I'm finally coming up for air to report on Kool Kakki's mini Joni-fest which had a maximum of Joni junkies. The Great and Powerful Paz was there with his VG-8 and his amazing repertoire of songs de Mitchell and songs of everyone else. Fortunately, he is still letting his freak flag fly and he was also sporting some toe nails painted a pearly gray. Michael and I have decided to go on a tour of America's living rooms this spring and he will be my musical director and guitar teacher. Also present were some listers from Kakki's CSNY group who took us through some of those astounding tunes. Phyllis, in her new role as ceramics artist and entrepreneur looked chic in Valentine red and cocktail black and Darice, the Medicine Woman, made us some deadly delish cheesecake. Steve D, the Dulcimerator, was there to provide some Appalachian accompaniment and as always, he was with the lovely Michelle. I think they are one of the nicest, happiest couples in So. Cal. My good buddy Coyote Rick was there as well as J ulius the Articulate. I am sure I am leaving someone out, but also present were all our old pals Jim Beam, Jose Cuervo and Johnny Walker. For the first time I met Allison who plays guitar and sings and has also been a DJ! I was surprised to meet Nikki and see that she is a 21 year old cutie with a cool cutaway Taylor guitar. She gave me an "e" string and passed along one of the best Joni gifts of all time, a t-shirt from Russ with the cover of Hejira printed on it. Thank you, Russ, this is what I always wanted! It's nice to see Allison and Nikki picking up the Joni banner for the younger generation. I missed the talented Kate Bennet again, but I did get to talk with Marian who called all the way from Vienna. She has a husky/sexy Brenda Vaccaro kind of voice. I am eager to hear her sing. I went back to the Joni tabs recently to see that Marian and the other guitarists have brought it up another level and you can now print out a "friendly version" of the tabs. The Joni tabs are an extraordinary labor of love from these dedicated individuals. Getting back to the grind, but I wish all of you could have been there! A big smooch to Kakki for her generosity! xxoo, Clark NP: Frank Sinatra - Witch Craft
