Walt wrote: > I was chatting with another jmdler the other day, and we got talking about > musical heroes, and he was intrigued to hear mine (in addition to Joni, the > first-stringers are Laura Nyro, Burt Bacharach and Jimmy Webb -- all of whom > stretched boundaries or broke rules in their own way;
Amazing - me, too! > As I said, thank god they don't so this anymore on elevators -- in fact, the practice of > removing all energy and style from music for this kind of purpose seems to > have all but disappeared -- where there is musack to he beard, they seem more > likely now to play the originals -- or am I wrong? No, you are right on this. Lately I've been literally startled to hear real Joni played in unlikely places like Rite-Aid (chain drug store), the chain chicken cafe in my building and even Jack in the Box! Kakki
