From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2009 #332 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 Tuesday, December 8 2009 Volume 2009 : Number 332 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Charlie Dee's Amsterdam Concert - a JMDL report [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] C,S,&N [Gerald Notaro ] RE: C,S,&N ["Richard Flynn" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 08:36:26 -0500 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Charlie Dee's Amsterdam Concert - a JMDL report My good friend Monica (also a big big help tracking down European Joni covers) went to see Charlie Dee's Joni Tribute show in Amsterdam, she sent me this report and with her permission I'm passing it along. It's a wonderful report and I know that you'll enjoy reading it as I did. Bob NP: Adele, "Crazy For You" "Charlie Deebs Joni Tribute at bTheater Bellevueb, Amsterdam In the small hall of the Bellevue theatre about 100 people gathered to attend the first of the three concerts of Charlie Dee in Amsterdam. I was talking with my husband and his brother, who joined me for this evening, when Charlie came to the stage, walking through the public, wearing black leggings and a black, long shirt, carrying her guitar in a suitcase. She took off her white high heel shoes and put them on the hat stand at the right side of the stage, next to a raincoat (it reminded me of the All Things Run Fast painting with the shoes on the ground). Charlie remained barefoot for the rest of the concert. She lighted some white candles and put a music tape in a cassette player. We all listened to Joni singing My Old Man, the tape sounded very old. Charlie kneeled down on a carpet in front of a box that contained old Joni LPbs and took them out so that the audience could see the covers. The back of the stage was a black curtain. The band members came on the stage (also dressed in black): piano, drums, guitar and bass guitar. They started playing My Old Man live and it sounded great! When Charlie was 17 her boyfriend gave her a tape with Joni songs and that was when she started loving Joni. She knew then that she wanted to be a singer songwriter. Her boyfriend at the time (bMy first true loveb, Charlie said) was 16 years older and for a whole year she would sing My Old Man to whoever wanted to hear it. Charlie wants to take us along on a Joni Journey, her journey, and maybe also our journey, she says. She sings In France They Kiss On Mainstreet and You Turn Me On, Ibm A Radio. Charlie tells us things about Jonibs life. That she went to Art School and wanted to become a painter. That she sang in coffee houses and thatbs how her music career started. That she had a daughter when she was 19 and put her up for adoption because she wasnbt able to take care of her. She sings Little Green (some green lights light up in the background). She sings Edith and The Kingpin and confesses that she didnbt know what a Kingpin was and after consulting Google she understood that it had something to do with bowling. When someone else explained to her what a Kingpin was, she could finally sing the song better. Cherokee Louise, The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines (Charlie says she was flabbergasted when she heard that song for the first time and she is curious what it will do to us). She tells us about Mingus, her favorite Joni record. She asks the audience which are their favorites. They usually say itbs Blue. Someone calls out Hejira; she wanted to hear that before starting singing Coyote. I donbt remember the exact sequence of the setlist, I didnbt take notes. Charlie tells us that when the idea for this Joni Tribute came about, she wanted to have an artist make a special art video to show on stage. This appeared to be very expensive and the idea could not be realized. She searched for Joni pictures on the Internet and wrote to Robert Altman, who she had never heard of, asking him for some pictures she could use for her show. She sent him a couple of Joni songs she had recorded and he immediately became a fan and sent her four photographs. If she had known that Altman was very famous, she would never have dared to write him her spontaneous e-mail: bDear Robertb&b. With an old slides projector she shows us some Joni pictures and tells about Jonibs love stories: David Crosby, Graham Nash, James Taylor. While we look at a picture taken by Altman showing a sad Joni looking at the camera, Charlie starts singing Blue, accompanied by the piano player. Little lights light up in the black background, as if we were looking at a starry night. Charlie wanted to be sure if Blue was about James Taylor. She wrote to the bfounderb of jonimitchell.com and when he wrote her: bJames is Blueb, she knew it was true. Charlie sings All I Want (very nice intro with guitars), Big Yellow Taxi (bThis song is not a Counting Crows songb, Charlie said), California. She says: if I could only play one song for you tonight it would be Both Sides Now. She sings it, accompanied by the piano player. She plays and sings The Circle Game for us with her guitar and she wants the audience to sing with her. She stayed at a monastery once, when she was having a bad time in her life. She sang a lot there with other people and it was a very healing experience. She wants us to sing together and experience the same. She refers to Joni in Miles of Aisles: people think they canbt sing, but itbs not true. It doesnbt matter. The more out of tune it sounds, the better. The last song is Woodstock. The band leaves the stage but comes back for an encore. A Case of You (of course), Carey (very funny: Charlie sitting, singing and playing guitar and all the other band members playing guitar standing behind her, kind of Mexican style). They also play Night Ride Home as very last song. While everybody had already left the hall, we remained seated talking about the concert and noticed afterwards that Charlie, the band members and their in crowd were standing behind us, drinking champagne to celebrate. I wanted to give you a description of how the concert developed. The band was very good, Charlie was very good. They were better than on the CD. It all sounded fantastic, and yet she didnbt really move or touch me. Maybe because you see she tries too much, you can bseeb the effort she makes when she sings, also physically, (and she sings beautifully, no doubt). But thatbs just me; my husbandbs brother had goose bumps most of the time! And you should definitely go and see her and maybe I will go a second time in January!" - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 18:09:57 -0500 From: Gerald Notaro Subject: C,S,&N C,S,&N sang Woodstock at the 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concert. Here's hoping for a broadcast. Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 19:17:31 -0500 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: RE: C,S,&N http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wLm6F4I0As Here's a 30 second excerpt recorded on someone's flip phone. I forgot to watch the HBO 4 hour broadcast until I turned it on late and caught the Boss's segment. (GREAT!) But I believe CSN's Woodstock is included and it airs a bunch more times--I may try to record it on the DVD recorder. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of > Gerald Notaro > Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 6:10 PM > To: Joni List; Robert Vessenmeyer; knarf > Subject: C,S,&N > > C,S,&N sang Woodstock at the 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of > Fame > concert. Here's hoping for a broadcast. > > Jerry ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2009 #332 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe