"Mark or Travis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I was reading the liner notes for 'Night Ride Home' (not that I do >>that very often to quote her 'High'ness...man..) and noted that Joni >> is credited with , amongst other things, playing the clarinet (..or >> oboe?.. brain cells gone) on 'The Only Joy in Town' Is this right? >> can someone confirm? or deny >> > > I believe that's keyboard oboe. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. This >annoys my friend Melanie who thinks that Joni's ego has gotten way out >of hand. 'She doesn't play the oboe!'
Yeah, I think the oboe credit is a bit jive. As Danny Kaye once said, "The oboe is an ill wind that no one blows good." It's a bitch of an instrument; extremely difficult to play at all, let alone play well. Some of my best friends are oboe players, including the great master Paul McCandless. Now, *there's* an oboe player! -Fred
