Joni Mitchell is a musical genius. I know that word is overused today, but she deserves it. I include her lyrics and prose along with the music. They are welded together as finished pieces of melody and melodrama. I was just listening to her album Hejira from about 1977. So many good songs to hear on it. “Coyote, Amelia, Furry Sings the Blues, Hejira and A Song For Sharon.
Joni cannot sing in public anymore, having been stopped after a brain aneurysm in 2015. She uses a wheelchair too.
Even the Queen of folk rock, with her unusual acoustic chords, her pure harmonies with just the right touch of discordance is but a fragile human, like the rest of us.
Fated and spiritually fey.
If you can listen to CIRCLE GAME & not cry, you are stronger than me.
bttt
“Court and Spark” will always be one of my favorite albums.
Indeed, Keith Emerson committed suicide because he could no longer play the keyboards.
This is true.
I agree "Hejira" (w/Jaco & Pat Metheny) is her masterpiece although many would say "Blue" is her best.
As an aside, I am fortunate to have a "dry" CDR copy of "Blue" burned 1:1 direct from the true, studio master tapes before the dreaded reverb was added for the commercial release - amazing sonics & clarity and a precious gift from a friend who remastered the album.