Great story Bob! Thanks for sharing. Best, Stephen in Vancouver
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: "Playing the same folk clubs, in the > late '60s, I had heard about Joni for some time. I lived above the Cellar > Door Night Club at the time I first met Joni. She played there in 1969. I was > also a friend of James Leo Herlihy, who had written "Midnight Cowboy," the > book and screen play. Joni was doing the song "Midnight Cowboy" in her set at > the time. We talked about it, I told her how much I liked it. She had shown > no special interest in recording it, for what ever reasons, so she passed it > on to me. On night, in my apartment, she and her guitarist (name ?) played > and sang the song into my tape recorder. I still have, and treasure the > "live" cassette. Later I arranged it to better fit my voice and style."
