Kakki and LA contingent-
OH MY GAWD!!!! What a set list! I wish I could have been there for that.
No mention of her newly aquired VG-8 so I assume she was flying acoustic. It
sounds like you guys had a great time and I can't wait to see the pics.
We still have NO word from the other coast on what's happening over
there. WAKE UP YOU GUYS!!!!!!!
AND RICK WHAT IS THIS ABOUT MECCA???? An LA Jonifest hosted by the LA
Group???? This will be the one that Joni shows up to. Come on spit out the
details????/ Is it in January 2002??? Whenever it is, it's NOT soon enough!
I may have to pull the big guns out for this one. Thanks for the posts you
guys.
Love
Paz
on 5/25/01 8:07 PM, Kakki at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Mr. Dulson wrote:
>
>> As I'm on digest, I don't know if any of my cohorts has posted about
>> last night's EXCELLENT dinner at Les Deux Cafe, with our Viennese
>> visitor (No, NOT Dr. Sig Mondegreen!). It was delightful to meet
>> the somewhat-jet-lagged-and-who-can-blame-her Marian and her sister,
>> and see my LA buds Kakki, Coyote, Brad and Clark again. That cafe'
>> is definitely on the list of future LA Jonifest sites... :)
>
> I'm slow to report - only because we stayed up way late and I had to be back
> to the grind early this morning! Marian, her sister Jennifer and her GUITAR
> arrived at my place around six and then we moseyed over to Les Deux to meet
> up with the Dulsons, Rick, Brad and Clark. Dinners at Les Deux always last
> at least 3 hours, even thought it seems as if no time has passed. We were
> given a beautiful table and the food was indescribably delicious as usual.
> We noticed a new snapshot put up by the main bar of a side view of Joni and
> Michelle Lamy looking just over the top joyful. I'm so sorry that Steve and
> Michelle couldn't join us back at my place afterward (it was already 11 p.m.
> and they had a long ride home). Marian was almost ready to drop when we
> arrived but once she got out the guitar she instantly got a second (or
> third) wind. Rick Brad and Clark were open-mouthed at the beauty of her
> performances of a wide spectrum of Joni, Jonatha and even some Richard
> Farina (Steve ;-) Jennifer is also very talented on guitar with a gorgeous
> voice and she and Marian did a few unbelievably beautiful duets together.
> Our Clark played us a few of his beautiful original songs, too, and I wish I
> would have had a professional set-up to record the event. Rick kept a
> setlist which will give you an idea of the incredible music we heard and I
> am waiting impatiently, er looking forward, to his report ;-D I took a few
> photos and will post a link to them in a few days.
>
> Thanks to Marian for being SUCH a trouper to get off an eleven hour flight
> and come straight out to meet the LA jmdlers. She also brought a LOAD of
> assorted European chocolates for us to devour - ummmmm ;-)
>
> Kakki
>
then Rick writes:
>Coyote Rick belatedly obliges:
>I hope the Joni-only folks don't mind my not marking this NJC. To me there's
>nothing more Joni content than the music she creates. It's quite a challenge
>to read these notes, but here goes:
>Marian: Free Man In Paris
>Marian: Lucky Girl (My Request)
>Marian: Moon at the Window
>Marian: The Wolf that Lives in Lindsey
>Marian: Cherokee Louise
>Marian and Jennifer: Bramble in the Rose (Barbara Roth - sp?)
>Clark: True Friend (Clark Carlton)
>Clark: Love You At Least For Tonight (Clark Carlton)
>Clark: Believe Me Brother (Clark Carlton)
>Marian: Night Ride Home
>Marian: Ray's Dad's Cadillac
>Marian: Linger (JB)
>Marian and Jennifer: Children of Darkness ( Richard Farina)
>Marian and Jennifer: A Solan' (Peter, Paul, and Mary)
>Marian and Jennifer: LaLaLaLaLaLaLa (A Marian Original)
>Day After Day (Joni's First Demo)
>Wow. What an amazing night. Many thanks to Kakki for her superb hospitality
>and championship organization skills. Thank you seems inadequate to Clark,
>Marian, and Jennifer for sharing their amazing talent, and of course, Joni
>(and the others) for the words and music. Also, thanks to Air France for
>taking such good care of Marian's first class riding guitar!
>Don't dismay. As Mr. Dulson eluded, you too can hear these and other Marian
>favorites at Jonifest Los Angeles 2002 - A Trip to Mecca. Details TBA.
>No regrets,
>Coyote Rick
>Casa Alegre
>Hollywood, California
then Clark wrote:
>My hero Marian of Vienna came to L.A. town. For those of you who don't play
>the guitar, she is one of several guitarists who created and maintain the
>Joni guitar site. These are very patient, talented individuals who have gone
>to some extremes in order to figure out Joni's tunings and her chord shapes
>so we can play them ourselves. I relearned how to play my guitar after
>putting it down for nearly 16 years as a result of going to the tablature
>site at jonimitchell.com and seeing just how the Joan does it. Even though
>Marian was jetlagged and on her last ounce of energy, she wowed us later at
>Kakki's cool apartment in the sky with renditions of lesser played Joni songs
>including The Wolf That Lives in Lindsey. When's the last time you heard a
>live version of that one? It was great to meet her and her talented sister
>Jennifer who also sings and plays.
>We met for dinner at Joni's fave Hollywood hang out, Les Deux Cafe which is
>behind an obscure building in a pretty grungy area of the city which is going
>through a renovation right now. The patio is very pretty with lots of trees
>and it's easy to see why Joni likes this place -- you can smoke, and the food
>is sublime. I had squab which was tender and filleted and sauced in an
>intense reduction with just a hint of thyme, a puree of turnips and braised
>cabbage with hazelnuts and bacon. The best dessert was a chartreuse ice
>cream sandwiched between layers of a chewy meringue. Like Joni, I will have
>to sell a song like "Both Sides Now" before I could eat there every night.
>As for Steve and Michelle, Rick and Brad, Kakki and Marian, well, JMDL people
>are interesting, fun and really pleasant to be with.
