From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2015 #444 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, August 21 2015 Volume 2015 : Number 444 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- RE: Black Crow ["Susan E. McNamara" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 14:02:14 +0000 From: "Susan E. McNamara" Subject: RE: Black Crow Thanks for all your feedback on Black Crow! So many great stories! I will get back out to the West Coast at some point to catch a Mutts gig. The only problem is deciding between Hejira and Mingus!! :-) - -----Original Message----- From: Anita [mailto:lawntreader@googlemail.com] Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 4:16 AM To: Dave Blackburn Cc: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com; Susan E. McNamara ; JMDL JMDL Subject: Re: Black Crow I played a version for the tribute for Joni's 60th Birthday in 2003 on Joni's guitar that remains one of my proudest moments, as we only had one rehearsal and it rocked big time. I had a percussion section, Chris Marshall on bass and my great friend, Dave King, on lead guitar. He just took off! I also gave the audience small pictures of crows to hold aloft when joining in the last line! It was fun. Having said that, my favourite version was at Holycombe, Dave, when Robin undertook some great scatting and I think Mr Muller hit the djembe? I was leaping about with gay abandon with Oddmund. I think Black Crow has a magical energy. Good luck with it Sue! Anita On 21 Aug 2015, at 06:01, Dave Blackburn wrote: >> On Aug 20, 2015, at 8:20 AM, Bob.Muller@Fluor.com wrote: >> >> Dave, any thoughts from you regarding this arrangement/performance? > > Well Ibve always thought it strange that the one tune on Hejira that > kind of begs for drums has no drums. Also, we know that Jaco was added > after Hejira had been ostensibly finished, so Black Crow may have been > just guitar and voice at one point, or had some other bpicket fenceb bass playing on it. > Jaco and Larry really take this tune into space. That wailing guitar > distortion was not one of Larry Carltonbs usual tones, who typically > went for smooth and bluesy sounds. The tune is in Eb minor and Jaco > had to tune his bass down a half step to be able to grab those cool > minor second harmonics (C and Db) which he was kind of famous for. The > rhythm guitar tuning has an ultra low Bb on the bottom string which > goes wildly sharp as soon as you pluck it so the guitar sound has its > own bblack and raggedb thing, in characteristic Joni tone painting style. > > When we recorded it we kept all those elements and added the drums I > always felt should have been there. > > Dave ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2015 #444 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendto joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------