From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2014 #542 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 542 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Review of 6th Annual Joni Mitchell Tribute, Ithaca, NY ["Susan E. McNamar] Re: Review of 6th Annual Joni Mitchell Tribute, Ithaca, NY [Anita Gabriel] Re: Willie (sjc) [Anita Gabrielle ] Joni Covers 210 - Waiting for that big deal American Dream [Bob Muller ] Joni post ["Jim L'Hommedieu" ] Re: Joni and her Yosemite Sam [Victor ] Joni Tribute in Ithica [Jeff Clark ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 17:39:03 +0000 From: "Susan E. McNamara" Subject: Review of 6th Annual Joni Mitchell Tribute, Ithaca, NY Dear friends, Actually our tributes started much earlier than 6 years ago, and Ithaca LOVES Joni Mitchell. Patti Witten, my friend, and a wonderful singer/songwriter, came up with an idea all those years ago to have an Only Joni Open Mic at a local coffee shop called Juna's Cafe. To make a long story short, the first open mic was standing room only with people having to be turned away for signups. The first person to perform pretty much set the stage for the next several years of Joni Mitchell tributes in Ithaca. Joe Gaylord, a local blues musician, played The Wolf That Lives In Lindsay in the correct tuning, and insisted on audience participation during the wolf howling section. What a night! So here we are, two open mics and 5 annual tributes under our belt to March 7, 2015. Again, a full house. Joe Gaylord is now our impresario, and has coordinated all of the Joni Mitchell tributes at the Community School of Music and Arts. All proceeds go to their scholarship fund for music and art students at the school. The performances this year were all solid, with deep tracks and crowd favorites, but the theme to me this year was harmonies. Here is the setlist: 1. Joe Gaylord, voice and guitar - Rainy Night House and Moon At The Window. Joe always captures the soulful feel of Joni's songs, and I love that he jazzed it up on MATW. Beautiful tune! 2. Me! Sue Tierney McNamara, voice and guitar - I played in FFCGAC tuning. I Don't Know Where I Stand and an unreleased tune, Go Tell The Drummer Man written around 1966-67. 3. Joannalyn Delacruz, piano - Joannalyn played a medley of Come In From The Cold and All I Want. An emotional and creative performance. 4. Kara Eaton, voice and piano, with Donald, bass - Kara is one of our courageous students of Joni's music and played The Boho Dance from Hissing of Summer Lawns. Donald backed her up with a great driving bass line. 5. Laura Peters, voice and Sergio Pedro, guitar - Laura and Sergio performed the crowd pleasers Both Sides Now and Big Yellow Taxi. Laura's voice was lovely and Sergio was faithful to Joni's guitar style. 6. Christine Evans, voice, Timothy, guitar, and Eric Miller, piano. Christine and Eric are regulars at the Tributes and are fondly remembered for their authentic version of Woodstock a couple of years ago. Eric brought his beautiful Wurlitzer electric piano to simulate the sound from the Ladies of the Canyon version. This year they played See You Sometime, with Eric superb on piano, and Amelia, with Timothy doing an incredible job on electric guitar, reminiscent of Pat Methany from Shadows and Light. Christine's voice was just like a bell as usual. So happy they were here again for this year's concert. 7. Five 2 consists of Uniit Carruyo, Charisse Lucente, and Yvette Lucente. This trio of amazing women sang Circle Game and Carey with some of the most beautiful harmonies I have ever heard. They really hit it out of the park. 8. Molly MacMillan, jazz pianist and also a regular at the Tribute concerts, always performs yeoman duties of backing up many of our artists on piano. Kudos to Molly for doing that, but her own performances are also very memorable. This year she played Trouble Child and a fantastic version of The Jungle Line with audience participation of ughs and ohhs led by Sue Terwilliger. Colleen Kattau also helped out with harmonies on Trouble Child. 9. Joe Crookston, a wonderful folk/bluegrass musician from Ithaca was invited by Joe Gaylord to participate in this year's event. Joe won Album of the Year by the International Folk Alliance in Memphis, TN. Joe played a stirring version of Woodstock on dobro. He mentioned later that "Joni Mitchell is hard!" I've heard many a seasoned musician express the same sentiment after preparing for our tributes! 10. Rachel Ozols is a senior in vocal performance from Ithaca College and appeared in the opera, "Little Women" as Jo at Ithaca College in February. Rachel performed I Had A King with piano accompaniment. Her voice was spectacular! 11. Patti Witten returned to the Tribute after a two year absence and brought with her cellist Sera Smolen to do a haunting rendition of Hejira. We were traveling with Patti and Sera ... 12. Alice Saltonstall, a wonderful singer, and another regular at the Tribute sang one of my favorite songs, I Think I Understand. One of many performances on this night that recalled Joni's admonition that you must "sing in character." Alice achieved this exquisitely. Sera Smolen added cello and Molly MacMillan on piano to add to the suspense. 13. I think the most creative act of the night was Ephemera. This group of women perform improvisational jazz a cappela and they mentioned in their introduction that they attended a workshop with Bobby McFerrin. They opened their improvisational piece with Shadows and Light and improvised through about 5 more songs, including Come In From The Cold, Woman of Heart and Mind, and Chelsea Morning (i'm forgetting a couple others). So creative and powerful. 14. Colleen Kattau, another regular performer, played guitar and was accompanied by Mike Brandt on bass as they sang the two bookends of the album Hejira; Coyote and Refuge of the Roads. Colleen always plays in the correct alternate tuning and actually thanked the Joni Mitchell Database authors for their work! Mike really channeled Jaco Pastorius in this set. Great songs, great musicians. 15. Sally Ramirez is a very accomplished singer and actress (she revealed that she was a nurse on the Young and the Reckless!) and she graciously helped Joe Gaylord and I advertise the Tribute on the Nonesuch folk radio show on WVBR the week before the Tribute. Sally sang amazingly on Blue and Carey. 16. Sue Terwilliger, a wonderful guitarist, closed the show with a beautiful version of River, and called up Molly, Colleen and a member of Ephemera to do harmonies on the finale, Tea Leaf Prophecy. The audience joined in with the refrain "study war no more." Alas, my favorite night of the year was over, but I loved every minute and so did the sold out crowd. Thanks to Joe Gaylord for doing the heavy lifting to get this Tribute off the ground year after year. The Joni Mitchell fans in Ithaca are forever grateful. Sue Tierney McNamara Email: sem8@cornell.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 19:28:40 +0000 From: Anita Gabrielle Subject: Re: Review of 6th Annual Joni Mitchell Tribute, Ithaca, NY Wow,Sue that sounds just amazing! That must have been quite an eclectic mix and Ephemera sounded particularly intriguing from your review. What a fantastic night it sounds, Anita > On 10 Mar 2015, at 17:39, Susan E. McNamara wrote: > > Dear friends, > > Actually our tributes started much earlier than 6 years ago, and Ithaca LOVES > Joni Mitchell. Patti Witten, my friend, and a wonderful singer/songwriter, > came up with an idea all those years ago to have an Only Joni Open Mic at a > local coffee shop called Juna's Cafe. To make a long story short, the first > open mic was standing room only with people having to be turned away for > signups. The first person to perform pretty much set the stage for the next > several years of Joni Mitchell tributes in Ithaca. Joe Gaylord, a local blues > musician, played The Wolf That Lives In Lindsay in the correct tuning, and > insisted on audience participation during the wolf howling section. What a > night! So here we are, two open mics and 5 annual tributes under our belt to > March 7, 2015. Again, a full house. > > Joe Gaylord is now our impresario, and has coordinated all of the Joni > Mitchell tributes at the Community School of Music and Arts. All proceeds go > to their scholarship fund for music and art students at the school. > > The performances this year were all solid, with deep tracks and crowd > favorites, but the theme to me this year was harmonies. Here is the setlist: > > > 1. Joe Gaylord, voice and guitar - Rainy Night House and Moon At The > Window. Joe always captures the soulful feel of Joni's songs, and I love that > he jazzed it up on MATW. Beautiful tune! > > 2. Me! Sue Tierney McNamara, voice and guitar - I played in FFCGAC > tuning. I Don't Know Where I Stand and an unreleased tune, Go Tell The > Drummer Man written around 1966-67. > > 3. Joannalyn Delacruz, piano - Joannalyn played a medley of Come In From > The Cold and All I Want. An emotional and creative performance. > > 4. Kara Eaton, voice and piano, with Donald, bass - Kara is one of our > courageous students of Joni's music and played The Boho Dance from Hissing of > Summer Lawns. Donald backed her up with a great driving bass line. > > 5. Laura Peters, voice and Sergio Pedro, guitar - Laura and Sergio > performed the crowd pleasers Both Sides Now and Big Yellow Taxi. Laura's > voice was lovely and Sergio was faithful to Joni's guitar style. > > 6. Christine Evans, voice, Timothy, guitar, and Eric Miller, piano. > Christine and Eric are regulars at the Tributes and are fondly remembered for > their authentic version of Woodstock a couple of years ago. Eric brought his > beautiful Wurlitzer electric piano to simulate the sound from the Ladies of > the