In a message dated 12/4/00 3:27:29 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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<< The arbutus is Canada's only broadleaved evergreen and I think is called
madrona as you get further south on the coast. I've always thought the
rustling came from the bark which peels off in strips and hangs on the
trunk, rustling like paper in the wind.
Ranger Rick >>
That's not how Joni described it when introducing the song at a concert I
attended in 1973. She made it clear that the sound came from the arbutus
leaves rustling in the wind.
Paul I
