From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2001 #348 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/onlyjoni Websites: http://www.jmdl.com http://www.jonimitchell.com Unsubscribe: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe onlyJMDL Digest Saturday, November 10 2001 Volume 2001 : Number 348 The Official Joni Mitchell Homepage, created by Wally Breese, can be found at http://www.jonimitchell.com. It contains the latest news, a detailed bio, Original Interviews, essays, lyrics and much 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: -------- Today's Articles: November 9 [les@jmdl.com] Re: TV Land Honors Joni ["hell" ] Re: Singing about Joni [Michael Yarbrough ] Artist Perhaps of Interest: No Joni Content [ssimpson ] Re: Message from Marco (Italy) ["mack watson-bush" ] Karen Peris [Nuriel Tobias ] another shameless WFUV plug ["Kate Bennett" ] joni tribute in sb ["Kate Bennett" ] Joni Tribute (long) ["Kate Bennett" ] Re: That three book thingie... [johnirving ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 03:10:00 -0500 From: les@jmdl.com Subject: Today's Articles: November 9 On November 9 these articles were published: 1995: "Cat Fight: Chrissie Hynde Hits Carly Simon At Joni Mitchell Show" - Addicted To Noise website (Review - Concert, with photographs) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/951109atn.cfm 1999: "Joni Mitchell To Sing On Next Album From Jazz Drummer Brian Blade" - AllStar Website (News Item) http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/991109as.cfm - ------------------------ The JMDL Article Database has 650 titles. http://www.jmdl.com/articles ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 00:33:35 +1300 From: "hell" Subject: Re: TV Land Honors Joni Bob wrote: > Susan, the intro to that episode was a dead giveaway... > > Come and listen to my story 'bout a gal named Joan, > She was an only child, Canadian born and grown > But then one day she was strummin' on a uke, > And all her teenage friends they began to jive & juke > (Folk music that is...major chords, 4/4 time) I'd copy the whole thing, but I'd be laughing too much to type! Honestly Bob, where/how/why do you come up with these things!?! This is priceless! Hell - still chuckling! ____________________________ "To have great poets, there must be great audiences too." - Walt Whitman hell@ihug.co.nz Hell's Personal Photo Page: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hell/main/personal.htm Visit the NBLs (Natural Born Losers) at: http://www.nbls.co.nz ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 07:10:16 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Yarbrough Subject: Re: Singing about Joni Prince, "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker" on _Sign of the Times_. - --Michael NP: Mary J. Blige, _No More Drama_ - --- SCJoniGuy@aol.com wrote: > < about Joni (or that Joni's mentioned in their > songs/music, or even just a Joni theme from her > songs)?>> > > Neil Young's "Sweet Joan From Saskatoon", Dave Van > Ronk's "Song For Joni", Alanis Morrisette mentions > her in a song, there's a couple of others... > > Bob ===== ____________________________________________________________ "Greetings cards routinely tell us everybody deserves love. No. Everybody deserves clean water. Not everybody deserves love all the time." - --Zadie Smith, _White Teeth_ Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 11:33:40 -0600 From: ssimpson Subject: Artist Perhaps of Interest: No Joni Content Last night I went to see Jennifer Daniels, accompanied by her husband Jeff, at the Vintage Bar here in Houston. Pete, Vernon, the singer-songwriter Ken Gaines, and I were really the only people who came. Three other people wandered in and out, mainly for drinks. Jennifer and Jeff live on Lookout Mountain in Tennessee (Chattanooga); they have a tiny cabin and a little pool from a creek. Jennifer's music sounds rather like a combination of Joni Mitchell and Natalie Merchant, though she said she didn't listen to Joni 'til about 2 years ago. There's a similar sensibility, though, very poetic. She said that she largely grew up on poetry because as children they were rarely allowed to listen to the radio. Jennifer and Jeff played their hearts out despite the small (though very appreciative) turnout, which is a commitment I always admire. She had some better bookings in Austin and next will play Uncle Calvin's in Dallas, which is a good venue. She mentioned that Eddie, owner of the famous Eddie's Attic in Atlanta, is going to sell, mainly because he has another baby now and may need a more secure income. It would be a real shame if Eddie's didn't continue, for it's the breeding or testing ground for a lot of artists such as Jennifer and the wonderful Caroline Aiken. Anyway, Jennifer's a very lovely woman with lovely music, and she was very