Dulcimer. So many people mistake it for a guitar when they are only hearing her on audio. She has said that she picked it up because she could throw it in the overhead on planes. That turned into something nice. Thanks for noting that she plays percussively. More Joni, please.
We have 2 made by a master dulcimer maker. Got lucky in the early 80s at an arts and crafts show, before they were elitist and highbrow as they tend to be today. Was in East TN about 12 miles from here Robert Mize. Case has a letter in it that he wrote to my mom. "Robert Mize of Blountville, Tennessee. The dulcimers of Robert Mize are treasured for their exquisite artistry and unequaled voice. One was presented to Mother Maybelle Carter in 1971, another is on display at The Tennessee State Museum, a third is at home in The Smithsonian Institution,..."
More specifically an Appalachian or Mountain Dulcimer. Its supposed to be played on the lap. Usually has 2 drone strings and a doubled 3rd melody string, and fretted to a scale. In other words not all the frets are a semitone apart, some are a full tone apart, so its typically tuned to a specific key or mode. Traditionally strummed with a quill, although Joni appears to be using her nails. Story goes she chose it because it fits in the overhead of a plane. Also IMO because Joni loved experimenting with different tunings. It was a common instrument in the mountains for women, who used it to accompany all those ancient ballads brought over from the British Isles, along with hymns. A very "ladylike" parlor instrument, as opposed to those rowdy banjos and fiddles used for dances and parties. Its a pretty simple instrument to build as opposed to a guitar or a violin. Just a solid fretboard surrounded by a hollow sound chamber. I own one I built from a kit back in the 1980s. For a more traditional sound and use of the Mountain Dulcimer check out the folksinger Jean Ritchie. There is another type of dulcimer known as a hammered dulcimer which has many multiple strings stretched across a soundboard like a zither or piano and not fretted in any way but played by striking the strings with sticks (hammers). Not sure of its origins but it seemed to be more popular in New England and Canada and not really a thing in Appalachia. In Appalachia a zither or an autoharp would be more common than the hammered dulcimer.
I do and named our Dog “Joni”, to honor this Angel of a Chainsmoker and sometimes I listen to her, like here and can’t imagine who peaceful it feels. Try be kind more kind to each other.
Her entire BBC concert was remarkable - partly because she mentioned she had a cold and that her voice was not at its best. One can only imagine how she could have sounded! And, that was Peter Green in the audience at the end (genius recognizes genius).
As a native Californian, I can completely relate to this song about being homesick from my beloved state. Did you notice how she smiles every time she’s saying California, she loves it too. The story goes she wrote this song about missing Graham Nash And missing California and the Laurel Canyon vibes.
One of my home country's best exports. Fun fact, dude with the beard (looks like a green shirt) at approx. 5:15 is Peter Green, who was the founder of Fleetwood Mac and wrote "Black Magic Woman", that Santana popularized.
5:15 I can't be sure but given this is taken from the BBC In Concert series back in London 1970 (James Taylor also played) I think these 3 people are Peter Green (left original Fleetwood Mac), Mary Hopkin and Kevin Godley (right) future 10cc who wrote Bus Stop for the Hollies which included Graham Nash later of Crosby, Stills and Nash, and Joni's partner for a while. Can anybody else verify?
Prince idolized Joni Mitchell, she even remembers seeing him as a young man right up front at some of her concerts, before he got famous. She's so phenomenal, she's touched & influenced so many listeners & artists. Such a singular talent & she lived life on her own terms.
The instrument is called a dulcimer. It is the only stringed instrument whose origin is credited to the United States and is of Appalachain origin. It's cousins are the German Sheitholt and the Swedish Psalmodikon. The dulcimer is often times played as a solo instrument bc its volume is very quiet and bc of this, lost favor to the much louder banjo and guitar over time. There is also a version of the dulcimer that is played with "hammers" and is called a Hammered Dulcimer. You still see the dulcimer from time to time in the country and, more often, in the Americana (Appalachia) genres. What a real treat for you two to air this.... thank you so much. You guys ROCK.... without a doubt! Not familiar with this song by JM, but it literally bought tears to my eyes. Can a voice be any more beautiful than this? I am 67 years old and still discovering music (Mostly from the 60s,and 70s era).... what would life be without it.
