Dulcimer. So many people mistake it for a guitar when they are only hearing her on audio. She has said that she picked it up because she could throw it in the overhead on planes. That turned into something nice. Thanks for noting that she plays percussively. More Joni, please.
We have 2 made by a master dulcimer maker. Got lucky in the early 80s at an arts and crafts show, before they were elitist and highbrow as they tend to be today. Was in East TN about 12 miles from here Robert Mize. Case has a letter in it that he wrote to my mom. "Robert Mize of Blountville, Tennessee. The dulcimers of Robert Mize are treasured for their exquisite artistry and unequaled voice. One was presented to Mother Maybelle Carter in 1971, another is on display at The Tennessee State Museum, a third is at home in The Smithsonian Institution,..."
More specifically an Appalachian or Mountain Dulcimer. Its supposed to be played on the lap. Usually has 2 drone strings and a doubled 3rd melody string, and fretted to a scale. In other words not all the frets are a semitone apart, some are a full tone apart, so its typically tuned to a specific key or mode. Traditionally strummed with a quill, although Joni appears to be using her nails. Story goes she chose it because it fits in the overhead of a plane. Also IMO because Joni loved experimenting with different tunings. It was a common instrument in the mountains for women, who used it to accompany all those ancient ballads brought over from the British Isles, along with hymns. A very "ladylike" parlor instrument, as opposed to those rowdy banjos and fiddles used for dances and parties. Its a pretty simple instrument to build as opposed to a guitar or a violin. Just a solid fretboard surrounded by a hollow sound chamber. I own one I built from a kit back in the 1980s. For a more traditional sound and use of the Mountain Dulcimer check out the folksinger Jean Ritchie. There is another type of dulcimer known as a hammered dulcimer which has many multiple strings stretched across a soundboard like a zither or piano and not fretted in any way but played by striking the strings with sticks (hammers). Not sure of its origins but it seemed to be more popular in New England and Canada and not really a thing in Appalachia. In Appalachia a zither or an autoharp would be more common than the hammered dulcimer.
As a native Californian, I can completely relate to this song about being homesick from my beloved state. Did you notice how she smiles every time she’s saying California, she loves it too. The story goes she wrote this song about missing Graham Nash And missing California and the Laurel Canyon vibes.
Her entire BBC concert was remarkable - partly because she mentioned she had a cold and that her voice was not at its best. One can only imagine how she could have sounded! And, that was Peter Green in the audience at the end (genius recognizes genius).
Thanks for doing this. First time I heard this song I was laying in the Sunshine on a beach in Santa Barbara during my road trip with my ex up the Pacific Coast Highway. We stayed at this air bnb that had a little beach in front of it. When this song came on the bluetooth speaker it sent me. It was just perfect as I looked up into that beautiful blue sky.
Another brilliant cut off the Blue album. I read through the comments and saw no recommendations to do the studio version because Joni felt just this raw on the album. My recommendation for the next Joni reaction is “A Case of You”. My fav lyric ‘Go to him, stay with him if you can but be prepared to bleed’ 💜💜💜
“Will you take me as I am, strung out on another man?” So many gifts in one person. I also love, ruefully, “More about the war and the bloody changes,” meaning the civil rights riots and peace riots. One of a kind. A tiny number of people can get in front of a mic with NOTHING but what they got, and just mesmerize you.
Prince idolized Joni Mitchell, she even remembers seeing him as a young man right up front at some of her concerts, before he got famous. She's so phenomenal, she's touched & influenced so many listeners & artists. Such a singular talent & she lived life on her own terms.
One of my home country's best exports. Fun fact, dude with the beard (looks like a green shirt) at approx. 5:15 is Peter Green, who was the founder of Fleetwood Mac and wrote "Black Magic Woman", that Santana popularized.
Joni has some kind of insane mystique to her that when you see and hear her it's like a being from another world. Like you're seeing an elf or an angel. Like there's just a glow and grace to her everywhere she goes.
The instrument is called a dulcimer. It is the only stringed instrument whose origin is credited to the United States and is of Appalachain origin. It's cousins are the German Sheitholt and the Swedish Psalmodikon. The dulcimer is often times played as a solo instrument bc its volume is very quiet and bc of this, lost favor to the much louder banjo and guitar over time. There is also a version of the dulcimer that is played with "hammers" and is called a Hammered Dulcimer. You still see the dulcimer from time to time in the country and, more often, in the Americana (Appalachia) genres. What a real treat for you two to air this.... thank you so much. You guys ROCK.... without a doubt! Not familiar with this song by JM, but it literally bought tears to my eyes. Can a voice be any more beautiful than this? I am 67 years old and still discovering music (Mostly from the 60s,and 70s era).... what would life be without it.
She lived on Laurel Canyon and performed at the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach. The oldest music venue in California. started in the 1930s… No music venue in the world has seen so many legendary performers. (research it yourself) Demolished in 1987… A sad day.
She is playing a Dulcimer. This is from the Blue album, a piece of vinyl brilliance. Joni is a Canadian treasure from Saskatchewan. She lived in Laurel Canyon in California when she wrote this.
Hey fellas. So glad you are listening to Joni Mitchell. A super talented and unique musical artist. You should check out the studio version of " Edith and the Kingpin". She does so many different types of music and is always interesting to listen to. Peace.
Joni Mitchell is indeed unique. There is no one else with her talent or her genius. The instrument she's playing is called the Appalachian dulcimer or lap dulcimer, and she's playing it more or less as it's designed to be played. Jean Ritchie, a traditional singer and musician from eastern Kentucky, brought one to New York City in the 1940s, where it caught on. They're quite easy to play (as long as you stick to the key of D), though Joni, of course, introduced her own innovations in her playing style. Some Joni Mitchell song suggestions: "Chelsea Morning," "Night in the City," "A Case of You," "In France They Kiss on Main Street," "Furry Sings the Blues," "Coyote," "Song for Sharon," "Turbulent Indigo.
Joni's unreal. Unreal range, unreal melodies, unreal lyrics, just so talented. One of one. This is what the Beat poets and folk singers were all trying to be. When playing & writing, she was peak human.
In Going to California by Zeppelin, it's about Robert looking forward to meeting Joni on a plane to LA with the band for a concert. "to meet a golden haired with flowers in her hair, she plays guitar and she sings, oh she sings."
Robert Plant was a huge Joni Mitchell fan too, so much so that he name checks her during the version of “Going to California” on their “How The West Was Won” live album.
Joni has a unique, quirky sense of rhythm. Her voice and her lyrics hit first, then you realize that rhythm is another element that sets her music apart.
Joni was the best. I mean truly the best. Singer, songwriter, musician, artist (painter, too), just talent as far as one could possibly imagine. Check out some of her late-70s jazz-infused work. Amazing.
Thanks, guys! Been a Joni acolyte since about '72, but I had the opportunity to live in LA for 11 years back in the 90s. Should never have left... This song means so much more to me now that I'm 62 and I remember all the magic in the Air. Got to see Joni, Bob and Van the Man at UCLA in '98. I'll take that memory as a comfort when my time comes.
Ned from Spain saying thanks for the vid and reaction. Joni's phenomenal, beautiful and unique. If you look at the end of the video I'm pretty sure one of the men in the audience, dark hair and beard is Peter Green of the original Fleetwood Mac.
I realize everyone runs California under the bus these days, but I really enjoyed living there most of my adult life. I grew up in Georgia, Texas, and California....and I can honestly say that California's vibe was so laid back and relaxed compared the other two states (although I have love/hate relationships with them too). Joni Mitchell is unique and lovely. She makes me feel things, almost a kind of longing I can't explain, which I enjoy.
5:15 I can't be sure but given this is taken from the BBC In Concert series back in London 1970 (James Taylor also played) I think these 3 people are Peter Green (left original Fleetwood Mac), Mary Hopkin and Kevin Godley (right) future 10cc who wrote Bus Stop for the Hollies which included Graham Nash later of Crosby, Stills and Nash, and Joni's partner for a while. Can anybody else verify?
YOU GUYS SHOULD DO ( WOODSTOCK ) SAME BBC CONCERT , THAT'S HER SONG AND SHE TELLS THE SMALL STORY BEFORE SHE DOES IT LA & CHE😊, PRETTY COOL AND SHE'S JUST 27 BACK IN 70,😮 SHE'S 80 NOW SO😊I'M ALWAYS AMAZED BY HER AND OF COURSE I'LL BE LISTENING TO HER LIBRARY WHILE AT WORK TONIGHT ! 👍BE WELL GUYS!
AND THIS WAS THE SONG THAT INSPIRED ( ZEPPELIN'S ) GOING TO CALIFORNIA LA & CHE💯😊, JONI'S REFERENCED IN IT BY ROBERT ' THE GIRL WITH FLOWERS IN HER HAIR ' 👍
She’s just utterly amazing. The artist of the 70s. There is no one like her, probably never will be. I’m just sad I never saw her perform, I think it would have been mind bending. In fact, why is that audience not falling on the floor in tears???
Joni was an athlete until polio at age 9 ended that dream. "Her left hand was weakened by polio, so she learned to play guitar using a variety of open tunings. As a result, a lot of her chord progressions were relatively dissonant compared to other folk musicians at the time." Mind blowing.
There are a few TH-cam videos from this particular performance, and they’re all great. I highly recommend the song ‘Woodstock’, where she plays a grand piano. It’s pure magic, even more so than this one.
Laurel Canyon was a magical place in the 60's and 70's. The talent was off the hook, and they were all friends. I always wanted to meet her, and one day I did at Tower Records on Sunset Blvd. She was just coming in and I was just going out the door when she looked at me and asked, "Did you see him?" "Who?" I replied. She said "the guy who stole my car." I said, "what make and what color?" She says, "A blue Mercedes 300 convertible." I ran past her and ran down the street, and then up the street, scanning the traffic. Really thought I could catch the guy because Sunset Blvd. late on a Saturday night had tons of traffic, all stop and go. I wanted to be the hero, but I just could not find the car. (I can identify any car just by it's tailights.) I did not want to go back because I knew she would be upset and in no mood for idle talk. Still, that was my chance, so I thank the Universe for that.
"I'll Even Kiss a Sunset Pig!" see......Buffalo Springfield- For What It's Worth. This BBC series included performances by James Taylor and Neil Young. On the grid at the end of this video, bottom row, second from the left is a 1965 TV performance of, The Urge for Going, and those Hootenanny guys were not ready for her 'unique' guitar tunings! Very beautiful performance though.
She's just an extraordinarily gifted human, and the distinctive style puts her all the way over. She can be damn hard to listen to, too ---but what's rewarding isn't always easy.
You have to do "For Free" the live version, I think it's from this same concert, I could be wrong. Either way, It is one her most beautifully haunting songs rivaling "River" "A Case of You" and "Blue" but it's seemingly forgotten....
Unless someone already said it, the lines "make me feel good rock n' roll band. I'm your biggest fan" is about her friends Crosby, Stills and Nash. They all lived near each other in this artist/musician colony of Laurel Canyon, that included many others you may have heard of.
Thanks for this reacting to this JM classic. I just found out yesterday that a woman with whom I had been close friends with for nearly 60 years (but had lost touch with of late) died in 2021. Joni Mitchell was one of her favorite artists and coincidentally, my friend lived in California.
A very young Joni can be found from 1965 or 66 on a program called Let’s Sing Out. Several of the programs can be found on YT. The one especially good is her singing a song called Urge For Going. It’s is amazing.
Going to California with an aching in my heart Someone told me there's a girl out there With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair They say she plays guitar and cries and sings La la la la
Here's a song about California called "California here I come"by the band Shocking Blue, came out in 1970 I believe, great song, y'all will enjoy, thanks 😎🏹
I love the songs from Blue but 5 years later a more mature Joni releases Hejira 1976 🥰 sublime lyrics with a great band. The bass player Jaco Pastorius is the perfect foil for her.
Dulcimer. So many people mistake it for a guitar when they are only hearing her on audio. She has said that she picked it up because she could throw it in the overhead on planes. That turned into something nice.
Thanks for noting that she plays percussively.
More Joni, please.
Just to add to that - the dulcimer was a very common instrument in older folk and country songs, and goes back 5000 years.
We have 2 made by a master dulcimer maker.
Got lucky in the early 80s at an arts and crafts show, before they were elitist and highbrow as they tend to be today.
Was in East TN about 12 miles from here
Robert Mize. Case has a letter in it that he wrote to my mom.
"Robert Mize of Blountville, Tennessee. The dulcimers of Robert Mize are treasured for their exquisite artistry and unequaled voice. One was presented to Mother Maybelle Carter in 1971, another is on display at The Tennessee State Museum, a third is at home in The Smithsonian Institution,..."
More specifically an Appalachian or Mountain Dulcimer. Its supposed to be played on the lap. Usually has 2 drone strings and a doubled 3rd melody string, and fretted to a scale. In other words not all the frets are a semitone apart, some are a full tone apart, so its typically tuned to a specific key or mode. Traditionally strummed with a quill, although Joni appears to be using her nails. Story goes she chose it because it fits in the overhead of a plane. Also IMO because Joni loved experimenting with different tunings. It was a common instrument in the mountains for women, who used it to accompany all those ancient ballads brought over from the British Isles, along with hymns. A very "ladylike" parlor instrument, as opposed to those rowdy banjos and fiddles used for dances and parties. Its a pretty simple instrument to build as opposed to a guitar or a violin. Just a solid fretboard surrounded by a hollow sound chamber. I own one I built from a kit back in the 1980s. For a more traditional sound and use of the Mountain Dulcimer check out the folksinger Jean Ritchie.
There is another type of dulcimer known as a hammered dulcimer which has many multiple strings stretched across a soundboard like a zither or piano and not fretted in any way but played by striking the strings with sticks (hammers). Not sure of its origins but it seemed to be more popular in New England and Canada and not really a thing in Appalachia. In Appalachia a zither or an autoharp would be more common than the hammered dulcimer.
Yes please, more Joni.
Joni sings like she's having an intimate conversation, her lyrics like she just met you on the street or at a cafe.
Zeppelin, in Going to California, refers to Joni, "... someone told me there's a girl out there with love in her eyes and flowers in her hair"...
Her lyrics are as powerful as her vocals. She was in the right place at the right time. She's just amazing
It's sad how many people don't appreciate what a brilliant artist Joni is
It is all about over coming your gag reflex.
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Always a troll slinking around right Willy?
Hey Willy take a walk on the wild side .
I'd like this a Million if I could.
The Blue album is so beautiful. Joni’s voice at its best. I heard it first when I was about 15 and her sweet voice blew my mind. 💚
Nice pick fellas, I introduced my daughter to Joni's music when she was young and she now plays her own dulcimer now...making her dad proud!
It's a mountain dulcimer, also called a lap dulcimer. Joni had roots in the folk music scene.
Underscores her uniqueness... only Joni!
As a native Californian, I can completely relate to this song about being homesick from my beloved state. Did you notice how she smiles every time she’s saying California, she loves it too. The story goes she wrote this song about missing Graham Nash And missing California and the Laurel Canyon vibes.
This is my favorite Joni song and my favorite rendition. For me this song best captures the spirit of the 60’s.
She was always an incredible jazz singer with the heart of a hippie folk artist.🎉
Joni is a musical genius. Looked like Peter Green in the audience
The 70's were a special time. Who doesn't dig Joni ❤
Great reaction gentlemen ✌️
Her entire BBC concert was remarkable - partly because she mentioned she had a cold and that her voice was not at its best. One can only imagine how she could have sounded!
And, that was Peter Green in the audience at the end (genius recognizes genius).
And she is an amazing painter too. She designed and painted album covers as well.
she's a Canadian jewel.
Saskatchewan stand up
Thanks for doing this. First time I heard this song I was laying in the Sunshine on a beach in Santa Barbara during my road trip with my ex up the Pacific Coast Highway. We stayed at this air bnb that had a little beach in front of it. When this song came on the bluetooth speaker it sent me. It was just perfect as I looked up into that beautiful blue sky.
She's amazing.... the whole Blue album is great. She is so talented.
Another brilliant cut off the Blue album. I read through the comments and saw no recommendations to do the studio version because Joni felt just this raw on the album. My recommendation for the next Joni reaction is “A Case of You”. My fav lyric ‘Go to him, stay with him if you can but be prepared to bleed’ 💜💜💜
“Will you take me as I am, strung out on another man?” So many gifts in one person. I also love, ruefully, “More about the war and the bloody changes,” meaning the civil rights riots and peace riots. One of a kind. A tiny number of people can get in front of a mic with NOTHING but what they got, and just mesmerize you.
Prince idolized Joni Mitchell, she even remembers seeing him as a young man right up front at some of her concerts, before he got famous. She's so phenomenal, she's touched & influenced so many listeners & artists. Such a singular talent & she lived life on her own terms.
