Well Gil, it's me that's fuzzy again!  I looked it up and the story actually
came from Joni's former manager Elliot Roberts telling about how Crosby had
everyone over to hear Joni play at his house.  He goes on "The next day B.
Mitchell Reed talked about it on the radio, how there was this girl in town
named Joni Mitchell that's recording an album and there's nothing he can
play new, but whenever this album comes out, it's going to be be one of the
greatest albums of all time.  David set it up so that when the album finally
came out, everyone in L.A. was aware of Joni Mitchell.  The first club date
she played, at the Troubadour, was standing room only for four nights, two
shows a night.....By the time Joni's record came out she was an industry
legend, properly positioned for breakout success..."

Kakki

> The BeeMeR! I remember him from the golden days of underground FM, his
deep
> bass voice bringing us into his confidence and lending importance to
> anything he told us. As for his fuzzy details ... hey, it was the 1960s.
Be
> amazed we who survived it even can spell our names.

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