This was on the leeshore list: from Dan Peek's website - http://danpeek.com Dan Peek of America has this 47 chapter narrative online that's very interesting and fun to read. This quote is from when the band was invited to Elliot Robert's house for the first time: ------------------------- Looking again to our right was an amazing view of the swimming pool, the waterfall pouring into the deep end, the whole flagged by huge stones with redwood furniture scattered about like large tiddlywinks. The pool seemed suspended in space, with short glass walls bordering, allowing that awesome view full rein. The view was made even more amazing by the fact that a young, beautiful blonde woman lay full length on one of the loungers, sunning herself in the warm dry air. She was completely naked. This Lorelei figure turned her face up to us and squinted, saying with total innocence, "Hi, I'm Joni Mitchell, you must be AMERICA. David said to say he'll be a little late. You must be awfully hot and tired. The water's great. You should go for a swim." "Uh, see Miss Mitchell, we don't have our suits. You don't need them much where we just came from." Said Dewey. "Call me Joni. You don't need suits. In fact I've never seen anyone wear a suit in this pool." I'm sure at this point we all thought we had been slipped a mickey and were hallucinating all of this. But it was real. The fact that we'd been given the green light to skinny dip with Joni Mitchell however had no effect on our personal hang ups about nudity in public. The three of us immediately went inside and cut the legs off our levi's and went for a swim. The last thing I wanted to see was Naked Dewey or Naked Gerry and I know the feeling was mutual, even if it meant looking prudish. The whole nudity thing in this rarefied strata of Tinsel Town was completely alien to the three of us and I never got used to it. As far as I know we were the only people who swam suited. Geffen would have parties with fifty people all lounging around in the nude. There was good naked and there was bad naked. Naked Joni good. Naked Elton bad. There is just some information I don't want to have. " ******************************************** Kate Bennett www.katebennett.com sponsored by Polysonics www.polysonics.com Discover the Indies at Taylor Guitars: http://www.taylorguitars.com/artists/awp/indies/bennett.html ********************************************
