Hi Gil > breaking years of lurking, I take the bit between my teeth and respond:
and what a great delurk story! > I've seen Joni only once, at the Troubadour in L.A., in 1968 it must have > been. I have a vague recollection that she had the (unfinished?) painting > to CLOUDS on stage with her, and she sang a lot of songs from that > forthcoming album. Explained that "fear is like a wilderland" in I Think I > Understand was inspired by Tolkien. Sang "a medley of [her] hit," Both > Sides Now, and as an encore led the audience in singing along to The Circle > Game, with help from Buffy St. Marie on the ground floor and Graham Nash > upstairs. This is amazing. I don't think we've ever heard stories here from anyone who was at this performance. A bunch of us have a recording from the Troubadour in 1969, but this definitely sounds like a different show. It may be that you attended her first ever appearance in L.A. right before Song to a Seagull was released. It makes me wonder - with all the reocrdings we have collectively acquired here - why we don't have this one (or at least it hasn't seen the light of day). > Hope this message interests somebody. Well yeah!! ;-) Thanks for sharing and please add more details if you think of them. Kakki
