1966: Contributed by Pat Henry: Joni performs tonight and tomorrow night at the Folk Cellar III in Port Huron, Michigan. This was one of her first appearances alone without Chuck Mitchell since she'd left Canada. See a copy of the ad that ran in the 'Port Huron Times-Herald' that week (Note that the price of admission was $1.25) http://homepages.go.com/~badwolff/albums/album1/pic4.html 1995: Billboard Magazine announced the Century Award with an article in today's issue, saying, in part "Observers and critics have occasionally called some of Joni Mitchell's song-writing "confessional." But that's not really true, because to confess something, one has to hesitate over the difficulties of the expression, and Joni Mitchell has never hesitated with any aspect of her music." Read the full article at: http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/951209bbx.cfm In the same issue, Billboard publishes a long article on Joni entitled "A Portrait of the Artist." An excerpt: "Few musicians of her stature have undergone more private and public trials. At the beginning, she had to fend off imitators and detractors of both sexes, plus the persistent jealousy of an early '60s folk school whose post-Dylan commercial/artistic strides she almost single-handedly eclipsed with three hugely influential Reprise albums." Read the full article at: http://www.jmdl.com/articles/docs/951209bb.cfm -------- Know a date or month specific Joni tidbit? Send it off to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and we'll add it to the list. --------
