I've been playin gordon's tunes since i learned guitar in the late 60's... something about the simplicity and beauty of great melodies and poetic lyrics... really appealed to me then, and now...
i may have grown out of gordon a bit, but something always brings me back to his tunes my top five gordon tunes: go my way beautiful early mornin rain miguel ballad of yarmouth castle ( much better than the wreck of edmund fitzgerald, imho) same topic pussywillows cattails is also gorgeous lyrically and melodically, and if you could read my mind has some great stuff in it.... kenny rankin's version of pussywillows is superb saw my best friend's wedding the other night... thought the scene where julia robert's gay friend explains how they met and launches into a dionne warwick tune, with everyone chiming in perfectly, was hysterical... i think you super talented jmdl performers should do something like that at a jonifest at some point... enjoyed hearing about the festival... thanks to all someday soon, going to party, someday soon my first joni album, yes, vinyl, was blue, and i remember my dad making some wisecrack about it... carey and the title track mesmerized me most... but came to love songs like morning morgantown, michael from mountains, circle game, rainy night house... she's never been underrated in my book, or underappreciated... although lots of guys who dig rocknroll don't like her i guess... of course, i kinda like i'm so square (baby i don't care) isn't that kindof rocknroll? delurking for a moment alan
