i recall joni explaining that her early work was more influenced by english and german harmonic structure, while her later work incorporated a more jazzy harmonic structure which is essentially african-american and perhaps not as familar to the caucasian ear, but actually contains more melody and more complex harmonies. peace, david
> >Joni has said her early work is NOT more melodic/harmonic - it is simply > >WHITER melodic/harmonic. > > > I don't know what this means. > > -Fred
