Another beautiful essay, Lama - I think you should write an entire book on Joni!
Please forgive for chafing just a bit at one statement, which I know you cited from Karen O'Brien's biography: > Elliot visited Mo Ostin at the only record company on America's west coast > at Warner Brothers. Capitol Records founded in L.A. in 1942 by Johnny Mercer Reprise Records - L.A. - 1960 - Frank Sinatra A&M Records - L.A. - 1963 - Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss Dunhill Records - L.A. - 1965 - Lou Adler There were also some other fairly large record labels on the west coast at the time including Twentieth Century Fox and I think MCA had an office here, too, back then. There were also numerous small but significant labels such as Specialty, and founded and based in L.A. decades ago. Brenda would probably have more information. Sorry for the input but the statement made me feel like we were the "outback" here on the west coast! Gathering martini vapors now to calm down ;-) Kakki
