From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #2 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 Sunday, January 5 2014 Volume 2014 : Number 002 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Dowie Dens ["Gary Z." ] Re: Dowie Dens [Anita ] RE: Dowie Dens [Mike B ] Re: Dowie Dens [Anita ] re: The Dowie Dens of Yarrow [joe farrell ] Re: Happy New Covers, Volume 180 [FMYFL@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2014 12:42:19 -0500 From: "Gary Z." Subject: Re: Dowie Dens Hi Anita, Mike and all, It sounds to me like she's saying "to remind him of last call" like last call at the bar and when the lights in the bar get turned up at closing. That's my take. Hope everyone had a great New Year! They're saying 10 to 12 inches of snow and below 0 degree temperature is on its way to the Detroit area and we already have quite a bit of snow from the last storm! Best regards, Gary Z. Anita wrote: > Can anybody work out > >> what she says about Richard at 3.04 ('to remind him of ...'?). >> > > Is it 'to remind him of last Fall'? Some kind of Autumnal reminiscence, perhaps? > > It's always quite something to pick your way through vocals from different eras and hear how commanding Joni's vocal style is. > > On the images accompanying the track at that point on YouTube, Joni is playing a blonde guitar. I always knew that the guitar Steph and I bought all those years ago was used on the '83 tour, but recently, Simon kindly sent me some information about the guitar: > > "Anita's guitar was manufactured in 1978 and therefore available for the 1979 Tour, as well as 1983." > > Could be the guitar in the picture. All these years later, it is still a wonderful thrill. Our guitar was numbered 2. I have it mainly tuned for 'Coyote'. I'd love to know which songs she used to play on my number 2 blonde. I guess someone out there knows! > Anita ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 17:16:56 +0000 From: Anita Subject: Re: Dowie Dens Can anybody work out > what she says about Richard at 3.04 ('to remind him of ...'?). Is it 'to remind him of last Fall'? Some kind of Autumnal reminiscence, perhaps? It's always quite something to pick your way through vocals from different eras and hear how commanding Joni's vocal style is. On the images accompanying the track at that point on YouTube, Joni is playing a blonde guitar. I always knew that the guitar Steph and I bought all those years ago was used on the '83 tour, but recently, Simon kindly sent me some information about the guitar: "Anita's guitar was manufactured in 1978 and therefore available for the 1979 Tour, as well as 1983." Could be the guitar in the picture. All these years later, it is still a wonderful thrill. Our guitar was numbered 2. I have it mainly tuned for 'Coyote'. I'd love to know which songs she used to play on my number 2 blonde. I guess someone out there knows! Anita ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 16:32:41 +0000 From: Mike B Subject: RE: Dowie Dens I agree with Anita that the Dowie Dens vocal is mesmerizing, an intriguing mix of free-form folk style and some unique Joni mannerisms. She's wrong though about the Irish origin and the 'old Irish dialect': all the evidence points to origins in the Scottish borders and Northern England. (Useful summary on Wikipedia.) But here's another find: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O56K1oPtMM A truly *magical* Last Time I saw Richard, from 1979. Can anybody work out what she says about Richard at 3.04 ('to remind him of ...'?). There's a gorgeous all-too-brief piano improv at the end, introduced by 'So here come my wings now...'. A must for that unreleased archives boxed set! New year greetings to all M ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 19:05:01 +0000 From: Anita Subject: Re: Dowie Dens Hi Gary > to remind him of last call" like last call at the bar and when the lights in the bar get turned up at closing. sounds very probable and very much in keeping with the song. I haven't heard that phrase before as our publicans call "last orders" rather than last call, but that does make sense. No snow here, but endless rain and wild winds Anita On 5 Jan 2014, at 17:42, "Gary Z." wrote: > Hi Anita, Mike and all, > > It sounds to me like she's saying "to remind him of last call" like last call at the bar and when the lights in the bar get turned up at closing. > > That's my take. > > Hope everyone had a great New Year! > > They're saying 10 to 12 inches of snow and below 0 degree temperature is on its way to the Detroit area and we already have quite a bit of snow from the last storm! > > Best regards, > > Gary Z. > > > > Anita wrote: >> >> Can anybody work out >> >>> what she says about Richard at 3.04 ('to remind him of ...'