From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2011 #404 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 Wednesday, January 18 2012 Volume 2011 : Number 404 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- My Joni progression ["Jim L'Hommedieu" ] Re: what's your "Joni progression?" [Dave Blackburn ] Re: My Joni Progression [Lori Fye ] Re: Joni Progression [Michael Sentance ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:16:49 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: My Joni progression In the beginning, I heard "Woodstock" on the radio as covers by Matthews Southern Comfort and CSN. I thought that "Both Sides Now" and "Blowing In The Wind" were from Woody Guthrie's generation. They seemed perfect and timeless, like hymns. I read an article in Rolling Stone that said that the next hot category of pop music was a newly-minted phrase, "singer-songwriter". I already had "Sweet Baby James", so I thought RS might be on to something. I had seen Joni's name on the credits for "Tapestry" and began to connect the dots. My Dad was a bit of a jazz fan and I had heard Lambert, Hendricks and Ross. It was around that time that I saw the L.A. Express open for George Harrison in Toronto. I was buying lots of LPs then but I think it was not until 1974, when I bought my first JM album, Court and Spark. When I realized that the same woman who covered Annie Ross also wrote "The Circle Game", I knew she was worth pursuing. I went backwards and forwards from there but I kept buying other artists too. I was following the careers of ELP, Yes, and Carole King back then. It wasn't until I joined the JMDL that I realized how close I was to having her whole catalog. Eventually, I bought "STaS" and "CMiaRS". I have all of Joni's compilations, and studio releases. I have both live albums but I don't have the Greenpeace album. I think that's the only thing missing. Jim L'Hommedieu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:20:12 -0800 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Re: what's your "Joni progression?" Thank you, Bob :-D It was a good night for us and we were glad to capture it. On Jan 18, 2012, at 1:17 PM, Bob.Muller@Fluor.com wrote: > I've been savoring my Mutts DVD > this week and the clean sounds he makes combines with Robin and the band > are just something else. > > Bob ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:28:12 -0800 From: "Gary Hanick" Subject: RE: JMDL Digest V2011 #895 I always thought Paprika Plains was not to be taken literally........ - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni-digest@smoe.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1:38 PM To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #895 JMDL Digest Wednesday, January 18 2012 Volume 2011 : Number 895 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: - -------- Re: My Joni Progression [Lori Fye ] - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:38:11 -0600 From: Lori Fye Subject: Re: My Joni Progression > I always assumed that the Paprika Plains were in Canada? Or do they > stretch out into the Northern US? I seem to recall this was the homeland > of numerous Indian tribes which is sort of the theme to this song?? The Paprika Plains most definitely stretch down from Canada into the northern U.S., particularly into western North Dakota and eastern Montana. And yes, numerous Plains Indians tribes made -- and still make -- their homes here. Here's a glimpse of those plains ... it's a photo I snapped from just inside the structure that shelters the boulders at Writing Rock park: www.facebook.com/lrfye (Info on Writing Rock: http://history.nd.gov/historicsites/writingrock/) Lori Tioga, ND - ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2011 #895 ***************************** - ------- To post messages to the list, send to joni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe - ------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:44:31 -0600 From: Lori Fye Subject: Re: My Joni Progression > I also own DJRD, Shadows, Mingus and WTRF and purchased them > shortly after they were released. While I occasionally listen to certain > cuts from these releases, I have to admit that I fell off the Joni train > after Hejira. Which is why you need to come up to visit me and Rob (Evian) on the frozen Paprika Plains ... you'll truly understand DJRD then ... and the rest will fall into place. :-) Lori, about 8 hours "down the road" from Rob (which ain't nuthin' in travel time up here), in Tioga, ND ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:48:44 -0500 From: Michael Sentance Subject: Re: Joni Progression The pathways discussed have been fun to read. I started with the other interpreters: Tom Rush and Judy Collins. At this point, I can't recall which one I heard first but I do recall when I learned that someone else had written these songs that I loved. I was at a Tom Rush concert. Joan Something. So I picked up "Song to a Seagull" as soon as my meager earnings would allow. And I bought every album after that until "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter". As may be suggested by my history, I was more of a "folkie" than a jazz fan so her evolution eluded me. A few years ago, in a dark period, I returned. I picked up "Turbulent Indigo" and was brought back under her spell. I have sought to complete my collection of everything and anything. And as I await Leonard Cohen's latest release, I still would love to find something else in CD bin from that girl from Saskatoon. Joan Something. ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2011 #404 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe