Joni Mitchell Audio

[0:57]..." world see. Learned how to drive while listening to the music of Joni Mitchell in his hometown of Shreveport Louisiana. Any move to New Orleans to study music and in the local clubs he was. Impacted by jazz greats like drummer Elvin Jones. Brian ended up working with -- pop stars like Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell. As well as jazz giants like Wayne Shorter and Pat Metheny so it's just natural that when he plays with -- group. "...

[2:43]..." study but let's as a kid who's playing drums and how does Joni Mitchell. With her distinctive voice and perhaps even more distinctive guitar playing and how -- kind of you know musical icon. "...

[4:26]..." is the drummer band leader. -- in addition -- eventually working with Joni Mitchell. He also also worked with with Wayne Shorter. Both of whom appeared on Herbie Hancock's Grammy Award winning record two river -- "...

[21:12]..." about crossing boundaries of a different sort. He plays for everyone from Joni Mitchell to Wayne Shorter and finally live music from the Austin Texas band shear water. All that tomorrow. Centex technical director is Irene "...

[18:11]..." Joni Mitchell's early seventies hit big yellow taxi became big yellow taxi 2007 on her album shine last year complete with newly relevant lyrics. "...

[1:02]..." whiz Michael graves plays lives. But first lead singer songwriters Carole -- Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon's first came page. There was no legislation banning sexual discrimination no pill -- legal abortion. But by the time they graced the cover of national magazines made their landmark albums. Including -- million seller tapestry which you hearing now everyone was talking about feminism and society was undergoing radical transformation. Sheila Weller is the author of girls like us Carole king Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon and that journey of the generation. Sheila joins us here at our center studio welcome thank you so. Girls "...

[3:38]..." The interesting thing about about these three and Carole king Joni Mitchell Carly Simon we can look at them and add peas in the pod because there -- all. Great singer songwriters you know landmark records and all the rest. But you could not have picked three more different backgrounds. You know did did that the poor. Girl from central Canada and you know Joni Mitchell Carole king the middle class girl from you know the heart of Brooklyn heights. And -- Carly Simon. You know science of "...

[7:07]..." she is the author of the book. Girls like us Carole king Joni Mitchell Carly Simon and the journey of -- generation. The song as you as you rightly put it Sheila is colluded to you "...

[38:40]..." God except it's pretty hard to talk Joni Mitchell. Mitchell said that she wrote that song and a hotel in Hawaii. She looked down from her balcony of this stretch of "...

[39:44]..." Andrea we used Joni Mitchell's phrase about paving paradise all the time when we talk about woods or farms are small towns giving way to sprawl. At "...

[38:40]..." God except it's pretty hard to talk Joni Mitchell. Mitchell said that she wrote that song and a hotel in Hawaii. She looked down from her balcony of this stretch of "...

[39:44]..." Andrea we used Joni Mitchell's phrase about paving paradise all the time when we talk about woods or farms are small towns giving way to sprawl. At "...

[1:35]..." WFUV which just happened to be playing -- one of her favorite Joni Mitchell songs. The traffic lights are turned green as she approached as it's synchronized for her personal convenience. She started planning dinner and "...

[19:51]..." over the course of decades at a works fine if you got Joni Mitchell you know works fine if if someone is a genius Ornette Coleman -- But not everyone is Joni Mitchell or Ornette Coleman some people -- one hit wonders and I think should be allowed to to do just that. "...

[26:21]..." to songwriters there's Bob Dylan and -- as everybody else or this Joni Mitchell and everybody else and that's there is some truth in both of those statements. But obviously Dylan opened a door that Paul "...

[5:17]..." I believe but it was heavily marketed. In Starbucks on what the Joni Mitchell record her own record which I must now about one grammys this. That he's -- those Starbucks with a big forcing giving "...

[10:07]..." a little bit from the award winning album. Rivers the songs of Joni Mitchell by -- Hancock. "...

[10:40]..." Uses them. That is Joni Mitchell singing with Herbie Hancock. Up next more with and powers and Amy Winehouse his troubles made many of us take a closer "...