Joni Mitchell ~ Woodstock…..(BBC Live – 1970)

All-Star Tribute to Joni Mitchell – Lifetime Award Concert TNT (4-16-2000)

Joni Mitchell – Black Crow

Joni Mitchell – Hejira (1976) Full Album

1. 0:00​ – Coyote 2. 05:01​ – Amelia 3. 11:02​ – Furry Sings The Blues 4. 16:09​ – A Strange Boy 5. 20:28​ – Hejira 6. 27:09​ – Song For Sharon 7. 35:47​ – Black Crow 8. 40:10​ – Blue Motel Room 9. 45:14​ – Refuge Of The Roads

Now we arrive at Songs to a Seagull. 1968. A ripe creative Aquarian period. This song was clearly written about the decimation of marriage to Chuck Mitchell-the lowlight. My personal Joni favorites involve the exploration of the human condition in first-person narratives (loss, love, living the universal human experience-the difficulty of a life lived).

Joni Mitchell – Paprika Plains

Album: Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter – 1977 – Label: Asylum

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Edith and the Kingpin

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Joni Mitchell

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Edith and the Kingpin

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written by Joni Mitchell & John Guerin | produced by Joni Mitchell | from the album The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (1975) | filmed/directed/edited by Joni Mitchell | additional audio/video post-production/editing by sonicboy19 | He bought her a diamond for her throat He put her in a ranch house on a hill She could see the valley barbecues From her window sill See the blue pools in the squinting sun Hear the hissing of summer lawns He put up a barbed wire fence To keep out the unknown And on every metal thorn Just a little blood of his own She patrols that fence of his To a latin drum And the hissing of summer lawns Darkness Wonder makes it easy Darkness With a joyful mask Darkness Tube’s gone, darkness, darkness, darkness No color no contrast A diamond dog Carrying a cup and a cane Looking through a double glass Looking at too much pride and too much shame There’s a black fly buzzing There’s a heat wave burning in her master’s voice The hissing of summer lawns He gave her his darkness to regret And good reason to quit him He gave her a room full of Chippendale That nobody sits in Still she stays with a love of some kind It’s the lady’s choice The hissing of summer lawns © 1975; Crazy Crow Music

The first Joni album I attentively listened to was Court and Spark. Humans are routinely introduced to seminal creative artists achronologically.  Each recording finds you where you are at and sometimes leads you back to the earlier formative work.  Court and Spark is a master teacher for a young impressionable Aquarian.  We were impressed and to this day find Court and Spark sonically optimal, impressionistically mixed, just the right alchemical hybrid of Joni open chord pop, jazz, and folk.

Down to You

 · Joni Mitchell Court and Spark ℗ 1974 Asylum Records Mastering Engineer: Bernie Grundman Backing Vocals: David Crosby Engineer: Henry Lewy Piano: Joe Sample Drums, Percussion: John Guerin String Arranger: Joni Mitchell Clavinet, Piano, Vocals: Joni Mitchell Producer: Joni Mitchell Electric Guitar: Larry Carlton Bass Guitar: Max Bennett Chimes: Milt Holland Backing Vocals: Susan Webb Oboe: Tom Scott Writer: Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchel & Jaco Pastorius – God Must Be a Boogie Man

Joni Mitchell – Just Like This Train (Live In-Studio 1996)

Joni Mitchell – Painting with Words and Music