Fellow list members, Blair Fraipont wrote: >Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 23:00:23 -0400 >From: "Blair Fraipont" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Impromptu Joni Cover > > Yesterday in Rehoboth Beach on Baltimore Avenue, this very good Jazz > >Guitarist performed 7-10pm. He did a couple Louis Jordan Numbers, a good > >old Satchmo cover and some originals. On his break he came into the cafe > >where I worked and I mentioned that he should do some Mingus. He >mentioned >that he once did Goodbye Porkpie Hat and that Joni Mitchell.... >That is >where I interrupted and said, YES! Her lyrics added so much to >that song, I >am a big fan. Well he and his wife were at the same show in >1998 at The >university of Maryland! We talked a bit and then he said that >he still does >a cover of The Jungle Line. I asked him if he could perform >it and he said >he definitely would. Obviously, it was quite different >from the Joni >Version, but his vocals brought out the magnitude and color of the lyrics > >that Joni had on HOSL. I was so pleased that i got to hear a Great joni > >cover and one of my favorite songs. Sorry, Bob I didnt have a tape >recorder >to have it included in Covers Volume 23..but who knows, it may >surface. > Sincerely, >Blair > And now, me: Blair is almost certainly describing Bruce Anthony, originally from Chester, Pa., a former fellow resident of Dover, Del., and since early 2000, a resident of Wilmington, Del. I have several of his recordings and have lent two of them, which included "Jungle Line," to Bob "SCJoniGuy" Muller to put on a future Covers volume. I went along with Bruce and his French-Canadian wife, Lyse, to the referenced 1998 U. of Md. show. We all had a great time. Tim Spong _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