San Francisco for 22 years - California Love!
🎉 agreed!
Born 3 blocks from G.G. park...✨️🤸♂️✨️
One of my home country's best exports. Fun fact, dude with the beard (looks like a green shirt) at approx. 5:15 is Peter Green, who was the founder of Fleetwood Mac and wrote "Black Magic Woman", that Santana popularized.
Thanks, I thought I was seeing things and posted same. The other two I think are Mary Hopkin and Graham Gouldman
@@ElGordo1959 Wow, an all-star audience!
@@ElGordo1959 I thought she looked familiar, but couldn't quite place her.
Joni has some kind of insane mystique to her that when you see and hear her it's like a being from another world. Like you're seeing an elf or an angel. Like there's just a glow and grace to her everywhere she goes.
The instrument is called a dulcimer. It is the only stringed instrument whose origin is credited to the United States and is of Appalachain origin. It's cousins are the German Sheitholt and the Swedish Psalmodikon. The dulcimer is often times played as a solo instrument bc its volume is very quiet and bc of this, lost favor to the much louder banjo and guitar over time. There is also a version of the dulcimer that is played with "hammers" and is called a Hammered Dulcimer. You still see the dulcimer from time to time in the country and, more often, in the Americana (Appalachia) genres. What a real treat for you two to air this.... thank you so much. You guys ROCK.... without a doubt! Not familiar with this song by JM, but it literally bought tears to my eyes. Can a voice be any more beautiful than this? I am 67 years old and still discovering music (Mostly from the 60s,and 70s era).... what would life be without it.
She lived on Laurel Canyon and performed at the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach.
The oldest music venue in California.
started in the 1930s… No music venue in the world has seen so many legendary performers.
(research it yourself)
Demolished in 1987… A sad day.
HEYYYYYY!!! 👍😊I THINK YOU JUST MADE MY DAYYYYYY LA & CHE! 💯 AND THAT'S A ( DULCIMER ) SHE'S PLAYING TAKE GREAT CARE GUYS!
She also did all the drawn art for her album covers. An artist in many ways.
She is playing a Dulcimer. This is from the Blue album, a piece of vinyl brilliance. Joni is a Canadian treasure from Saskatchewan. She lived in Laurel Canyon in California when she wrote this.
In a NPR presentation, some of her upper grade writings were read. You would be gobsmacked to hear how sophisticated her writing was at 12 years old.
Hey fellas. So glad you are listening to Joni Mitchell. A super talented and unique musical artist. You should check out the studio version of " Edith and the Kingpin". She does so many different types of music and is always interesting to listen to. Peace.
Joni Mitchell is indeed unique. There is no one else with her talent or her genius.
The instrument she's playing is called the Appalachian dulcimer or lap dulcimer, and she's playing it more or less as it's designed to be played. Jean Ritchie, a traditional singer and musician from eastern Kentucky, brought one to New York City in the 1940s, where it caught on. They're quite easy to play (as long as you stick to the key of D), though Joni, of course, introduced her own innovations in her playing style.
Some Joni Mitchell song suggestions: "Chelsea Morning," "Night in the City," "A Case of You," "In France They Kiss on Main Street," "Furry Sings the Blues," "Coyote," "Song for Sharon," "Turbulent Indigo.
check out 'For Free' (live version) also written and recorded by Joni Mitchell
Love her. She is so incredibly unique and she always has that shy little giggle
Joni's unreal. Unreal range, unreal melodies, unreal lyrics, just so talented. One of one. This is what the Beat poets and folk singers were all trying to be. When playing & writing, she was peak human.
In Going to California by Zeppelin, it's about Robert looking forward to meeting Joni on a plane to LA with the band for a concert. "to meet a golden haired with flowers in her hair, she plays guitar and she sings, oh she sings."
Didn’t appreciate her to ltr in life. You Guys actually opened me up to her more. ! Also. Finally figured out how to join ya Patreon 😂. !
Robert Plant was a huge Joni Mitchell fan too, so much so that he name checks her during the version of “Going to California” on their “How The West Was Won” live album.
Joni has a unique, quirky sense of rhythm. Her voice and her lyrics hit first, then you realize that rhythm is another element that sets her music apart.
