I just finished watching "American Master's presents Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind". What a beautifully presented piece! I was "minimally aware" of her before, but the PBS documentary was very informative and helped me understand why she's so revered.

This woman was/is a deep, sensitive soul. . .yet a take-charge, honest stand-on-your-own-two-feet type of person. I am amazed at her story--even had a few tears at the end thinking about how she has triumphed.

Finally got to hear her do A Case of You. You all were right--can't beat the original.

Well, now I've got to add some Joni to my collection!

Did anyone else see this?

Dammit!

Iforgot that this was on! Does anyone know when it will re-air?

Sweeny79 said:

Well, if you set the VCR--usually stuff is re-aired real late at night, like somewhere between 1 and 3 in the morning. "Check your local listings"!

A stunning,beautiful tribute and homage to Joni.

The never before seen footage was jaw-dropping and generous.

For those interested here is the website for the show

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/a...ell_j.html

It re -airs in the NYC area on April 23 at 8:00 on channel 13

I'm watching it right now. I never listened to her music before. It's kind of nice.

Thanks for posting this NuPwr319. I thought that this was an excellent documentary of Joni. There's alot of funky footage found throughout the hour and a half. Toward the end of the show it was mentioned that she never found the right bass player until Jaco Pastorious played with her. There was a short clip of them. In the instant that it played the genius in Jaco came alive with Joni's music. The next clip shows her looking sad and alone. This must have been when she heard of his death. This story is a gem, watch it if you can.

thanks for the heads-up, it will repeat here on pbs on april 5th at 2am, and my vcr will be ready.

wow! thanx for the info! I'll be watching it april 5th at 8:30

mzflash said:

I was also floored by how intelligently she speaks about her music and her motivations. Not like the cryptic stuff we usually get from Prince.

You can order the whole 90 minute DVD from them for about $20.00.

If you're just getting started with Joni, two really good albums of hers are:

Court & Spark

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns