rsc1 wrote: > Mr. Bernstein told me once that he was begining to work on it > (personally, I'm hoping for tapes of her appearance at the 1980 > Bread & Roses show in Berkeley. That version of "The Thrill > Is Gone" with B.B. King! Does anyone have an audience tape of this? > It levelled me...)
Hmmm....I didn't think that performance was good....visually it was cool to see them together, but Mr. King played a loud guitar lick every time Joni opened her mouth to sing...almost seemed like sabotage...King and band totally screwed up Coyote, too, they didn't know the tune and blew all the chord changes.... But to answer your question, a tape of this show has not, to my knowledge, surfaced. One lister a year or two ago got in touch with the B&R organization, and they said they would try to find a tape, but nothing ever came of it. Better than the King collaboration would be Joni's solo set with previews of songs from WTRF, and a dynamite version of "Sweet Sucker Dance" with Herbie Hancock on grand piano. Hopefully this material will surface at some point. Ann & Nancy Wilson's set (with Joan Baez on "Love Alive") from the '81 show has been traded for some time. It's hard to believe Joni's performance wasn't recorded, but she can be very protective of her stuff, maybe she pocketed the only tape! RR
