From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2014 #541 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, March 10 2015 Volume 2014 : Number 541 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- New Library item: Dancing to a Different Tune [TheStaff@JoniMitchell.com] Re: Hurray for the Riff Raff [Bob Muller ] Re: Joni and her Yosemite Sam [Jeff Clark ] Re: Joni SF [Jack Merkel ] Hurray for the Riff Raff [Michael Paz ] Re: Joni and her Yosemite Sam [Anita Gabrielle ] SFJazz Joni [] Re: Joni and her Yosemite Sam [Dave Blackburn ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 10:22:28 -0700 (MST) From: TheStaff@JoniMitchell.com Subject: New Library item: Dancing to a Different Tune Title: Dancing to a Different Tune Publication: American Way (Magazine) Date: 2015.2.0 http://jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=2937 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 14:05:20 -0400 From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Hurray for the Riff Raff 2013 to be exact. Yep, all over it. Bob NP: radiohead, "subterranean homesick alien" Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 8, 2015, at 1:57 PM, Michael Paz wrote: > > Hey Bob > Have you heard Hurray for the Riff Raff's cover of River? I can't imagine that you have not by this time cause it came out last year. > > > Pazeaux > > NP-River-Hurray for the Riff Raff ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 15:57:32 +0000 (UTC) From: Jeff Clark Subject: Re: Joni and her Yosemite Sam <> I'll have to pick up the HDCD of STAS, (sorry for all the acronyms Catherine, but it helps reduce JRCTS (Joni-Related Carpal Tunnel Syndrome). All this 60's talk reminds me of another album thats been on my mind, Sprit's "Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus" I used to have nearly everything from back then, its mostly gone, but thats one I have to pick up again for nostalgic sake. I understand its produced by David Briggs on the recommendation of Neil Young who did Neils early albums. David apparently picked Neil up hitchhiking in '68. What a scene it must have been.JeffNP: Joni TSATM (That Song About the Midway) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 11:21:07 -0500 From: Jack Merkel Subject: Re: Joni SF I'm just saying... There's no way I'm paying 2,500 bucks for a Joni Tribute if Robin Adler, Dave Blackburn and those love able Mutts aren't part of the deal! Jack Sent from my iPad > On Mar 6, 2015, at 3:10 PM, JMDL Digest wrote: > > Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 21:10:06 -0000 > From: "John E McGloin" > Subject: JM SF > > From Brian Blade's FB page. > Bit too far and a bit too expensive for me! > > > SFJAZZ Gala 2015 To Honor Joni Mitchell > > Joni Mitchell is an icon. Her innovative, far-ranging vision has influenced > countless musicians across all genres. We honor her in an all-star tribute > at the SFJAZZ Gala on May 8, where Ms. Mitchell will make a rare public > appearance to accept the SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award. > > The Gala concert, curated by Joni Mitchell herself and led by longtime > collaborator Brian Blade and keyboardist Jon Cowherd, will feature a > preeminent line-up interpreting her groundbreaking work. Following the > concert, guests at the Masters table/ticket level and above will be treated > to a late-night supper and entertainment. > > The mission of SFJAZZ is to celebrate jazz as a living art form, built on a > constantly evolving tradition. No artist better embodies constant evolution > than Joni Mitchell. Her collaborations with jazz artists such as Charles > Mingus, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Tom Scott, and Pat > Metheny are a hallmark of iconic sensibilities that transcend pop and jazz > music. > > We are currently offering table packages starting at $25,000 and Individual > Concert + Supper tickets starting at $2,500. Later in March, a very limited > number of $1,000 Concert-Only tickets will go on sale, based on > availability. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 12:57:44 -0500 From: Michael Paz Subject: Hurray for the Riff Raff Hey Bob Have you heard Hurray for the Riff Raff's cover of River? I can't imagine that you have not by this time cause it came out last year. Pazeaux NP-River-Hurray for the Riff Raff ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 16:49:24 +0000 From: Anita Gabrielle Subject: Re: Joni and her Yosemite Sam Joni Mitchell's Song To A Seagull. In 1968, aged 14, simply the most beautiful and unusual music I had ever heard in my life. Nothing has changed for me in relation to that in the past forty seven years. I know I always say that, but there, I say it again! Croz may have been smashed when he got a Joni to sing into the piano, there may be distortion and hiss and poorly mastered, but the music on that record changed my life. I am not alone in that, I know. That scratchy original Dawntreader will be played at my funeral and 'twill be astounding and as beautiful as it always is! Anita > On 8 Mar 2015, at 06:18, Dave Blackburn wrote: > > We should probably allow for this record having been made in the 60s. Distortion was commonplace, awful tape hiss over an AM radio just blended in, drastic echo and reverb were part of the groovy head trip and mono gramophones in peoples bedrooms didnbt reveal much. Once FM came along and there was wider frequency bandwidth you could sort of tell a good recording from a bad one. What we are accustomed today, mp3s notwithstanding, is pretty deep bass, clear open treble and absence of artifacts like tape noise and distortion. STAS is, to be fair, not much worse sounding than plenty of 60s records - listen to Bridge Over Troubled Water again and