Hello all! Just got back from Canada...Oh Canada! At 1:30 AM Monday I was still dancing to La Boutine Souriante at the festival hotel, and my shuttle left for the airport at 4:00 AM...so if coherence is lacking, please excuse!
I had a wonderful weekend in Edmonton - Canadians are so darned nice, and the festival is SO well organized...and those prairie skies!! Of course, the backstage pass made things even better. :) Many great acts (including the recently-discussed-here Patti Griffin), but I'll stick to the Joni content. On Friday, the last act scheduled on the mainstage was Big Sandy, basically an Orange County bar band. Ho hum, I thought, no need to stick around, so I grabbed a shuttle back to the hotel. They were broadcasting the fest on the radio, and I hear...Warren Zevon (a last minute add-on) doing "Lawyers, Guns and Money". Darn, I thought, I should have stuck around. Then he does "Case of You" with DULCIMER back up. Argh! I later chatted with his "band" Matt Cartsonis from LA...he had figured out a version of Joni's dulcimer part - I told him I'd show him how she REALLY did it. Apparently several acts wanted to include Canadian content. Los Lobos (after finishing with the GD's "Bertha") encored with a kick-ass "Cinnamon Girl". Sunday afternoon Ireland's Sharon Shannon was playing, and brought out an Irish singer named Pauline (last name missed) to do "the only song I know about Canada" - "Case of You", of course, done very well. I know the performances were recorded - more work for Bob! Now I guess I'm supposed to be working... :( -- ######################################################## Steve Dulson Costa Mesa CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The Tinker's Own" http://www.tinkersown.com "The Living Tradition Concert Series" http://www.thelivingtradition.org/
