From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #102 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, April 7 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 102 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Cool Find [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Zep breaks out into a Joni cover [Bob Muller ] Re: please remove me from list [LisaRomaW@aol.com] G7th Capos ["don whiteman" ] Re: Page describes Joni, metaphorically [Doug ] "Down To You" piano transcription ["c Karma" ] Re: Dona Alias story ["Sherelle Smith" ] Don Alias obit from 4/5 NY Times ["Tortorici, Frank" ] Re: Page describes Joni, metaphorically [Catherine McKay ] Re: sacred earth / sky and brokeback mountain [LCStanley7@aol.com] Jonifest in Houston! ["Donna Binkley" ] BREAKING NEWS [MINGSDANCE@aol.com] Re: Most Valuable Joni Item ["Michael Flaherty" ] Re: sacred earth / sky and brokeback mountain ["Bree Mcdonough" ] earth / sky ["Marianne Rizzo" ] Re: Most Valuable Joni Item [Bob Muller ] Re: Jonifest in Houston! [Bob Muller ] Re: Most Valuable Joni Item ["Lori Fye" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 17:57:09 +1000 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Cool Find Just downloaded the bootleg concert of Joni Live At The Troubadour in Hollywood, 1972. It's not crystal clear, mind but a wonderful period. I found it on the BitTorrent site, Dime A Dozen. www.dimeadozen.com For those not familiar with BitTorrent file sharing, write to me off list and I'll give you a quick lesson. Here is the track list: 1. This Flight Tonight. 2. Cactus Tree. 3. Big Yellow Taxi. 4. Barangrill. 5. You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio. 6. Judgement of The Moon and Stars. 7. For Free. 8. Let The Wind Carry Me. 9. All I Want. 10. A Case of You. 11. Carey. 12. Woman of Heart and Mind. 13. Both Sides, Now. 14. Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire. 15. For The Roses. It also includes a little story for the song, Barangrill. Mark in Sydney. NP Barangrill (Live At The Troubadour) - JM ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 03:23:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Zep breaks out into a Joni cover That's pretty cool, to be sure Doug. I pulled it from the "Kashmir" bootleg (same recording) and it made its appearance way back on Volume 34. Bob NP: John Mellencamp, "Justice & Independence '85" Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 07:36:31 EDT From: LisaRomaW@aol.com Subject: Re: please remove me from list I have made several requests to have my email name removed from this list. With all due respect, I just do not have the time and this has been cluttering my already voluminous email account. Thank you. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 19:31:25 +1000 From: "don whiteman" Subject: G7th Capos Hi Michael, I bought G7th capo last year to go with my Martin D42. I was a Keyser fan until then but have very quickly changed my mind. These are a great accessory folks. Don in Sydney Australia ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 10:35:37 -0400 From: Doug Subject: Re: Page describes Joni, metaphorically Here's the lyrics, check the last verse Going To California Led Zeppelin Spent my days with a woman unkind, Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine. Made up my mind to make a new start, Going To California with an aching in my heart. Someone told me there's a girl out there with love in her eyes and flowers in her hair. Took my chances on a big jet plane, never let them tell you that they're all the same. The sea was red and the sky was grey, wondered how tomorrow could ever follow today. The mountains and the canyons started to tremble and shake as the children of the sun began to awake. Seems that the wrath of the Gods Got a punch on the nose and it started to flow; I think I might be sinking. Throw me a line if I reach it in time I'll meet you up there where the path Runs straight and high. To find a queen without a king, They say she plays guitar and cries and sings... la la la Ride a white mare in the footsteps of dawn Tryin' to find a woman who's never, never, never been born. Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams, Telling myself it's not as hard, hard, hard as it seems. and thanks to Google , this tuned up. from experts . about . com *Answer* Hi Sara! Going to California was, in part, influenced by Joni Mitchell, who both Robert Plant and Jimmy Page adored. When Plant finally met her in the mid 70's he called it one of the greatest moments in his life. Mitchell had released a song called 'California' on her album "Blue". Originally called 'A Guide To California' it was inspired by tales of earthquakes which constantly threatened the state. But in the song Plant seems to be searching for a beautiful lady more-so than earthquakes. But the ground does begin to "tremble and shake" as well. It developed out of a late night jam session at Headly Grange where the band wrote many of the songs for their 4th album including Stairway To Heaven. Headly was a huge 18th century mansion with no electricity. Page thought it was perfect to record in the old musty place as the acoustics were incredible. As there were so few distractions there, there was little else to do in the evening but get the acoustic guitars out. John Paul Jones and Jimmy Page sat around a log fire and strummed their guitars and mandolins as Plant improvised the lyrics on the spot. As Jimmy Page and Zeppelin manager Peter Grant landed in LA to mix the track at sunset studios, an earthquake struck the area, cracking a dam in nearby San Diego. Hope this helped! Chris. Michael Flaherty wrote: >> It was news to me. >> >> Jim L'Hommedieu > > Well, I don't know if this is news to anyone: > > When Robert Plant sang "Going to California" in the 1972 concert that > was recently (well, a few years ago) issued as "How the West Was One", > after the line "Someone told me there's a girl out there with love in > her eyes and flowers in her hair", he added "Joni". > > To describe it a bit better, he sings the above line, and then in the > pause before the next line sings "Joni". > > Michael Flaherty ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 14:36:38 +0000 From: "c Karma" Subject: "Down To You" piano transcription Thank you Dave Blackburn, and thank you Les for posting that WONDERFUL piano transcription of "Down To You" that includes the missing (from the songbook version) center section. I've already called the tuner, and expect it to save me from reality TV hell. CC NP: CC, "Paprika Plains" solo piano ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 14:38:46 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: Re: Dona Alias story Dear Chuck, Thank you so much for sharing your Don Alias story. I am so saddened by this loss. Shadows and Light is my absolute favorite Joni Mitchell CD and I just loved his solo in it. It is the perfect concert and has comforted me never seeing Joni live. When I listen to it, I feel like I'm right there and I always will. Don became a part of my life at that time. I bought this as a tape back in 1992 I believed and played it until it wore too thin. I then ordered and bought the CD and I have cherished it ever since. Chuck, your story makes my heart smile and I am comforted by it. Thank you. Love, Sherelle Chuck wrote: I guess I should post my Don Alias story one last time.... I was in college and playing piano behind Tommy Sullivan around Boston, on the strength of a summer long Cape gig and an appearance on the Mike Douglas Show. We got a Friday-Saturday gig somewhere in Boston (Ken's Pub, maybe) and we thought it would be cool to get a drummer to round out the sound. We called the Boston Musicians Union and asked for a drummer. Alias shows up with another drummer, with traps and hand drums. (Don was in his Boston grad student phase?) , He was still largely a hand drummer, and he was teaching the other guy. Don played traps. This was 1970, and I can still remember how sweet it was playing over the grooves these guys were creating. (Here we are doing MOR like Bachrach and showtunes.) We were in 'good hands with AllState'. Among my best -ever musical experiences. About two years ago I sent Don an email about this gig, and he claimed to remember it well. A wonderful player and a sweet soul. Chucke ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 10:22:53 -0400 From: "Tortorici, Frank" Subject: Don Alias obit from 4/5 NY Times Don Alias, 66, Percussionist and Sideman, Is Dead=20 Don Alias, a percussionist who had a long career as a sought-after sideman, working with an illustrious array of artists in jazz and pop including Nina Simone, Miles Davis and Joni Mitchell, died on March 28 at his home in Manhattan. He was 66. Skip to next paragraph =20 =20 Jack Vartoogian/FrontRowPhotos Don Alias in a tribute to Jaco Pastorius at the JVC Jazz Festival in 2005.=20 His death was announced by Melanie Futorian, his companion, who said the cause was under investigation.=20 Born Charles Donald Alias to Caribbean parents in New York, Mr. Alias liked to say that he learned percussion on the streets, picking up the techniques of Cuban and Puerto Rican hand drummers.=20 While in high school, he enlisted as a conga player with the Eartha Kitt Dance Foundation, which offered classes at a Y.M.C.A. Ms. Kitt herself took him along to the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival, where he performed with the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra, his first professional experience. At the urging of his family, Mr. Alias (pronounced uh-LIE-ess) studied biology at Gannon College in Erie, Pa., and the Carnegie Institute for Biochemistry in Boston. Playing in Boston clubs by night, he met students from the Berklee School of Music, most notably the bassist Gene Perla. It was Mr. Perla who got Mr. Alias a job as a drummer with Ms. Simone, even though he had no experience with a full drum kit. He handled the challenge and eventually became Ms. Simone's musical director. In 1969, his work in her ensemble caught the attention of Miles Davis, who was then developing the hazy jazz-rock that would suffuse his album "Bitches Brew." Hired as an auxiliary percussionist for the album, Mr. Alias ended up playing a trap-set part, along with Jack DeJohnette, on the track "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down." His lean and loosely syncopated beat, inspired by New Orleans parade music, is one of the album's most distinctive rhythms.=20 Mr. Alias played the role of trap drummer again on a 1979 concert tour with Joni Mitchell, in a band that included the saxophonist Michael Brecker, the guitarist Pat Metheny and the bassist Jaco Pastorius. A live recording from the tour, "Shadows and Light," is often cited as a favorite among musicians.=20 Mr. Alias was the first-call percussionist for a host of other artists as well, including the singer Roberta Flack, the alto saxophonist David Sanborn (with whom he toured as recently as February) and the pianist Herbie Hancock. As a conga player, Mr. Alias could augment a rhythm section in a way that was urgent but never intrusive.=20 He also had a hand in forming two bands: Stone Alliance, an electric fusion project with Mr. Perla and the saxophonist Steve Grossman, and Kebekwa, a percussion ensemble based in Montreal. Kebekwa was short-lived, but several years ago Stone Alliance reunited after a two-decade hiatus. The group has three recent live albums on the Mambo Maniacs label.=20 In addition to Ms. Futorian, Mr. Alias is survived by his mother, Violet Richardson Alias; his son, Charles Donald Alias Jr.; his daughter, Kimberlee Marisa Alias; and four grandchildren.=20 =20 =20 =20 Frank Tortorici Associate Director, Communications/Media Relations The Conference Board (212) 339-0231 =20 [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of image001.jpg] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 15:27:20 +0000 From: "Sherelle Smith" Subject: Re: Chris Thomas King Does Joni Hi dear Paz, I searched for his name and I definitely remember him from "Oh Brother Where Art Thou"! Thank you so much for sharing this story. What a wonder that the CD survived! "Don't it always seem to go..." (It's also nice to see you in Joni-land again dear friend) Love, Sherelle Paz wrote Hi Joni Fans. In last friday's Lagniappe Section of the Times Picayune there was an article about Chris Thomas King (actor musician from Oh Brother Where Art Thou and son of Baton Rouge Blues Man Tabby Thomas). In the article it mentions the following: The week before Katrina, King had recorded the Joni Mitchell standard "Big Yellow Taxi" at Ultrasonic Studios. He planned to finish mixing the track the following week, but floodwater in the Washington Avenue studio ruined the master tape. King had left with a CD containing a rough mix of the song. When his family made their last-minute dash to the airport, he forgot it in the glove compartment of his SUV which remained at his house. The SUV filled with water, but the CD survived. King realized such lyrics as "don't know what you got till it's gone" now had fresh significance. Best Paz ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 15:37:11 +0000 From: "c Karma" Subject: re: Favorite among Joni's guitar licks I've got a bunch of faves: 1. Intro/Cotton Avenue...all of it. I think it's her best guitar playing. 2. Wolf That Lives In Lindsay...the harmonics are 2Df. 3. For The Roses...gotta love that sixth string detuned to low G. 4. Live versions of "Just Like This Train." She's the whole band. 5. Tiger Bones...mesmerizing, in spite of the VG. 6. Refuge Of The Roads, Song for Sharon and Hejira (Hejira/Shadows and Light versions)...the Ibanez George Benson and Roland Jazz Chorus amp combo still is a signature sound: insular and personally intimate, brilliantly devised in complement to the compositions and further proof of Joni's genius. CC ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 11:56:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Page describes Joni, metaphorically - --- Doug wrote: > Here's the lyrics, check the last verse > > Going To California > Led Zeppelin > To find a queen without a king, Joni: I had a king in a tenement castle > They say she plays guitar and cries and sings... la > la la > Ride a white mare in the footsteps of dawn > Tryin' to find a woman who's never, never, never > been born. Joni: And I feel like I'm just being born, like a shiny light breaking in the storm > Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams, Joni: There's a man who's been out sailing in a decade full of dreams... There's a man who climbed a mountain and he's calling out her name. Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 11:57:45 -0400 From: "MIKE HICKS" Subject: Most Valuable Joni Item I have the hat box also, and yes the cd is damaged due to scooting around in the box. I have collected some stuff off ebay. My most cherished item is a 24 K Gold cd of Hejira. (I am embarrassed to say how much I paid for it) I also have a 24K Gold copy of Court and Spark, Blue, and Wild Things Run Fast. I have a signed copy of Hejira and Court and Spark, and a photo album from London Wembley concert in 1983. (my wife is a good sport) Mike NP: Blackplastics - My Stint As A Volunteer Fireman ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:47:37 EDT From: LCStanley7@aol.com Subject: Re: sacred earth / sky and brokeback mountain "Back in my home town They would have cleared the floor Just to watch the rain come down! They're such sky oriented people Geared to changing weather" Some of my favorite lyrics. Wonder what Joni meant? The lyrics are confusing for me now because like in Brokeback Mountain, the direction of "back" might mean they really were thinking of another sky in a different town, perhaps south of Canada where the Big Sky lives. Bisky people, you know the kind who have dual sky orientation depending on changes in the weather... the kind who are always out on some borderline, some mark of in between and really shouldn't be called gay even though they act like they are when they are dizzy on the dance floor. I'm right, I'm right, I'm right, I'm right, I am, I am, I am, I am!!!! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 12:18:18 -0500 From: "Donna Binkley" Subject: Jonifest in Houston! Oh my God folks there's a Jonifest happening this Saturday night right here in my own home town!!! Who'da thunk it!? OK it's yalls turn, get yer butts on down here to Tx & see me & let's go! Woo hoo!!! db - -----Original Message----- From: Connie Mims [mailto:conniemims@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 10:32 AM To: Connie Mims Subject: JoniFest this Saturday at Habitat House I apologize if you receive this notice twice. For fans of Joni Mitchell and her music, this Saturday I'm performing with a bunch of Houston musicians, singers and songwriters our favorite Joni tunes, at Selia Qynn's Habitat House. Things start off with a Potluck Supper (bring something to share) at 6:30pm and the music gets started around 7:30pm. Donation is $10 and proceeds benefit the Post-Polio Health Organization. Joni Mitchell was a childhood victim of the disease. For directions, info, etc., please visit Selia's site at: http://www.selia.com/houseconcerts.html This will be one of the few solo gigs I'll be doing for the next few months, and I look forward to seeing everyone come out for a wonderful and memorable night of music from one of my all-time favorite singer/songwriters. Peace, Connie Mims http://www.conniemims.com YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "NortheastJonifest" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: NortheastJonifest-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 13:12:24 EDT From: MINGSDANCE@aol.com Subject: BREAKING NEWS I didn't use njc because it will affect all of us. Scooter Libby testified that President Bush authorized the CIA leak to VP Dick to tell Libby to leak the name. Federal crime as well as treason I believe. Good luck at peeling back the layers of these onions, to get to the truth. Stay tuned, it gets brighter by the minute. Peace Mingus ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 12:37:10 -0500 From: "Michael Flaherty" Subject: Re: Most Valuable Joni Item I would pick my memories of her two concerts I attended, particularly in 2000 when my seat was so close I could see every detail of her face. Object: I have two promo matchbooks with the cover of TI on them. I got them off ebay. When I showed them to my wife, she smiled politely, took them and set them by her candle. She actually thought she was suppose to use them. :) Michael Flaherty ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 14:03:35 -0400 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: Re: sacred earth / sky and brokeback mountain weather is a big deal in some parts...especially for farmers... also...on the prairies..not much going on..so any weather change would be of great interest...a break in the monotony. Bree PS. when you don't have nuttin to talk about ..we always have the weather. > >"Back in my home town >They would have cleared the floor >Just to watch the rain come down! >They're such sky oriented people >Geared to changing weather" > > > Some of my favorite lyrics. Wonder what Joni meant? > > The lyrics are confusing for me now because like in Brokeback >Mountain, >the direction of "back" might mean they really were thinking of another >sky >in a different town, perhaps south of Canada where the Big Sky lives. >Bisky >people, you know the kind who have dual sky orientation depending on >changes >in the weather... the kind who are always out on some borderline, some >mark >of in between and really shouldn't be called gay even though they act like >they are when they are dizzy on the dance floor. I'm right, I'm right, >I'm >right, I'm right, I am, I am, I am, I am!!!! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 11:09:36 -0700 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: Re: sacred earth / sky and brokeback mountain > "Back in my home town > They would have cleared the floor > Just to watch the rain come down! > They're such sky oriented people > Geared to changing weather" > > > Some of my favorite lyrics. Wonder what Joni meant? Some of my faves, too. I'm sure Joni meant more than one thing (as she almost always does), but simply put: On the prairie you can see forever. You can literally see a storm coming a hour or more away. North Dakota (where I was living when DJRD was released) is like that, but I'd forgotten until I visited last July, for the first time in 26 years. It's amazing. And being that many (most?) people on the prairie are farmers, they're very tuned into the weather as well. What happens in the sky matters a lot there. (Elsewhere too, but it doesn't seem as profound as it does on the prairie.) Lori ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:15:41 -0400 From: Claud9 Subject: Re: [NortheastJonifest] BREAKING NEWS Wow, one big fat onion... Thanks for the news flash! Claud on 4/6/06 1:12 PM, MINGSDANCE@aol.com at MINGSDANCE@aol.com wrote: > I didn't use njc because it will affect all of us. > Scooter Libby testified that President Bush authorized the CIA leak to VP Dick > to tell Libby to leak the name. Federal crime as well as treason I believe. > Good luck at peeling back the layers of these onions, to get to the truth. > Stay tuned, it gets brighter by the minute. > > Peace > Mingus > > > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > * Visit your group "NortheastJonifest > " on the web. > * > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > * NortheastJonifest-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > * > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service > . ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:46:49 -0400 From: "Marianne Rizzo" Subject: earth / sky "Back in my home town They would have cleared the floor Just to watch the rain come down! They're such sky oriented people Geared to changing weather" >Wonder what Joni meant? When I hear: "they're such sky oriented people". . . . . (that line is delightful) I think of Native Americans. ~ _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 16:42:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Most Valuable Joni Item And I won't ask, but I can imagine - damn! I didn't even know that a GOLD Hejira existed. The Gold Blue usually sells for around $100 on ebay these days, with WTRF going for about half that. I'm gonna have to roadtrip down to see you and check that bad boy out. Bob NP: Edwin McCain, "I'll Be" Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 16:44:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Jonifest in Houston! Hey Tushie, The JM.com news bulletin has YOU listed as a player - you best tune up that guitar and blow 'em away with "I Think I Understand" just like you did in NYC. Wish I could be there to share the good times - will be there in spirit, my sister. Bob NP: Beth Orton, "Thinking About Tomorrow" Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 17:24:49 -0700 From: "Lori Fye" Subject: Re: Most Valuable Joni Item > Object: I have two promo matchbooks with the cover of TI > on them. I got them off ebay. When I showed them to my > wife, she smiled politely, took them and set them by her > candle. > > She actually thought she was suppose to use them. :) Now there's an opportunity that American Spirit is missing: packs of smokes with Joni's photo or an album cover on them! Lori ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #102 ********************************* ------- 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)