In a message dated 7/22/02 8:04:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Joni played three songs with Jimmy Buffets band (Cherokee Louise, Just Like This Train, and Big Yellow Taxi. That was the night I got to dance with her on the side of the stage to Neville Brothers music. I still have a momento from that night the glitter name card that was on her dressing room door. >>
Paz, :-) I'd forgotten this story! -- god, how i swoon at the thought of dancing with her, even more chatting with her -- but obviously she and the Buffster must be pals, in spirit if not in songwriting styles or ability. Maybe he's inspired by her songwriting without its having any obvious or apparent effect on his. "I met a friend in spirit/who drank and womanized (hasn't she re-worded this line -- "a sage in [something]'s eyes")/And I sat before his sanity/i was holding back from crying/he saw my complications/and he mirrored me back simplified/and we laughed how our perfection/ would always be denied..." (Refuge from the Roads, Hejira) Hmmm. Could *that* have been Jimmy B? I love wondering about these things. best to all, Walt
