As the younger brother of a sister of the 60's and 13 myself when it ended I have to say that it is indescribable and you all know what I mean but I must also say that the 70's was a decade of a hell of a lot of great music, I don't care what the critics say. It was essentially my decade, as far as it goes, and I loved the 70's.
Mack ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kakki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stephen Epstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 8:49 PM Subject: Re: 40s vs. 60s > >Also, due to Joni's age, the artists that perhaps made >the biggest > impression on her WERE the Parkers, Birds, >Mingus et al... > > Aha, of course! I hadn't quite thought of it that way, but that *would* be > her personal frame of reference. > > >One must remember that as talented and unique as Joni >was when she first > started out, the Jimi's Bob's and the >rest of the group were her > contemporaries, and in my >opinion, and perhaps hers as well, she was light > years >ahead of many of them. > > Yes, and being a true artist she would not have desired to either compete > with, be influenced by, or meld with her musical contemporaries at the time. > (although it has long been argued that she got into a lot of the alternate > tunings originally from Crosby). So in a way she was maybe detached from > them and maybe also looking just a bit with a critical eye at them. She WAS > light years ahead of many of them and that, in itself, puts her in a unique > position. > > Kakki
