From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #172 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, June 16 2006 Volume 2006 : Number 172 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: JD Souther [Bobsart48@aol.com] Re: JD Souther [Catherine McKay ] Joni/Judee connection [tinkersown@comcast.net] Re: Judee Sill video and Joni "connection" [RoseMJoy@aol.com] Re: Judee Sill video and Joni "connection" [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: Judee Sill video and Joni "connection" [RoseMJoy@aol.com] Live versions that surpass the studio ones, jc ["Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" <] Re: Live versions that surpass the studio ones, jc ["Michael Flaherty" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:38:14 EDT From: Bobsart48@aol.com Subject: Re: JD Souther David wrote: "Furthering the Joni/Judee connection, Judee Sill wrote "Jesus Was A Crossmaker" with the line "He's a bandit and a heartbreaker" about her ex-boyfriend J. D. Souther, who thought Judee was a genius but left her for Linda Ronstadt. J.D. then left Linda supposedly for Joni -- and God only knows who else." Hmmmmmmmm. I hadn't heard any of that. Perhaps he had a few Offnight Backstreets along the way, too ;-) ?? Bobsart ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:08:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: JD Souther - --- Bobsart48@aol.com wrote: > David wrote: > > "Furthering the Joni/Judee connection, Judee Sill > wrote "Jesus Was A > Crossmaker" with the line "He's a bandit and a > heartbreaker" about her > ex-boyfriend J. D. Souther, who thought Judee was a > genius but left her for Linda > Ronstadt. > J.D. then left Linda supposedly for Joni -- and God > only knows who else." > > Hmmmmmmmm. I hadn't heard any of that. Perhaps he > had a few Offnight > Backstreets along the way, too ;-) ?? > > Bobsart > What an incestuous world! Catherine Toronto - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 13:08:16 +0000 From: tinkersown@comcast.net Subject: Joni/Judee connection And of course Graham Nash produced Judee's first album... *************************************************** 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: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:33:02 EDT From: RoseMJoy@aol.com Subject: Re: Judee Sill video and Joni "connection" I haven't read the book yet, but I plan on it, but has anyone heard about this compilation, Wayfaring Strangers: Ladies of the Canyon?? It certainly seems to be Joni inspired. There are some sampler clips here: _http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ELJAI8/ref=pd_bxgy_img_a/002-4403625-845 8419?%5Fencoding=UTF8#moreAboutThisProduct_ (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ELJAI8/ref=pd_bxgy_img_a/002-4403625-8458419?_encoding=UTF8#moreAboutThisP roduct) rosie in nj ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:00:50 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Judee Sill video and Joni "connection" I posted about it a couple of weeks ago when it came out, Rose - no responses that I recall. A nice article came out in the LA Times yesterday about it. An excerpt: For Tomlinson and many others, those dreams started with Joni Mitchell. Like a mushroom that generates rings overnight, Mitchellbs breakout success in 1970 with her third album, Ladies of the Canyon, helped to inspire a widespread underground of female singer-songwriters. While some struck out for coffee shops and open-mike nights, others played for their high school friends or congregations. These girls emerged as flower children, their flowing tresses hanging over their acoustic guitars as they sang poems previously hidden in journals. Not everyone could be signed to Reprise or Elektra, though, so with the help of family, school faculty or a church bake sale, the music of these young women was recorded, privately pressed up, sold to friends and kindly parishioners, then forgotten as dreams faded against the harsh reality of the record biz or the call of family. The whole shootin' match: http://www.laweekly.com/general/features/the-circle-game/13749/ Bob NP: Bruce Springsteen, "She's The One" (Bruce's song about Joni?) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. 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I have this Joni yahoo alert set up and I read about it two weeks ago and was going to post something about it, but then I said nah... just felt too lazy I guess...I think it's worth checking into....the book , the women....it just all seems too connected to me. you really think that song could have been written about Joni? hhhmmmm... rosie in nj ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:00:46 -0400 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" Subject: Live versions that surpass the studio ones, jc This is all subjective but here's a quick list of live "takes" that I like even more than the studio takes: "California" on the BBC with James Taylor. Holy Taylor Ham, one dulcimer, one guitar. It doesn't even matter that JT couldn't play his part correctly. "Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire" becuase of the way she does that loose string at the beginning. "Dry Cleaner from Des Moines", for that blistering ending, even better on video. "Amelia / Pat's Solo". Okay, there's no studio version of Pat's Solo so this is in a special category. But, this is one of my favorite guitar solos of my lifetime. "Real Good, For Free" on the VHS video "Refuge of the Roads", because of the surprise. If you don't have it, I won't spoil it. Buy it on ebay with much patience. Off topic: There's a song that JT did on "By Request" where Arnold McCuller just lifted the roof off the place. Enough from me, Jim L'Hommedieu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:49:24 -0500 From: "Michael Flaherty" Subject: Re: Live versions that surpass the studio ones, jc On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:00:46 -0400 "Jim L'Hommedieu, Lama" wrote: > This is all subjective but here's a quick list of live >"takes" that I like > even more than the studio takes: "Rainy Night House" on MoA. There are plenty of others I like as much as the original, but this one really stands out for me as being significantly better. The studio version is good, but this live version is gorgeous, both in the sparse but moody instrumentation and Joni's voice. Michael Flaherty ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 22:54:56 -0700 From: Subject: The "Joni Standard" Great post, Kira! I also heard some of Laura's songs covered by others first and fell in totally in love with them. I also love Linda's songs, had the songbook and sang it over and over and over. But as much as I loved their covers, when I heard Laura or Karla Bonoff sing them I somehow fell more in love with them. Love Bonnie's songs, too, and never knew until a few years ago that some of her greatest were written by Michael Ruff. When I heard Michael sing them it took them to another dimension. Same with Dolly's version of I Will Always Love You - it's the definitive version for me. I have a local songwriter friend who has written for Bobby Womack for years but Bobby's covers are a pale shadow of what my songwriter friend conveys when he sings the songs. I don't know - I guess when I hear the songwriter sing their original songs it means so much more to me. Now, I will concede that Bonnie's cover of Song About the Midway is the rare exception where she does, hands down, beat the original. Kakki ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2006 #172 ********************************* ------- 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)