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2. That is an interesting tale; sadly, although I was a huge fan, I never saw Joni Mitchell in a live performance.

Reply to EverHopeful (Reply #1)

Sat May 30, 2026, 09:10 AM

Yesterday

I'll add that to my "regrets."

When I was a performer, I used to doing renditions of many of her songs. The open guitar tunings were a revelation, I used to fart around with them for hours on end.

Thanks for the interesting story.

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Thank you EverHopeful Yesterday #1

That is an interesting tale; sadly, although I was a huge fan, I never saw Joni Mitchell in a live performance. NNadir Yesterday #2

The way I got interested in Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, Melony, Leonard Cohen was listening to coffee house ... marble falls 22 hrs ago #3

That's what I was, a coffee house musician, but I didn't do much Judy Collins except for... NNadir 22 hrs ago #4

Dave Van Ronk, eh? Your range had to be five octaves, ... marble falls 17 hrs ago #5

I never found Van Ronk that hard to sing. Rikki Lee Jones though, that was a problem. NNadir 13 hrs ago #6