From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2014 #726 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, July 20 2015 Volume 2014 : Number 726 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Graham and Joni [Corey Blake ] Re: JMDL Digest V2015 #285 abbey road [Kenney C Kennedy ] Re: Graham and Joni [Victor ] Re: JMDL Digest ~ Amy Winehouse [Kenney C Kennedy ] Re: Graham and Joni ["Paul Meyer-strom" ] Re: JMDL Digest V2015 #285 abbey road [Victor ] Re: Graham and Joni [Kathy Johnson ] Re: Graham and Joni [lawntreader@googlemail.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 11:33:53 -0700 From: Corey Blake Subject: Re: Graham and Joni Awesome, thank you for this. I've never been to one of his shows but now I want to. Totally random observation: I never realized how many of his song titles have W alliterations. Well, maybe it's just those three you mentioned. On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 11:56 PM, Victor wrote: > The show tonight in Portland was sublime, ethereal, and simply fantastic. > Graham mentioned Joni right before the end of the first set. I'm the bearer > of good news, he said. Contrary to other reports, Joni is talking, very > lucid, and is expected to make a full recovery. Then he broke right into > "Our House". Sing this for Joni, he said halfway through, and asked > everybody to sing along. (Myself, I was actually singing third harmony > parts through out the show (he was accompanied by his friend Shane), mostly > to myself but sometimes louder...lol). > > At one point, some guy shouted out, I love you. Graham said whenever a man > says that to Crosby, he rejects it because it reminds him of prison. He > also mentioned something about a fake album they made up for him while he > was in prison...Blowing Blubber for Life or something. > > He told all sorts of cool stories throughout the night. Great diverse set. > Loved hearing Wind on the Water, Wasted on the Way, and Cathedral (yes, I > was singing along doing the high part). He played a newer song called > Watch Out for the Wind, written for Michael Brown who died in Missouri. He > said they actually premiered it, played it live the day it was written. > > A really cool thing happened at the end. There was a lady named Susan in > the front row. Apparently, they are friends, and her husband was seriously > injured in a car accident. She had him on FaceTime/Skype or something, and > so Graham dedicated Teach Your Children to them and everyone sang it to > him, with him on the phone. It was very moving. > > Victor in Portland > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 04:44:34 -0500 From: Kenney C Kennedy Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2015 #285 abbey road i was a NAIVE (not naC/ve! LiH), straight kid...when Abbey Road came out in OCT 1969 (US). [i "discovered" Joni apprx 2 MONTHS prior when she appeared on The Dick Cavett Show*, on Friday 8-22-69 after Woodstock (Aug 16-18, 1969), which her manager would not permit her to attend because of the Cavett booking (per Joni; she would also say at some point "the boys" (CSNY) didn't want her along...maybe because she would be a responsibility, a safety issue?)] *i remember that Jefferson Airplane appeared also (with a couple of other acts). Jimi Hendrix was scheduled to appear on that broadcast, but could not be roused from his hotel room; he would be gone 13 months later (9-18-1970) at age 27. (i JUST researched that date, thus ending my misconception he had died in Sept 69.) This clarification is important to me because of the exact moment Joni came onto my life. She brilliantly performed the brilliant song Chelsea Morning, and The Fiddle and the Drum (which in 2007 became the title and opening piece of the ballet (Joni Mitchells TFATD) by Jean Grand-Maitre and danced by the Alberta Ballet. Naively & Cordially, kK > Abbey Road...released the day I was born. Love that album. Michael Paz >> >> "Most of Let It Be was recorded in January 1969, before the recording and release of the Beatles' album Abbey Road. For this reason...Abbey Road should be considered the group's final album... Dave >>> >>> "Which Beatles album, released in 1969, was the last studio album they recorded? Jim L.H ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 14:09:09 -0400 From: Trudie Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2015 #334 Hi all, Ummm am I in Heaven?? Conversations about the Beatles and Joni that are intelligent, informative, and fun!!! My love of Joni goes back to when I began playing guitar- Blue is my "go to" song on piano- fave songs are For Free, California, River, Peoples parties/same situation, car on a hill- oh ok there are just too many to mention. Praying for Joni's speedy recovery every day. Bless all of you! Trudie G > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 02:48:27 -0500 > From: Kenney C Kennedy > Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2015 #285 abbey road > > i was a naC/ve, straight kid, a junior in high school when Abbey Road came out. i remember playing Side 2 on repeat on my stereo turntable. i was in awe. Coincidentally, i had a month prior seen Joni on The Dick Cavett Show right after Woodstock and fallen hopelessly in love. i found her (Clouds) in the miscellaneous female bin at a downtown record store. (i don't remember if i bought Ladies of the Canyon or Song to a Seagull next, but had both down by the time Blue was released, which i adored on first listen, as i had Abbey Road.) There are of course a lot of great Beatles albums, i own their CD box set, but AR is my favorite. > > Cordially, kK > >> On Jul 14, 2015, at 2:00 AM, owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) wrote: >> >> >> JMDL Digest Tuesday, July 14 2015 Volume 2015 : Number 285 >> >> >> >> ========== >> >> TOPICS and authors in this Digest: >> -------- >> Re: Stereo gear flea market today, njc [Michael Paz > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 10:58:38 -0500 >> From: Michael Paz >> Subject: Re: Stereo gear flea market today, njc >> >> That is just TOO much information you little shit!!! >> >> LMAO >> >> >> On Jul 12, 2015, at 10:45 AM, Victor Johnson wrote: >> >> Abbey Road...released the day I was born. Love that album. >> >>> On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 6:57 AM, Dave Blackburn wrote: >>> I think the confusion about it is because much of Let it Be was recorded before Abbey Road, and most of it IS a studio recording. It was released in 1970, after the breakup of the band. The Wikipedia entry states >>> >>> "Most of Let It Be was recorded in January 1969, before the recording and release of the Beatles' album Abbey Road. For this reason, some critics and fans, such as Mark Lewisohn, argue that Abbey Road should be considered the group's final album and Let It Be the penultimate.b >>> >>> If you go by the last GOOD Beatles album, then Abbey Road wins hands down. >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> >>>> On Jul 11, 2015, at 7:44 PM, Jim L'Hommedieu wrote: >>>> >>>> I went to a small flea market for stereo gear today. It was mostly guys like me, around 60 years old. While all of us old lions were thumbing the LPs, someone grabbed the mic and asked a trivial question: >>>> >>>> "Which Beatles album, >>>> released in 1969, >>>> was the last studio album they recorded?" >>>> >>>> To no one in particular, I sniffed, "That one's too easy!" I was surprised when two people around me said, "Let It Be". >>>> >>>> That's wrong. Why? >>>> It's wrong in at least 2 ways; I think it's wrong 3 ways. Anyone? Bueller? I'm sure Bob, Michael, RR, and Dave know. Anyone else? >>>> >>>> JIm >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of JMDL Digest V2015 #285 >> ***************************** >> >> ------- >> To post messages to the list,sendto joni@smoe.org >> Unsubscribe by clicking here: >> mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe >> ------- > > ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2015 #334 > ***************************** > > ------- > To post messages to the list,sendto joni@smoe.org > Unsubscribe by clicking here: > mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe > ------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 13:27:44 -0700 From: Victor Subject: Re: Graham and Joni That's right, Paul, regarding the cathedral. I went to Stonehenge in '85 and remember walking to Salisbury Cathedral. I was wondering about that as well. It was a great concert indeed! Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 19, 2015, at 12:29 PM, Paul Meyer-strom wrote: > > We were able to go to the concert last night, too! Very nice, many references to Joni, having us sing Our House to Joni. > > Victor, I think the song that Graham referenced on the joke album for jailed Crosby, was "I'm Forever Blowing Bubba." They also included "Ring of Fire." > > There were a couple of things that Graham mentioned that surprised me. He talked about "Just a Song Before I Go," as having been composed on a bet with a friend from Hawaii. He said he won the bet, $500. Which all makes good sense, but I could have sworn that he said in a previous interview that he wrote it on a challenge from a cab driver in New York. > > Also, when he was talking about composing Cathedral, last night I think he said that Winchester Cathedral was about 15 minutes away from Stonehenge. Is it? Was he referencing Salisbury Cathedral, perhaps? He says he was pretty loaded on acid when this happened. > > By the way, he also said he was surprised how hot it was in Portland yesterday, 97F. He said he expected Portland to be drizzly, and referenced global climate change. (Into to singing Cold Rain.) > > He performed with a friend, Shane Fontayne, both playing guitars, or Shane on guitar and Graham on keyboard. Played two new songs he said they wrote together. Lovely, quiet songs, he said very personal. > > Paul > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Victor" > Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 11:56 PM > To: "JMDL JMDL" > Subject: Graham and Joni > >> The show tonight in Portland was sublime, ethereal, and simply fantastic. Graham mentioned Joni right before the end of the first set. > >> At one point, some guy shouted out, I love you. Graham said whenever a man says that to Crosby, he rejects it because it reminds him of prison. He also mentioned something about a fake album they made up for him while he was in prison...Blowing Blubber for Life or something. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 05:22:20 -0500 From: Kenney C Kennedy Subject: Re: JMDL Digest ~ Amy Winehouse Just saw Amy, the documentary of the brilliant, tragic life & career of Amy Winehouse. Recommended. It is ironic to me that, probably BECAUSE of her pop music success, Joni had such a difficult time being taken seriously in jazz, which is a very cliquish (snobbish) sub-group of the music world. Ms Winehouse, by contrast, was "instantly" recognized as one of the great jazz voices in history, as evidenced by a duet she recorded with (and was instigated by) Tony Bennett -- even though Rehab was a pop hit. She was contemptuous of the successful pop acts which were her contemporaries. "The Next Generation ~ British singer Adele has credited Winehouse's success in making her and fellow British singer Duffy's journey to the United States 'a bit smoother.' Lady Gaga credited Winehouse with paving the way for her rise to the top of the charts, explaining that Winehouse made it easier for unconventional women to have mainstream pop success." wikipedia ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 12:29:21 -0700 From: "Paul Meyer-strom" Subject: Re: Graham and Joni We were able to go to the concert last night, too! Very nice, many references to Joni, having us sing Our House to Joni. Victor, I think the song that