From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #839 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, June 25 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 839 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- RE: Questions regarding Furry Sings The Blues ["Susan E. McNamara" Subject: RE: Questions regarding Furry Sings The Blues I've always pronounced it Heh-jeer-a ... and I think that's the way Joni pronounces it. I've heard many variations so I go with the way she says it. Susan Tierney McNamara email: sem8@cornell.edu - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Ange T Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 6:05 PM To: joni@smoe.org Subject: Questions regarding Furry Sings The Blues Hey listers, I've been asked to do an interview here in Australia on ABC radio. The segment is called: Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. It involves me selecting/playing songs that relate to those themes. Off the back of Luminato, it seems like the obvious selection for the 'blue' themed song would be Furry Sings the Blues (particularly given that Joni says one of the lyrics she is most proud of is within this song). But before I go on air, I'd like to ask you a couple of questions: 1. How do I pronounce Hejira? I always pronounced it as "hedge-ear-ra" but after listening to her Luminato interview, where the interviewer says "hedge-eye-ra", I'm now uncertain. I'm wondering if this is a 'you say tomAYto, I say tomARto' thing... or if there's a correct way of saying it. 2. I was researching Furry online and found this reference on wikipedia: Joni Mitchell 's song, "Furry Sings the Blues", (on her *Hejira * album ) is about her visit to Furry Lewis' apartment and a mostly ruined Beale Street on February 5th, 1976. Lewis despised the Mitchell song and demanded she pay him royalties .[4] Does anyone know the full story of Joni's journey to Beale Street and her interactions with Furry? Has she ever answered questions about his reported dislike of her song? Were they friends before she wrote the song? I never heard anything disrespectful in the lyrics to that song, but now I'm wondering whether it's the best choice for this interview. Feel free to shed some (shadows and) light on this topic. Thanking you, Ange in Oz angetakats.com.au ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #839 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------