Well Bob, it did indeed work and made for a very happy surprise for me this morning. Thank you so very very much. I'm sincerely thrilled to have this. All I Want has always been one of my favorite songs and I'm touched to have this historical version.
I guess it's time to introduce myself properly. Hi. I'm Cairn and I'm a musi-holic. I can't get enough. I want it all the time. When I'm not around it live (or in Memorex), it seem to always be in my head. My dad (who was murdered a couple of years ago) was a musician and my mom was a belly dancer. I kind of ran from wanting to play music as fast as my little legs could carry me, seeing a lot of the shadows and hardships of that life. Strangely enough when my dad died something in me screamed to start playing piano, which I did. My style is minimalistic and though I have a little a trio, I don't see myself as a musician...a performance artist perhaps, definitely a poet/storyteller...still trying to figure all that packaging/boxing of self out... I'm turning 30 this summer, and while my musical taste is quite varied and far reaching, (everything from the Grateful Dead (and family) to Black Sabbath, Kid Rock, Bob Marley, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Carole King, Ray Charles, Tom Waits, Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, Captain Beefheart, Prince...really could go on and on, but don't want to be tedious, just want to give a hint of myself), Joni has certainly carved herself a place right there in the heart of it. My first Joni album was Blue (when I was 17...and pregnant. Little Green owned me that year. My son turned 12 this year and I included it on his Birthday CD), then Court and Spark, Turbulent Indigo and Hejira. My Joni collection is rounded out with Night Ride Home, Dog Eat Dog, Mingus and Both Sides Now and a few single songs I've managed to aquire through the trading of mixed CD's and tapes over the years. I must say after reading posts on this list for a while now, I'm on a bit of a mission to aquire Song to a Seagull, Hissing of Summer Lawns and Run for the Roses (how many albums does she actually have anyway?) About this place; it seems quite special. I'm not a very list joining person. A lot of the archives for a lot of lists I've read seem so full of crazy petiteness (none of which seem to exist here) that again, I want to run as fast as I can in the other cyber direction. I really enjoy it here. I'm thrilled to be gifted with such a fine and knowledgeable, kind group of people to help me develop a more intimate knowledge of Joni. The web site is absolutely beautiful, though I know I've been through but a fraction of it and Les, I just love Today's Articles and Today in History. I've really been enjoying that feature of this place. It is so very very special. Thank you. That must be it for now. Thank you for being her, thank you for having me...and Bob double extra thank you's with sprinkles on top for this amazing original All I want. Until next time... >>Cairn<<
