Hi, everyone.
Can't tell you how much I'm enjoying this site/list, and getting responses,
and meeting you individually on the net.
I assume you all saw the Special Night with Joni thing that was on one of the
cable channels (can't remember which at the moment) about a year and a half
ago. Aside from Joni's own outstanding performance of BSN, whcih was farily
similar to the performance on the BSN album, she was preceeded by the
excellent Diana Krall, who reduced me to tears with her seemingly
(appropriately) drunk performance of Case of You, belied by her incredible,
jazzy, expert piano playing. Anyway, I watch this tape often, whicn I need a
good smile or cry (it's the same relief, no?). Other highlights for me were
the performances by Shawn Colvin and Beth Chapman (something missing from the
latter's name, I know, but I can't pull it out right now... Nielsen?? --
anyway, are those two lovers or just buds), and their trio performance with
JT, and his solo performance of River (with interestingly missing lyrics
about making one's lover cry...hmmm).
Back in '95 I heard on San Fran's KFOG a re-broadcast of a small concert Joni
had doen in LA. There was one song I didn't at that time recognize. Now I'm
thinking it may have been Man from Mars, but I'm not sure. Anybody know the
tape I mean, and what song it was?
I understand from this site or from Wally Breese's jonimitchell.com that
there is some kind of tribute album in the works (not the jazz thing by David
Lahm, which I just learned about and intend to find next time I'm in a Virgin
or Tower). Anybody know anything about the tribute album? Certainly hope
Colvin, Chapman and Krall are involved!!!
On a more frustrating note, I have TWICE caught the second half of an
hour-long performance by joni for a small group in Toronto (I gather from the
credits) for Canadian TV. Once was my fault, and the other was KQED's (local
PBS in SF), for (brace yourself) jumping in in the middle of the performance
because they were pledging, and trying to sell some crap by some self-help
guru!!!!
Ugh, to say the least. So I still have no idea what's on the first half hour
of the set. Oh, the local TV guide listing said the performance was from
200, but the credits revealed otherwise. She did perform Facelift
(wonderful! -- one of my favorites of all time) from Tiger, and Comes Love
(Nothing Can Be Done) from BSN, but Facelift was written back in '95, and
Come Love might have been something her ex and now friend, Larry K, brought
to her attention some time back to lure her into considering what later led
to BSN.
Finally (and sorry to all of you for whom this is all old news), any idea
what Joni's next album is about thematically, or whether she's even working
on one, or when we might expect it, hmmmm?
Thinking Siquombically of you all,
Walt B. in San Fran
