From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2000 #128 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk onlyJMDL Digest Friday, April 7 2000 Volume 2000 : Number 128 Ashara has set up a "Wally Breese Memorial Fund," with all donations going directly into the upkeep of the JoniMitchell.com website. Wally kept the website going with his own funds, and it will now be up to Jim to continue. If you would like to donate to this fund, please make all checks payable to: Jim Johanson and send them to: Ashara Stansfield P.O. Box 215 Topsfield, MA 01983 USA ------- The Official Joni Mitchell Homepage can be found at http://www.jonimitchell.com and contains the latest news, a detailed bio, original interviews and essays, lyrics, and much more. ------- The JMDL website can be found at http://www.jmdl.com and contains interviews, articles, the member gallery, archives, and much more. ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Joni Show Parties ["Kakki" ] Joni's tour and Rosie O'Donnell show appearance! [Bounced Message ] Tribute. WOW!!!! [dsk ] Re: tnt joni mitchell tribute [dsk ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 22:11:06 -0700 From: "Kakki" Subject: Re: Joni Show Parties Les wrote: > We still need hosts for these dates: > > 5/12 – Los Angeles Les, Thanks so much for helping us out. I am the hostess of the L.A. party group and set up my own list a few weeks ago. I tried to convert it to egroups the other night but had some hassle with it. I'll try it again soon. In the meantime, anyone who wants to join the L.A. party list, please email me privately. We have 15 jmdlers + many friends and lovers on the L.A. list so far and have some neato-sweeto revelry planned ;-D Kakki NP: Kurt Elling - Live at the Green Mill (THE most astoundingly talented man I have experienced in years - Chicago jmdlers - where on earth have you been hiding him??!! Saw him here here last night at the Jazz Bakery - ohmigod -he is waaaayyyyy incredible! WOW oh wow oh wow!) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 23:22:36 -0600 From: Bounced Message Subject: Joni's tour and Rosie O'Donnell show appearance! From: "Debby Magill" Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 01:18:56 -0400 Hi everyone! It's been a very long time since I last attempted to post but thanks to Colin, I think by George I've got it! Just a quick note ... I got 5th row seats to see Joni in West Palm Beach! I saw Joni on Letterman and wondered if anyone knew if this whole tour is about promoting BSN or will she also be doing her own incredible music without the orchestra?! Does anyone know? Please fill me in if you would :~) Also, did anyone see the promo for Monday's Rosie O'Donnell show? Joni is the featured artist and Rosie described her as "an all new Joni Mitchell will be here on Monday"! They showed a brief clip of her singing so it must have already been taped (unless it is file footage). Just thought I'd let you know! Debby in Mad Beach ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 22:22:31 -0700 From: "Kakki" Subject: Tribute Show I'm on digest and just read the setlists from Ski and Tanya. Thanks so much for the reports! Some of the match-ups were a surprise like Richard Thompson singing Black Crow and k.d. singing Help Me instead of Wynonna. Phyliss wins the prize for guessing Elton's Free Man correctly. It sounded wonderful - you lucky kids! Looking forward to more scoops! ;-) Kakki NP: Kurt Elling with guest Jon Hendricks - Goin to Chicago ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 02:30:47 -0400 From: dsk Subject: Tribute. WOW!!!! The tribute was great, truly great, I am still feeling blown away by it. My thoughts are still somewhat jumbled, but I'll try to get some of them out: You're all going to be impressed I'm sure and sometimes surprised when you see it on TNT. Except for the one from Mingus, the set consisted of Joni's hits, but done by every performer with incredible heart, respect and care. There was nothing sloppy about anyone's performance. It made me very happy and surprisingly emotional to be standing among several thousand Joni fans clapping, screaming, making as much noise as possible to let Joni know what we feel about her. She got an instant standing ovation when it was announced that she was taking her seat in the lower left box, which was very near the stage. And then again when she took the stage at the end to sing BSN, with a full orchestra, and then of course when she finished it. I was very impressed with the obvious care taken with this production, from the beautiful picture of Joni on the posters (I managed to get one :-D), to the press kit type program that even includes 2 slides of Joni, to the smoothness of the changes between sets and the accurate and heartfelt introductions given by various people, to the redoing of the lobby with panels of black-diamond patterned cloth to better show off the posters (I wouldn't have known about this redoing, but workmen were taking everything down and setting up for the next event by the time I left about 45 minutes after the concert ended -- things move fast in this town), to the documentary-type segments interspersed between the singing (although Hillary Rodham Clinton on the screen talking about Chelsea Morning was a little odd -- Miss Hillary, we all know you want to be our Senator from NY, but give it a rest; we know you didn't know Joni had written that song, so watcha doin'?). But, other than that oddity, I have no other complaints. The whole event very well done. I hope that sense of care comes across on the TV. The house band had a jazzy sound to it, and included Mark Isham, Greg Liesz and Larry Klein, who produced the event. Hearing so many older tunes in a jazzy style was wonderful. The sound was a lot smoother than MOA's sound. And to accompany Cassandra Wilson singing Dry Cleaner from Des Moines there were lots of extra horns of all types. She sounded powerful, not at all like the too-mellow-for-me voice on Traveling Miles. I guess I'll be listening to that again. Cyndi Lauper blew me away with her version of Carey. I could not believe it! She sang it so sensuously, and slowly, with that jazzy sound behind her and her sometimes writhing around (standing up, no on-the-floor Madonna stuff at this show). I think she's taken possession of that song. Joni might have written it but now it belongs to Cyndi. She was second up and I've always liked her voice, but this just had me amazed. Definitely my favorite of the show. At the end of the show there was a sing-along and when it was almost finished, Joni moved from her place to stand next to Cyndi and put her arm around her shoulders, and with their heads together they both gave such beautiful little giggles everyone laughed. Joni hugged Cyndi a lot. I think she too knows Carey now has a new mother. Or they were just continuing a joke they started backstage. Whatever it was, it was cute, and it was very clear that Joni was having a good time. And now I know why so many people on the list like Richard Thompson. He had me at Hello, well at least the singer's version of it anyway, for me that's acoustic guitar and a strong unusual passionate voice; it just takes a few notes. He sang Woodstock (STP never showed; don't know what happened to them), and later in the show sang Black Crow. Any recommendations on which CD of his to start with? And Amelia, well that usually gets to me, but this time it put me into wanting-to-have-a-sobfest mode. It was so moving the way Shawn Colvin and Mary Chapin Carpenter performed it. And listening to James Taylor sing River accompanied only by his guitar was also very moving. Didn't Joni write River about her breakup with him? It's interesting to see things go full circle like that. The set list posted earlier is almost accurate, but a little out of order (going by the program and my memory): Richard Thompson was 3rd on the list, playing Woodstock (Stone Temple Pilots are on the program in that slot to play Woodstock, but didn't), then Shawn & Mary "Chelsea Morning" and "Big Yellow Taxi" James Taylor "River" Wynonna "You Turn me on..." k.d. lang "Help Me" Cassandra Wilson "Dry Cleaner..." Sweet Honey in the Rock, "Circle Game" Shawn and Mary again "Amelia" Richard Thompson again "Black Crow" Elton John "Free Man in Paris" Diana Krall "A Case of You" and then there was a brief intermission while an orchestra was set up, and then Joni came on and after the noisemaking finally quieted down, she sang BSN, beautifully, movingly, so real. One person started clapping when it was almost to the end, but everyone else waited, wanting to hear even the final note. Her performances really do just make us hand our heart to her, and vice-versa, amazing. I hope most of this makes sense. Anticipation kept me restless all last night, so now I'm feeling weary. Now I'm looking forward to seeing all of this on TV, and if they sell a video of the show, I'm ordering without hestitation. This really was an honest tribute to Joni from her fans, which included all the musicians, and she seemed to be glowing from it. Warms my heart, for sure. Debra Shea ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 02:44:24 -0400 From: dsk Subject: Re: tnt joni mitchell tribute > From: "patrick leader" > Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 01:06:40 -0400 > > many gorgeous shots of joni i'd never seen before, and the last montage was > about > her artwork and it was full of work i hadn't seen. Seeing the photos of Joni, including some I'd never seen either, was really enjoyable, and some shots of her paintings made me gasp, they were so full, and inventive and colorful. Couldn't see any dates on them except for one of the color-marker drawings, which was 1969, and there was the snowy landscape from the back of TTT, but the others shown were nothing like what she's doing now. > so i took a chance, waited my turn, and > said, 'joni, i'm a member of your internet community and i've wanted to tell > you, what you did for wally breese in november, taking him into your home; > it was a beautiful thing. it was a mitzvah'. she immediately wanted to > talk more about wally; she said 'oh, he was such a sweet man', but they were > ready for the next set-up so i scurried back to my chair. but i'm so glad i > got to tell her that; it's been a bubble of exploding beauty in my heart for > so long. How sweet this is... Debra Shea ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2000 #128 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list at Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe onlyjoni-digest" to ------- Siquomb, isn't she?