Canyon version. This year they played See You Sometime, with Eric superb > on piano, and Amelia, with Timothy doing an incredible job on electric guitar, > reminiscent of Pat Methany from Shadows and Light. Christine's voice was just > like a bell as usual. So happy they were here again for this year's concert. > > 7. Five 2 consists of Uniit Carruyo, Charisse Lucente, and Yvette > Lucente. This trio of amazing women sang Circle Game and Carey with some of > the most beautiful harmonies I have ever heard. They really hit it out of the > park. > > 8. Molly MacMillan, jazz pianist and also a regular at the Tribute > concerts, always performs yeoman duties of backing up many of our artists on > piano. Kudos to Molly for doing that, but her own performances are also very > memorable. This year she played Trouble Child and a fantastic version of The > Jungle Line with audience participation of ughs and ohhs led by Sue > Terwilliger. Colleen Kattau also helped out with harmonies on Trouble Child. > > 9. Joe Crookston, a wonderful folk/bluegrass musician from Ithaca was > invited by Joe Gaylord to participate in this year's event. Joe won Album of > the Year by the International Folk Alliance in Memphis, TN. Joe played a > stirring version of Woodstock on dobro. He mentioned later that "Joni > Mitchell is hard!" I've heard many a seasoned musician express the same > sentiment after preparing for our tributes! > > 10. Rachel Ozols is a senior in vocal performance from Ithaca College and > appeared in the opera, "Little Women" as Jo at Ithaca College in February. > Rachel performed I Had A King with piano accompaniment. Her voice was > spectacular! > > 11. Patti Witten returned to the Tribute after a two year absence and > brought with her cellist Sera Smolen to do a haunting rendition of Hejira. We > were traveling with Patti and Sera ... > > 12. Alice Saltonstall, a wonderful singer, and another regular at the > Tribute sang one of my favorite songs, I Think I Understand. One of many > performances on this night that recalled Joni's admonition that you must "sing > in character." Alice achieved this exquisitely. Sera Smolen added cello and > Molly MacMillan on piano to add to the suspense. > > 13. I think the most creative act of the night was Ephemera. This group of > women perform improvisational jazz a cappela and they mentioned in their > introduction that they attended a workshop with Bobby McFerrin. They opened > their improvisational piece with Shadows and Light and improvised through > about 5 more songs, including Come In From The Cold, Woman of Heart and Mind, > and Chelsea Morning (i'm forgetting a couple others). So creative and > powerful. > > 14. Colleen Kattau, another regular performer, played guitar and was > accompanied by Mike Brandt on bass as they sang the two bookends of the album > Hejira; Coyote and Refuge of the Roads. Colleen always plays in the correct > alternate tuning and actually thanked the Joni Mitchell Database authors for > their work! Mike really channeled Jaco Pastorius in this set. Great songs, > great musicians. > > 15. Sally Ramirez is a very accomplished singer and actress (she revealed > that she was a nurse on the Young and the Reckless!) and she graciously helped > Joe Gaylord and I advertise the Tribute on the Nonesuch folk radio show on > WVBR the week before the Tribute. Sally sang amazingly on Blue and Carey. > > 16. Sue Terwilliger, a wonderful guitarist, closed the show with a beautiful > version of River, and called up Molly, Colleen and a member of Ephemera to do > harmonies on the finale, Tea Leaf Prophecy. The audience joined in with the > refrain "study war no more." > > Alas, my favorite night of the year was over, but I loved every minute and so > did the sold out crowd. Thanks to Joe Gaylord for doing the heavy lifting to > get this Tribute off the ground year after year. The Joni Mitchell fans in > Ithaca are forever grateful. > > > Sue Tierney McNamara > Email: sem8@cornell.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 16:54:57 +0000 From: Anita Gabrielle Subject: Re: Willie (sjc) We'd be sorry people, Jeff, if we didn't dream. Yours are beautiful, Anita > On 7 Mar 2015, at 16:30, Jeff Clark wrote: > > Marianne wrote: > <> > > Turns out that it was a false alarm, thank God. As Bob said, he's still alive and tokin'. Anybody thats still taking guitar lessons at 81 because he wants to play better is an inspiration to me. And inventing his own fuel source. The hippies hippy, the rednecks redneck, he covers it all. Last night was the first night I didn't have a Joni related dream. The night before I was reading David Crosby's twitters right before bed, maybe not a good thing, and had a dream something about the Blue album being remade. And the night before I was staying in a tent in Joni's backyard by the pool. I would feed the koi and pull a few weeds until she got up and then help her with her Vignettes writing that she had worked on the night before. Helping to edit it and "give it shape". I can dream, can't I!!?Jeff ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 14:52:03 +0000 (UTC) From: Bob Muller Subject: Joni Covers 210 - Waiting for that big deal American Dream Happy Saturday all and time to SPRING FORWARD, both with the clock and with Joni Covers. The next one in the nest, Volume 210, is full of good tunes. The first track was a bonus that Maggie & Graham released with their Blue tribute album. The Simon & Jane Gomez is from a rare vinyl from New Zealand. Never thought I'd snag it but here it is. Several deep tracks - Sisotowbell Lane, Ladies Man, The Gallery - all from Tribute CD's. Plenty here to enjoy, so have at it: https://www.yousendit.com/download/UlRRblFLa0R3TGlFQk1UQw 1. Maggie Hollinbeck & Graham Sobelman - Conversation 2. Amy Dabalos - Both Sides, Now 3. Eilidh Grant - A Case Of You 4. Tracy Wundrock - Sisotowbell Lane 5. Haley Bonar - River 6. Simon & Jane Gomez - Big Yellow Taxi 7. Jessica Lopes - Both Sides Now 8. The Alex Cross Quintet - Edith And The Kingpin 9. Kathryn Samman & Jerome Beauliue - A Case Of You 10. The Soul Mutation - Chelsea Morning 11. Steve Klink - The Gallery 12. Michael Dimucci - Both Sides Now 13. Sadie Jemmett - River 14. Rachel Z Trio - Ladies Man 15. Autorickshaw - Big Yellow Taxi 16. iiii - A Case Of You 17. Albert Caltanella - Both Sides Now 17 songs, 17 hits - enjoy! Bob NP: Amy Dabalos - "Both Sides, Now" ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 18:27:18 +0000 (UTC) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Joni and her Yosemite Sam Michael, sorry about the accident, hope you're all right. Now if you tell me you fell out of the tree raking leaves I will worry! As far as Joni & Crosby, who knows, man? It's certainly lots of disparate information over the years. What to believe? I don't have any answers and I always though that STAS sounded all right and that Crosby was only there so Joni could more or less produce herself. I did get an unintended laugh...some added lots of "b's" to the cut and paste and one of the sentences read: "Crosby was quite taken with herb". That's a statement EVERYONE can agree with. Bob NP: The Boxcar Lilies, "Travelin' On" ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 15:46:09 -0500 From: "Jim L'Hommedieu" Subject: Joni post Cool post, Michael. In places it sounds like you are baffled by... apparent contradictions. There are tons of them. As far as I can tell, contradictions are part of spending so much time in duality and ambivalence. Contradictions are existential. Try this: Joni talks some smack. Jim ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 15:08:00 -0800 From: Victor Subject: Re: Joni and her Yosemite Sam Rush, another Canadian icon, is reissuing albums on vinyl this year, one a month. This month it is 2112. Sounds like it something she could pursue with relative ease. Victor in Bend NP: live kirtan streaming from Atlanta's Chantlanta festival http://newworldkirtan.com Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 7, 2015, at 2:47 PM, kbhla@fastmail.fm wrote: > > Great information and background, Dave! I wonder if someone is > misleading her about the cost of remixing/fixing the album? It is not > clear whether she does have the master tapes. If she doesn't, how > difficult would it be to improve the original? I'm sure with all the > improved technology, something could be done. It would be so great if > you could do it for her, since you've already worked on improving some > of her other recordings. > > I've also always thought Clouds was sonically flawed and noticed it more > than STAS. > > Kakki > >> On Sat, Mar 7, 2015, at 02:38 PM, Dave Blackburn wrote: >> 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. >> > Crosby and did what became the final mix. Most of this information comes >> from Joni's biography and a history of Sunset Sound.> >> >> Another comment on rateyourmusic.com has this to say: >> > together -- parts of it sound twee indeed. Still, some of the songs -- >> "Marcie", "Cactus Tree", "Michael From Mountains" -- are as strong as she >> ever did. Unfortunately the album suffers from extremely poor sound (not >> producer David Crosby's fault -- the record company was experimenting >> with a new stereo process at the time; Neil Young's debut suffered too).> >> >> 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 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 16:16:17 +0000 (UTC) From: Jeff Clark Subject: Joni Tribute in Ithica Anita wrote:>>All the best and may your strings hold their tuning,>> lol, how funny and fitting for a Joni tribute! Jeff ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2014 #542 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here:mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe