Hi Michael!
Thanks for sharing your Jonatha experience with us! Sounds like it was a
wonderful time, as shows thru from your enthusiasm (and melting...lol) :-)
She is such a warm person, funny she remembered me! I loved the pictures
thanks for posting them!
Love Nikki
"Dream on but don't imagine they'll all come true...Vienna waits for you" ~
Billy Joel
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Michael Paz
> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 5:30 PM
> To: Joni Digest
> Subject: Jonatha Story
>
>
> Hi Everybody-
> Sorry I am SO later posting this story but.... Anyways thursday around
> 1:30pm I picked my new best friend jbro and her manager (Pat) up at the
> airport. It was so easy to talk to her and we hit it off very
> well from the
> beginning. She is so much younger looking in person. I feel like her
> pictures on the albums maker her look older or more mature
> looking. Her eyes
> are amazing! She has a real mischievous look to her. We hung out
> most of the
> afternoon and after I got them checked into the hotel I took them
> to meet a
> local PD for a radio station. Most of the time Jonatha (riding shotgun and
> Pat in the back on the cell phone constantly) and I were gabbing
> it up about
> guitars and the VG-8 and the whole music biz in general. She has an
> incredible understanding of then whole music biz scene and I
> think that will
> benefit her in the future. She is really digging this album and is VERY
> excited about the DVD project that is coming out. I played Kate
> Bennetts CD
> while we were riding around as well as Tommy Malone's (formally
> of subdudes
> and Tiny Town) forthcoming CD, as well as the new Dave Matthew's. She is a
> music junkie like the rest of us.
> I told her about how much she has had a impact on the JMDL
> and that was
> how I discovered her music and what led me to contact her office
> to get her
> Jukebox. She thought that was very sweet and was very flattered. She said
> she had talked to friends of mine all over the country and remembered the
> situation with Penny and remembered Nikki asking about Louisiana
> JukeBox and
> getting me the Story CD (which I LOVE hi Nikki!). I asker her about her
> background in Boston and told her about the forthcoming JoniFest in
> Topsfield. She was intrigued about it and asked if Joni would be there. I
> told her this is the year we expect her to show up so she should come too.
> She starts her tour soon so i don't know if it would be possible, but if
> everyone sends emails inviting her, who knows, she came to my
> little TV show
> lol.
> I dropped her off at the hotel for a nap and change of guitar strings
> and I went on to the show to do my thing. She arrived just after nine and
> started tuning up. We went through her set for rehearsal and I was
> positively captivated. She sang Linger, Digging, and Red Dress. She is so
> incredible solo and I am so proud of the actual sound quality that came
> across on the performance. I asked her if she would please play
> another song
> for me after the show was over. She will be back here in June to play a
> concert and I told them I would run that clip to promote that event. She
> asked which one and I of course asked for my faves Always or
> Because I Told
> You So. She chose the latter. After hearing her sing the entire crew was
> pumped up about the show and dug her alot. I invited several
> friends to come
> sit in the audience and check her out, which they did. She made
> alot of eye
> contact with me and I DO believe I am still melted into several
> blobs on the
> floor of the studio.
> The LIVE show went off great and she was flawless. Her interview with
> Nikki was great and I think she is so real with NO phoniness about her at
> all. Everyone loved her and enjoyed the set very much. Of course everyone
> was kidding me and throwing jabs at me cause I was so taken with her, but
> "What Me Worry??" I can't help it if i am a music slut. Anyways it was all
> over to soon and before I knew it I was driving them back to the hotel to
> get to sleep (they had a 5am flight). She signed my picture and
> CD and gave
> me a big hug and thanks. We agreed to stay in touch and I am going to send
> her some patches for the VG-8. I can't wait till she comes back here with
> the band. If you are NOT a fan yet, I strongly urge you to go out and get
> some of her work and if you are in the Cleveland, Austin, or
> Memphis areas,
> check her out on Louisiana JukeBox on this weeks show (check out
> our website
> for times etc. www.louisianajukebox.com . It might help to send emails to
> her requesting them to put the videos up on HER site. I will post a few
> pictures from the show on the jonimitchellfans site right away! Check out
> our new set!
> That's about it. I hope everyone has a nice weekend and thanks to all
> for all the good wishes. I plan to spend the afternoon playing some music
> with one of my oldest friends. I am SO blessed and am truly
> thankful for all
> my blessings, especially my jmdl tribe.
>
> Love
>
> jpa
> Michael
>
>
> NP-Man From Mars
