Lewis, Jono Brown, Dave Simon Baker, Derol Caraco, Mark Gould, Phil Mignaud, Segovia Bader, Klyph Black, Kin McNulty, Leland Sklar, Brian Hatzer, Trance Thompson, Rick Quinn, Jono Brown, Leslie Chew & Danny Simon. Available from Skyline Records/Original release year: 1999 On Aug 26, 2013, at 9:43 PM, JMDL Digest wrote: > > JMDL Digest Tuesday, August 27 2013 Volume 2013 : > Number 1203 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Re: JMDL Digest V2013 #1202 [Laurie Antonioli >] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 21:42:51 -0700 > From: Laurie Antonioli > Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2013 #1202 > > Greetings everyone, I've just joined this email list and it's very > exciting > to see all this information about Joni! Laura Allen - never heard > of her > until now. There is a distinct similarity in how they both play the > instrument and also use their voices. Even the writing style has > similarities. Intriguing. Thanks for this! > > Laurie Antonioli > > > On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 9:26 PM, JMDL Digest >wrote: > >> >> JMDL Digest Tuesday, August 27 2013 Volume 2013 : >> Number 1202 >> >> >> >> ========== >> >> TOPICS and authors in this Digest: >> -------- >> Laura Allan and Joni and dulcimers [ >> kbhla@fastmail.fm] >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 21:26:22 -0700 >> From: kbhla@fastmail.fm >> Subject: Laura Allan and Joni and dulcimers >> >> All I previously ever really knew about Laura Allan was that she >> was one >> of the good friends who participated on Crosby's "If I Could Only >> Remember My Name" and I recall her being mentioned very favorably in >> some of the related CSNY biographies. Really enjoyed listening to >> the >> music clips of her and also was amazed at the dulcimer playing which >> seemed so similar to Joni's style. >> >> I had assumed she was part of the Laurel Canyon crowd but on further >> investigation, it seems that she was from Northern California and >> maybe >> part of the later Marin County crowd when Crosby and Nash moved up >> there >> for awhile. She was also very young at the time - only 18 years >> old in >> 1970 - so it does seem unusual that she could have so greatly >> influenced >> Joni on the Blue album. Not too much in depth about her out there on >> the net and wish there was more. >> >> Love hearing the dulcimer stories. As soon as Blue came out I bought >> the songbook and saw those photos of Joni strumming that fantastic >> instrument. Told my parents that all I wanted for any birthday, >> Christmas whatever was a dulcimer. My mom kept trying to find one >> somewhere to no avail. If only we'd thought of McCabe's in Santa >> Monica! I was away in college at the time and found a little shop in >> Phoenix with an elderly Mexican man who hand made guitars. I >> actually >> took the songbook to him, showed him the photos and asked if he could >> make me something like that dulcimer. He shook his head "no." >> Eventually my parents gave up and handed me $30 to go to Tijuana to >> find >> a good inexpensive guitar - haha!. I did find a gorgeous, rosewood >> Flamenco guitar there and later took it to the elderly man to see >> what >> he thought of it. He offered me $250 (in 1971 dollars) on the spot >> for >> it! It has been beat up and repaired a million times but I still >> have >> it. My mom occasionally still says "I always remember how all you >> wanted was a dulcimer." I'm going to tell her how one of my Joni >> friends had a dad who actually made her one, Anita! ;-) >> >> Kakki >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of JMDL Digest V2013 #1202 >> ****************************** >> >> ------- >> To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. >> Unsubscribe by clicking here: >> mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe >> ------- > > ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2013 #1203 > ****************************** > > ------- > To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. > Unsubscribe by clicking here: > mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe > ------- ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #1204 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------