Francesco Lucarelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
> Unfortunately she hasn't been willing to talk to us,
> although Nash put us in touch with her people
This is a shame - perhaps she wants to keep her
memories fresh for her own autobiography. But, as
Kakki said, it still sounds an incredible project. I see
on your site at http://www.booksoncsn.com that the
publishers, Gopher, have a Scottish office. Will it be
available in the UK from there, do you know? Also,
any idea (roughly) as to how much it will cost? - sounds
like a great Christmas present idea for my list to Santa!
Talking of bios, I recently heard from Karen O'Brien who is
writing "Joni Mitchell: Shadows and Light", which is due be
published by Virgin in October. (She had been interviewing
Gene Shay, who had put her on to me).
She writes: "The book isn't an authorised work as such
but is being done with the full knowledge of Joni and her
management, and Joni has been very kind in agreeing that
people like Larry Klein, Graham Nash and others can talk to
me if they want to do so........Joni will also have the opportunity
to read the ms so I imagine there'll be some feedback from
her -- good, I hope !"
Karen also writes:
"I discovered the jmdl last year when starting my research and
a couple of the members have been very helpful with providing
tapes etc. The jmdl founder Les Irvin has also been great."
I sent her the Rick Scott hitch-hiking story and she replied:
"What a lovely anecdote! Thanks so much for sending that.
Would you or your friend mind if I tried to work in a little of it --
it's a great illustration of Joni's ease with people in general
(I actually have not heard a single bad thing about Joni's
interactions with fans; quite rare for people in the public eye!)."
I also mentioned Bob's covers project and she wrote
"Yes, I did know about the Covers project; I am already planning
to run a brief section in the Appendix detailing a selection of
high-profile or unusual covers (I'll ask Bob if he wants me to put
in a line, suggesting people contact him with more ideas)."
She ends by saying "the book launch party which will be in October
some time, almost certainly at the wonderful Helter Skelter music
bookshop in Denmark St." [in London].
PaulC