She lived on Laurel Canyon and performed at the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach. The oldest music venue in California. started in the 1930s… No music venue in the world has seen so many legendary performers. (research it yourself) Demolished in 1987… A sad day.
Joni has some kind of insane mystique to her that when you see and hear her it's like a being from another world. Like you're seeing an elf or an angel. Like there's just a glow and grace to her everywhere she goes.
Another brilliant cut off the Blue album. I read through the comments and saw no recommendations to do the studio version because Joni felt just this raw on the album. My recommendation for the next Joni reaction is “A Case of You”. My fav lyric ‘Go to him, stay with him if you can but be prepared to bleed’ 💜💜💜
She is playing a Dulcimer. This is from the Blue album, a piece of vinyl brilliance. Joni is a Canadian treasure from Saskatchewan. She lived in Laurel Canyon in California when she wrote this.
Joni's unreal. Unreal range, unreal melodies, unreal lyrics, just so talented. One of one. This is what the Beat poets and folk singers were all trying to be. When playing & writing, she was peak human.
“Will you take me as I am, strung out on another man?” So many gifts in one person. I also love, ruefully, “More about the war and the bloody changes,” meaning the civil rights riots and peace riots. One of a kind. A tiny number of people can get in front of a mic with NOTHING but what they got, and just mesmerize you.
AND THIS WAS THE SONG THAT INSPIRED ( ZEPPELIN'S ) GOING TO CALIFORNIA LA & CHE💯😊, JONI'S REFERENCED IN IT BY ROBERT ' THE GIRL WITH FLOWERS IN HER HAIR ' 👍
I realize everyone runs California under the bus these days, but I really enjoyed living there most of my adult life. I grew up in Georgia, Texas, and California....and I can honestly say that California's vibe was so laid back and relaxed compared the other two states (although I have love/hate relationships with them too). Joni Mitchell is unique and lovely. She makes me feel things, almost a kind of longing I can't explain, which I enjoy.
Joni Mitchell is indeed unique. There is no one else with her talent or her genius. The instrument she's playing is called the Appalachian dulcimer or lap dulcimer, and she's playing it more or less as it's designed to be played. Jean Ritchie, a traditional singer and musician from eastern Kentucky, brought one to New York City in the 1940s, where it caught on. They're quite easy to play (as long as you stick to the key of D), though Joni, of course, introduced her own innovations in her playing style. Some Joni Mitchell song suggestions: "Chelsea Morning," "Night in the City," "A Case of You," "In France They Kiss on Main Street," "Furry Sings the Blues," "Coyote," "Song for Sharon," "Turbulent Indigo.
Thanks for doing this. First time I heard this song I was laying in the Sunshine on a beach in Santa Barbara during my road trip with my ex up the Pacific Coast Highway. We stayed at this air bnb that had a little beach in front of it. When this song came on the bluetooth speaker it sent me. It was just perfect as I looked up into that beautiful blue sky.
Thanks, guys! Been a Joni acolyte since about '72, but I had the opportunity to live in LA for 11 years back in the 90s. Should never have left... This song means so much more to me now that I'm 62 and I remember all the magic in the Air. Got to see Joni, Bob and Van the Man at UCLA in '98. I'll take that memory as a comfort when my time comes.
Joni was an athlete until polio at age 9 ended that dream. "Her left hand was weakened by polio, so she learned to play guitar using a variety of open tunings. As a result, a lot of her chord progressions were relatively dissonant compared to other folk musicians at the time." Mind blowing.
Robert Plant was a huge Joni Mitchell fan too, so much so that he name checks her during the version of “Going to California” on their “How The West Was Won” live album.
Joni was the best. I mean truly the best. Singer, songwriter, musician, artist (painter, too), just talent as far as one could possibly imagine. Check out some of her late-70s jazz-infused work. Amazing.
Hey fellas. So glad you are listening to Joni Mitchell. A super talented and unique musical artist. You should check out the studio version of " Edith and the Kingpin". She does so many different types of music and is always interesting to listen to. Peace.
Joni has a unique, quirky sense of rhythm. Her voice and her lyrics hit first, then you realize that rhythm is another element that sets her music apart.
"I'll Even Kiss a Sunset Pig!" see......Buffalo Springfield- For What It's Worth. This BBC series included performances by James Taylor and Neil Young. On the grid at the end of this video, bottom row, second from the left is a 1965 TV performance of, The Urge for Going, and those Hootenanny guys were not ready for her 'unique' guitar tunings! Very beautiful performance though.
Ned from Spain saying thanks for the vid and reaction. Joni's phenomenal, beautiful and unique. If you look at the end of the video I'm pretty sure one of the men in the audience, dark hair and beard is Peter Green of the original Fleetwood Mac.
Here's a song about California called "California here I come"by the band Shocking Blue, came out in 1970 I believe, great song, y'all will enjoy, thanks 😎🏹
Going to California with an aching in my heart Someone told me there's a girl out there With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair They say she plays guitar and cries and sings La la la la
Laurel Canyon was a magical place in the 60's and 70's. The talent was off the hook, and they were all friends. I always wanted to meet her, and one day I did at Tower Records on Sunset Blvd. She was just coming in and I was just going out the door when she looked at me and asked, "Did you see him?" "Who?" I replied. She said "the guy who stole my car." I said, "what make and what color?" She says, "A blue Mercedes 300 convertible." I ran past her and ran down the street, and then up the street, scanning the traffic. Really thought I could catch the guy because Sunset Blvd. late on a Saturday night had tons of traffic, all stop and go. I wanted to be the hero, but I just could not find the car. (I can identify any car just by it's tailights.) I did not want to go back because I knew she would be upset and in no mood for idle talk. Still, that was my chance, so I thank the Universe for that.
Unless someone already said it, the lines "make me feel good rock n' roll band. I'm your biggest fan" is about her friends Crosby, Stills and Nash. They all lived near each other in this artist/musician colony of Laurel Canyon, that included many others you may have heard of.
In Going to California by Zeppelin, it's about Robert looking forward to meeting Joni on a plane to LA with the band for a concert. "to meet a golden haired with flowers in her hair, she plays guitar and she sings, oh she sings."
I love the songs from Blue but 5 years later a more mature Joni releases Hejira 1976 🥰 sublime lyrics with a great band. The bass player Jaco Pastorius is the perfect foil for her.
There are a few RUclips videos from this particular performance, and they’re all great. I highly recommend the song ‘Woodstock’, where she plays a grand piano. It’s pure magic, even more so than this one.
You have to do "For Free" the live version, I think it's from this same concert, I could be wrong. Either way, It is one her most beautifully haunting songs rivaling "River" "A Case of You" and "Blue" but it's seemingly forgotten....
YOU GUYS SHOULD DO ( WOODSTOCK ) SAME BBC CONCERT , THAT'S HER SONG AND SHE TELLS THE SMALL STORY BEFORE SHE DOES IT LA & CHE😊, PRETTY COOL AND SHE'S JUST 27 BACK IN 70,😮 SHE'S 80 NOW SO😊I'M ALWAYS AMAZED BY HER AND OF COURSE I'LL BE LISTENING TO HER LIBRARY WHILE AT WORK TONIGHT ! 👍BE WELL GUYS!
She's just an extraordinarily gifted human, and the distinctive style puts her all the way over. She can be damn hard to listen to, too ---but what's rewarding isn't always easy.
Joni is a wonderful rabbit hole to fall down. But you 2 studio guys, especially, should know that her trail leads from folk to Jazz, & pop-fusion, funk, & soul (Mowtown style). But did you guys know that she cut an album w/ Charlie Mingus ?!!? Y'all gotta listen to her SHADOWS & LIGHT, concert album, & a whole bunch of albums on the path, which even I don't know well. Blue is a masterpiece !!! One of my favorite covers of her songs, is Chaka Khan👌 doing, "Help Me", off her, "Court & Spark" album, the first one of hers, I was exposed to ! What a wonderful ride !!! She grew up in folk, but gravitated to jazz & painting.......
Joni Mitchell in the morning is a great way to start the day 😊 Also, I don't know if you caught the lyric "I'm gonna see the folks I dig, I'll even kiss a Sunset (Blvd) pig (police)"
@@jeffmartin1026 I will always cherish the mental image of her walking up to a random cop and smooching him on the lips and then giggling as she walks away 🥰
She’s just utterly amazing. The artist of the 70s. There is no one like her, probably never will be. I’m just sad I never saw her perform, I think it would have been mind bending. In fact, why is that audience not falling on the floor in tears???
A very young Joni can be found from 1965 or 66 on a program called Let’s Sing Out. Several of the programs can be found on YT. The one especially good is her singing a song called Urge For Going. It’s is amazing.
Thanks for this reacting to this JM classic. I just found out yesterday that a woman with whom I had been close friends with for nearly 60 years (but had lost touch with of late) died in 2021. Joni Mitchell was one of her favorite artists and coincidentally, my friend lived in California.
As noted by others here, that's a dulcimer she's playing. Here's Brian Jones playing sitar on 'Paint It Black' with the Rolling Stones on the Ed Sullivan Show, 1966. ruclips.net/video/BGLGzRXY5Bw/видео.htmlsi=9_Ii8_5-gbHCaT2t
Dulcimer. So many people mistake it for a guitar when they are only hearing her on audio. She has said that she picked it up because she could throw it in the overhead on planes. That turned into something nice.
Thanks for noting that she plays percussively.
More Joni, please.
Just to add to that - the dulcimer was a very common instrument in older folk and country songs, and goes back 5000 years.
We have 2 made by a master dulcimer maker.
Got lucky in the early 80s at an arts and crafts show, before they were elitist and highbrow as they tend to be today.
Was in East TN about 12 miles from here
Robert Mize. Case has a letter in it that he wrote to my mom.
"Robert Mize of Blountville, Tennessee. The dulcimers of Robert Mize are treasured for their exquisite artistry and unequaled voice. One was presented to Mother Maybelle Carter in 1971, another is on display at The Tennessee State Museum, a third is at home in The Smithsonian Institution,..."
More specifically an Appalachian or Mountain Dulcimer. Its supposed to be played on the lap. Usually has 2 drone strings and a doubled 3rd melody string, and fretted to a scale. In other words not all the frets are a semitone apart, some are a full tone apart, so its typically tuned to a specific key or mode. Traditionally strummed with a quill, although Joni appears to be using her nails. Story goes she chose it because it fits in the overhead of a plane. Also IMO because Joni loved experimenting with different tunings. It was a common instrument in the mountains for women, who used it to accompany all those ancient ballads brought over from the British Isles, along with hymns. A very "ladylike" parlor instrument, as opposed to those rowdy banjos and fiddles used for dances and parties. Its a pretty simple instrument to build as opposed to a guitar or a violin. Just a solid fretboard surrounded by a hollow sound chamber. I own one I built from a kit back in the 1980s. For a more traditional sound and use of the Mountain Dulcimer check out the folksinger Jean Ritchie.
There is another type of dulcimer known as a hammered dulcimer which has many multiple strings stretched across a soundboard like a zither or piano and not fretted in any way but played by striking the strings with sticks (hammers). Not sure of its origins but it seemed to be more popular in New England and Canada and not really a thing in Appalachia. In Appalachia a zither or an autoharp would be more common than the hammered dulcimer.
Yes please, more Joni.
Zeppelin, in Going to California, refers to Joni, "... someone told me there's a girl out there with love in her eyes and flowers in her hair"...
It's a mountain dulcimer, also called a lap dulcimer. Joni had roots in the folk music scene.
Underscores her uniqueness... only Joni!
It's sad how many people don't appreciate what a brilliant artist Joni is
It is all about over coming your gag reflex.
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Always a troll slinking around right Willy?
I'd like this a Million if I could.
I do and named our Dog “Joni”, to honor this Angel of a Chainsmoker and sometimes I listen to her, like here and can’t imagine who peaceful it feels. Try be kind more kind to each other.
Joni sings like she's having an intimate conversation, her lyrics like she just met you on the street or at a cafe.
Nice pick fellas, I introduced my daughter to Joni's music when she was young and she now plays her own dulcimer now...making her dad proud!
Her entire BBC concert was remarkable - partly because she mentioned she had a cold and that her voice was not at its best. One can only imagine how she could have sounded!
And, that was Peter Green in the audience at the end (genius recognizes genius).
As a native Californian, I can completely relate to this song about being homesick from my beloved state. Did you notice how she smiles every time she’s saying California, she loves it too. The story goes she wrote this song about missing Graham Nash And missing California and the Laurel Canyon vibes.
Her lyrics are as powerful as her vocals. She was in the right place at the right time. She's just amazing
One of my home country's best exports. Fun fact, dude with the beard (looks like a green shirt) at approx. 5:15 is Peter Green, who was the founder of Fleetwood Mac and wrote "Black Magic Woman", that Santana popularized.
Thanks, I thought I was seeing things and posted same. The other two I think are Mary Hopkin and Graham Gouldman
@@ElGordo1959 Wow, an all-star audience!
@@ElGordo1959 I thought she looked familiar, but couldn't quite place her.
she's a Canadian jewel.
Saskatchewan stand up
She was always an incredible jazz singer with the heart of a hippie folk artist.🎉
5:15 I can't be sure but given this is taken from the BBC In Concert series back in London 1970 (James Taylor also played) I think these 3 people are Peter Green (left original Fleetwood Mac), Mary Hopkin and Kevin Godley (right) future 10cc who wrote Bus Stop for the Hollies which included Graham Nash later of Crosby, Stills and Nash, and Joni's partner for a while. Can anybody else verify?
The Blue album is so beautiful. Joni’s voice at its best. I heard it first when I was about 15 and her sweet voice blew my mind. 💚
And she is an amazing painter too. She designed and painted album covers as well.
This is my favorite Joni song and my favorite rendition. For me this song best captures the spirit of the 60’s.
Prince idolized Joni Mitchell, she even remembers seeing him as a young man right up front at some of her concerts, before he got famous. She's so phenomenal, she's touched & influenced so many listeners & artists. Such a singular talent & she lived life on her own terms.
She's amazing.... the whole Blue album is great. She is so talented.
The instrument is called a dulcimer. It is the only stringed instrument whose origin is credited to the United States and is of Appalachain origin. It's cousins are the German Sheitholt and the Swedish Psalmodikon. The dulcimer is often times played as a solo instrument bc its volume is very quiet and bc of this, lost favor to the much louder banjo and guitar over time. There is also a version of the dulcimer that is played with "hammers" and is called a Hammered Dulcimer. You still see the dulcimer from time to time in the country and, more often, in the Americana (Appalachia) genres. What a real treat for you two to air this.... thank you so much. You guys ROCK.... without a doubt! Not familiar with this song by JM, but it literally bought tears to my eyes. Can a voice be any more beautiful than this? I am 67 years old and still discovering music (Mostly from the 60s,and 70s era).... what would life be without it.
She lived on Laurel Canyon and performed at the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach.
The oldest music venue in California.
started in the 1930s… No music venue in the world has seen so many legendary performers.
(research it yourself)
Demolished in 1987… A sad day.
In France They Kiss on Main Street (live) with Pat Metheny and Jaco Pastorius from the Shadows and Light concert video. That’s the full celebration.
WORD!
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And Shadows and Light (acapela), the song !!!
'Would love to catch your reaction to that !!!
Joni is a musical genius. Looked like Peter Green in the audience
Joni has some kind of insane mystique to her that when you see and hear her it's like a being from another world. Like you're seeing an elf or an angel. Like there's just a glow and grace to her everywhere she goes.
The 70's were a special time. Who doesn't dig Joni ❤
Great reaction gentlemen ✌️
Another brilliant cut off the Blue album. I read through the comments and saw no recommendations to do the studio version because Joni felt just this raw on the album. My recommendation for the next Joni reaction is “A Case of You”. My fav lyric ‘Go to him, stay with him if you can but be prepared to bleed’ 💜💜💜
She also did all the drawn art for her album covers. An artist in many ways.
She is playing a Dulcimer. This is from the Blue album, a piece of vinyl brilliance. Joni is a Canadian treasure from Saskatchewan. She lived in Laurel Canyon in California when she wrote this.
Joni's unreal. Unreal range, unreal melodies, unreal lyrics, just so talented. One of one. This is what the Beat poets and folk singers were all trying to be. When playing & writing, she was peak human.
San Francisco for 22 years - California Love!
🎉 agreed!
Born 3 blocks from G.G. park...✨️🤸♂️✨️
“Will you take me as I am, strung out on another man?” So many gifts in one person. I also love, ruefully, “More about the war and the bloody changes,” meaning the civil rights riots and peace riots. One of a kind. A tiny number of people can get in front of a mic with NOTHING but what they got, and just mesmerize you.
AND THIS WAS THE SONG THAT INSPIRED ( ZEPPELIN'S ) GOING TO CALIFORNIA LA & CHE💯😊, JONI'S REFERENCED IN IT BY ROBERT ' THE GIRL WITH FLOWERS IN HER HAIR ' 👍
check out 'For Free' (live version) also written and recorded by Joni Mitchell
I realize everyone runs California under the bus these days, but I really enjoyed living there most of my adult life. I grew up in Georgia, Texas, and California....and I can honestly say that California's vibe was so laid back and relaxed compared the other two states (although I have love/hate relationships with them too). Joni Mitchell is unique and lovely. She makes me feel things, almost a kind of longing I can't explain, which I enjoy.
Joni Mitchell is indeed unique. There is no one else with her talent or her genius.
The instrument she's playing is called the Appalachian dulcimer or lap dulcimer, and she's playing it more or less as it's designed to be played. Jean Ritchie, a traditional singer and musician from eastern Kentucky, brought one to New York City in the 1940s, where it caught on. They're quite easy to play (as long as you stick to the key of D), though Joni, of course, introduced her own innovations in her playing style.
Some Joni Mitchell song suggestions: "Chelsea Morning," "Night in the City," "A Case of You," "In France They Kiss on Main Street," "Furry Sings the Blues," "Coyote," "Song for Sharon," "Turbulent Indigo.
Love her. She is so incredibly unique and she always has that shy little giggle
Thanks for doing this. First time I heard this song I was laying in the Sunshine on a beach in Santa Barbara during my road trip with my ex up the Pacific Coast Highway. We stayed at this air bnb that had a little beach in front of it. When this song came on the bluetooth speaker it sent me. It was just perfect as I looked up into that beautiful blue sky.
Thanks, guys! Been a Joni acolyte since about '72, but I had the opportunity to live in LA for 11 years back in the 90s. Should never have left... This song means so much more to me now that I'm 62 and I remember all the magic in the Air. Got to see Joni, Bob and Van the Man at UCLA in '98. I'll take that memory as a comfort when my time comes.
Joni was an athlete until polio at age 9 ended that dream.
"Her left hand was weakened by polio, so she learned to play guitar using a variety of open tunings. As a result, a lot of her chord progressions were relatively dissonant compared to other folk musicians at the time." Mind blowing.
I listened to a CBC interview with Joni and she mentioned that she can do 51 different open tunings.
Joni is one of the greatest musical artists in the 20th century. Genius songwriter and the voice of an angel.
Robert Plant was a huge Joni Mitchell fan too, so much so that he name checks her during the version of “Going to California” on their “How The West Was Won” live album.
Peter Green from Fleetwood Mac in the front row, at the end!
Great reaction! Love Joni Mitchell! Have you done "Amelia"?
Thanks, I thought I was seeing things and posted same. The other two I think are Mary Hopkin and Graham Gouldman
Joni was the best. I mean truly the best. Singer, songwriter, musician, artist (painter, too), just talent as far as one could possibly imagine. Check out some of her late-70s jazz-infused work. Amazing.
Hey fellas. So glad you are listening to Joni Mitchell. A super talented and unique musical artist. You should check out the studio version of " Edith and the Kingpin". She does so many different types of music and is always interesting to listen to. Peace.
Joni has a unique, quirky sense of rhythm. Her voice and her lyrics hit first, then you realize that rhythm is another element that sets her music apart.
Unique and a pioneer.
Joni has said she started playing the dulcimer when she was travelling around because it was easier to schlep than a guitar.
She is angel, genius, artist, mother earth all tied into one. Singular.
"I'll Even Kiss a Sunset Pig!" see......Buffalo Springfield- For What It's Worth. This BBC series included performances by James Taylor and Neil Young. On the grid at the end of this video, bottom row, second from the left is a 1965 TV performance of, The Urge for Going, and those Hootenanny guys were not ready for her 'unique' guitar tunings! Very beautiful performance though.
Ned from Spain saying thanks for the vid and reaction. Joni's phenomenal, beautiful and unique. If you look at the end of the video I'm pretty sure one of the men in the audience, dark hair and beard is Peter Green of the original Fleetwood Mac.
Here's a song about California called "California here I come"by the band Shocking Blue, came out in 1970 I believe, great song, y'all will enjoy, thanks 😎🏹
Going to California with an aching in my heart
Someone told me there's a girl out there
With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair
They say she plays guitar and cries and sings
La la la la
Laurel Canyon was a magical place in the 60's and 70's. The talent was off the hook, and they were all friends. I always wanted to meet her, and one day I did at Tower Records on Sunset Blvd. She was just coming in and I was just going out the door when she looked at me and asked, "Did you see him?" "Who?" I replied. She said "the guy who stole my car." I said, "what make and what color?" She says, "A blue Mercedes 300 convertible." I ran past her and ran down the street, and then up the street, scanning the traffic. Really thought I could catch the guy because Sunset Blvd. late on a Saturday night had tons of traffic, all stop and go. I wanted to be the hero, but I just could not find the car. (I can identify any car just by it's tailights.) I did not want to go back because I knew she would be upset and in no mood for idle talk. Still, that was my chance, so I thank the Universe for that.
Unless someone already said it, the lines "make me feel good rock n' roll band. I'm your biggest fan" is about her friends Crosby, Stills and Nash. They all lived near each other in this artist/musician colony of Laurel Canyon, that included many others you may have heard of.
In Going to California by Zeppelin, it's about Robert looking forward to meeting Joni on a plane to LA with the band for a concert. "to meet a golden haired with flowers in her hair, she plays guitar and she sings, oh she sings."
I love the songs from Blue but 5 years later a more mature Joni releases Hejira 1976 🥰 sublime lyrics with a great band. The bass player Jaco Pastorius is the perfect foil for her.
There are a few RUclips videos from this particular performance, and they’re all great. I highly recommend the song ‘Woodstock’, where she plays a grand piano. It’s pure magic, even more so than this one.
Great reaction to this beautiful song and this beautiful artist. As you said, Joni is one of a kind! ❤️
You have to do "For Free" the live version, I think it's from this same concert, I could be wrong. Either way, It is one her most beautifully haunting songs rivaling "River" "A Case of You" and "Blue" but it's seemingly forgotten....
Didn’t appreciate her to ltr in life. You Guys actually opened me up to her more. ! Also. Finally figured out how to join ya Patreon 😂. !
HEYYYYYY!!! 👍😊I THINK YOU JUST MADE MY DAYYYYYY LA & CHE! 💯 AND THAT'S A ( DULCIMER ) SHE'S PLAYING TAKE GREAT CARE GUYS!
Joni had it all. Beautiful, angelic voice and pure music in her veins. Shes a singing rapper and one of a kind for sure.
When people say such a person is one of a kind Joni's face should be on that definition.Such a beautiful woman with her ever seeking soul
What a treasure she is.
YOU GUYS SHOULD DO ( WOODSTOCK ) SAME BBC CONCERT , THAT'S HER SONG AND SHE TELLS THE SMALL STORY BEFORE SHE DOES IT LA & CHE😊, PRETTY COOL AND SHE'S JUST 27 BACK IN 70,😮 SHE'S 80 NOW SO😊I'M ALWAYS AMAZED BY HER AND OF COURSE I'LL BE LISTENING TO HER LIBRARY WHILE AT WORK TONIGHT ! 👍BE WELL GUYS!
All time fav along with Coyote. But so many. Joni is a genius. Bonafide.
Love this song. Joni is quintessential California. Saw Michelle and John Phillips there in the audience. Enjoyed listening with you.
She's just an extraordinarily gifted human, and the distinctive style puts her all the way over. She can be damn hard to listen to, too ---but what's rewarding isn't always easy.
Joni is a wonderful rabbit hole to fall down. But you 2 studio guys, especially, should know that her trail leads from folk to Jazz, & pop-fusion, funk, & soul (Mowtown style). But did you guys know that she cut an album w/ Charlie Mingus ?!!? Y'all gotta listen to her SHADOWS & LIGHT, concert album, & a whole bunch of albums on the path, which even I don't know well. Blue is a masterpiece !!! One of my favorite covers of her songs, is Chaka Khan👌 doing, "Help Me", off her, "Court & Spark" album, the first one of hers, I was exposed to ! What a wonderful ride !!! She grew up in folk, but gravitated to jazz & painting.......
You guys are great!!!
Try her cover of Marvin Gaye’s ‘Trouble Man’ BUT FIRST react to Marvin’s STUDIO version of it. It is superb.
Joni Mitchell in the morning is a great way to start the day 😊 Also, I don't know if you caught the lyric "I'm gonna see the folks I dig, I'll even kiss a Sunset (Blvd) pig (police)"
There was a statue of a pig in a bar on Sunset, the tradition was to kiss the pig when you went to the bar.
@@jeffmartin1026 I didn't know that! Thank You!
@@winterwomanes3828 For the times both meanings work. I always thought it was about the cops but read much later that it was about the bar.
@@jeffmartin1026 I will always cherish the mental image of her walking up to a random cop and smooching him on the lips and then giggling as she walks away 🥰
She's mesmerising isn't she?
She's playing a mountain dulcimer, to be exact. There's another form of the instrument called a hammered dulcimer.
So very beautiful song and voice ❤thanks guys.
That's the first time I've heard that version of the song and it's amazing!
She’s just utterly amazing. The artist of the 70s. There is no one like her, probably never will be. I’m just sad I never saw her perform, I think it would have been mind bending. In fact, why is that audience not falling on the floor in tears???
I've loved this song for a long, long time.
If there is a heaven, and by some miracle I get there, I want Joni to meet me at the pearly gates playing the Dulcimer and singing this song 🙏
Tuning in for this! One of my all time favorite Joni Mitchell songs ❤❤❤
Actually she has been covered quite amazingly by Brandi Carlile and the have become friends. Check her out. She is amazing
I could swear that's Peter Green sitting in the audience @ 5:14....
Thanks, I thought I was seeing things and posted same. The other two I think are Mary Hopkin and Graham Gouldman
A very young Joni can be found from 1965 or 66 on a program called Let’s Sing Out. Several of the programs can be found on YT. The one especially good is her singing a song called Urge For Going. It’s is amazing.
My favorite singer of all time. No one like her. It just flows
Thanks for this reacting to this JM classic. I just found out yesterday that a woman with whom I had been close friends with for nearly 60 years (but had lost touch with of late) died in 2021. Joni Mitchell was one of her favorite artists and coincidentally, my friend lived in California.
Such a great song, the studio version has other musicians (James Taylor) adding to the song. The lyrics are so clever and entertaining.
As noted by others here, that's a dulcimer she's playing. Here's Brian Jones playing sitar on 'Paint It Black' with the Rolling Stones on the Ed Sullivan Show, 1966.
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Joni is a goddess. BTW, she's playing a dulcimer.
In a NPR presentation, some of her upper grade writings were read. You would be gobsmacked to hear how sophisticated her writing was at 12 years old.
It's a dulcimer. The Appalachian dulcimer is a fretted string instrument of the zither family.
I really can't think of anything to say..a genuine artiste..
Add Amelia in the future live with Pat Metheny
My favorite vocalist of all time since I first heard her about 50 years ago.
The blonde girl from the Canadian prairies really made it big didn't she...????
Such a voice. She could make a nursery rhyme sound angelic. So so beautiful.
Pure Artist.....indeed!
It’s a dulcimer. 4 strings, 2 for drone. Appalachian instrument.
I love you guys.
"I'll even kiss a sunset pig" I'll even kiss a cop on Sunset Blvd in L.A.
the cops Stephen Stills wrote about and CSN (and sometimes Y) sang about
Fellas, that's a mountain dulcimer. An Appalachian folk instrument. 🙂
Excellent artist!! And an excellent reaction, fellas ❤😊🙏👏
After this song I bought the LP! Unfortunatly I dont have it any more!