From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2015 #447 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 447 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- RE: Black Crow, Dylan ["Susan E. McNamara" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 15:13:48 +0000 From: "Susan E. McNamara" Subject: RE: Black Crow, Dylan Yes, we will miss you and Robin this year, Dave!! <3 - -----Original Message----- From: Dave Blackburn [mailto:beatntrack@att.net] Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 10:35 AM To: Susan E. McNamara Cc: lcs4bike@yahoo.com; JMDL JMDL Subject: Re: Black Crow, Dylan Yes, Michael Dunn in Sydney deserves much praise. Hebs a meticulous transcriber, and fast too, which is a rare combination. Once Mike Gibbs sent me he original Paprika Plains score Michael and I set to work and between us we had it done in 4 weeks. Ibve never met him and hebs not even a JMDL member! In 2009 he submitted a transcription of I Had a King to the website, and I wrote him back asking if hebd like to help me work through the piano catalog, since hebs very good and we use compatible software. The job is close to complete now. Therebs still The Last Time I Saw Richard, One Week Last Summer and a song or two off LOTC to do, if I remember correctly. Enjoy the fest. I wish I could be there. Dave > On Aug 21, 2015, at 6:58 AM, Susan E. McNamara wrote: > > Thanks Laura. Your experience with the Joni Mitchell Guitar and Piano database is exactly what I wanted when we founded it almost 20 years ago now. (I think the founding was 1996 or 1997) The big question was and still is "How does Joni play it?" I want to say the database would not be what it is today without our lead Master of Disaster Les Irvin, and guitar and piano managing directors Dave Blackburn, Mark Domyancich, Marian Russell, and Howard Wright. I'd also like to give kudos to Dave's piano transcription partner, Michael Dunn for aiding Dave in the monumental task of transcribing the complete scores of Down To You and Paprika Plains. Wow. Phenomenal. And thanks to everyone who ever submitted a tab or chord sheet. It's an amazing archive which continues to improve day by day with all your help. > > Thanks and much love to all, Sue > > http://jonimitchell.com/music/guitar.cfm > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of lcs4bike@yahoo.com > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 5:40 AM > To: Joni List > Subject: Re: Black Crow, Dylan > > I only have one thing to say about Black Crow and that is Kay Ashley brings that song to life!!! > > Dylan...when I was a senior in high school two different close friends gave me the same huge song book of his songs. I learned to play guitar from that book in my college dorm room after my roomate moved out because of my playing and the dorm never moved another person in with me. Another friend said she didn't know of anybody else who was so into Dylan. She dated a professional singer/guitar player who told me I should learn more than just Dylan. So I got one of those compilation guitar books, 1976. It had a Joni song in it, but it didn't sound right...I had no clue that alternate tuning existed and that's why it sounded wrong in standard. I couldn't move myself to play and sing that Joni song wrong. > > I got bored with Dylan eventually. Joni is another story. For decades, my ongoing question was, "what the hell is she doing?!" I came up with a few things all over the guitar neck in standard tuning that sort of captured her songs. But mostly I gave up until in about 2002 I finally had Internet and did a search for Joni and guitar, found Sue, Marian, and Howard's tabs and a lifetime of frustration over wrong sounding chords for Joni's songs ended. I remember running outside to find my husband (who lives outside when home despite the heat) and I had him listen as I was like a kid on Christmas and played and sang Conversation right!!! Monumental find...thanks guys!!! I created my own Joni songbook printing out y'all's tabs and by making a list categorizing Joni songs by timings. > > I was and still am for the most part a closet guitar player/singer. I can only feel comfortable playing and singing suprano in the upstairs choir or for my Mac Photo Booth. I've learned mostly on my own but the Jonifests have been great with the sharing and workshops. Jenny, Sue, and Dave... Thanks!!! > > The bottom line for me in regard to Dylan is I have loved him and learned from him but Joni is so much more to me in my life as a closet guitar player and singer. I still feel like a Child on Christmas when I learn another Joni song now out of her Complete So Far guitar book. I'm not connected to a Dylan discussion list nor do I go to Dylanfests if there is such a thing. > > I play and sing an equal amount of a variety of artists as I do Joni, but I've never learned and continued to grow so much and so continuously with any artist as with Joni. Dylan got me started, but Joni has been/is my fascination of a lifetime. She's challenged my skills, heart, and mind. I have so much gratitude for her sharing of her talent and her willingness to bare her soul in her songs. I wish I could be more able to play freely and in front of people and warm up to the listeners like she has always done, but unfortunately I'm quirky like Dylan in that realm. > > Chuck Mitchell has the gift of being warm with his audience. I really admire him for this and love his sound. I'm so glad he will be at the upcoming fest in SC!!!! I hope he sings Tennessee Stud and look forward to singing with him in the song circles. > > Love, > Laura > > Sent from my iPhone ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2015 #447 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendto joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------