From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2013 #464 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 Tuesday, November 26 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 464 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Brian Kennedy [Betsy Blue ] Re: Laurel Canyon [kbhla@fastmail.fm] re: A Strange Boy - Speak of the Devil [joe farrell ] Re: A Strange Boy - Speak of the Devil [Michael Paz ] Re: A Strange Boy - Speak of the Devil [Michael Paz ] Laurel Canyon [Shari Eaton ] Re: A Strange Boy - Speak of the Devil [Anita ] Re: A Strange Boy - Speak of the Devil [Michael Paz Subject: Brian Kennedy I just listened to all the samples, and River, from A Love Letter to Joni. They are faithful and well performed. I love that he kept the gender Joni used. It makes sense for a gay man to sing about men, but I even prefer it in Glen Hansard's Coyote. The only song that comes off sounding weird is Little Green. The biological reality is that only women have unintended pregnancies. But at least it isn't Chinese Cafe. Betsy ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 17:41:54 -0800 From: kbhla@fastmail.fm Subject: Re: Laurel Canyon Hi Shari, Almost everything around there is Joni related in some way. It is amazing how many of the 60s-70s musicians we love lived on her street and nearby. If you stop in at the Canyon Store the owners always like to tell people who lived where and they might also sell a little map. I think there are also some maps out there on Google. The Pace restaurant next to the store is a must, too! Have fun! Kakki > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 14:26:05 -0800 > From: Shari Eaton > Subject: Laurel Canyon > > I'm driving around laurel canyon today. Driven by what I believe was > Joni's old house on lookout mountain. Anything else to see up here that > is Joni related? > > Lots of Joni, > - - Shari ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 21:32:54 +0000 From: joe farrell Subject: re: A Strange Boy - Speak of the Devil Hi Bob, Thanks for the heads up on the upcoming Brian Kennedy tribute to Joni. Is it only going to be released as an MP3, not as a "regular" CD, originally? I cannot find it available to pre-order on CD on Amazon UK or USA as yet. Regards, Joe. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:47:47 +0000 From: Mike B Subject: RE: Blues O h my, this is great! Thanks Dave. (Are there any plans to release the Mutts live Hejira?...... ) M > Subject: Blues > From: beatntrack@att.net > Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 17:43:51 -0800 > CC: joni@smoe.org; kbhla@fastmail.fm > To: charliebu@hotmail.co.uk > > Mike, > > Blue Motel Room actually contains little that one could call blues musically despite the lyrics I got the blues inside and outside my head. Some people think of blues as a feeling, or an attitude, so in that sense it may be blues, but it doesn't employ the scales or chords that are usually called blues. Its more of a torch ballad in the vein of My Funny Valentine or Body and Soul, to my ears at least, drawing from a 40s sensibility. What is different about it is that it is clearly written on guitar and not piano like most standard ballads were. The chord motion is more the parallel shape movement that guitar is so good at than the extended ii-V-I motion of most standards. > > A Strange Boy is not really a blues either but it has a bluesy sounding pentatonic riff and Larry C ran with that and played all his coolest blues licks over it taking full advantage of the Dmajor/D minor ambiguity that runs through the song. > > Be Cool, by contrast is certainly a blues and has some jazzed up reharmonizations in it to boot. Its no wonder so many jazz vocalists are covering it. > > Dave > > > On Nov 23, 2013, at 10:25 AM, Mike B wrote: > > > Kakki thanks for flagging up that Hejira interview, it's a great find! > > I like Dave and Sue's suggestion that Chogyam Trungpa influenced 'Strange > > Boy', and that in the 'He sees cars...' verse she's admiring his simplified > > uncluttered insight, whether into traffic patterns or facial patterns. > > A musical question for Dave (or fellow-musicians, but I know Dave has played > > this), if I may: how 'blues-ish' is Blue Motel Room? Is Joni actually using > > traditional blues chords here, or did she more likely stumble on > > blues-sounding voicings through the particular tuning used for that song? > > Thanks for the great discussions! > > M ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:03:58 -0600 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: A Strange Boy - Speak of the Devil That is the first Joni song I ever heard. It was on the Rue de Sommard at the Hotel Wetter in Paris. Ah memories of discovering Joni.... On Nov 25, 2013, at 10:32 AM, Susan E. McNamara wrote: Oooh Michael from Mountains ... I am so in love with this song right now!! 