From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #94 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 Friday, March 31 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 094 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Top Voices [Patti Witten ] Joni's Supposed Comments [] Re: Top 10, no top 20 ["ron" ] sjc , Carly & Joni & Chrissie ["Patti Parlette" ] Re: sjc , Carly & Joni & Chrissie [Catherine McKay ] Re: Top 10, no top 20 ["Bree Mcdonough" ] FW: Message from Website ["Les Irvin" ] Re: Top 10, no top 20 ["Bree Mcdonough" ] Don Alias ["Les Irvin" ] Re: Don Alias [RoseMJoy@aol.com] Re: Joni's Supposed Comments ["mack watson-bush" ] Hush the Chain Smokers? [Nuriel Tobias ] Joni on Cass Elliot show [Bob Muller ] Re: Don Alias [Michael Paz ] Cristina Branco [Scott Price ] Summertime [Lisa Resnick ] Re: sjc , Carly & Joni & Chrissie ["Mark Scott" ] Re: Summertime [Deb Messling ] Another LOTC ? [Bob Muller ] Re: Summertime [Bob Muller ] Re:Top Vocalists [PassScribe@aol.com] Re: top vocalists [PassScribe@aol.com] Re:Joni's Supposed Comments [LCStanley7@aol.com] Joni's Supposed Comments ["Kate Bennett" ] Re: Top 10, no top 20 ["Kate Bennett" ] Joni's Supposed Comments [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:36:04 -0500 From: Patti Witten Subject: Re: Top Voices In no order, forgetting many... Maddy Pryor Kate Bush Terry Roche Joni Mitchell Sarah McLaughlin Shawn Colvin John Wetton Aretha Franklin Ella Fitzgerald Frank Sinatra Roy Orbison Patsy Cline KD Lang Mary J Blige Luther Vandross All Green Patti - -- http://pattiwitten.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:56:38 -0800 From: Subject: Joni's Supposed Comments Hi Kate, "that is so great to hear that Joni sometimes sings in small cafes..." I have been seeing little mentions of this (mostly in Los Angeles magazine) from time to time now for a number of years. I read another mention a couple of months ago about her showing up at some new place in Hollywood. Have also heard from people that she even karaokes sometimes! I think it it just incredibly cool. Gives me the sense that she is real down to earth and feels comfortable in her "neighborhood." What a kick it would be to happen to see her in some little place singing one night! I wonder if she may have been doing this for years. There was a wonderful interview I read in the JMDL library awhile back where she talked about showing up to some little bar in Hollywood back in the 70s and taking turns playing the piano. Also, I think it was Chris (CC Karma) here who has posted that she used to sing at the old Nucleaus Nuance club on Melrose in the 80s. "I imagine joni to be an independent (politically speaking)" From the bits and pieces I've heard from her over the years, I think so, too! Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:45:02 +0200 From: "ron" Subject: Re: Top 10, no top 20 hi this has been a fascinating topic - some amazing picks well i guess i call them amazing 'cause i agree with them :-) i have had a wonderful time going through the music - itunes is just so perfect for exercises like this. in no particular order joni mitchell - obviously joan baez - a huge part of my life, shaped my music tastes, shaped a lot of my ideologies, and sang some of my all time favorite songs - the magic wood, joe hill, christmas in washington, ellas danzen solas, donna donna, sweet sir galahad, prison trilogy, where's my apple pie, please come to boston, & so many more emmylou harris - has recorded some of the most perfect music i ever heard alison krauss - i nearly flipped when i heard her singing "down to the river" on the "o brother" soundtrack. can you believe that t\her albums have not been released here yet? mary chapin carpenter - as john jennings says on her dvd - her voice is an invitation to intimacy. mary coughlan - i know nothing about her (tho im sure i would if i googled her). a friend gave me a copy of her "best of " album. about 8 years later i still havent progressed beyond the single album. strong, raspy, just a little spooky - great stuff,. michelle shocked - a firm favourite tanita tikaram - on 11 kinds of loneliness - she sounds like she has speech impediment - such a great album. janis ian - always liked her for years. then someone here posted the sale at her website & i stocked up (15 albums) i am just stunned by her singing, and her writing. she really is one of the greats. neil young - legend chrissie hynde - i can still remember the first time i heard brass in pocket - way, way back on tv. still great rory block - strong, powerfull, haunting, emotional. also one of the greatest acoustic blues guitarists around. probably my second favourite after joni. sass jordan - gotta play this loud - really, really loud. nothing better when im tensed up, or slightly depressed. i picked this one up cause i liked the looks of the cover. play it in a car with a big system & just get so locked in & transported. i bought this 'cause the cover appealed to me - never heard of her anywhere else - & i just dont understand why. shawn colvin - what can you say. possibly one of the most talented singers i have ever heard - but somehow her music doesnt quite live up to her voice. its very, very good - but given her vocal talents i would expect something totally overwhelming eddi reader - loved her ever since i heard her with fairground attraction - even better on her own. simple soul is a great, great album gillian welch - so talented - her & david rawlings make perfect music on so many levels. happy rhodes - amazing range, great songwriter jimi hendrix - everyone raves about his guitar work. they seem to overlook that he was such a great writer, and singer as well. annie herring - one from the gospel side of things. annie has recorded some of the most passionate, emotional, solid music ever, both as a solo, and with second chapter of acts margaret becker - another gospel singer. she has sung everything, from her rock roots, to kinda normal pop stuff, to jazz, and done it all with class and substance. ron np - mark heard - straw man ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:50:34 +0000 From: "Patti Parlette" Subject: sjc , Carly & Joni & Chrissie Chelsea Mornin' to you! Here is what Carly herself has to say about that incident at the Fez. Scroll down to the fourth item: http://www.carlysimon.com/askcarly/archives/archive-042002.htm I love how Carly speaks to her fans. Wouldn't it be loverly if that were ever to happen here? (Hey, you can't revoke my soul for trying! ) Love, Patti P. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:36:02 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: sjc , Carly & Joni & Chrissie - --- Patti Parlette wrote: > Chelsea Mornin' to you! > > Here is what Carly herself has to say about that > incident at the Fez. > Scroll down to the fourth item: > > http://www.carlysimon.com/askcarly/archives/archive-042002.htm > > I love how Carly speaks to her fans. Wouldn't it be > loverly if that were > ever to happen here? (Hey, you can't revoke my > soul for trying! ) > You get to keep your soul, baby. Yeah, I enjoyed reading Carley's responses. She's very gracious. The world needs more grace. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:50:59 -0800 (PST) From: J Kendel Johnson Subject: Re: Joni's Supposed Comments I worship the ground Joni Mitchell walks on. I agree with David Crosby that history will look back on her as "the Shakespeare of our times". But I cannot be sure that encountering her in live performance today would not be a very saddening experience for me. The destruction of her voice through decades of chain smoking is a tragedy that stabs me in the heart every time I think about it. And I think about it quite frequently. Sitting in auditoriums recently listening to the still-vibrant, full ranged voices of Joan Baez and Judy Collins -- Judy, in particular -- just twisted the knife that much further. Joni's voice was so deteriorated on her last two albums that, after initially listening to investigate and take in the work she had done, I have not put them back in my CD player, her voice so weak and her careful tiptoeing around the places it can no longer take her grieve me so. I have literally wondered from time to time recently if she has much of any voice left at all. I don't know when Rosanna Arquette taped her interview with Joni, but the excerpts in All We Are Saying were at least encouraging on that front. I've also wondered if the state of her voice wasn't the greater part of why she didn't show at the Carnegie Hall tribute in February. I certainly don't know that, and I don't judge Joni as wrong or bad for the choices she's made, but, particularly if the decline of her voice has continued at the pace that's easily observable in recent years, I'm not sure that I wouldn't just sit there and blubber, were she to be singing in front of me today. J kbhla@sbcglobal.net wrote: Hi Kate, "that is so great to hear that Joni sometimes sings in small cafes..." I have been seeing little mentions of this (mostly in Los Angeles magazine) from time to time now for a number of years. I read another mention a couple of months ago about her showing up at some new place in Hollywood. Have also heard from people that she even karaokes sometimes! I think it it just incredibly cool. Gives me the sense that she is real down to earth and feels comfortable in her "neighborhood." What a kick it would be to happen to see her in some little place singing one night! I wonder if she may have been doing this for years. There was a wonderful interview I read in the JMDL library awhile back where she talked about showing up to some little bar in Hollywood back in the 70s and taking turns playing the piano. Also, I think it was Chris (CC Karma) here who has posted that she used to sing at the old Nucleaus Nuance club on Melrose in the 80s. "I imagine joni to be an independent (politically speaking)" From the bits and pieces I've heard from her over the years, I think so, too! Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 11:23:11 -0500 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: Re: Top 10, no top 20 Yes..good choices by all... My favorite voices: ( in no particular order ) Joni Mama Cass Karen Carpenter Ann Wilson Robert Plant Judy Garland Luther Vandross Donna Summer Vince Gill Eva Cassidy Donald Fagen ...just real differnet Marvin Gaye Stevie Ray Vaughn Janis Joplin Rosemary Clooney Ella Fitzgerald Chaka Khan Bing Crosby Patti Austin Judy Collins >hi > > >this has been a fascinating topic - some amazing picks well i guess i call >them amazing 'cause i agree with them :-) >in no particular order > >joni mitchell - obviously > >joan baez - a huge part of my life, shaped my music tastes, shaped a lot of >my ideologies, and sang some of my all time favorite songs - the magic >wood, joe hill, christmas in washington, ellas danzen solas, donna donna, >sweet sir galahad, prison trilogy, where's my apple pie, please come to >boston, & so many more > >emmylou harris - has recorded some of the most perfect music i ever heard > >alison krauss - i nearly flipped when i heard her singing "down to the >river" on the "o brother" soundtrack. can you believe that t\her albums >have not been released here yet? > >mary chapin carpenter - as john jennings says on her dvd - her voice is an >invitation to intimacy. > >mary coughlan - i know nothing about her (tho im sure i would if i googled >her). a friend gave me a copy of her "best of " album. about 8 years later >i still havent progressed beyond the single album. strong, raspy, just a >little spooky - great stuff,. > >michelle shocked - a firm favourite > >tanita tikaram - on 11 kinds of loneliness - she sounds like she has speech >impediment - such a great album. > >janis ian - always liked her for years. then someone here posted the sale >at her website & i stocked up (15 albums) i am just stunned by her singing, >and her writing. she really is one of the greats. > >neil young - legend > >chrissie hynde - i can still remember the first time i heard brass in >pocket - way, way back on tv. still great > >rory block - strong, powerfull, haunting, emotional. also one of the >greatest acoustic blues guitarists around. probably my second favourite >after joni. > >sass jordan - gotta play this loud - really, really loud. nothing better >when im tensed up, or slightly depressed. i picked this one up cause i >liked the looks of the cover. play it in a car with a big system & just get >so locked in & transported. i bought this 'cause the cover appealed to me - >never heard of her anywhere else - & i just dont understand why. > >shawn colvin - what can you say. possibly one of the most talented singers >i have ever heard - but somehow her music doesnt quite live up to her >voice. its very, very good - but given her vocal talents i would expect >something totally overwhelming > >eddi reader - loved her ever since i heard her with fairground attraction - >even better on her own. simple soul is a great, great album > >gillian welch - so talented - her & david rawlings make perfect music on so >many levels. > >happy rhodes - amazing range, great songwriter > >jimi hendrix - everyone raves about his guitar work. they seem to overlook >that he was such a great writer, and singer as well. > >annie herring - one from the gospel side of things. annie has recorded some >of the most passionate, emotional, solid music ever, both as a solo, and >with second chapter of acts > >margaret becker - another gospel singer. she has sung everything, from her >rock roots, to kinda normal pop stuff, to jazz, and done it all with class >and substance. > > >ron >np - mark heard - straw man ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:40:37 -0700 From: "Les Irvin" Subject: FW: Message from Website Message from website, be sure to copy Lawrence's address on any replies. - -----Original Message----- From: Lawrence Shapiro lawrenceshapiro@shaw.ca Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 9:30 PM Subject: Message from Contact Us page Hello, Does anyone have a video copy of Cass Elliot's 1969 television special which featured Joni? I'd be so pleased to see it if anyone has even a few minutes of this rarely viewed program. I'd also be pleased to make a video copy of the twenty minutes I have of Joni performing on television in 1970 for whoever might be able to point me in a direction regarding the Cass Elliot tv show. Many thanks, Lawrence Shapiro Vancouver, B.C. Canada P.S. I already checked the Cass Elliot website and posted messages there as well. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:43:02 -0500 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: Re: Top 10, no top 20 Freddy Mercury..I remembered him after I had posted. >Yes..good choices by all... > > >My favorite voices: > >( in no particular order ) > > >Joni > >Mama Cass > >Karen Carpenter ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:45:53 -0700 From: "Les Irvin" Subject: Don Alias A message has come across the website stating that Don Alias was found dead in his home this morning. Can anyone confirm this? Les ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:11:43 EST From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Re: Don Alias Sadly, I think it is so. When you go to a webite _www.donalias.com_ (http://www.donalias.com) it shows a photograph of Don with these dates underneath 25 Dec 1939~28 Mar 2006 :~( ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 11:26:41 -0600 From: "mack watson-bush" Subject: Re: Joni's Supposed Comments J Kendel Johnson wrote: > But I cannot be sure that encountering her in live performance today would not be a very saddening experience for me. > > The destruction of her voice through decades of chain smoking is a tragedy that stabs me in the heart every time I think about it. And I think about it quite frequently. Sitting in auditoriums recently listening to the still-vibrant, full ranged voices of Joan Baez and Judy Collins -- Judy, in particular -- just twisted the knife that much further. - -----I actually prefer the older, gruffer voice. Has a bit of magic that I don't find in the younger voice, as fine a voice as it was. But have always liked gravelly voices with an edge, Janis for instance. mack > > Joni's voice was so deteriorated on her last two albums that, after initially listening to investigate and take in the work she had done, I have not put them back in my CD player, her voice so weak and her careful tiptoeing around the places it can no longer take her grieve me so. > > I have literally wondered from time to time recently if she has much of any voice left at all. I don't know when Rosanna Arquette taped her interview with Joni, but the excerpts in All We Are Saying were at least encouraging on that front. > > I've also wondered if the state of her voice wasn't the greater part of why she didn't show at the Carnegie Hall tribute in February. I certainly don't know that, and I don't judge Joni as wrong or bad for the choices she's made, but, particularly if the decline of her voice has continued at the pace that's easily observable in recent years, I'm not sure that I wouldn't just sit there and blubber, were she to be singing in front of me today. > > J > > > > kbhla@sbcglobal.net wrote: > Hi Kate, > > "that is so great to hear that Joni sometimes sings in small cafes..." > > I have been seeing little mentions of this (mostly in Los Angeles magazine) > from time to time now for a number of years. I read another mention a > couple of months ago about her showing up at some new place in Hollywood. > Have also heard from people that she even karaokes sometimes! I think it it > just incredibly cool. Gives me the sense that she is real down to earth and > feels comfortable in her "neighborhood." What a kick it would be to happen > to see her in some little place singing one night! > > I wonder if she may have been doing this for years. There was a wonderful > interview I read in the JMDL library awhile back where she talked about > showing up to some little bar in Hollywood back in the 70s and taking turns > playing the piano. Also, I think it was Chris (CC Karma) here who has > posted that she used to sing at the old Nucleaus Nuance club on Melrose in > the 80s. > > "I imagine joni to be an independent (politically speaking)" > > From the bits and pieces I've heard from her over the years, I think so, > too! > > Kakki ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 11:08:25 -0800 (PST) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: Fun With Joni's Photos A very good place to catch a glimps at lots of great Joni photos is by ussing Google's option "images". Here's the link, enjoy guys... http://images.google.co.il/images?q=joni+mitchell&hl=iw Love, Nuri - --------------------------------- Blab-away for as little as 1"/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:59:27 -0800 (PST) From: Nuriel Tobias Subject: Hush the Chain Smokers? J Kendel Johnson wrote: "I agree with David Crosby that history will look back on her as "the Shakespeare of our times". That man was way high up on drugs when he said that, and probably still is. She isn't dead yet and they already speak of her as a folk singer who lived in the past. The Shakspeare of our times? He he! That'll be the day indeed! "The destruction of her voice through decades of chain smoking is a tragedy that stabs me in the heart every time I think about it. And I think about it quite frequently. Sitting in auditoriums recently listening to the still-vibrant, full ranged voices of Joan Baez and Judy Collins -- Judy, in particular -- just twisted the knife that much further." I just can't stand those singers who keep their voices so nice and neat and drink unboiled ages with garlic sauce and warmed up honey every morning after yoga. And you know guys, the voice is more than a musical instrument. "A poet can sing" sang Joni the poet, and by that she meant that her voice was the mirror of a human creature with it's falses and charms, and that if you ever get lost in Joni's journey as recorded on (How many, Bob?) albums, you would always have her voice as an avidence to BEING Joni Mitchell IN music, and not just "singing songs" BY Joni Mitchell to chuckle your knukles. "Joni's voice was so deteriorated on her last two albums that, after initially listening to investigate and take in the work she had done, I have not put them back in my CD player, her voice so weak and her careful tiptoeing around the places it can no longer take her grieve me so." I bet a million bucks that if she'd only made a studio album, Kiva like, with a band, a piano, and some strings maybe - her voice wouldv'e have sounded a lot better, with or without the chain smoking issue. "I've also wondered if the state of her voice wasn't the greater part of why she didn't show at the Carnegie Hall tribute in February. I certainly don't know that, and I don't judge Joni as wrong or bad for the choices she's made, but, particularly if the decline of her voice has continued at the pace that's easily observable in recent years, I'm not sure that I wouldn't just sit there and blubber, were she to be singing in front of me today." What you're basicly saying is that Joni should just shut up, right? I don't think so, J. Peace, Nuri kbhla@sbcglobal.net wrote: Hi Kate, "that is so great to hear that Joni sometimes sings in small cafes..." I have been seeing little mentions of this (mostly in Los Angeles magazine) from time to time now for a number of years. I read another mention a couple of months ago about her showing up at some new place in Hollywood. Have also heard from people that she even karaokes sometimes! I think it it just incredibly cool. Gives me the sense that she is real down to earth and feels comfortable in her "neighborhood." What a kick it would be to happen to see her in some little place singing one night! I wonder if she may have been doing this for years. There was a wonderful interview I read in the JMDL library awhile back where she talked about showing up to some little bar in Hollywood back in the 70s and taking turns playing the piano. Also, I think it was Chris (CC Karma) here who has posted that she used to sing at the old Nucleaus Nuance club on Melrose in the 80s. "I imagine joni to be an independent (politically speaking)" From the bits and pieces I've heard from her over the years, I think so, too! Kakki - --------------------------------- Blab-away for as little as 1"/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 15:47:17 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Joni on Cass Elliot show > Hello, > > Does anyone have a video copy of Cass Elliot's > 1969 television special which > featured Joni? Howdy Lawrence, I do have that video - I'll get back in touch with you and we can work out the details. Bob NP: Jackson Browne, "Before The Deluge" Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:08:25 -0600 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Don Alias This is very sad news. He was a great one and I loved watching him play. A very joyful spirit. I wish him peace as well as his family and friends. Best Paz (now in Area 51) > A message has come across the website stating that Don Alias was found dead > in his home this morning. Can anyone confirm this? > > Les ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:05:59 -0800 From: Scott Price Subject: Cristina Branco There's a segment on NPR's "All Things Considered" today profiling Portuguese singer Cristina Branco. Her new album "Ulisses" contains a beautiful cover of Joni's "A Case of You." Scott ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:25:08 -0800 (PST) From: Lisa Resnick Subject: Summertime Hi guys. I played a download I have labeled Joni Mitchell with Herbie Hancock, singing a jazzy "Summertime". A friend insisted that it wasn't her voice. It sounds different, and I thought that it could sound like someone else, but thought this might be because of the jazz style.Does anybody know if this is a recording of hers? Lisa - --------------------------------- New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:59:35 -0800 From: "Mark Scott" Subject: Re: sjc , Carly & Joni & Chrissie > Chelsea Mornin' to you! > > Here is what Carly herself has to say about that incident at the Fez. > Scroll down to the fourth item: > > http://www.carlysimon.com/askcarly/archives/archive-042002.htm > > I love how Carly speaks to her fans. Wouldn't it be loverly if that were > ever to happen here? (Hey, you can't revoke my soul for trying! > ) > That was my question she was replying to, btw. Thank you for finding it, Patti. I was going to try to locate this evening and post it here. Markly (Travis's nickname for me) in Seattle ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:03:49 -0500 From: Deb Messling Subject: Re: Summertime Yes, that's her. It's from Hancock's album, Gershwin's World. She also sings "The Man I Love" on the same album. People who only know Joni's voice from her "Blue" period can be forgiven for not recognizing this later voice. At 08:25 PM 3/30/2006, you wrote: >Hi guys. I played a download I have labeled Joni Mitchell with Herbie >Hancock, singing a jazzy "Summertime". A friend insisted that it wasn't >her voice. It sounds different, and I thought that it could sound like >someone else, but thought this might be because of the jazz style.Does >anybody know if this is a recording of hers? Lisa > >--------------------------------- >New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save >big. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Deb Messling -^..^- dlmessling@rcn.com - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:04:32 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Another LOTC ? Saw a review for this CD today, and thought it might be of interest to some of you old folkies: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/comp/numero-group/ladies-from-the-canyon.shtml excerpt: "Now, in order to better demonstrate the breadth of this movement and the astonishing reach of Mitchell's influence, the inveterate crate-diggers of the Numero Group present Wayfaring Strangers: Ladies From the Canyon. Diligently researched and compiled with the label's characteristic attention to detail, the collection gathers 14 impossibly rare tracks by female folkies from every corner of the nation, covering an era which spans roughly from 1971-76." Bob NP: Fiona Apple, "Window" Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:09:07 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Summertime That's Joni all right, Lisa - she also sings "The Man I Love" on the Hancock CD, a tribute to George Gershwin. Bob - --- Lisa Resnick wrote: > Hi guys. I played a download I have labeled > Joni Mitchell with Herbie Hancock, singing a > jazzy "Summertime". A friend insisted that it > wasn't her voice. It sounds different, and I > thought that it could sound like someone else, > but thought this might be because of the jazz > style.Does anybody know if this is a recording > of hers? Lisa > > --------------------------------- > New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular > phones from your PC and save big. Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:20:12 EST From: PassScribe@aol.com Subject: Re:Top Vocalists In a message dated 3/26/06 9:18:13 PM, owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org writes: > From: "Gerald A. Notaro" > Subject: My top 20 > > Barbara Cook - At 79 sounds better than most singers in their 20's. When > she stops singing, it will be the end of an era. > Hi, Gerald, I've been reading everyone's takes on the top vocalists when I found this one and had to reply: My wife and I (and another couple) went to see Barbara Cook in concert, about seven years ago. At the intermission, the four of us were so turned off by her singing that we left the show (and we weren't the only ones). May have been a bad night for her but it was the only time we ever saw her and quite disappointed. Kenny B ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:23:54 EST From: PassScribe@aol.com Subject: Re: top vocalists In a message dated 3/26/06 9:18:13 PM, owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org writes: > From: Randy Remote > Subject: Re: Top 10, no top 20 > > 7. Leah Kunkel - okay, you've never heard of her, but trust me > Sure, Randy; drummer Russ Kunkel's wife, right? Kenny B ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 23:24:36 EST From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re:Joni's Supposed Comments Mack the knife wrote: ... have always liked gravelly voices with an edge, Janis for instance. Hiya Mackie, Gravelly voices... oh yes. Much better than the alternative in the root of the word. Love, Laura ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:24:29 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Joni's Supposed Comments >I read another mention a couple of months ago about her showing up at some new place in Hollywood. Have also heard from people that she even karaokes sometimes! < LOL, I love it!!!!!!!then again she is someone who loves to wreck her stockings in some jukebox dive... but mostly I am happy to hear she is still singing somewhere... jeff who never cared for her voice before hearing travelogue just loves her sound now... joni are you listening????????? New songs with her new voice... I'd save all my pennies to hear her in concert if this can happen... what a treat it is to imagine it could... Between this info from you kakki & the previous post regarding her new songs... !!!!!!!!!!!! >Gives me the sense that she is real down to earth and feels comfortable in her "neighborhood." What a kick it would be to happen to see her in some little place singing one night!< I hope you will get to happen upon one of these gigs sometime! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:31:36 -0800 From: "Kate Bennett" Subject: Re: Top 10, no top 20 >shawn colvin - what can you say. possibly one of the most talented singers i have ever heard - but somehow her music doesnt quite live up to her voice. its very, very good - but given her vocal talents i would expect something totally overwhelming< I just have to chime in on this one (hi ron!)... when I first heard the song steady on it blew... me... away... just like I was when I first heard the song I had a king & you know the rest for the first time... then there is avalanche, orion, in the dead of the night & so so so so so many many more... if anyone is deserving of wearing joni's crown it is imo, shawn colvin... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:47:33 -0800 From: Subject: Joni's Supposed Comments I also used to be upset about the change in Joni's voice. I wanted it to stay the way it always was. Sure smoking is a factor but so is her post polio syndrome and age. There have been a lot of singers who smoked that kept their voice. Not that it's a good thing to smoke, of course. My voice is adversely affected by my smoking, too, but every now and then something miraculous happens and I sing like I used to. If Joni is out in the neighborhood pub singing there is really no pressure and probably lots of people who wouldn't care what she sounded like - they would just be thrilled to hear her. Sometimes when there is no pressure and the spirit hits you, you can somehow sing like an angel. Funny - my parents heard early Joni playing in the background at the house for many years. When I played her last two albums for my very picky mom a few years ago she exclaimed "NOW she has FINALLY learned how to sing!" She seriously thought Joni sounded at her best ever. Go figure. Kakki ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #94 ******************************** ------- 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)