?). >>> >> >> Is it 'to remind him of last Fall'? Some kind of Autumnal reminiscence, perhaps? >> >> It's always quite something to pick your way through vocals from different eras and hear how commanding Joni's vocal style is. >> >> On the images accompanying the track at that point on YouTube, Joni is playing a blonde guitar. I always knew that the guitar Steph and I bought all those years ago was used on the '83 tour, but recently, Simon kindly sent me some information about the guitar: >> >> "Anita's guitar was manufactured in 1978 and therefore available for the 1979 Tour, as well as 1983." >> >> Could be the guitar in the picture. All these years later, it is still a wonderful thrill. Our guitar was numbered 2. I have it mainly tuned for 'Coyote'. I'd love to know which songs she used to play on my number 2 blonde. I guess someone out there knows! >> Anita ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 19:28:49 +0000 From: joe farrell Subject: re: The Dowie Dens of Yarrow Hi, Is there any way in which i can get a copy of this CD? I note that Bob says "The entire concert is in circulation and is wonderful". I would love to add it to my Joni collection. Can anyone help? Regards, Joe. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 17:13:13 -0500 (EST) From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: Happy New Covers, Volume 180 There we go Bob, you made it to the Big List and not just FB. Thanks again for another wonderful cover CD. As I posted on FB, I really like Suzanne Sheridan, and I appreciate the link you sent me to her entire tribute to Joni. Michael Ball is terrific. I loved his cover of River, and the BSN cover is equally great. Very much like Joni's BSN tour with the orchestra. I found Lee Eunmi's aka "The Barefoot Diva" from Korea was fantastic on BSN. Such a wonderful voice. Probably my favorite of the bunch Keeping in the theme of BSN, The Silver Creek Intermediate Chorus from NYC did a fantastic job. I can't believe they are elementary school kids. Normally don't like the young choir kids :) Charity Vance from season 9 of American Idol did a great job with "River". I've watched all the A.I. seasons, but don't remember her. Lovely voice. As for Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, "You're So Square".......which is the worse song Joni ever covered, this guy was was not just sloppy fun...he was high on something. I did find it interesting that Ringo Starr was the drummer with his group prior to being with the Beatles. All in all, it was a terrific covers CD! Thanks Bob as always, Jimmy in warm Florida In a message dated 1/5/2014 1:30:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, scjoniguy@yahoo.com writes: > Thought I sent this yesterday, but it never appeared in my inbox. Sorry > if you get it twice... > > > Howdy all, and happy weekend. Hope everyone is warm and safe, there is > some extreme weather going on, even here in SC. But there's always one way to > heat things up, and that's a new set of Joni covers. Herein is a brand new > collection, Volume 180 in the never-ending story. For Jimmy, the last of > the Suzanne Sheridan tracks, for those who like the deep track covers, > there's Patrick Wolf singing "Willy" and Adriana Vasques gives us a straight read > on "Blonde In The Bleachers" which is kind of refreshing as this one > typically gets very creative treatments. Ah, such a pretty song and you can > really hear the Laura Nyro influence on this one. > > Michael Ball kicks it off with a nice BSN - we just heard from him a short > while ago with his lovely take on River. My personal faves also include > Bjorn Berge's Woodstock and a clean jazzy Dry Cleaner from Unstablemates. > Rory Storm's "You're So Square" is sloppy fun. Laura Bernay turns in a couple > of gems from STAS - the title track and a "Michael From Mountains", just > for Sue! And wait til you hear Marion Rampal's cover of "Urge For Going", she > brings lots of new colors to it and makes it all her own, just > spell-binding. Is that a bass clarinet? A bassoon? An oboe? Not sure maybe someone > with a better ear can let us know? ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2014 #2 *************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------