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: Monday, November 25, 2013 9:08 AM To: joni Subject: A Strange Boy - Speak of the Devil Recalling our discussion of "A Strange Boy", I had commented that to date there is only ONE officially released cover. Well, that number is about to double. Many of you are familiar with Brian Kennedy - he toured with Van Morrison on the Joni/Van/Dylan dates in 1998 and has already released 2 Joni covers on his own (ACOY and BYT). Well, this week he's jumping on the Joni Tribute album bandwagon and releasing his own, "A Love Letter To Joni" as a celebration of her 70th birthday with the following tunes: 1. Night Ride Home 2. ***A Strange Boy*** 3. Michael From Mountains 4. Amelia 5. You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio 6. River 7. Little Green 8. Free Man In Paris 9. A Case Of You 10. The Fiddle And The Drum Sounds like he's singing most of these pretty straightforward, you can hear samples at: http://goo.gl/VzKffG You can check out "River" streaming completely via his website: http://www.briankennedy.co.uk/ Bob, the always busy covers guy NP: Bruce Cockburn, "Last Night Of The World" - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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, 25 Nov 2013 20:01:32 -0800 From: Shari Eaton Subject: Re: Laurel Canyon Cheers Kakki! I did stop at the store and after purchasing the uncut magazine issue featuring Joni I learned where her house was. Well, he said it was 'the castle' on Lookout Mountain but I've since learned that her house burnt to the ground. I'd not heard that before so I wasn't sure. There is some construction taking place there. My friends, of course, thought I was being stalky and made fun of me for my interest. Why am I plagued with non-Joni loving friends. Le sigh. Kind of ruined it really. On another note, we visited Watts Towers yesterday and learned that the young Charles Mingus was one of the tower creator's helpers. There's a Mingus and music teaching area just next door. The place is brilliant for engendering an artistic nature. I wondered if Joni knew of it. Lots of Joni, - - Shari > On Nov 25, 2013, at 5:41 PM, kbhla@fastmail.fm wrote: > > Hi Shari, > > Almost everything around there is Joni related in some way. It is > amazing how many of the 60s-70s musicians we love lived on her street > and nearby. If you stop in at the Canyon Store the owners always like > to tell people who lived where and they might also sell a little map. I > think there are also some maps out there on Google. The Pace restaurant > next to the store is a must, too! > > Have fun! > Kakki > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 14:26:05 -0800 >> From: Shari Eaton >> Subject: Laurel Canyon >> >> I'm driving around laurel canyon today. Driven by what I believe was >> Joni's old house on lookout mountain. Anything else to see up here that >> is Joni related? >> >> Lots of Joni, >> - - Shari ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:34:22 -0600 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: A Strange Boy - Speak of the Devil :) and sadly its no longer there. Freda and I walked passed it the last time we were in Paris and its gone... sigh On Nov 25, 2013, at 11:33 AM, Anita wrote: On 25 Nov 2013, at 17:11, "Susan E. McNamara" her singing softly, "I will know you very well!" :) Sounds like the Hotel Wetter was the perfect place for Michael to be! Anita ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 17:11:10 +0000 From: "Susan E. McNamara" Subject: RE: A Strange Boy - Speak of the Devil Wow, that feels like an old movie scene ... you on a balcony with a willowy blonde, with her singing softly, "I will know you very well!" :) Susan Tierney McNamara email: sem8@cornell.edu From: Michael Paz [mailto:michael@thepazgroup.com] Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 12:04 PM To: Susan E. McNamara Cc: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com; joni Subject: Re: A Strange Boy - Speak of the Devil That is the first Joni song I ever heard. It was on the Rue de Sommard at the Hotel Wetter in Paris. Ah memories of discovering Joni.... On Nov 25, 2013, at 10:32 AM, Susan E. McNamara wrote: Oooh Michael from Mountains ... I am so in love with this song right now!! 