From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2015 #451 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 Saturday, August 22 2015 Volume 2015 : Number 451 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Black Crow, Dylan [lcs4bike@yahoo.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 04:39:52 -0500 From: lcs4bike@yahoo.com 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 #451 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendto joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------