Hello dear friends,
It's been while since I've had time to read the "list" but I litterally have
my hands full with a beautiful baby daughter by the name of Lucy Iris (she
was born October 1st, 12 minutes after midnight, between sides one and two of
CSNY's "So Far" album...you know the one with the Joni drawing on the cover).
Well the other day the three of us were out for a stroll in a glorious DC
fall day when we happened upon a yard sale on 16th street... After a two
minutes of browsing I spied Joni's face on the cover of a thin book peering
up from the grass and colored leaves. Before I even looked inside it I
bought it for .50 cents...The book is by Leonore Fleischer and is simply
called "Joni Mitchell Her Life Her Loves Her Music and came out in 1976. The
book is filled with tons of pictures and and a wonderfully naive, dated and
inspiring write-up. I then looked a little further into a couple milk crates
and hit the jack-pot: The "Blue", "For the Roses", "Joni Mitchell Songbook
1966-1970", "The Dulcimer Book" by Jean Ritchie, "How to Make and Play the
Dulcimore" by Chet Hines, and (one of the Holy Grails of Joni Mitchelldom...)
"The Music of Joni Mitchell" with a list of known tunes and a massive list of
unknown, unrecorded tunes (it actually starts off with her poem from
highschool "The Fishbowl"). I am still reeling from this find. The real
kicker came when the owner of these books said that I could have them all for
$10!!! I said that that was an increadible deal and that I could give her a
few of my tapes as added payment. Needless to say, I'm still walking on air
about my finds...now I just need to find the time to actually use these
books....soon, soon. If anyone would like to get copies of the sheet music
for the unreleased tunes please e-mail me privately. My "Unreleased Tape" is
on hold seeing as I lent out my "Club 57" tape and the guy who was going to
transfer it to a CDR went on an emergency mission to Texas...who knows when
he'll be back....soon, soon.
Untill later,
Take care,
Julian