honored that I saw a Joni likeness. Toni Price cancelled tonight's Duck performance because her guitarist, Champ Hood, passed away just a few days ago and the service, in Austin, is Sunday. Champ played with Lyle Lovett, Walter Hyatt, and others besides Toni. He had lung cancer (heavy smoker) and was only 49 at the time of his death. Suzanne ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 14:19:55 -0500 From: "Victor Johnson" Subject: Re: Artist Perhaps of Interest: No Joni Content She mentioned that Eddie, > owner of the famous Eddie's Attic in Atlanta, is going to sell, mainly because > he has another baby now and may need a more secure income. It would be a real > shame if Eddie's didn't continue, for it's the breeding or testing ground for > a lot of artists such as Jennifer and the wonderful Caroline Aiken I have no doubt in my mind that Eddie's will continue, being the institution that it is. It is my feeling though, and I know this is shared by a lot of other musicians I know in Atlanta, that the best thing that could happen for Eddie's is for some new blood to come in and stir things up, shake things around a little bit, give it some new life. As much as a success as it has been, it is this same success that has limited what Eddie's could be and instead of continuing to grow and develop, Eddie's has seemed to stick with what is comfortable and familiar, falling into a niche, and becoming somewhat predictable. Not to say that I haven't seen some wonderful shows there including the aforementioned Jennifer Daniels, and other artists, however, for several years and from its inception, I attended the Eddie's Attic open mics almost religously, have personally dealt with Eddie, and it is from this experience that I have drawn my conclusions. In any case, I am really interested to see what unfolds in the next year. Victor in Athens Victor Johnson http://www.cdbaby.com/victorjohnson "Velveteen rabbits and moonbeams, Come when you lay down your head. While you are sleeping, they kiss you and tell you, That you are the reason the sun lights the sky." Scarlet-V. Johnson ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 19:52:02 -0000 From: "Paul Castle" Subject: Re: Artist Perhaps of Interest: No Joni Content Suzanne ssimpson@bcm.tmc.edu wrote > Last night I went to see Jennifer Daniels, accompanied > by her husband Jeff, at the Vintage Bar here in Houston> >Jennifer's music sounds rather like a combination of >Joni Mitchell and Natalie Merchant Thanks for the recommendation Suzanne - I shall look out for her. >Jennifer and Jeff played their hearts out > despite the small (though very appreciative) >turnout, which is a commitment I always admire. Sting told a great story on a UK chat show (Parkinson) last week. He said that when The Police first toured the States, their very first gig had just three people in the audience. A bit disappointed, he nevertheless invited them to sit down the front and chatted with them throughout the band's full-on high energy set. It wasn't until the end of the evening that he found out that these three guys were DJs from three different radio stations in the city - and each one promised to play The Police on their shows the next day. Goes to show you never can tell! PaulC ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 17:10:23 EST From: FredNow@aol.com Subject: Re: Singing about Joni Nuriel Tobias wrote: >Do you know of artists that wrote/composed songs about Joni (or that Joni's >mentioned in their songs/music, or even just a Joni theme from her songs)? It's an instrumental-only song, but I wrote and recorded "Song For Joni Mitchell" on my first album, MUSAIC, released by the Simon and Bard Group on the Flying Fish label in 1980. - -Fred Simon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 13:56:07 -0700 From: Bounced Message Subject: Fwd: Message from Marco (Italy) >From: "M. B." >Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 08:37:04 +0100 > >Good morning, friends of JMDL! > >My name is Marco and I'm wraiting from Venice (Italy). >Excuse me for my terrible english, I hope that you undertand what I'm >trying to write! > >Compliments for your beautiful site, I think that is one of the best on >the world dedicated to an artist! > >I read the "tape tree page" and I'd like to receve everything! In >particular the seven cd and the video (PAL version). >Please, is it possible? >How I can get it? >Do you have an italian friend of the tree who can contact me (in italian, >if is possible)? >Please, help me! >Of course all the material (cd, video, tapes...) will be ONLY for my own >pleasure (NO BOOTLEGS!!! I hate the people who does it!!!) > >My email is: cush63@hotmail.com > >I have another question: why, in the list of the songs to vote, I have not >found the beautiful "Real good for free"? >I'd like to vote this song! > >Thanks for your amazing work in the JMDL! > >Ciao! > >Marco. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 17:11:02 -0600 From: "mack watson-bush" Subject: Re: Message from Marco (Italy) Marco, welcome. Mack ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 17:03:16 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: testing 123 testing ... did this get through? ******************************************** Kate Bennett www.katebennett.com sponsored by Polysonics www.polysonics.com Discover the Indies at Taylor Guitars: http://www.taylorguitars.com/artists/awp/indies/bennett.html ******************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 21:39:37 -0800 (PST) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: Karen Peris "Of all the new singer-songwriters, Karen Peris is the most interesting to me." Joni Mitchell I found these words on several netpages. It lead me to Karen's band "Innocence Mission". The only time i've ever heard Karen was on Night Ride Home and nothing would make me happier than to listen to Joni's "most interesting" singer's songs. I never heard anything by Innocence Mission and they seem to have more than a few. If anyone can please tell me which one of their albums (or songs) is the most worthy and should be listened to, i would be very happy to check it out. Have a warm and pleasent weekend, Nuri _____________________________________________________________ Free email, web pages, news, entertainment, weather and MORE! Check out -------------------------------> http://wowmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 23:37:47 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: another shameless WFUV plug that radio broadcast was tooo early for me here on pst...is it archived anywhere susan? congratulations, it sounds like it was fantastic.. can someone remind me of how to sign up for the guitar discussion list? thanks. >>>If you were listening to WFUV, they just said that they were doing the interview at about 8:45 am EST. THANKS. My streaming link is working great, I hope everyone elses is too. take care, sue<<< ******************************************** Kate Bennett www.katebennett.com sponsored by Polysonics www.polysonics.com Discover the Indies at Taylor Guitars: http://www.taylorguitars.com/artists/awp/indies/bennett.html ******************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 23:40:28 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: joni tribute in sb we had an absolutely incredibly fabulous show tonight...i am waaaay too braindead to relay much at this point except that it exceeded all my expectations & it will definately be an annual event...so mark yer calendars! more later...happy birthday joni! ******************************************** Kate Bennett www.katebennett.com sponsored by Polysonics www.polysonics.com Discover the Indies at Taylor Guitars: http://www.taylorguitars.com/artists/awp/indies/bennett.html ******************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 23:41:05 -0700 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Joni Tribute (long) We had the most amazing night. Although, a few hours earlier at sound check I was telling myself ...what the feck was I thinking?!?! To be both producer & performer...haven't I learned this lesson already...what, am I insane? Sound check was a true nightmare for me as my usually great sounding jumbo Taylor guitar decided to make awful sounds (probably something wrong in my pickups)...so after replacing the battery for the second time (anyone with Baggs pickups out there knows that just changing the battery is a nightmare all by itself), I realized I couldn't use my guitar. ARGHH! Fortunately, one of the musicians offered me his but changing guitars at the last minute is NOT fun, especially when you are playing in 3 different tunings & need to play waaay up on the neck on a guitar that doesn't have a cutaway like I am used too. Plus I was having a difficult time getting this guitar to stay in tune (old strings?)...double arghh! There were some other technical sound glitches but to my ears everyone else sounded pretty good. I admit I did have a momentary thought of just forgetting my set & I really really understood why Joni stopped touring before someone gave her the VG8. (Okay, I can hear Paz saying, Kate! Get a VG8...I have been telling you! But I am too invested in the sound of the acoustic guitar to switch over now.) By the time sound check was over (thank goodness we started an hour earlier than planned just in case...haha), a whole lot of people started arriving (people in SB never arrive on time but tonight they did). I had hoped for a decent turn out as we got some press coverage (from the arts editor who was a Joni fan) & I had plastered the town with posters & flyers for weeks. To my enormous suprise the club owner came over & told me that the entire place was sold out! This rarely happens there except on weekends with a dance band. I hadn't even thought of reserving a table for myself but somehow they found an extra table for me & some of the musicians so we could get something to eat. (It was at this very point, starving, exhausted & waaay stressed out over my guitar & was pretty sure that I would be making a complete fool of myself in front of the entire town, plus in the audience was my friend & guitar player extraordinaire Seymour Duncan who had never heard me perform..would I remember all the words & chords & tunings to 3 songs I had only just recently learned & never played in public)- & OH MY GAWD the place was packed!!!!!!!!!! When 3 different people looked at me & suggested I have a half glass of wine (never do I do this before performing) I figured it was the right thing to do so I did. Plus my friend arrived just in time who is a massage therapist did a little work on my shoulders. Ahhhh...better...much better. When then my husband Jeff arrived (he decided not to try & learn a song for this show which as it turned out was very wise...I needed his support energy) he reminded me that a bad sound check meant the show would be a success because the bugs were worked out. I believed him & decided it would be an incredible evening. He was right & it was. The entire room plus a tented patio & another outside patio was jammed with tables, the back bar was jammed with standing room only & people ended up sitting on the floor in front of the stage. Over 200 people not counting musicians. Capacity crowd plus. Who are all these people?...many friends but there were a whole lot of folks I didn't know...Joni fans! She has soooo many! The energy was incredible. The audience sang along & even danced! They were enthralled & ecstatic. So many people came up to me after the show to tell me what huge fans of Joni they were, how incredible the show was, etc. Everyone of the musicians performed magnificently. I arranged the songs chronologically & as the performers got on & off the stage I talked or read a bit about Joni's history (thanks to jonimitchell.com!!!!) then the musicians would play a song from that album or time period. I started by saying today is Joni Mitchell's Birthday. The whole crowd cheered. OMG. What a supportive start! I told them about her recent Toronto hommage & that it was honoring artists as world leaders (as opposed to politicians). More cheers! Here is one very cool unplanned coincidence- I read the quote about Joni's English teacher telling her she could paint with words & that he was onstage with her at her recent hommage (there were audible audience wows at this comment...so sweet!). Then it dawned on me that the person I was about to introduce to start the show was my friend Donna who is a teacher. What an amazing transition! Here is the set list: Donna- Urge for Going, Chelsea Morning Tammy & Mark- Both Sides Now Joyce- accapella The Fiddle & the Drum Antara & Delilah- Conversation Craig & Kasey- This Flight Tonight, A Case of You Heather- The Same Situation, Free Man In Paris Jennifer- Blue, Rainy Night House, For Free Michael, Peter & Tom- Coyote Kate, Michael & Jack- Amelia, Night Ride Home Antara & Delilah- Cherokee Louise Michael, Peter, Tom, & Kate- Carey Finale- The Circle Game (Donna, Delilah, Heather, Peter on verses & everyone on chorus) Yes, we taped it. Haven't listened yet. Jeff has & says it turned out mostly good...only a few glitches...will get copies to the musicians & see if they are willing to let ya'll hear it & someone on the jmdl can tree it hopefully.... I am still on such a high from this...thanks for listening! ******************************************** Kate Bennett www.katebennett.com sponsored by Polysonics www.polysonics.com Discover the Indies at Taylor Guitars: http://www.taylorguitars.com/artists/awp/indies/bennett.html ******************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 00:25:39 -0600 From: johnirving Subject: Re: That three book thingie... Paul, I was wondering the same thing... although, wasn't there mention during the Toronto tribute that Joni was in the process of writing her autobiography? -My curiosity is also 'up' over a listing at Amazon.com.uk. One item for sale is an audiotape memoir for Joni Mitchell from Random House that is listed as published Dec. 31, 2000. I almost hit the one click shopping button, but didn't. -I assumed if it hasn't been mentioned anywhere on the JMDL, it hasn't been published. - --maybe this one got under our radar... anyone care to give it a shot??? http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index%3Dbooks-uk%26field-author%3DMitchell%2C%20Joni/202-9401264-0304645 ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2001 #348 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe ------- Siquomb, isn't she?