Graham referenced on the joke album for jailed Crosby, was "I'm Forever Blowing Bubba." They also included "Ring of Fire." There were a couple of things that Graham mentioned that surprised me. He talked about "Just a Song Before I Go," as having been composed on a bet with a friend from Hawaii. He said he won the bet, $500. Which all makes good sense, but I could have sworn that he said in a previous interview that he wrote it on a challenge from a cab driver in New York. Also, when he was talking about composing Cathedral, last night I think he said that Winchester Cathedral was about 15 minutes away from Stonehenge. Is it? Was he referencing Salisbury Cathedral, perhaps? He says he was pretty loaded on acid when this happened. By the way, he also said he was surprised how hot it was in Portland yesterday, 97F. He said he expected Portland to be drizzly, and referenced global climate change. (Into to singing Cold Rain.) He performed with a friend, Shane Fontayne, both playing guitars, or Shane on guitar and Graham on keyboard. Played two new songs he said they wrote together. Lovely, quiet songs, he said very personal. Paul - -------------------------------------------------- From: "Victor" Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 11:56 PM To: "JMDL JMDL" Subject: Graham and Joni > The show tonight in Portland was sublime, ethereal, and simply fantastic. > Graham mentioned Joni right before the end of the first set. > At one point, some guy shouted out, I love you. Graham said whenever a man > says that to Crosby, he rejects it because it reminds him of prison. He > also mentioned something about a fake album they made up for him while he > was in prison...Blowing Blubber for Life or something. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 06:46:35 -0700 From: Victor Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2015 #285 abbey road Abbey Road came out on September 26, 1969. That clarification is important to me...I was born that day. :) Victor in Portland Sent from my iPhone > i was a NAIVE (not naC/ve! LiH), straight kid...when Abbey Road came out in OCT 1969 (US). ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 14:32:03 -0600 From: Kathy Johnson Subject: Re: Graham and Joni On 2015-07-19, at 1:29 PM, Paul Meyer-strom wrote: > There were a couple of things that Graham mentioned that surprised me. He talked about "Just a Song Before I Go," as having been composed on a bet with a friend from Hawaii. He said he won the bet, $500. Which all makes good sense, but I could have sworn that he said in a previous interview that he wrote it on a challenge from a cab driver in New York. Memory is like that. Or so I'm finding, or have since I was in my forties. I recall some things quite differently than they actually were (according to my journals written at that time). Some people don't understand that and think I've been dishonest with them, but that isn't the case at all. Maybe my perspective has just changed a lot? But surely the memory of many details has. Maybe this is the case with Graham, too. Kate of the North b?b 1b.b?b 1b.b?b 1b. Stubblejumpin'Gal's Letter Out http://goldengrainfarm.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 22:51:02 +0100 From: lawntreader@googlemail.com Subject: Re: Graham and Joni It's ten miles from Stonehenge to Salisbury Cathedral, so a good walk, but twenty five to Winchester, so more like a pilgrimage. Neither would seem far to Graham on a tab or line or two, I guess! Anita > On 19 Jul 2015, at 21:27, Victor wrote: > > That's right, Paul, regarding the cathedral. I went to Stonehenge in '85 and remember walking to Salisbury Cathedral. I was wondering about that as well. > > It was a great concert indeed! > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 19, 2015, at 12:29 PM, Paul Meyer-strom wrote: >> >> We were able to go to the concert last night, too! Very nice, many references to Joni, having us sing Our House to Joni. >> >> Victor, I think the song that Graham referenced on the joke album for jailed Crosby, was "I'm Forever Blowing Bubba." They also included "Ring of Fire." >> >> There were a couple of things that Graham mentioned that surprised me. He talked about "Just a Song Before I Go," as having been composed on a bet with a friend from Hawaii. He said he won the bet, $500. Which all makes good sense, but I could have sworn that he said in a previous interview that he wrote it on a challenge from a cab driver in New York. >> >> Also, when he was talking about composing Cathedral, last night I think he said that Winchester Cathedral was about 15 minutes away from Stonehenge. Is it? Was he referencing Salisbury Cathedral, perhaps? He says he was pretty loaded on acid when this happened. >> >> By the way, he also said he was surprised how hot it was in Portland yesterday, 97F. He said he expected Portland to be drizzly, and referenced global climate change. (Into to singing Cold Rain.) >> >> He performed with a friend, Shane Fontayne, both playing guitars, or Shane on guitar and Graham on keyboard. Played two new songs he said they wrote together. Lovely, quiet songs, he said very personal. >> >> Paul >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Victor" >> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 11:56 PM >> To: "JMDL JMDL" >> Subject: Graham and Joni >> >>> The show tonight in Portland was sublime, ethereal, and simply fantastic. Graham mentioned Joni right before the end of the first set. >> >>> At one point, some guy shouted out, I love you. Graham said whenever a man says that to Crosby, he rejects it because it reminds him of prison. He also mentioned something about a fake album they made up for him while he was in prison...Blowing Blubber for Life or something. ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2014 #726 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here:mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe