G�day Jmdlers,
Strangely, JMDL Digest 533 didn't arrive. Lost in cyberspace I
suppose. Hope I didn't miss anything important.
Anyway, I just received the latest issue of the Australian Friends of
Fairport [Convention] fanzine, �Fiddlestix�, and discovered a Joni
Mitchell reference that, considering a recent thread, I thought might
be of interest.
This issue contains an interview with Fairport�s bass player, Dave
Pegg, and one of the questions he was asked was: �If you could sit
next to anyone famous at a Dinner Party, who would it be and what
would you ask them?�
He replied: �Well I would like to sit in between Bob Dylan and Joni
Mitchell. I probably wouldn�t say much, I would leave them to do the
talking because my questions would be too embarrassing. Whenever I
meet somebody famous I am always at a loss for words, I never know
what to say. The same as most people do actually, it�s like when you
go back stage after a gig and meet one of your heroes most people find
it difficult. The most famous person I ever met was Paul McCartney. I
completely froze up, as everybody does when they meet Paul, but he was
the perfect gent. A very, very nice person as was his wife Linda. God
Bless her. They were absolutely charming and very genuine people.�
And, taking the interview as a whole, I would say that those last
sentiments would apply equally well to Dave Pegg himself. Long live
Fairport!
Cheers,
John (in Sydney)
PS. I know the Joni content in this post is only minor so, if anyone
thinks I should have made it NJC, I apologize.
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