Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Joni Mitchell
I felt like writing about Joni tonight. I love this song. I really would have preferred to bolg the Hissing of Summer Lawns but I could not find a good video. This is a super band including Jaco and Michael Brecker. Is it blues... maybe not... but... Joni Mitchell,(born Roberta Joan Anderson; November 7, 1943) is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto. In 1965 she moved to the United States and, touring constantly, began to be recognized when her original songs ("Urge for Going," "Chelsea Morning," "Both Sides, Now," "The Circle Game") were covered by notable folk singers, allowing her to sign with Reprise Records and record her own debut album in 1968. Settling in Southern California, Mitchell and her popular songs like "Big Yellow Taxi" and "Woodstock" helped define an er...