Joni was the best. I mean truly the best. Singer, songwriter, musician, artist (painter, too), just talent as far as one could possibly imagine. Check out some of her late-70s jazz-infused work. Amazing.
Thanks, guys! Been a Joni acolyte since about '72, but I had the opportunity to live in LA for 11 years back in the 90s. Should never have left... This song means so much more to me now that I'm 62 and I remember all the magic in the Air. Got to see Joni, Bob and Van the Man at UCLA in '98. I'll take that memory as a comfort when my time comes.
Great reaction to this beautiful song and this beautiful artist. As you said, Joni is one of a kind! ❤️
She is angel, genius, artist, mother earth all tied into one. Singular.
Joni is one of the greatest musical artists in the 20th century. Genius songwriter and the voice of an angel.
In France They Kiss on Main Street (live) with Pat Metheny and Jaco Pastorius from the Shadows and Light concert video. That’s the full celebration.
WORD!
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And Shadows and Light (acapela), the song !!!
'Would love to catch your reaction to that !!!
Ned from Spain saying thanks for the vid and reaction. Joni's phenomenal, beautiful and unique. If you look at the end of the video I'm pretty sure one of the men in the audience, dark hair and beard is Peter Green of the original Fleetwood Mac.
I realize everyone runs California under the bus these days, but I really enjoyed living there most of my adult life. I grew up in Georgia, Texas, and California....and I can honestly say that California's vibe was so laid back and relaxed compared the other two states (although I have love/hate relationships with them too). Joni Mitchell is unique and lovely. She makes me feel things, almost a kind of longing I can't explain, which I enjoy.
5:15 I can't be sure but given this is taken from the BBC In Concert series back in London 1970 (James Taylor also played) I think these 3 people are Peter Green (left original Fleetwood Mac), Mary Hopkin and Kevin Godley (right) future 10cc who wrote Bus Stop for the Hollies which included Graham Nash later of Crosby, Stills and Nash, and Joni's partner for a while. Can anybody else verify?
Love this song. Joni is quintessential California. Saw Michelle and John Phillips there in the audience. Enjoyed listening with you.
Peter Green from Fleetwood Mac in the front row, at the end!
Great reaction! Love Joni Mitchell! Have you done "Amelia"?
Thanks, I thought I was seeing things and posted same. The other two I think are Mary Hopkin and Graham Gouldman
I've loved this song for a long, long time.
YOU GUYS SHOULD DO ( WOODSTOCK ) SAME BBC CONCERT , THAT'S HER SONG AND SHE TELLS THE SMALL STORY BEFORE SHE DOES IT LA & CHE😊, PRETTY COOL AND SHE'S JUST 27 BACK IN 70,😮 SHE'S 80 NOW SO😊I'M ALWAYS AMAZED BY HER AND OF COURSE I'LL BE LISTENING TO HER LIBRARY WHILE AT WORK TONIGHT ! 👍BE WELL GUYS!
Tuning in for this! One of my all time favorite Joni Mitchell songs ❤❤❤
What a treasure she is.
When people say such a person is one of a kind Joni's face should be on that definition.Such a beautiful woman with her ever seeking soul
Joni has said she started playing the dulcimer when she was travelling around because it was easier to schlep than a guitar.
All time fav along with Coyote. But so many. Joni is a genius. Bonafide.
AND THIS WAS THE SONG THAT INSPIRED ( ZEPPELIN'S ) GOING TO CALIFORNIA LA & CHE💯😊, JONI'S REFERENCED IN IT BY ROBERT ' THE GIRL WITH FLOWERS IN HER HAIR ' 👍
Joni had it all. Beautiful, angelic voice and pure music in her veins. Shes a singing rapper and one of a kind for sure.
She’s just utterly amazing. The artist of the 70s. There is no one like her, probably never will be. I’m just sad I never saw her perform, I think it would have been mind bending. In fact, why is that audience not falling on the floor in tears???
So very beautiful song and voice ❤thanks guys.
Joni was an athlete until polio at age 9 ended that dream.
"Her left hand was weakened by polio, so she learned to play guitar using a variety of open tunings. As a result, a lot of her chord progressions were relatively dissonant compared to other folk musicians at the time." Mind blowing.
I listened to a CBC interview with Joni and she mentioned that she can do 51 different open tunings.
There are a few TH-cam videos from this particular performance, and they’re all great. I highly recommend the song ‘Woodstock’, where she plays a grand piano. It’s pure magic, even more so than this one.
My favorite vocalist of all time since I first heard her about 50 years ago.
Joni is a goddess. BTW, she's playing a dulcimer.
I love you guys.
Laurel Canyon was a magical place in the 60's and 70's. The talent was off the hook, and they were all friends. I always wanted to meet her, and one day I did at Tower Records on Sunset Blvd. She was just coming in and I was just going out the door when she looked at me and asked, "Did you see him?" "Who?" I replied. She said "the guy who stole my car." I said, "what make and what color?" She says, "A blue Mercedes 300 convertible." I ran past her and ran down the street, and then up the street, scanning the traffic. Really thought I could catch the guy because Sunset Blvd. late on a Saturday night had tons of traffic, all stop and go. I wanted to be the hero, but I just could not find the car. (I can identify any car just by it's tailights.) I did not want to go back because I knew she would be upset and in no mood for idle talk. Still, that was my chance, so I thank the Universe for that.
That's the first time I've heard that version of the song and it's amazing!
"I'll Even Kiss a Sunset Pig!" see......Buffalo Springfield- For What It's Worth. This BBC series included performances by James Taylor and Neil Young. On the grid at the end of this video, bottom row, second from the left is a 1965 TV performance of, The Urge for Going, and those Hootenanny guys were not ready for her 'unique' guitar tunings! Very beautiful performance though.
Pure Artist.....indeed!
Oh so happy y'all chose this! What a way to end the Tuesday grind - listening to Joni's ode to a found home. Thank you so much!!! 😊😊😊
My favorite singer of all time. No one like her. It just flows
Such a voice. She could make a nursery rhyme sound angelic. So so beautiful.
Unique and a pioneer.
I waked the earth with Joni Mitchell …
Excellent artist!! And an excellent reaction, fellas ❤😊🙏👏
I really can't think of anything to say..a genuine artiste..
She's just an extraordinarily gifted human, and the distinctive style puts her all the way over. She can be damn hard to listen to, too ---but what's rewarding isn't always easy.
You have to do "For Free" the live version, I think it's from this same concert, I could be wrong. Either way, It is one her most beautifully haunting songs rivaling "River" "A Case of You" and "Blue" but it's seemingly forgotten....
Unless someone already said it, the lines "make me feel good rock n' roll band. I'm your biggest fan" is about her friends Crosby, Stills and Nash. They all lived near each other in this artist/musician colony of Laurel Canyon, that included many others you may have heard of.
Thanks for this reacting to this JM classic. I just found out yesterday that a woman with whom I had been close friends with for nearly 60 years (but had lost touch with of late) died in 2021. Joni Mitchell was one of her favorite artists and coincidentally, my friend lived in California.
A very young Joni can be found from 1965 or 66 on a program called Let’s Sing Out. Several of the programs can be found on YT. The one especially good is her singing a song called Urge For Going. It’s is amazing.
After this song I bought the LP! Unfortunatly I dont have it any more!
Going to California with an aching in my heart
Someone told me there's a girl out there
With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair
They say she plays guitar and cries and sings
La la la la
Here's a song about California called "California here I come"by the band Shocking Blue, came out in 1970 I believe, great song, y'all will enjoy, thanks 😎🏹
If there is a heaven, and by some miracle I get there, I want Joni to meet me at the pearly gates playing the Dulcimer and singing this song 🙏
This is one of her best songs.
There's Joni & Neil. They do it their way.
Voice of an angel.
watch the whole concert . it is so good!!
She's playing a mountain dulcimer, to be exact. There's another form of the instrument called a hammered dulcimer.
I love the songs from Blue but 5 years later a more mature Joni releases Hejira 1976 🥰 sublime lyrics with a great band. The bass player Jaco Pastorius is the perfect foil for her.
fun to watch you two fall in love.
There's only one ! The definition of texture
The blonde girl from the Canadian prairies really made it big didn't she...????
Thanks for more Joni
Such a great song, the studio version has other musicians (James Taylor) adding to the song. The lyrics are so clever and entertaining.
It's a dulcimer. The Appalachian dulcimer is a fretted string instrument of the zither family.
SHADOW'S and Light
Thanks guys, always enjoy your picks!