Bruce and Lori opined
> > In recalling the sequence of her recordings, I often have to stop and > > force myself to remember that Blue is before FTR. Because in the > > evolution of Joni's work, it seems Blue should come after FTR. I > > don't know why I think this. > > I do the same thing. It DOES seems that Blue should have come after > FTR. Perhaps it's because, to me, the vocal and musical style of FTR > seems to fit nicely between LOTC and Blue. In some ways, Blue seems to > be more "mature" than FTR. > > My take on this is a bit different. Blue was the only album on which the > dulcimer and JT were featured prominently as players. That profoundly > affected the mix of the record, which contained 4 dulcimer songs, 2 guitar > songs and 4 paino songs. What balance ? > > For the Roses, however, had some amazingly mature work artistically. > Especially true of Cold Blue Steel, Lesson in Survival/Let the Wind Carry > Me, WOHAM and Judgment of the Moon and Stars, all of which were very big > songs, and some of which represented more ambitious composition than in > Blue (which is still my #1 album with Hejira #2, not that they are > competitors). > > Bobsart
