Yes. I read a fairly interesting book written by the drummer of The Grateful Dead on the history of drums/percussion. (mickey? (can't think of the last name) Interesting little tidbits like: the pan drums or steel drums were a product of WW11. ...All those oil drums left on islands were put to good use...Anyone else fascinated with how music evolves?
I wonder about Joni too...where in the heck did she get all those open tunings..chord progressions? Was she influenced heavily (slightly) by somebody..was she her own evolution?
Bree
Okay, Jim, tag you're it! Jenny
"Jim L'Hommedieu (Lama)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Goodspeed, let's leave it at what? You didn't SAY anything! What do YOU
think? Why did you raise all of these
questions for ME to answer? :) C'mon. You've got a fine head
on your shoulders! Give it up, girl! You're old enough to sit with the
grownups. Speak! Speak!
Lama
Jenny said,
>> So - this all has me thinking - when is an artist ground
breaking - when an artist truly comes up with something new
or combines influences in a way that has never been done
before? Specifically - when do you think Joni broke some
ground? And what was her contribution - lyrical...musical.
For pop/rock music history buffs - or heck for people who
were actually cognizant at the time - how do you see Joni
in the context of popular music? How about in music in
general? Did she truly become an original right of the
bat with STAS - or was that more a logical, albeit
creative outflow of what was happening around and before her?
I have a zillion other thoughts/questions, but let's leave it at
that....>>>>
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