Frank writes:
<< I just don't understand why she chose to record the covers and release
them on album. >>
Great post, Frank!
As for why Joni recorded the first album of covers (BSN), the wise-ass answer
is . . . because she could!
But I also think that Joni is at least intrigued, and maybe even delighted,
by the way her voice sounds now. Herbie Hancock, the Chieftains and others
certainly like her grown-up, cigarette voice and seek her out to cover her
own work and songs other people wrote. I love the way her voice sounds now,
and I hope she keeps singing even if she never writes another song. (Although
I am sure she will continue to write. I have faith!)
I love the way you closed your post, Frank:
<< But, if she doesn't make any new music, the music she has made in the
last 30 years will get me through the next 30. >>
And I agree!
--Bob
