From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #1840 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 Friday, January 3 2014 Volume 2013 : Number 1840 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: The Dowie Dens of Yarrow [Anita G ] Re: The Dowie Dens of Yarrow [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: Happy New Year [Anita ] Re: The Dowie Dens of Yarrow [Shari Eaton ] Happy New Year [Lindsay Moon ] Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2013 #501 [Paul Ivice ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 14:08:41 +0000 From: Anita G Subject: Re: The Dowie Dens of Yarrow I hadn't heard this version before - and the way Joni comes into the song is extraordinary. Her style of delivery is very haunting and the way she uses her voice sounds experimental. Worth hoping that a string would break back in them ol' days, Anita On 03/01/2014, Bob.Muller@fluor.com wrote: > Hi Shari - ain't that recording just the neatest thing? > > That comes from her appearance at the Spectrum in Philly - 16FEB76. > > This excerpt from a review: > > "Joni settled into an enrapturing, intimate (as can be in a cavern) > acoustic set that was mesmerizing. Even with a broken string, she > continued undaunted: she sang the traditional Yarrow a Capella. She > prefaced it with recollections of playing the local coffeehouses; the > poignancy of the moment made me remember the nervous, fragile Joni who > played her first Philly dates in 1966." > > So this likely spontaneous performance was probably inspired by a broken > string! As far as I know this is the only known recording of Joni singing > the tune. This entire concert is in circulation and is wonderful. > > Bob > > NP: Django Reinhardt, "Beyond The Sea" > > > > > From: Shari Eaton > To: joni , > Date: 01/02/2014 11:16 PM > Subject: The Dowie Dens of Yarrow > Sent by: owner-joni@smoe.org > > > > Happy New Year, all! > > I just stumbled across this recording of Joni singing an old irish song. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIa6WgkEh5g > > > Not great quality. Has anyone heard this before? Or know of a better > quality > recording? > > Shari > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > The information transmitted is intended only for the person > or entity to which it is addressed and may contain > proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. > If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are > hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, > distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon > this message is prohibited. 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So this likely spontaneous performance was probably inspired by a broken string! As far as I know this is the only known recording of Joni singing the tune. This entire concert is in circulation and is wonderful. Bob NP: Django Reinhardt, "Beyond The Sea" From: Shari Eaton To: joni , Date: 01/02/2014 11:16 PM Subject: The Dowie Dens of Yarrow Sent by: owner-joni@smoe.org Happy New Year, all! I just stumbled across this recording of Joni singing an old irish song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIa6WgkEh5g Not great quality. Has anyone heard this before? Or know of a better quality recording? Shari - ------------------------------------------------------------ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 22:25:54 +0000 From: Anita Subject: Re: Happy New Year Happy New Year to you, too, Lindsay. I was just starting on my final year of teacher training when C&S came out. It was a radical departure and it took time to readjust. I think I shared your experience of several listens to get into it, but in those days I just remember taking the arm off the top of the record player and playing each side over and over again. I loved 'Trouble Child' very early on, though it sounded so weird with that delicious bass hook. Pioneer, indeed. Anita On 2 Jan 2014, at 19:42, Lindsay Moon wrote: > Of course the happiest of new years to all my Joni friends. When I read some of the posts about C&S having come out 40 years ago and who was in high school, etc., it occurred to me wouldn't it have been fun to all be a group then and have our instantaneous reactions to all the albums. My first reaction to C&S was shock. I could not understand why she was sliding up to all those notes. Then I listened to it about 10 more times and was completely bowled over by how brilliant it was That is always my process with Joni's music; it takes me several listens to be able to absorb it all. > > She much such huge musical strides with each album. Such a pioneer. > > Lindsay ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 09:58:11 -0800 From: Shari Eaton Subject: Re: The Dowie Dens of Yarrow Prepared her well for her unaccompanied version of Fiddle and the Drum. Gah I wish there was a better recording of this though. Her voice sounds warbley. I'll have to look up the story of this sad tune of Yarrow tea. Side note: it's really odd that I just now found this. I've been reading about Yarrow tea for the past week! She owes me a coke! - - Shari > On Jan 3, 2014, at 4:59 AM, Bob.Muller@Fluor.com wrote: > > Hi Shari - ain't that recording just the neatest thing? > > That comes from her appearance at the Spectrum in Philly - 16FEB76. > > This excerpt from a review: > > "Joni settled into an enrapturing, intimate (as can be in a cavern) acoustic set that was mesmerizing. Even with a broken string, she continued undaunted: she sang the traditional Yarrow a Capella. She prefaced it with recollections of playing the local coffeehouses; the poignancy of the moment made me remember the nervous, fragile Joni who played her first Philly dates in 1966." > > So this likely spontaneous performance was probably inspired by a broken string! As far as I know this is the only known recording of Joni singing the tune. This entire concert is in circulation and is wonderful. > > Bob > > NP: Django Reinhardt, "Beyond The Sea" > > > > > From: Shari Eaton > To: joni , > Date: 01/02/2014 11:16 PM > Subject: The Dowie Dens of Yarrow > Sent by: owner-joni@smoe.org > > > > Happy New Year, all! > > I just stumbled across this recording of Joni singing an old irish song. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIa6WgkEh5g > > > Not great quality. Has anyone heard this before? Or know of a better quality > recording? > > Shari > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > The information transmitted is intended only for the person > or entity to which it is addressed and may contain > proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. > If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are > hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, > distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon > this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please > contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. > > Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual > sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. > ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 11:42:44 -0800 From: Lindsay Moon Subject: Happy New Year Of course the happiest of new years to all my Joni friends. When I read some of the posts about C&S having come out 40 years ago and who was in high school, etc., it occurred to me wouldn't it have been fun to all be a group then and have our instantaneous reactions to all the albums. My first reaction to C&S was shock. I could not understand why she was sliding up to all those notes. Then I listened to it about 10 more times and was completely bowled over by how brilliant it was That is always my process with Joni's music; it takes me several listens to be able to absorb it all. She much such huge musical strides with each album. Such a pioneer. Lindsay ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 16:45:58 -0500 (EST) From: Paul Ivice Subject: Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2013 #501 From: carmel rotem Subject: Fw: JMDL Digest V2013 #1815 Sue asked: Anybody read that NY bio? I remember a few people commented on that book when it came out, I was very excited when I heard about it, since I'm a big Neil fan (he's second only to Joni in my list) and love autobiographies of all kinds. but I must say it's not the best autobiography ever written... it not so very well written, not always coherent, and simply boring in some of the chapters (to me at least), but I did enjoy parts of it. I am about a third of the way through Waging Heavy Peace, and it is slow going because, as Carmel said, it is badly written and organized even worse. I'm not reading it for Joni content, but am hoping to find some insight into what made him who he is, not merely a semi-chronological account of his upbringing and early years as a musician and songwriter. Paul Ivice ;>) ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #1840 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. 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