Hello, All - Considering Lucy Kaplansky's involvement in the Symphony Space on Saturday, I thought this post from the lucy-list might be of interest... :-)
> So Lucy was at WFUV to promote the Joni Mitchell festival at Symphony Space > on Saturday. They played Every Single Day from the CD, and then she talked > about hearing Joni Mitchell for the first time as a teenager... > > <snip> > > Finally, more talk of Joni Mitchell and the Symphony Space event...and > about covers of songs (where somebody adds their own stamp to someone > else's song) vs. "redos," the nontechnical term for when somebody just > sings someone else's song without adding anything to it! And how Lucy has > never really tried to cover Joni Mitchell---though she has performed Carey > occasionally (because someone told her when she did it at a soundcheck that > she should perform it), she had only performed Willy by herself in her > bedroom, on guitar, before she recently tried it on piano at a show (I > think she was referring to the 2/14 Purchase show as its piano debut). She > seemed VERY nervous as she admitted that she was going to perform Willy > right there on WFUV...the first time she'd ever played piano on the radio, > she said. She proceeded to do a BEAUTIFUL rendition of Willy, after which > the interviewer remarked that she seemed relieved it was over and she said, > "I hope I didn't mess it up!" Nope, it was great...she shouldn't have > worried. And finally they played Lucy's "guest DJ" pick---A Case of You by > Joni Mitchell. Susan <A HREF="http://www.heartsdesireconcerts.com";>http://www.heartsdesireconcerts.com</A> "God is in goddess in god is zen got us in..." ~ Billy Jonas
