From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #1210 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 1210 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- RE: Laura Allan's influence ["Susan E. McNamara" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 13:47:15 +0000 From: "Susan E. McNamara" Subject: RE: Laura Allan's influence Although Joni picked up influences like a sponge, folk from Pete Seeger, singing more in those days from Gilbert & Sullivan than Joan Baez IMO, and classical and big band influences from her childhood, I think ultimately those variations in chord structure came from her gift, what she brought to it. Each of her songs are a complete story, lyrically and sonically, from beginning to end. I love listening to the old tapes because she does these little vaudeville skits about how she comes to write the songs and then the audience sits slack jawed while she sings jewels like I Had A King, Eastern Rain, Urge for Going. Lately I've been playing I Don't Know Where I Stand and Michael from Mountains. They are like concertos for oboe. I should probably get a dulcimer. I've been thinking about it all year!!! :-) Susan Tierney McNamara email: sem8@cornell.edu - -----Original Message----- From: jlhommedieu@insight.rr.com [mailto:jlhommedieu@insight.rr.com] Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 11:24 PM To: Susan E. McNamara Cc: joni@smoe.org Subject: Laura Allan's influence I hear Laura Allan in Joni's "I Had A King" and "Eastern Rain". The way she slipped into those freaky minor chords. She didn't get that from Joan Baez! Jim > I'm sure Joni may have learned a lot about the dulcimer from her but I don't see a comparison in their singing or musical style at all! But that's just me. :-)> ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #1210 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------