check out the massive echo chamber and distorted mellotron strings. > > >> On Mar 7, 2015, at 6:44 PM, Jim L'Hommedieu wrote: >> >> I'll add these comments. >> >> I think it was in David Crosby's autobiography that he said that there WAS no recording engineer. That he barely knew how to press Record and didn't even set a level. He said that is why the masters have lots of tape. He also said that he recorded some vocals with a mic INSIDE a piano because it might yield an interesting effect from the sympathetic ringing. >> >> >> >> We're lucky that they didn't have to start over. >> >> Anyway, I don't think the sound is bad at all. Not nearly as bad as "Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs". >> >> I think the principals have exaggerated the problems! >> >> Jim ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 11:21:07 -0500 From: Jack Merkel Subject: Re: Joni SF I'm just saying... There's no way I'm paying 2,500 bucks for a Joni Tribute if Robin Adler, Dave Blackburn and those love able Mutts aren't part of the deal! Jack Sent from my iPad > On Mar 6, 2015, at 3:10 PM, JMDL Digest wrote: > > Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 21:10:06 -0000 > From: "John E McGloin" > Subject: JM SF > > From Brian Blade's FB page. > Bit too far and a bit too expensive for me! > > > SFJAZZ Gala 2015 To Honor Joni Mitchell > > Joni Mitchell is an icon. Her innovative, far-ranging vision has influenced > countless musicians across all genres. We honor her in an all-star tribute > at the SFJAZZ Gala on May 8, where Ms. Mitchell will make a rare public > appearance to accept the SFJAZZ Lifetime Achievement Award. > > The Gala concert, curated by Joni Mitchell herself and led by longtime > collaborator Brian Blade and keyboardist Jon Cowherd, will feature a > preeminent line-up interpreting her groundbreaking work. Following the > concert, guests at the Masters table/ticket level and above will be treated > to a late-night supper and entertainment. > > The mission of SFJAZZ is to celebrate jazz as a living art form, built on a > constantly evolving tradition. No artist better embodies constant evolution > than Joni Mitchell. Her collaborations with jazz artists such as Charles > Mingus, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Tom Scott, and Pat > Metheny are a hallmark of iconic sensibilities that transcend pop and jazz > music. > > We are currently offering table packages starting at $25,000 and Individual > Concert + Supper tickets starting at $2,500. Later in March, a very limited > number of $1,000 Concert-Only tickets will go on sale, based on > availability. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 09:42:33 -0700 From: Subject: SFJazz Joni Herebs the event page for those who are interested. Myself, thinking about volunteering is available. peace, gene http://www.sfjazz.org/jonimitchell ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 14:38:06 -0800 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Re: Joni and her Yosemite Sam There is much debate as to whether Crosby was to blame for the production problems of STAS. There seem to be three directions the blame gets pointed in: Some sources (stevehoffman.tv) say the original engineer did a lousy job tracking and then fell ill and was replaced by an Elektra staff engineer. Another comment on rateyourmusic.com has this to say: And then again, Crosby may, just may, have been stoned out of his gourd and went for some psychedelia with the rather icy gothic reverb and that bloody banshee wail! If the master tapes are in Jonibs possession, it bogglers the mind why she doesnbt just hire a mix engineer to study the tapes and see what can be done. Does she really think it would be that expensive to remix a vocal/acoustic guitar album? Practically any engineer, myself included, would do it for free! She has the money if it did cost and she could restore a fine debut work to her approval, for her legacy. I will also say that Clouds suffers from rather awful engineering and that was certainly nothing to do with David Crosby; it was Henry Lewybs first album with her. Dave > On Mar 7, 2015, at 1:35 PM, kbhla@fastmail.fm wrote: > > Michael, > > Awful to hear of your fall but glad you were up to writing that great > post! > > I was around 14 when I heard her first album and thought it was > completely magical with a haunting feel to it. Later many of us learned > that Crosby had messed up the sound and it was a wreck but if one didn't > know about the mistakes, one could still think that was the way it was > supposed to sound. It is definitely unique and one of my favorites "as > is" but maybe it would be even more awesome if it was somehow fixed. > > As for Crosby and Joni, even though we've read about their past > relationship, I've always felt that they were mostly just really good > buddies who had a lot of synergy and affection at the time. I never > could see him as one of her "true loves." He is brutally honest about > her and she is the same about him. It is kind of funny - like the > Bickersons, haha! Also, Anita is right about how assessments of > personal relationships can change and evolve with the passage of time. > > Really love your beautiful poem and think it is brilliant. > > The heart she kept herself, that answers all. > For here was someone who lived all her life > In the most fierce and open light of the sun, > Wrote letters freely, did not guard her speech, > Listened and talked with every sort of man, > And kept her heart a secret to the end > From all the picklocks of biographers.> > > Kakki ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2014 #541 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here:mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe