joni  

Re: goodbye pork pie hat

SMEBD
Fri, 06 Apr 2001 09:44:55 -0700

In a message dated 4/6/01 12:51:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:


> GBPPH was written in like the late 50s.  John McLaughlin has a great,
> double tracked acoustic version on 'My Goals Beyond'.  The tune itself is a
> wonder:  The melody is a vocal-shaped blues line, and under it the chords
> resolve in different ways.
> 

In fact, Joni's lyrics are not the first to be written for this tune.  I have 
one, possibly two, other set of lyrics for GBPPH (in my search for covers).  
I think that Joni's lyrics fit the tune the best.

Stephen--who has no prejudice towards Joni :-)
NP--This Shirt--Mary Chapin Carpenter