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: Monday, November 25, 2013 9:08 AM To: joni Subject: A Strange Boy - Speak of the Devil Recalling our discussion of "A Strange Boy", I had commented that to date there is only ONE officially released cover. Well, that number is about to double. Many of you are familiar with Brian Kennedy - he toured with Van Morrison on the Joni/Van/Dylan dates in 1998 and has already released 2 Joni covers on his own (ACOY and BYT). Well, this week he's jumping on the Joni Tribute album bandwagon and releasing his own, "A Love Letter To Joni" as a celebration of her 70th birthday with the following tunes: 1. Night Ride Home 2. ***A Strange Boy*** 3. Michael From Mountains 4. Amelia 5. You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio 6. River 7. Little Green 8. Free Man In Paris 9. A Case Of You 10. The Fiddle And The Drum Sounds like he's singing most of these pretty straightforward, you can hear samples at: http://goo.gl/VzKffG You can check out "River" streaming completely via his website: http://www.briankennedy.co.uk/ Bob, the always busy covers guy NP: Bruce Cockburn, "Last Night Of The World" - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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, 25 Nov 2013 09:08:06 -0500 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: A Strange Boy - Speak of the Devil Recalling our discussion of "A Strange Boy", I had commented that to date there is only ONE officially released cover. Well, that number is about to double. Many of you are familiar with Brian Kennedy - he toured with Van Morrison on the Joni/Van/Dylan dates in 1998 and has already released 2 Joni covers on his own (ACOY and BYT). Well, this week he's jumping on the Joni Tribute album bandwagon and releasing his own, "A Love Letter To Joni" as a celebration of her 70th birthday with the following tunes: 1. Night Ride Home 2. ***A Strange Boy*** 3. Michael From Mountains 4. Amelia 5. You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio 6. River 7. Little Green 8. Free Man In Paris 9. A Case Of You 10. The Fiddle And The Drum Sounds like he's singing most of these pretty straightforward, you can hear samples at: http://goo.gl/VzKffG You can check out "River" streaming completely via his website: http://www.briankennedy.co.uk/ Bob, the always busy covers guy NP: Bruce Cockburn, "Last Night Of The World" - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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, 25 Nov 2013 16:39:18 -0500 From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: A Strange Boy - Speak of the Devil I'm not sure, Joe - I tried to pre-order it and found the same dilemma. Keep us posted on anything you hear across the pond. Maybe they are releasing it as downloads first. Bob NP: Spider Bags, "take it easy tonite" Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 25, 2013, at 4:32 PM, joe farrell wrote: > > Hi Bob, > > Thanks for the heads up on the upcoming Brian Kennedy tribute to Joni. Is > it only going to be released as an MP3, not as a "regular" CD, originally? > > I cannot find it available to pre-order on CD on Amazon UK or USA as yet. > > Regards, > Joe. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 14:26:05 -0800 From: Shari Eaton Subject: Laurel Canyon I'm driving around laurel canyon today. Driven by what I believe was Joni's old house on lookout mountain. Anything else to see up here that is Joni related? Lots of Joni, - - Shari ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 17:09:03 +0000 From: Anita Subject: Re: A Strange Boy - Speak of the Devil Bob wrote; > > Many of you are familiar with Brian Kennedy - he toured with Van Morrison on the Joni/Van/Dylan dates in 1998 and has already released 2 Joni covers on his own (ACOY and BYT). Brian Kennedy was also the first person I saw sing " You Raise Me Up", but now I know he is into Joni, I'll forgive him, Anita ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 17:50:48 +0200 From: Jussi Pukkila Subject: HDtracks HDtracks has 11 Joni albums in hi-res files, maybe some are new? http://www.hdtracks.com/music/artist/view/id/4112/ Taming The Tiger curiously has 4 tracks in regular CD quality only. - --jussi ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:32:04 -0600 From: Michael Paz Subject: Re: A Strange Boy - Speak of the Devil LOL!! Well I had just arrived in Paris and was in my room on the second floor above the entrance to the hotel that had a little stoop (sp?) there. I heard a guitar playing and a beautiful voice singing. I stuck me head out the window and saw this beautiful girl singing downstairs. I ran downstairs to listen and Julie and I became quick friends. She turned me on to Joni's songs. As I recall she played Marcie, and Michael From Mountains and a couple others. WE hung out for the whole time I was in Paris and we spent many an evening singing together in the Latin Quarter at night for money. She had lost her passport and airline ticket and was trying to make enough coin to get back to the US. I have thought of her often over the years wondering if she has ever got on the JMDL. On Nov 25, 2013, at 11:11 AM, Susan E. McNamara wrote: Wow, that feels like an old movie scene  you on a balcony with a willowy blonde, with her singing softly, I will know you very well! J Susan Tierney McNamara email: sem8@cornell.edu From: Michael Paz [mailto:michael@thepazgroup.com] Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 12:04 PM To: Susan E. McNamara Cc: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com; joni Subject: Re: A Strange Boy - Speak of the Devil That is the first Joni song I ever heard. It was on the Rue de Sommard at the Hotel Wetter in Paris. Ah memories of discovering Joni.... On Nov 25, 2013, at 10:32 AM, Susan E. McNamara wrote: Oooh Michael from Mountains ... I am so in love with this song right now!! 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: Monday, November 25, 2013 9:08 AM To: joni Subject: A Strange Boy - Speak of the Devil Recalling our discussion of "A Strange Boy", I had commented that to date there is only ONE officially released cover. Well, that number is about to double. Many of you are familiar with Brian Kennedy - he toured with Van Morrison on the Joni/Van/Dylan dates in 1998 and has already released 2 Joni covers on his own (ACOY and BYT). Well, this week he's jumping on the Joni Tribute album bandwagon and releasing his own, "A Love Letter To Joni" as a celebration of her 70th birthday with the following tunes: 1. Night Ride Home 2. ***A Strange Boy*** 3. Michael From Mountains 4. Amelia 5. You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio 6. River 7. Little Green 8. Free Man In Paris 9. A Case Of You 10. The Fiddle And The Drum Sounds like he's singing most of these pretty straightforward, you can hear samples at: http://goo.gl/VzKffG You can check out "River" streaming completely via his website: http://www.briankennedy.co.uk/ Bob, the always busy covers guy NP: Bruce Cockburn, "Last Night Of The World" - ------------------------------------------------------------ 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, 25 Nov 2013 17:33:07 +0000 From: Anita Subject: Re: A Strange Boy - Speak of the Devil On 25 Nov 2013, at 17:11, "Susan E. McNamara" her singing softly, "I will know you very well!" :) Sounds like the Hotel Wetter was the perfect place for Michael to be! Anita ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 21:57:21 -0800 From: kbhla@fastmail.fm Subject: Re: Laurel Canyon Oh Shari, I think the guy at the store steered you wrong!. Joni's little house is still there and didn't burn down. It is a rustic wooden bungalow built in the early 1900s. Years ago Frank Zappa lived in the Canyon in a place called "The Log Cabin" - which burned down back in the 60s, and there was a fire at Jim Morrison's former house a couple years ago but it was restored. I found an article written by a woman who stayed at Joni's old house a couple years ago and it includes photos of the charming place. http://www.chelsea-girl.com/2011/06/jonis-house-is-a-very-very-very-fine-house/ Very cool about your visit to the Watts Towers and the Mingus background. I'll have to check it out! Kakki > Cheers Kakki! > > I did stop at the store and after purchasing the uncut magazine issue > featuring Joni I learned where her house was. Well, he said it was 'the > castle' on Lookout Mountain but I've since learned that her house burnt > to the ground. I'd not heard that before so I wasn't sure. There is some > construction taking place there. My friends, of course, thought I was > being stalky and made fun of me for my interest. Why am I plagued with > non-Joni loving friends. Le sigh. Kind of ruined it really. > > On another note, we visited Watts Towers yesterday and learned that the > young Charles Mingus was one of the tower creator's helpers. There's a > Mingus and music teaching area just next door. The place is brilliant for > engendering an artistic nature. I wondered if Joni knew of it. > > Lots of Joni, > - - Shari ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2013 #464 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here:mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe