From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #47 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org 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 Monday, February 13 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 047 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Keren Ann covers BYT [JoniPD ] Re: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever [JoniPD ] Re: Joni guitar tabs [Patti Witten ] Re: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever [Bob Muller ] Folk Alliance Update (VLJC) [tinkersown@comcast.net] Re: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever [Bob Muller ] Pet Clark now with JC! ["Kate Bennett" ] Re: Subject: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever [seulbzzaj@aol.com] Re: Joni guitar tabs [billdollinger ] Joni in a book about Bob ["William Waddell" ] Re: Thoughts On A Snowy Sunday [RoseMJoy@aol.com] Re: Thoughts On A Snowy Sunday ["Mark Scott" ] Re: a few notes on nyc ["Donna Binkley" ] Re: Joni and Julius go to med school [JRMCo1@aol.com] Re: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever [Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: Keren Ann covers BYT Hi, Catherine, Many Thanks! Yes: it's a beautiful performance... and the audience is having a wonderful time with it, too! Yours: Emiliano NP: Keren Ann: BYT (again) Catherine McKay wrote: >Some people here have mentioned the singer/songwriter >Keren Ann. I downloaded something from Dimeadozen >today, gave it a listen and lo and behold - she does a >cover of Big Yellow Taxi. This is from The Artrock >Festival at St Brieuc France, June 7, 2003, converted >to mp3 for your fairly instant gratification: > >Keren_Ann_Big_Yellow_Taxi_6-7-03.mp3 (6174 KB) > >If your email client does not accept HTML, please use >this link to download your file: >http://s63.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2GW45BMK2NNU718ILVAZ4IX38K > >Catherine >Toronto >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:33:56 +0100 From: JoniPD Subject: Re: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever Bob Muller wrote: > You can go get it here: > http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3MR471M7WJHD12G2AUWYM6PBP3 Oh, Bob, !Muchas Gracias! I'm still having troubles downloading huge files from yousendit, though: I've put it downloading yesterday in the afternoon while I was taking a walk with the family; returning home and running to the computer... it failed (the same occured to me with the video from Judy Collin's performance of BSN in Carnegie Hall: fortunately, Ashara herself put it on dime.... and it went through here safe and sound: Thanks, Ashara!) Please, could someone upload it again, at least the mp3 of George Michael doing Edith and the Kingpin? I really love George's voice... Many Thanks! have a wonderful time! Yours: Emiliano ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 07:59:07 -0500 From: Patti Witten Subject: Re: Joni guitar tabs Sue wrote: > Also, I must let you know that I'm waiting for a date this spring for our > 3rd Annual Only Joni Open Mic. This year we are holding it at Cornell's > Willard Straight Hall, the student union, and I'm really hoping the > students come out in force to play some Joni. > > take care, sue There she is! I was hoping Sue would speak up about her role in the guitar section of the site. I'm so proud to know Sue! We have a lot of fun hosting the Only Joni Open Mics, tho I have yet to fulfill my threat to wear the blond wig :) Here is a pic of Sue playing "The Priest" at Juna's Cafi in Ithaca NY on April 2 2005 http://www.pattiwitten.com/images/onlyjoni/onlyjoni07.jpg See the rest of the 2nd annual Only Joni Open Mic pix http://www.pattiwitten.com/images/onlyjoni/ Patti - -- http://pattiwitten.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 05:50:46 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever Here you go, my friend - this one is just the GM tune - I know you will have a wonderful time when you hear it. http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2ZCHQY6OA4Y3E2MKH33XW10XY5 Bob NP: Wally Whyton, "Urge For Going" - --------------------------------- Yahoo! Autos. Looking for a sweet ride? Get pricing, reviews, & more on new and used cars. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 09:04:22 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever - --- Bob Muller wrote: > mp3 of George > Michael doing Edith and the Kingpin? I really love > George's voice...> > > Here you go, my friend - this one is just the GM > tune - I know you will have a wonderful time when > you hear it. > > > http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2ZCHQY6OA4Y3E2MKH33XW10XY5 > I'm not a big fan of George Michael, but I think he does a great job on this song. Thanks for uploading these covers, Bob - the good, the bad and the ugly! I particularly enjoyed George Michael's version of Edith, so I'm sure Emiliano will love it. And Judy Collins' "That song...", as well as Monica Borrfors' "Twisted." One thing you can say about the B. Toff Band's BSN - it definitely isn't the same old same old. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 09:22:41 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Mrytle's heart attack - --- peterh wrote: > I spoke to Joni last summer. She told me that her > mom had gotten > real sick but was much better now. I don't remember > her using the word > heart attack. Joni did say that she'd helped them > move into a > apartment. Her mom kept trying to keep up with > the big house and it was just too much. She said > her > dad was doing fine. Both 94 unbelievable! I think it's remarkable that both her parents are still alive and that only recently did they move out of their house. Good health to them both and to Joan too, of course. > So hello to you all. > I've been reading the jmdl since the beginning. Thanks for delurking. (Nasty-sounding word, but meant with best intentions!) > > I do have a corcern to share with the list > community. > > Both here and in the blondes in the bleachers exact > name places have > been given for where she frequently eats ( i know it > was on an album) and > the name of her town in Canada etc.. Do you guys > think that's wise? > Joni's a little reckless about her confidences. I am > always afraid that there > could be a wacko lurking. I feel the same way. She has had a stalker already, hasn't she? I think the vast majority of us (I'd love to say all of us) want her to be safe and healthy - and around for a long time to come. And she does have a right to privacy, as we all do. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 14:19:58 +0000 From: tinkersown@comcast.net Subject: Folk Alliance Update (VLJC) Hello all! It's beautiful and sunny in Austin today, although it's supposed to be 25 degrees F outside. Last night, Judy Collins put on a fabulous 50-minute show, backed by her long time musical director/pianist (I'm too brain dead to recall his name) and, surprisingly, by Eric "Duellin Banjos" Weissberg. The piano/ guitar/banjo combo on some numbers was a little odd, but Judy was in terrific voice (how does she DO that?) and finished her show with BSN, then encored with Bird on a Wire. From there to a bedroom showcase where Joni's ex-, Chuck Mitchell, did a typically entertaining set. Several Flanders & Swann songs were featured and Chuck said he rememered me from last year's FA in Montreal ("Oh - you're from California!"). Paz is everywhere and knows everyone, of course. It's great to have him here. I haven't seen Jack yet, but there is a Joni tribute tomorrow that I think he'll be at. I now have to go moderate a FAR-West meeting, on $%#$@^% hours sleep. It's why they pay me the big bucks. :) Best to all, *************************************************** Steve Dulson Costa Mesa CA tinkersown@comcast.net "The Living Tradition Concert Series" www.thelivingtradition.org "Folk Alliance Region - West" www.far-west.org ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 06:27:55 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever hee hee...you said "B.Toff".... And you're right - you can't NOT have a reaction to it. I got another BSN about a month ago that's pretty punk'd up, and the singer closes with "I really don't know SH*T at all!", cracked me up. Glad you're getting and digging the downloads, Catherine - a painless way to do distribution for sure. Bob, sending out a positive vibe for Patti NP: Eminem & Dre, "Say What You Say - --------------------------------- What are the most popular cars? Find out at Yahoo! Autos ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 09:31:40 -0500 From: seulbzzaj@aol.com Subject: Re:Subject: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever I tried to download Bob's new volume of covers, but received this on the web site: File Transfer: Unavailable Unfortunately, the link you have clicked is not available. The file has most likely exceeded its allotted bandwidth or has been removed by the original sender or a recipient. :( Scott NP: Elvis Presley, "(You're So Square) Baby, I Don't Care" - ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 05:46:37 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever You can go get it here: http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3MR471M7WJHD12G2AUWYM6PBP3 Better late than never (OK, so some of you wouldn't agree...) Since I was preoccupied with that OTHER thing on the 1st of the month, I wasn't able to release this month's Covers Volume on the 1st as is my custom. So here it is, late but just as great. As always, you'll see some names you know, some you don't and everything in between since Joni reaches across the borderlines into so many different hearts and genres. As always, a tip of the Tam O'Shanter to the folks who helped me gather these goodies: Paul M & Jerry, thanks fellas! Now let's put it under the microscope and begin our dissection... Kelley Dolan - Woodstock: We start out with this interesting cover of Woodstock, a vocal accompanied solely by a bongo. The percussion is pretty steady, but Kelley wanders and winds around melodically - very Tori-like. We'll hear from the real Tori in just a few minutes. The Shawnee Choir - Both Sides Now: D'oh! Another high school choir, accompanied by piano and using the sheet music/arrangement as all the other school choir versions I've heard. Still, the voices are nice and they have a nice blend for the most part. Cornelia - The Circle Game: Hey, everybody - let's all twist around the pool to some Joni! Most TCG covers either take a slow (Joni) or fast (Ian & Sylvia) route, this one takes an even more frantic fruggy route - clocks in at an amazing 2:49! While it's a lot of fun, it does sorta strip the meaning from the song. Me And Them - Big Yellow Taxi: Acoustic group from Wisconsin - a download from their website. Kathleen A. Martin - Carey: One voice with strumming guitar, patterned after Joni's arrangement. Judy Collins - That Song About The Midway: We've previously released a live (Mountain Stage) recording of this track, this is Judy's studio track, released about a year ago on her 'Portrait Of An American Girl" album. Pretty song, lovely voice - makes for a very enjoyable recording. Drew Massicot - Both Sides Now: This is an instrumental (piano) version, fairly recent - 1999. Pleasant in a music-boxy kind of way. David Clayton-Thomas - River: Y'all remember David Clayton-Thomas, the singer for Blood, Sweat and Tears. I loved them and him, and that was long ago. There's a really pretty guitar on this track, but David's voice seems to have lost its fullness, it seems too fragile & thin, not to mention coming up flat on several notes throughout. It does have its moments though, and the piano-guitar interplay is very nice. George Michael - Edith And The Kingpin: What a pleasant surprise! George performed this as part of a BBC interview, he must have brought a backing track with him as the instrumentation is very complex and much more than you'd hear in your typical 'stop in and play on the radio' moment. GM's soulful voice really is a good fit with this song - two thumbs way up! Harvard Opportunes - Big Yellow Taxi: BYT has certainly inspired the college acapella people, both before & especially after the Counting Crows version. This one is the Crows' arrangement, with some interesting vocal flurries thrown in to simulate percussion and cymbals and such. Kelly Smith - Both Sides Now: This one has a simple beauty to it, almost like you're a fly on the wall just listening to a young girl play the guitar and sing in her bedroom. Monica Borrfors - Twisted: Euro-jazz with a walking bass and sax solo after the "no driver on the top" part. Pretty nice for the most part. Kirk Felix - The Circle Game: Reminded me of Jim Croce, both with the nimble guitar picking and the vocal quality. This one comes from 1972. Karin van Dam - A Case Of You: Not to be confused with Lydia van Dam, who gave us a whole CD of wonderful Joni covers, Karin is just as talented and even sounds very similar. This is a beautiful arrangement, slow, jazzy and moody. Beautiful acoustic guitar solo and soprano sax work - BUT - she does make a lyric change that rubs me the wrong way: "I am a lonely singer, I live in a box of music sheets..." Don't know why, but those who don't like the painter lyric maybe think of this as an improvement. That small detail aside, this is a Dam fine cover. The B. Toff Band - Both Sides Now: Back in 1976, a couple of Berkeley students recorded an album (probably after consuming some things they shouldn't have) and this is part of the result. For better or worse, we only get the first verse and chorus. This is great in a deliciously awful way. Tori Amos - The Circle Game: This one is twice as long as Cornelia's; Tori's live version (recorded at her April 15, 2005 concert in Chicago) is of course vocal and piano, and she really takes it and puts her own stamp on it as she did with her studio version of A Case Of You. Hopefully she'll continue covering Joni on future recordings, she really does a good job with it. Baby Jane Dexter - Two Grey Rooms: Baby Jane Dexter - Be Cool: BJD is an NYC cabaret singer, she was given a list of songs by a former JMDLer and picked these two. Good picks, and she certainly emotes properly, but her voice has a bit too much warble for my tastes, plus the recording is very lo-fi; she actually recorded these live using a cassette recorder, so there's more hiss than there should be. Still, it's nice to see 2GR becoming a song that's getting more and more attention. James Coane - A Case Of You: Vocal & guitar, Pennsylvanian James Coane sounds like a mix of Bobby Goldsboro and Glenn Yarborough. But it does bug me that he sings "YOUR taste so bitter and so sweet"...shouldn't but it does. Nice guitar, though, and at the end a banjo comes in along with a couple of other instruments. And that's that - 19 tracks, over 75 minutes of Joni covers - thanks for reading, hope you can get the download and that you like it if you do. And do let me know if would prefer to get a copy via the snail mail, we can work that out too. Bob NP: Bruce Springsteen, "Spirit In The Night" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:57:57 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re:Subject: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever I was one of the lucky ones that got it and because it takes a heckuva long time to upload these things (far longer for me than it took to download it to begin with), and Muller shouldn't have to do all the work, I uploaded it again and hope you can grab it this time. Use this link: http://s54.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2MVPTMYZ20WXL3GMCOK1TJVW99 - --- seulbzzaj@aol.com wrote: > I tried to download Bob's new volume of covers, but > received this on the web site: > File Transfer: Unavailable > Unfortunately, the link you have clicked is not > available. > > The file has most likely exceeded its allotted > bandwidth or has been removed by the original sender > or a recipient. :( > Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:07:04 +0100 From: JoniPD Subject: Re: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever Catherine McKay wrote: --- Bob Muller wrote: Here you go, my friend - this one is just the GM tune - I know you will have a wonderful time when you hear it. http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2ZCHQY6OA4Y3E2MKH33XW10XY5 I'm not a big fan of George Michael, but I think he does a great job on this song. Thanks for uploading these covers, Bob - the good, the bad and the ugly! I particularly enjoyed George Michael's version of Edith, so I'm sure Emiliano will love it. Oh, Catherine, yes I do! Many Thanks, Bob!!! just one disappointement: the song is too short...but so it is, for me at least, the original... Have a Great Sunday! Emiliano NP: George Michael: Edith and the Kingpin (again, or should I swicth to his Love's in Need of Love Today, dedicated to Patti) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:02:01 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Pet Clark now with JC! Ya'll have had me singing that song in my head for days now! LOL. Do you think that song inspired Joni to write Night in the City (or the other way around?... not sure of the timing but I think Downtown came first?) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:28:22 -0500 From: seulbzzaj@aol.com Subject: Re: Subject: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever Dear Catherine, Thank you! I've downloaded and burnt the disc, and am listening to it now. I always enjoy listening to these covers, the good and the bad. I love the Judy Collins track, and thanks to Bob for continuing to collect and distribute this material. Scott - -----Original Message----- From: Catherine McKay To: seulbzzaj@aol.com; joni@smoe.org Sent: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:57:57 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re:Subject: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever I was one of the lucky ones that got it and because it takes a heckuva long time to upload these things (far longer for me than it took to download it to begin with), and Muller shouldn't have to do all the work, I uploaded it again and hope you can grab it this time. Use this link: http://s54.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2MVPTMYZ20WXL3GMCOK1TJVW99 - --- seulbzzaj@aol.com wrote: > I tried to download Bob's new volume of covers, but > received this on the web site: > File Transfer: Unavailable > Unfortunately, the link you have clicked is not > available. > > The file has most likely exceeded its allotted > bandwidth or has been removed by the original sender > or a recipient. :( > Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:49:26 -0600 From: billdollinger Subject: Re: Joni guitar tabs Cheers for Susan for delurking on this, I also have been in lurker status for years, and have gotten so much out of the guitar tab section that I even bought a roland vg8. I send my thanks again to all who have contributed tabs, it really is by far the best artist tab site around! Bill Dollinger On Feb 11, 2006, at 11:18 AM, Susan E McNamara wrote: > Hi Karen, and thanks for the kind words, as always, Bob. > > I've been lurking for years it seems and it's time I pop my head > out and > let you all know that I appreciate this community and what's it > done for > my most obsessive passion, the music of Joni Mitchell. I have to > say that > I really owe a lot of the development of the guitar site to my > compatriots > Howard and Marian, also of course, Les and his generous offer of > housing > our questionably legal database. Who would have thought oh those > 10 years > ago that we would eventually wind up on the official Joni Mitchell > site? > I still get goosebumps thinking about it. > > This concept hatched in my brain after I started discovering > Howard's tabs > on OLGA (the On-Line Guitar Archive). He had wonderful tabs of > People's > Parties and Hejira which I started picking at trying to master. > Actually > People's Party is the first song that thrilled me to open tuning. the > opening bar chords when strummed sounded so much like the album I was > hooked. I thought that I needed a place to put all these tabs so I > could > use them. With Les's help Howard, Marian and I got to work and > started on > the catalog. It was a lot of fun to have these three way email > discussions going on about different tunings. I remember Silky > Veils of > Ardor was completed after some pretty darn good detective work. > It's been > a couple of years now that the database has pretty much been > completed and > it remains one of the things I am most proud of (except for my > marriage > and my daughter!) > > Please feel free to contact me about any questions you have about the > tunings or the tabs. We are still reachable at > guitars@jonimitchell.com > or you can email me at my new email address: SueMc@jonimitchell.com. > (awesome!) > > Also, I must let you know that I'm waiting for a date this spring > for our > 3rd Annual Only Joni Open Mic. This year we are holding it at > Cornell's > Willard Straight Hall, the student union, and I'm really hoping the > students come out in force to play some Joni. > > take care, sue > > > > > >> Karen asked >> >> >> "I have another question. Do you guys have a website for tabs for >> Joni's >> songs? For guitar. (I know she plays other things.) ... I am a >> relatively >> new player (a couple of years), and I know a couple of Joni tunes >> (mostly >> Neil, uh oh, there I go again, heh), but would love to play more." >> >> Forgive me if this already received a reply - but if it did, I >> missed it >> in >> the scan of my digests. >> >> Karen, allow me to introduce you to the most awesome guitar tab >> site in >> the >> world;. >> >> _http://jonimitchell.com/guitar/_ (http://jonimitchell.com/guitar/) >> >> >> 5 years ago it changed my life. A fair amateur guitarist, for 30 >> years I >> had >> abandoned all hope of finding out (much less figuring out) how >> sJoni did >> it >> - perhaps if I had devoted my life to it ........... >> >> Anyway, those more dedicated and talented than I actually did it (Sue >> McNamara, Howard Wright and Marian Russell - with a few miscellaneous >> contributors) >> - investigated, sleuthed, figured and reconstructed Joni's profound >> insight >> of yesteryear - to wit, "there must be 50 ways to tune your >> gittar". And >> shared it with us! Thank you so much, Sue, Howard and Marian >> (every year >> or so, I >> feel the urge to say 'thanks' publicly). >> >> Until then, I only knew Circle Game and Little Green (open G, real >> obvious). >> Now, I've got the whole world in my hands. As of now, I can do a >> decent >> or >> at least passable job on about 100 of Joni's songs. All that >> pleasure, >> because >> of this site. >> >> Bobsart ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 19:47:27 +0000 From: "William Waddell" Subject: Joni in a book about Bob Just finished reading Clinton Heylins Bob Dylan: Behind The Shades, and not surprisingly there were quite a few references to Joni. Not sure if theyve been catalogued here (probably have but I'm too lazy to find out). Anyway heres some of what the book offers about Joni - very edited I might add. Tangled Up In Blue was inspired by Joni Mitchells 1970 album Blue The sessions may have had their low spots - few comparable to the one instance of Dylan Does Joni [BYT] [Re the Rolling Thunder and Renaldo and Clara period:] Not that Baez was alone in her refusal to go along with Dylans filmic conceit, Joni Mitchell refused to allow any footage of her to be included in the finished film because of how she felt she looked, a decision that, after seeing the film, she said she would have reconsidered had she realized how jaded everyone else looked. But then Mitchell had not been an integral part of either tour or movie, joining it in the middle, apparently at her own expense, simply to share in the experience Larry Johnson called it [The Rolling Thunder Tour] the Battle of the Berets, because Joni and Ronee [Blakely] and Baez all showed up wearing berets, and cause there was a lot of competition going on with those women. Baez, in particular, made little attempt to hide her distaste for Mitchell Nor would Joni volunteer to join up the second time around. In that sense, Baez triumphed in the Battle of the Berets Joni had already turned her own pen on Blakely, dissecting her Norma Jean-like persona in her disarmingly beautiful Shades of Scarlet Conquering, in which she mocked her Malka is not likely to have been the new lady in Dylans life, though he doubtless bathed in the powerful Eastern European vibe of the very woman Joni Mitchell once described as having a mouth like yours / She knew your life / She knew your devils and your deeds WtS NP - Rufus Wainwright 'With The Ladies' _________________________________________________________________ Are you using the latest version of MSN Messenger? Download MSN Messenger 7.5 today! http://messenger.msn.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:09:24 -0800 (PST) From: Peep Richman Subject: Thoughts On A Snowy Sunday Good Morning to all and a hearty welcome back to Kate and Victor!!! Just finished reading the last two Digests and found my thoughts wandering to a wet, wet, wet August night in 1969. Yep....for those of you who did...you guessed it!!! I was at Woodstock (for my Honeymoon...can you dig it?). We hitched from Philly and just went with and where the drivers on the road were going...although we did have the destination of Woodstock. We arrived TEN days before the concert was scheduled to begin!!! TEN wondrous, amazing, joyous, tons of fun days. It felt as though you "bumped" into thousands of people all having the qualities you find in the very best people in your life...and your life to be. That wet, wet night was when Joan Baez was scheduled. It was raining as though the heavens had completely parted and all the wetness of tears of joy and tears of sorrow fell gently on our heads. I was sitting right up front beneath the stage. And with no particular entrance, Joan walked on stage and the magic of her voice filled the air. If I remember correctly, it was Richie Havens who officially opened the festival....and what an absolutely amazing launching-pad for the artists who followed. I know...ramblin' on....but when I was reading Garret's post I was reminded of how I adored Washington Square, made a pledge I'd someday live in Greenwich Village...a flood of cherished memories but not lost dreams. Does anyone know the song that Joni performed with Joan Baez? It has no lyrics....there's a long story I'll share about it one day but for now I'm trying to identify where I found it....for now it's only an distant memory...I need to find it. And one last question...when I first heard Craig Davis (it's Davis..not David, I hope) I immediately thought of Tracy Chapman. There's something similar in their style. Does anyone agree? Here's a hopeful note to end on....Joni's parents are 94....ah, the power of genetics! We just might have a few more generations of gifts Joni may want to share. Best love to all. Bo - --------------------------------- Yahoo! Autos. Looking for a sweet ride? Get pricing, reviews, & more on new and used cars. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 15:58:16 EST From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Re: Thoughts On A Snowy Sunday Hi Bo, glad you r feeling better...the song was Dida on her D&R album rosie in nj snowbound ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:07:11 -0800 From: "Mark Scott" Subject: Re: Thoughts On A Snowy Sunday - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peep Richman" > Does anyone know the song that Joni performed with Joan Baez? It has no > lyrics....there's a long story I'll share about it one day but for now I'm > trying to identify where I found it....for now it's only an distant > memory...I need to find it. The only one I know of is 'Dida'. Please tell the story! Please? Please? Pretty please? I love your reminiscence of Woodstock. Kate Bennett was there as well. If either of you has any special memories of Grace Slick talking about 'morning maniac music' and 'It's a new dawn, people' and the Airplane's set, I would *really* love to read about those as well. Peace and Love, Mark E. in Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 16:38:49 -0600 From: "Donna Binkley" Subject: Re: a few notes on nyc Dear Garrett, It was so good to finally meet you in NYC. I'm sorry we didn't have more time to talk, though I did talk to Dermott a bit outside Carnegie in the "smoking section" and he is very sweet and interesting to speak with. Hope to meet you both again someday! love db >>> Garret 02/11/06 8:16 AM >>> I won't harp on about the way immgiration officials make you feel like a criminal (when they are not treating you like cattle that is). No no. Focus on the highs. I loved New York. I fell in love with Greenwich and want to live there. The highlight of my few days in Manhattan was sitting in Washington Square drinking tea, with the sun shining down on the dog walkers and chess players and students and speakers. The carnegie tribute was a close second;-) To be in carnegie hall was, in itself, a fantastic experience. The citigroup cafe gathering was fun. It was great to meet so many JMDLers and to put faces to names i have been seeing for over six years now, and to meet people i did not know through the list. It was also great to meet up with those few i have met before. I won't try to recall everyone by name right now. Dermot, my partner, is no Joni fan and sort of finds the whole JMDL thing a bit odd. But, since he's used to indulging my oddities, he agreed to come along and smile for the cameras:-) Despite himself he had fun. I don't even have a partial list of songs played by JMDLers there, but i enjoyed every minute of it with my eight dollar g & t in a wine glass wiht the smallest slice of lime imaginable, lol. I do remember being very impressed by Paz playng guitar, Kay Ashley singing fiddle and drum (Dermot remarked "that's quite political for you, now") and of course our Sherelle. Great. I lvoed the crazy happy cries of "i've played carnegie hall", lol. Well done to all of you guys. On to the main event: I won't comment on every act that performed (i never got one of the sheets detailing the acts actually so can't be sure that iw ould rememebr everything correctly). Sure, I could not do that with as much accuracy or eloquence as those that have already posted on teh topic. Joni's no show did not exactly surprise me. I did *not* like the note however. It struck me as very much along the lines of "Dear teacher, please excuse Joan from gym class....". I would have preferred a simple "i hope ye all enjoy the show tonight". For me, the bigger disappointment was Tracy Chapman, Joan Osbourne, and Bebel Gilberto pulling out beforehand. Absolute highlights - Michelle Williams, Bette what was her name again??? She was absolutely amazing and i want her album.... last chance lost is a song i don't really listen to (i love the TI album and it is the one song i usually skip), loved the fact that Shawn tackled TI, enjoyed SOnya Kitchell, Judy Collins, that raised on robbery guy was fun. I loved God must be a boogie man (afterwards Dermot said "that was really good.... i thought people weren't supposed to like the mingus album", i laughed, he must have heard somehting that i siad about Joni.... for the record i like that album... he was listening to it a few days later so something was achieved, hehe:-) OH MY GOD OH MY GOD seeing Laurie Anderson i almost forgot to breathe. I was disappointed with teh opening. There was some sort of in-key or in-tune problem that i am not talented enough to be abel to describe. Dar Williams did a competent RNH. I thought Ameila by Suzanne Vega was boring. It's a big song and i felt that it was perhaps too spare. My feeling was that she was hanging the whole song around "it was just a false alarm" and then plodding through the rest to get to the next "it was just a false alarm". I love her voice and was expecting something amazing from her. TOm Rush was very good, but, imho, not the big deal that others have made. Richie Havens did not at all do it for me, nor did Jimmy Scott (but gosh,jaysus, if i'm still going at 80... fair play to him) Now, this meshell woman. I thought she was weird. So weird in fact that i ran out and bought her album. I will probably also invest in Jessie Malin's album. Nellie mckay was brave to bring chelsea morning onto piano. I did not think it entirely successful, but i enjoyed it more than many of the learned crowd here did. who did i forget? mmmm Oki, my unstructured rambling is running out of steam.... We never made it to the night in the city event unfortunately. We had planned our route and had also bought tickets to see sonya kitchell at the living room beforehand (and now that i hear a bunch of you guys went to see her i am, as they say, reefing jealous). but, after a heavy day of touristing, we were knackered and went for dinner and a few drinks and, with sore feet, retired to the hotel about one am. I look forward to future gatherings with all you people. A possible FUll Moon fest on the horizn, talk of going to Italy, talk of an England Fest at some unspecified point.... I'll be there. many thanks to Patrick, Julius, Cassy, Les Irvin, and, ofc course, Joni. And to everyone for being so open and friendly. GARRET NP- The National, All The Wine - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 23:36:17 EST From: JRMCo1@aol.com Subject: Re: Joni and Julius go to med school In a message dated 2/11/06 5:50:40 AM, LCStanley7@aol.com writes: > >>Ever Your Apt Pupil, > >>Julius > > >Parasympathetic no doubt. Wink, the one-eyed, right-side voluntary blink. > > >Love, > >Laura > A wink and a nod right back at you, Laura dear. If you're calling me "parasympathetic," I'm pretty sure that's one the nicest things anyone's ever said to me. What a beautiful human system...what a cool word! Thanks for my enlivened synapses. The following is an excerpt by Dr. Robin Sands of Stress News: "Let's travel gently into the realms of the Parasympathetic: the home of all relaxing, warm and contented feelings. If the Sympathetic is what we need to be in the world, then the Parasympathetic is what we need to be in Heaven. When it is in control it immediately begins to manufacture a sense of well-being. It brings peace where there was conflict. Like Mother Nature nourishing Her offspring, the Parasympathetic does everything in its power to restore harmony and equilibrium. As it relaxes muscles, blood vessels and internal organs, so the flow of all body fluids becomes easier, smoother, fuller. The intestines expand and the peristalsis (those gurgles of digestion) begins to process the waste products that the Sympathetic has created. It slows the heartbeat and deepens and softens breathing. It calms and changes the brain's waves and patterns, bringing the quieter, more expansive states of mind that are so conducive to imagination and creative thinking. Slowly, under the right conditions, the Parasympathetic ensures that everything falls or clicks back into place. Everywhere that has been overstretched gets pulled back into line. Everything that has been contracted, begins to expand. And this expansion is experienced as pleasure. A really good night's sleep is a perfect example. As unusual as it might be for most of us, waking up feeling refreshed from a thoroughly pleasant night's sleep is solely the work of the Parasympathetic." Sweet dreams, Laura and all in JMDL-land. :-) - -Julius ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:56:37 +1100 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: Covers 73 - Better late than...whatever Excellent, Bob. The highlight for me is George Michael's Edith and The Kingpin. So mellow yet with definite feeling. I hope he puts this on his next album. Second highlight is Judy Collins doing That Song About The Midway. I still like Bonnie Rait's version best though. Thanks for another great collection. Mark in Sydney NP Black Crow - Steely Dan ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #47 ******************************** ------- 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? (http://www.siquomb.com/siquomb.cfm)