From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2009 #104 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 Thursday, April 16 2009 Volume 2009 : Number 104 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Name of Joni musician wanted [Dflahm@aol.com] Re: Name of Joni musician wanted [Michael Paz ] Re: Name of Joni musician wanted [T Peckham ] Joni musician [Barry Divola ] Re: Joni musician [T Peckham ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:53:56 EDT From: Dflahm@aol.com Subject: Re: Name of Joni musician wanted If anyone has the original DJRD book, look on p 64, facing the "The Silky Veils of Ardor." There are two men on the "screen" of the drive-in movie. Don Alias is on the right and next to him is Gene Perla, who has been my friend and sometime colleague (on upright & electric bass) since 1971. His most notable affiliation is a long stint with Elvin Jones. Gene and Don had a band with Steve Grossman (saxophone) called Stone Alliance. Gene told me he had replaced Jaco for part of a tour with JM. DAVID LAHM **************Great deals on Dellbs most popular laptops b Starting at $479 (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220631252x1201390195/aol?redir=http :%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B213968550%3B35701427%3Bh) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:33:06 -0500 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: Name of Joni musician wanted Hi David I got to meet Gene Perla when we were in Mexico with PHJB. A club owner invited us to his place after our show and Gene's band was playing there. Really nice cat and a superb bass player. Best Paz On Apr 15, 2009, at 5:53 AM, Dflahm@aol.com wrote: If anyone has the original DJRD book, look on p 64, facing the "The Silky Veils of Ardor." There are two men on the "screen" of the drive-in movie. Don Alias is on the right and next to him is Gene Perla, who has been my friend and sometime colleague (on upright & electric bass) since 1971. His most notable affiliation is a long stint with Elvin Jones. Gene and Don had a band with Steve Grossman (saxophone) called Stone Alliance. Gene told me he had replaced Jaco for part of a tour with JM. DAVID LAHM **************Great deals on Dellbs most popular laptops b Starting at $479 (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220631252x1201390195/aol?redir=http :%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B213968550%3B35701427%3Bh) Michael Paz michael@thepazgroup.com Tour Manager Preservation Hall Jazz Band http://www.preservationhall.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:13:16 -0500 From: T Peckham Subject: Re: Name of Joni musician wanted > Something in the memory banks finally kicked in: could you be thinking of > *Steve Soles* AKA J. Steven Soles? He was a part of Dylan's *Rolling > Thunder Revue* (tho he's listed as a guitarist and songwriter, and I don't > know if he actually played with Joni on her few appearances of that tour), > and afterward he formed The Alpha Band with T-Bone Burnett and David > Mansfield. In trying to find more info, I ran across a recording of the 1975 > Montreal concert. I haven't listened yet, but they rate Joni's set as the > highlight. Pretty cool! T > http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/dt/the-rolling-thunder-revue-concert/38354-6061.html - -- Some things in life it just gets too late to learn . . . --Bob Dylan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:29:32 +1000 From: Barry Divola Subject: Joni musician Hi Many thanks to everyone who got back to this Joni babe-in-the-woods with information regarding a bass player who has played with her. It doesn't appear to be any of the names suggested, however, and I have a feeling he may have only played live with Joni, not on record. Further information: he now trades under the name Seasick Steve as a performer and recording artist, and even though he says his real name is Steve Gene Wold, I'm fairly sure his surname was not Wold back in the 60s and 70s, and that Wold is actually his wife's surname. Stories suggest he played with everyone from Joni to Lightning Hopkins and other musicians, but I interviewed him yesterday and he's very reticent to talk about the past (and even his age). He used to live in the Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco in 1966/67, and lived for a time in the house where Janis Joplin's band lived (and knew Janis). Bizarrely, in the 90s, he set up a recording studio in Olympia, Washington, and recorded many grunge/alternative bands (notably Modest Mouse). As Seasick Steve he is big in the UK and also quite popular here in Australia, but from what I can tell virtually unknown in the US, where he's from. Not sure if that helps anyone out there to dredge up any possible Joni associations, but there you go. Barry ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:43:43 -0500 From: T Peckham Subject: Re: Joni musician Hi Barry, You say you interviewed him--for publication? The absolute authority on all things Joni is her friend and archivist, Joel Bernstein. I'd suggest trying to contact him--altho I know from personal and anecdotal experience, he can be crotchety. ;-) Here's his website: http://www.joelbernstein.com/contact.html Good luck, and let us know if you find out more. T On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Barry Divola wrote: > Hi > > Many thanks to everyone who got back to this Joni babe-in-the-woods > with information regarding a bass player who has played with her. > > It doesn't appear to be any of the names suggested, however, and I > have a feeling he may have only played live with Joni, not on record. > > Further information: he now trades under the name Seasick Steve as a > performer and recording artist, and even though he says his real name > is Steve Gene Wold, I'm fairly sure his surname was not Wold back in > the 60s and 70s, and that Wold is actually his wife's surname. > Stories suggest he played with everyone from Joni to Lightning > Hopkins and other musicians, but I interviewed him yesterday and he's > very reticent to talk about the past (and even his age). He used to > live in the Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco in 1966/67, and lived for > a time in the house where Janis Joplin's band lived (and knew Janis). > Bizarrely, in the 90s, he set up a recording studio in Olympia, > Washington, and recorded many grunge/alternative bands (notably > Modest Mouse). As Seasick Steve he is big in the UK and also quite > popular here in Australia, but from what I can tell virtually unknown > in the US, where he's from. > > Not sure if that helps anyone out there to dredge up any possible > Joni associations, but there you go. > > Barry > - -- Some things in life it just gets too late to learn . . . --Bob Dylan ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2009 #104 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe