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Well, Willy, if you were to draw up a Venn diagram of "People who know Mingus well
enough to sing it" & "People who frequent Karaoke Bars", I'm not sure there'd be a lot
of overlap in the circles! ;~)
However, there is some Karaoke Joni out there...Both Sides Now, of course...
Speaking of E-bay (where you can buy Karaoke records out the wazoo), I just had an
interesting exchange with a record store dealer...he was auctioning off a Ronnie
Aldrich LP with Woodstock on it. I e-mailed him to ask if it was Joni's Woodstock,
since there are a couple other ones out there. By the time he got back to me, the
auction was over and he confirmed that yes, it was Joni's song that Ronnie was
singing, and he had another copy of that LP which he would be willing to sell me. He
also said his wife was a big Joni fan and that they saw her at Madison Square Garden
on the '98 tour.
Well, that's all I had to hear! I suggested that I trade him a clean CD of that show
for the Ronnie Aldrich record and give it to his wife for Valentine's Day. He was
pretty happy with that trade, probably thinking ahead to the night of the 14th! :~)
And we picked up another cover in the process...
Bob, certified E-bay addict after about a week!
NP: Patsy Cline, "Leavin' On Your Mind"
