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Santa Barbara Songwriters Tribute to Joni Mitchell (all proceeds will benefit the Red Cross Liberty Disaster Relief Fund) When: November 7, 2001 @ 7:30 pm Where: SOhO Restaurant & Music Club 1221 State St, Santa Barbara 805-962-7776 $5 Santa Barbara songwriter Kate Bennett has gathered some of her local musician and songwriting friends to perform songs written by Joni Mitchell, one of the worlds most revered songwriters. The evening is planned to coincide with Mitchells birthday (November 7) and is an acknowledgment of her inclusion as one of 14 artists recently honored at the World Leaders: A Festival of Creative Genius in Toronto Canada. The proceeds from the Santa Barbara show will be donated to the Red Cross Liberty Disaster Relief Fund. Over the past few years, Bennett has been in contact with musicians from around the world who cite Joni Mitchell as a major influence. Bennett and her husband, Jeff Bisch, recently attended a three-day festival (called Jonifest) near Boston where they met & played with other Mitchell-influenced musicians from all over the United States as well as Canada, Europe, New Zealand, and South America. It was a weekend full of music for the pure joy of singing and playing, sharing songs and collaboration, Bennett remarked. I wanted to bring some of that experience home to Santa Barbara and to get some of my musician friends together for the same reasons. Everyone I contacted was so excited at the idea of performing Joni Mitchells songs! Many of us are out there playing and making some kind of career for ourselves through our music. This is an opportunity to do it in honor of someone who has had such a major influence on the art & craft of songwriting. Joni Mitchell is widely regarded as one of the most significant artists of her generation and there are many well known songwriters who cite Joni Mitchell as a major influence. The Santa Barbara Tribute to Joni Mitchell will include performances by Michael Adcock & some of his band (The Grateful Dads), Kate Bennett, Craig Stuart & Kasey Lloyd, Jack Lee, John Mooy, Donna OConnor, Tammy Gillispie & Mark LaCommare, Doug Ingoldsby, Pam Johnson, Delilah Poupore & Antara Blasius, Heather Stevenson, and Jennifer Terran. Over the years, Joni Mitchell has been showered with accolades, including multiple Grammys, a Governor Generals Performing Arts Award, Rolling Stone s Artist of the Year, Billboard Magazines Century Award, and in 1997 she was the first Canadian woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. One critic raved, "When all the dust settles, Joni Mitchell may stand as the most important and influential recording artist of the late 20th century." The Joni Mitchell Homage took place on October 19 in Toronto. Emphasizing that the true world leaders of today are creative artists, the 14 honorees were selected due to their revolutionary life-long work and for pioneering a new vocabulary in creativity so significant that they have changed the face of world culture. See http://www.worldleadersfestival.com/ for details). ******************************************** Kate Bennett www.katebennett.com sponsored by Polysonics www.polysonics.com Discover the Indies at Taylor Guitars: http://www.taylorguitars.com/artists/awp/indies/bennett.html ********************************************
