Hi Ian-
Welcome to the list-
I had not heard the helicopter story-wow!
Joni played the Isle of Wight in 1970-
here's a link to an article about it on the sister site to this list:
http://www.jonimitchell.com/Isle70.html
A fan since 1969? That makes you an instant old-timer here!
RR
Ian Scott wrote:
Unfortunately, until now, I've only ever seen Joni perform live once, when I
> was in my teens and she performed at the Isle of Wight Festival (an English
> equivalent of Woodstock). I remember her performance was marred by a noisy
> helicopter flying overhead, which Joni could nether see nor hear. This
> resulted in 100,000+ people booing, jeering and shouting "go away" at the
> helicopter. Sadly, Joni thought the boos were aimed at her and started to cry.
> My heart and that of the whole audience went out to her. I wonder if Joni ever
> found out the real reason why people were booing that day? I hope so. Anyway,
> this leads me to my question. there were two big Isle of Wight Festivals,
> August '69 when Bob Dylan topped the bill and August '70 when Jimi Hendrix was
> t
