Willy...my petal... :) I am hopeing Joni does a promo for her new CD and tours just like she did for BSN. I often suffer from the woulda coulda shoulda curse. And like you, I am not an avid concert goer. However, I do have tickets to see Diana Krall March 15th. I am really looking forward to it.
Last weekend I went to hear Dan Newton at the Coffee Grounds, a coffee house in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is with the Cafe Accordion Orchestra and he also plays as Daddy Squeeze. I saw him as the latter. It was so wonderful to be within several feet of his playing...sipping a latte...and talking with friends. That boy can play the blues, tango, musette, anything on the accordion. Also last week, Mary Louise Knutson...a wonderful jazz pianist, played for my friend Phyllis' birthday party. She came to the house and played for 2 hours! It was a gift from Phyllis' partner. To sit in the room or wander around and hear her play was such a treat. She stayed afterward and listened to us mortals perform our music for Phyllis. And Willy, you are so right about JoniFest. A little over 6 months to go. I am beginning to think of tunes... :) But until then...we will soon have out videos and we can listen to our CD's to bring back all sorts of memories. You are a wonderful memory Willy. Much Love and Peace......Sharon William Waddell wrote: > > My dearest Sharon et al, Yet another something we have in common. I have > NEVER seen Joni in concert either and I'm realising I probably never will. > I'm never in the right place at the right time. The right bleeding > hemisphere come to think of it. I'd go out of my way to avoid seeing Dylan, > alas. He is so-o-o-o painful these days. However, I'd walk a million miles > for a Joni gig even if she were to end up sounding like Stephen Hawking. > I've never been an ardent concert goer actually, though having said that I > just got back from 2 nights at the Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow. > It's billed as the biggest winter folk festival in the world. The first > night I saw Alison Brown, a banjo player from Nashville, I think, and last > night The Indigo Girls. They were fab. An all-woman band, surprise surprise! > I recognised a few of the songs only because whenever I've listened to > custom MSN radio (Joni), they were always featured. I was hoping they would > do a Joni song but ... This Tuesday Diana Krall is playing in Glasgow and > well maybe she will slip in a "A Case of You". Dream on dream on, Impossible > Dreamer. A JoniFest is the next best thing. The lights go down and it's just > JMDLers up there getting JMDLers to feel like that. > Willy the Shake
