In a message dated 1/1/2003 10:23:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
> I do wonder
> what Joni's process is?
> Like does she decide beforehand what she is going to write about or is it eating at
>her brain or
> heart, and she must get pen to pad?
And I do too...which is why it would be one of top ten "fly on the wall" picks. I know
from listening to recordings that she makes changes even after she gets her songs to
performance level.
> Of course I am a huge day dreamer and I lose my best stuff on the train or walking
>home. I have
> no memory - I am old and burnt out!
Well, maybe we should start an "old & burnt out" discussion list! :~) I've had great
ideas pop into my head (usually while I'm running) for a song lyric, a short story, a
play...but when I try to recall them they're gone.
> Screw Smurph,
No, that was YOUR assignment, O Keeper of the Golden Eggs! :~)
> Can Dinah and a duet be far behind?
Funny you mention Dinah...I'm doing a favor for the Mom of one of our best friends in
town. When I told her I could burn CD's from LP's she asked if she could send me some
of her favorites, and of course, not knowing HOW to say the "n" word, I said "yes".
Dreading a box full of Dean Martin & Mantovani records, or worse, country music (she
lives in rural West Virginia), I was extremely delighted to find the box full of
obscure Brook Benton & Dinah Washington records, as well as the Rooftop Singers ("Walk
Right In") which I also found to be pretty cool.
To add some JC, I was reading the liner notes to the Rooftop Singers LP, which was
issued by Vanguard who also had Buffy Sainte-Marie & Joan Baez in their stable and who
courted Joni, but she turned them down as they were demanding 2-3 records a year!
Maybe if she had signed with them, at least at first, all those early songs would have
been released!
Bob
NP: Guv'ner, "Help Me"
