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.