From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2013 #355 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Website:http://www.jonimitchell.com Unsubscribe:mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe onlyJMDL Digest Monday, September 16 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 355 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Wild Tales [Paul Ivice ] Re: Gossip from Graham Nash ["David J. Phillips" ] RE: Joni Mitchell - Mr. Blue (Live Fret Set) ["Susan E. McNamara" ] RE: Joni Mitchell - Mr. Blue (Live Fret Set) [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Second Fret Sets [Jonathan Edward Lowe ] Re: Joni Mitchell - Mr. Blue (Live Fret Set) [Catherine McKay Subject: Wild Tales Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:11:42 +0200 From: Marian Russell Subject: Re: Gossip from Graham Nash I was shocked about the spanking incident, and I can't believe he would repeat such a tale. Joni was well rid of him! Good decision, Joan! Marian Shocked, eh? I'm curious what would you suggest should have been a more tempered response from Graham to Joni acting like a spoiled brat and dumping a bowl of cereal on his head? Offer to go with her to couples counseling, perhaps? Remember what year that was. Paul Ivice ;>) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 14:06:35 -0400 From: "David J. Phillips" Subject: Re: Gossip from Graham Nash It's a lot easier for me to imagine a non-consensual cereal-bowl-dumping/ drink-throwing scene than it is for me to imagine a non-consensual spanking scene. djp Catherine McKay wrote: I was bothered by the cereal-bowl-dumping too, though, which isn't classy at all, but at least it doesn't hurt. Or shouldn't. Now I'm thinking of Joni singing, "'Kiss my ass', I said, and I threw my drink..." Maybe she has the habit of throwing things at people. I hate people who throw stuff at people, or who break things when they're angry. I've been tempted to do that too, but I don't. It'd make me feel like an idiot. And I wouldn't want to have to clean it up after, either. ----- Original Message ----- From: Anne Sandstrom To: Catherine McKay ; Marian Russell ; "joni@smoe.org" Cc: Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 10:09:18 AM Subject: RE: Gossip from Graham Nash Yeah. My lifelong crush got dashed with that little insight. Wow! Not that dumping a bowl of cereal on someone's head is all so fabulous either. I've frankly never understood things getting physical - but I guess that's just me... Lots of love, Anne ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 15:36:52 +0000 From: "Susan E. McNamara" Subject: RE: Joni Mitchell - Mr. Blue (Live Fret Set) Right now I have been listening to a lot of unreleased Joni and learning the songs as I go. I'm having a lot of fun playing Brandy Eyes, Go Tell The Drummer Man, Winter Lady and one of my all-time favorites, Come to the Sunshine. The best thing about these tapes is Joni's banter before each song, plus her long bouts of tuning ... which I cherish! :-) You can also hear her sing germinating versions of her more popular songs ... one recording I have she says, "I wrote this last night and the verses aren't complete yet but here goes ..." and she plays Cactus Tree with a line that goes "for she fears that no one will ask her for eternity ..." which she realized quickly didn't work ... :-) Susan Tierney McNamara email: sem8@cornell.edu - -----Original Message----- From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 9:53 AM To: Shari Eaton Cc: Joni List Subject: Re: Joni Mitchell - Mr. Blue (Live Fret Set) Hi Shari - ain't that neat! Just in case you aren't aware, there is a meticulous list of these unreleased songs on the website: http://jonimitchell.com/music/album.cfm?id=1 Most of these are probably out on YouTube, so happy hunting. This has always been an area of fascination for me. Early on, when the only method of hearing these were the Tape Trees, I remember getting my first tapes (thanks again Mr. Gross) and hearing "Brandy Eyes" for the first time. I never even knew these songs EXISTED, let alone that they could be heard. Since then, I have knocked out a BUNCH of them and am still amazed that: a) Joni discarded so many WONDERFUL songs; b) Officially, these still remain in the vault and unheard by so many that would PAY to have them. I share your excitement and thanks for bringing back some wonderful memories. Bob From: Shari Eaton To: Joni List , Date: 09/13/2013 01:59 AM Subject: Joni Mitchell - Mr. Blue (Live Fret Set) Sent by: owner-joni@smoe.org Check out this video on YouTube: http://youtu.be/K2cRcvLZW2U Unbelievable! A song I'd never heard before. Lots of Joni, Shari - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 10:43:06 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Joni Mitchell - Mr. Blue (Live Fret Set) And it's especially crazy in view of the fact that nearly ALL of her peers have issued detailed box sets with demos, alternate takes, unreleased songs, etc. Bob Dylan is practically making a second career out of his "Bootleg Series", and the latest one (from the Self Portrait period) is crazy good and fun. I know, you know, we all know that Joni doesn't need it for the money. If nothing else, do it for the fans who have stood by you for 30-45 years. Who knows what else is out there from the 70's, 80's, 90's? I am very proud of the fact that I inspired and assisted Big Yellow Taxi's production and release of "Treasures of Joni Mitchell" which took 12 of these songs and recreated them with fresh arrangements and wonderful production and released them. Sadly now out of print; however I will be including these tracks in future Covers Volumes so stay tuned and pay attention if this is something you're interested in. Bob - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 10:27:26 -0600 From: Les Irvin Subject: 50th Anniversary Today is the 50th Anniversary of Joni's first resident music gig. John Uren hired her to play for the opening night of the Depression in Calgary on September 13, 1963. She spent the next few months as a regular performer there. Here's JoniMitchell.com's exclusive interview with John from 2005: http://jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=1336 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 13:14:49 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: RE: Joni Mitchell - Mr. Blue (Live Fret Set) This is a great live performance of Melody In Your Name where Joni breaks a string at the beginning! Unfortunately the song is cut off before the ending. > Oh, I'm intimately familiar with THAT one...for the longest time it was the ONLY recording of that one I had. "Oh, it's tuned too low....(tune, tune, tune...SNAP!) Oh, it must have been tuned too high!" I'm very envious of those of you who saw her in the 60's. Bob - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 22:44:42 +0200 From: Jonathan Edward Lowe Subject: Second Fret Sets Re. this discussion about rare tracks, I (like most I imagine) have the tracks from the first CD of this collection, but not those from the second CD- does anyone have that? Thanks, Jonathan ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 08:18:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Joni Mitchell - Mr. Blue (Live Fret Set) Anne, I did the same when I got the "Music of Joni Mitchell" (pictured here: http://jonimitchell.com/library/viewmedia.cfm?id=54&from=search - out of print, but you can still find used copies). It was quite a revelation when I finally heard Joni singing them many years later, thanks to this group. - ----- Original Message ----- > From: Anne Sandstrom > To: "Bob.Muller@Fluor.com" ; Catherine McKay > Cc: Joni List ; Shari Eaton > Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 11:04:06 AM > Subject: RE: Joni Mitchell - Mr. Blue (Live Fret Set) > > Oooh! Really? I must have been sleeping when this happened. Count me in line for > the Treasures :-) > > I can remember trying desperately to figure out what songs like Jeremy and > Carnival in Kenora actually sounded like. My music reading skills were > negligible (still not great, but oh well...) and I picked the melodies out note > by note. Of course, they made no sense because I couldn't get the whole > thing in my head. Looking forward to enjoying a fresh take on these songs. ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2013 #355 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here:mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe