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Reckless Daughter

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by David Yaffe


  Colaiuta, Vinnie, 354

  Cold War, end of, 333–35

  Cole, Nat King, 360

  Coleman, Lisa, 291, 331

  Coleman, Ornette, 269

  Collins, Judy, 30, 47–50, 53, 55, 74, 75, 78; “Both Sides, Now” cover, 47–50, 64, 90, 94, 101, 105, 361; In My Life, 55; Mitchell and, 47–50, 52–53, 96, 115; Wildflowers, 47, 48, 55

  Collins, Phil, 323, 326, 327, 328

  color, 8, 40–41, 57, 58, 94, 144

  Coltrane, John, xiii, 81, 142, 172, 222, 254, 281

  Columbia Records, 72, 249

  “Come in from the Cold,” 352

  comics, 117–18

  Considine, Tom, 130

  “Conversation,” 115–16

  “Cool Water,” 331

  Corea, Chick, 375

  Costello, Elvis, 196, 300, 332

  Cotton, Elizabeth, 30

  “Court and Spark,” 176–78

  Court and Spark, 135, 138, 171–89, 197, 207, 220, 223, 279, 280, 290, 360; influence on other musicians, 187–89; L.A. Express and, 172–76, 183, 184; reviews, 176; sales, 178–79, 193, 284; songs, 176–89; success of, 178–79, 187–89, 193–95, 210, 284; tour, 190–93; vocal style, 176, 177. See also specific songs

  covers, album, 86–87, 336, 366; Blue, 130; Clouds, 86–87; Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter, 256–58; For the Roses, 160, 228; Hejira, 228–29; The Hissing of Summer Lawns, 87; Ladies of the Canyon, 113, 117; Mingus, 87; Wild Things Run Fast, 292. See also specific albums

  cowbell, 114

  “Coyote,” 204, 206, 207, 210, 220, 228, 229, 230, 232, 245, 298

  “Crazy Cries of Love, The,” 352

  Cream, 222

  Crete, 122, 132

  Crosby, David, 43, 50, 68–73, 96–97, 104–105, 117, 123–24, 188, 333, 338; “Almost Cut My Hair,” 99–100; drug use, 148; Mitchell and, 68–73, 92, 97–98, 111, 124–25, 144, 183, 360; as Song to a Seagull producer, 71–81, 97; Woodstock and, 107–12

  Crosby, Stills & Nash, 104–105, 124, 133, 134, 158, 246; “Our House,” 112–13, 124; “You Don’t Have to Cry,” 104

  Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 107, 117; Woodstock and, 107–12; “Woodstock” cover, 111, 244

  Crouse, Timothy, 41, 143

  Crow, Sheryl, 178

  Crowe, Cameron, 112, 132, 280, 331

  Crusaders, 175

  cumbia, 264

  Curie, Marie, 10–11, 55, 120

  D

  “Dancin’ Clown,” 331

  Danko, Rick, 222, 246

  Darin, Bobby, 17

  David Letterman, 343

  Davis, Angela, 157

  Davis, Miles, xiii, 24–25, 81, 84, 86, 98, 155, 172–74, 192, 199, 234, 253, 254, 263, 264, 275, 286, 292, 324, 344, 348, 349, 351; Bitches Brew, 173, 174, 259; drug use, 259–60; Kind of Blue, 111, 249; The Man with the Horn, 260; Mitchell and, 259–60, 275; “Nefertiti,” 269; Seven Steps to Heaven, 192

  Davis, Richard, 142

  Davis, Stephen, Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga, 188

  “Dawntreader, The,” 96–97

  Dawson, Pic, 117

  Day, Doris, 362

  “Day After Day,” 31–32, 39

  Debussy, Claude, xiii, 100, 177, 180, 199, 249; “Clair de Lune,” 177

  Dee, Sandra, 17

  De Niro, Robert, 200

  Depression, Calgary, 30–31

  Details magazine, 283

  Detroit, 36–38, 342, 365; 1960s music scene, 37–39

  Diamond, Neil, 244, 294

  Dickens, Charles, 159

  Dickinson, Emily, 130

  Dickson, Sharolyn, 14–15

  Diddley, Bo, 95, 115

  Diltz, Henry, 117

  Diner (movie), 296

  “Dr. Junk, the Dentist Man,” 96, 98

  Dog Eat Dog, xv, 289, 307–18, 322, 324, 331, 337, 351, 354, 359; production, 308–15; reviews, 316–17; songs, 310–15. See also specific songs

  Dolby, Thomas, 308–15, 328, 333–34; as Dog Eat Dog producer, 308–15; “She Blinded Me with Science,” 308

  Dolphy, Eric, 263

  “Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter,” 206, 210, 223, 229, 255, 298

  Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter, 187, 253–62, 265, 274, 281, 299, 301, 309; cover art and controversy, 256–58; reviews, 257, 261–62, 298; sales, 261; songs, 253–56; success of, 261–62. See also specific songs

  Donlon, Denise, 345

  Donovan, 65; “Season of the Witch,” 76

  “Don’t Interrupt the Sorrow,” 196, 205, 207, 255

  Dont Look Back (documentary), 80, 196

  Doors, 91, 92, 117, 324

  Dora (housekeeper), 305–306

  Douglas, Dave, 98; Moving Portrait, 98; “Roses Blue” cover, 98

  Down Beat, 233, 280

  “Down to You,” 184–86, 220, 343; performance of, 185–86

  “Dreamland,” 255–56

  drugs, 70, 71, 123, 128–29, 131, 142, 144, 148, 157, 201, 203, 208, 245–46; Mitchell’s use of, 131, 204, 208, 218–24, 228, 229, 239–42, 303, 316

  drums, 114, 115, 172, 259, 315; Blade on, 348–53; on Blue, 134, 135, 136; on Court and Spark, 174; Guerin on, 172–74, 223; on Ladies of the Canyon, 114–15

  Dublin, 345

  Du Bois, W.E.B., 277, 278

  dulcimer, 133–34, 304; on Blue, 133–34, 135, 147

  Duran Duran, 291

  Dylan, Bob, xiv, 4, 47, 52, 64, 66, 67, 74, 80, 86–88, 93, 96, 99, 103, 119, 149, 157, 162, 180, 182, 196, 236, 244, 246, 294, 309, 324, 325, 335, 336, 369; Baez and, 80, 200–205; Blonde on Blonde, 199, 200; Blood on the Tracks, xiv, 142, 199, 200–201; “Blowin’ in the Wind,” 72, 99–100; bootlegs, 200–201; Bringing It All Back Home, 74, 199; “Chimes of Freedom,” 369; debut album of, 72; Desire, xiv, 172, 201; “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right,” 96; The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, 72; Gates of Eden, 80; “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall,” 72, 76; Highway 61 Revisited, 199; “Hurricane,” 199; “It Ain’t Me, Babe,” 96; “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue,” 42; “It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding),” 80; “Like a Rolling Stone,” 46–47, 248; “Masters of War,” 72, 99; “Mr. Tambourine Man,” xiv, 36, 37, 68, 127–28; Mitchell and, 187–88, 198–212, 251, 353–55; Modern Times, xiv; 1965 UK tour, 80; Oh Mercy, 309, 328; “One More Cup of Coffee,” 251; as a painter, 251; “Positively 4th Street,” xiv, 46, 96; religious conversion, 202; Rolling Thunder Revue tour, 63, 198–209, 210, 243; “Sara,” 199; as songwriter, 46–47, 97, 100, 142, 187, 199; Street Legal, 217; “Tangled Up in Blue,” 142, 199; Time Out of Mind, 328, 353

  Dylan, Sara, 199, 202, 251

  E

  Eagles, 211, 258

  Earhart, Amelia, 220, 239

  Eastwood, Kyle, From Here to There, 359

  Edison, Harry, “Centerpiece,” 212

  “Edith and the Kingpin,” 197

  Elder, Boyd, 211

  Elektra Records, 48, 50, 283

  Eliot, T. S., 55, 265; Four Quartets, 265–68; The Waste Land, 270

  Ellington, Duke, xiii, 16, 25, 86, 100, 172, 199, 263, 264

  Elliot, Cass, 69, 78, 117, 136

  Elliott, Ramblin’ Jack, 199

  Ellis, Ray, 359

  Eno, Brian, 72

  environmentalism, 114, 119–20, 127, 333, 368

  Erskine, Peter, 274, 275

  Ertegun, Ahmet, 182

  Ervin, Booker, 269, 270

  “Ethiopia,” 312–13, 346, 356

  Evans, Gil, 363

  Everly Brothers, 9

  Evers, Medgar, 88

  F

  “Fairlight Marimba,” 328

  Farm Aid, 309, 343

  Farrow, Mia, 180

  Fassbinder, Rainer Werner, 339–41

  Fayetteville, North Carolina, 94–95, 332

  Feather, Leonard, 280

  Feldman, Victor, 173, 192, 281, 292, 301

  Feliciano, José, 195

  feminism, 117, 118, 158, 356

  Fender Rhodes, 274

  Fez, New York City, 350–51

  “Fiddle
and the Drum, The,” 100–101, 371

  Fiddle and the Drum, The (ballet), xii, 101, 370–73

  Fiedler, Bernie, 66–67

  First Nation, 150

  “Fishbowl, The,” 16–17

  Fitzgerald, Ella, 52, 174

  Fitzgerald, F. Scott, The Great Gatsby, 231

  Flanagan, Bill, 103

  folk music, 49, 52, 66, 172, 174; decline of, 66, 94, 179; Mitchell’s beginnings in, 30–43, 66–68, 85, 93, 114; Newport Festival, 52–54. See also specific musicians

  Ford, Gayle, 214–16, 225, 227, 229

  Ford, Robben, 14, 175, 191–92, 214, 221, 225, 229, 303

  “For Free,” 114, 190

  “For the Roses,” 153, 156–57, 158–59, 197, 365

  For the Roses, 27, 152, 153, 156–64, 167, 171, 173, 174, 194, 359; cover art, 160, 228; reviews, 161, 163; sales, 163; songs, 153–55, 156–64; vocal quality, 158, 161. See also specific songs

  Fort Macleod, Alberta, 3

  Foulk, Ron and Ray, 324

  Frampton, Peter, 129, 193

  Freed, Donald, 337, 338, 339, 352, 355

  “Free Man in Paris,” 4, 181–82

  Freud, Sigmund, 152, 166, 196, 204, 219

  Frey, Glenn, 261

  Friedman, Kinky, 209, 211

  “Furry Sings the Blues,” 90, 212, 229, 230, 231–32, 246, 258, 330

  G

  Gabriel, Peter, 294, 321–22, 326–29; “Biko,” 323; “In Your Eyes,” 331; “Mercy Street,” 322; Mitchell and, 326–32; “Sledgehammer,” 332; So, 321, 322, 328, 332

  Gaga, Lady, 188

  “Gallery, The,” 98

  Gandalf, 37–38, 56

  Garbarini, Vic, 271–72

  Garland, Judy, 263

  Gaslight, New York City, 38–39

  Gaslight South, Miami, 97

  Gaye, Marvin, 314, 360; “Trouble Man,” 314, 359, 364; “What’s Going On,” 142, 157

  Geffen, David, 65, 70, 102, 107, 152, 181–82; Free Man in Paris and, 181–82; Mitchell and, 70, 102, 157, 163–64, 166, 171, 181–82, 187, 191, 193, 195, 267, 280, 282–84, 317, 331

  Geffen Records, 283–84, 300

  Genesis, 326, 327

  Gershwin, George, 360

  Gershwin, Ira, 360

  Getz, Stan, 173, 174, 272

  Gibb, Kilauren, 33, 334, 347, 355–59; birth of, 35; given up for adoption by Mitchell, 35–37, 40–41, 43, 132, 154, 158, 194, 284, 301–302, 313, 346–47, 352; as “Little Green,” 40–41, 143, 346–47, 356; relationship with Mitchell, 352, 355–59; secret messages in Mitchell’s songs for, 40–41, 143, 301–302, 346–47, 352, 356

  Gibbs, Michael, 249–50

  Gilbert, Ronnie, 49

  Gillespie, Dizzy, 52, 174, 249, 268, 362

  Gilliatt, Penelope, 296

  Ginsberg, Allen, 74, 200, 201, 226, 267

  Girls (TV show), 4

  “God Must Be a Boogie Man,” 276–77

  Goffin, Gerry, 58, 148

  “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat,” 270–72, 273

  “Good Friends,” xv, 310

  Gordon, Dexter, 269

  Gorson, Arthur, 65

  Gould, Glenn, 249

  Grammy Awards, 3, 49, 220, 294, 353, 366, 367, 368; for Clouds, 93; for Collins’s “Both Sides, Now,” 49–50, 64, 101; for Turbulent Indigo, 336, 337

  Grand-Maître, Jean, xii, 100, 370–73

  Grateful Dead, 102

  Gray, Wardell, “Twisted,” 186

  Great Album theory, 141–42

  Great Britain, 28, 89, 319, 321, 326, 328–29

  Greece, 122, 130, 132, 133, 146

  Green, Debbie, 237

  Green Flag Song, 370

  Greenpeace, 127, 322

  Grogan, Emmett, 215–17

  Grossman, Albert, 64–65

  Grotjahn, Martin, 166, 168–70

  Guardian, The, 116

  Guerin, John, 172–76, 181, 204, 239, 252, 309, 338, 349, 351; Mitchell and, 172–76, 191, 193, 195, 196, 200, 210–16, 219, 223, 234, 235, 267, 286–88, 292, 299

  guitar, 24, 30, 33, 81, 235, 289, 337; “Cotton Picking,” 30; Hendrix and, 81; Mitchell’s style of, 39–43, 59, 133, 135, 165, 172, 175–76, 191–92, 235, 247, 266, 303, 309, 312–13, 353–54; tunings, xvi, 39, 49, 50–51, 59, 86, 147, 172, 191–92, 237, 353

  Guthrie, Woody, 119

  H

  Hackman, Don, 161

  Hadi, Shafi, 279, 280

  Haggard, Merle, 71

  Half Beat, Toronto, 33, 66

  Hamill, Peter, 321

  Hamilton, George, IV, 39

  Hammond, John, 53, 72, 182

  Hancock, Herbie, 144, 173, 221, 254, 274, 363, 365; Gershwin’s World, 359–60; Mitchell and, 274–76, 329–30, 359–60, 375; River: The Joni Letters, 276, 329, 367

  Handy, John, 269, 270

  Handy, W. C., 231

  Hanisch, Carol, “The Personal Is Political,” 162–63

  Hannah, Daryl, 343

  “Harlem in Havana,” 352

  harmonica, 246

  harmony, 4, 46, 50, 58, 101, 104, 128, 143, 162, 172, 175, 192, 208, 230, 264, 301; Crosby, Stills & Nash, 104–105, 246; Last Waltz concert, 246

  Harris, Emmylou, 245

  Harrison, George, 309

  Harrison, Noel, 59

  “Harry’s House,” 195–96, 212

  Hawaii, 118–20

  Hawkins, Coleman, 272

  Headhunters, 274

  Heckman, Don, 120, 139

  “Hejira,” 230, 234–35, 281, 330

  Hejira, xv, 32, 217, 219–24, 228–42, 245, 279, 281, 299, 301, 309, 329, 344, 348, 351; cover art, 228–29; reviews, 219, 298; songs, 229–42. See also specific songs

  Helm, Levon, 244, 245

  “Help Me,” 3, 178–79, 298; as Top 10 single, 178

  Hemingway, Ernest, 295

  Hendricks, Jon, 96, 186, 212, 270

  Hendrix, Jimi, 71, 72, 81–84, 110, 136, 173, 223, 245; Are You Experienced, 72; Mitchell and, 81–84; songs of, 81

  Henley, Don, 294, 331

  Hilburn, Robert, 102

  “Hissing of Summer Lawns, The,” 195, 255

  Hissing of Summer Lawns, The, 87, 92, 194–98, 210–17, 229, 234, 255, 280, 291, 300–301, 309; cover art, 87; reviews, 218–19, 298; sales, 210; songs, 195–98; tour, 198, 202, 210–17, 219, 220, 221, 225, 255, 301. See also specific songs

  Hit Parade, The, 9

  Hodges, Johnny, 16, 172, 253

  Holiday, Billie, 52, 86, 173, 174, 199, 273, 359–61; Lady in Satin, 359, 360

  Holland, Milt, 114, 115

  Hollies, 104

  Holly, Buddy, 245

  Hollywood, 104, 129; collapse of studio system, 166; of early-mid 1970s, 157–58, 165–70; Hays production code, 166; parties, 168, 180, 200–201, 209

  Horn, Trevor, 180

  Hornby, Nick, High Fidelity, 184

  Hubbard, Freddie, 275, 294

  Hudgins, Johnny, 256

  Hudson, Garth, 244, 245, 334

  Hughes, Langston, 267

  Hynde, Chrissie, 350–51

  I

  Ian, Janis, 49

  Ian and Sylvia, 49

  Idol, Billy, 331

  “I Don’t Know Where I Stand,” 96

  “I Had a King,” 41–43, 188

  “Impossible Dreamer,” 290

  Internet, 347

  Intimate and Interactive (TV show), 345

  Iraq War, 368

  Ireland, 345–46

  Isham, Mark, 352, 364

  Isle of Wight festival, 324–25, 327

  “I Think I Understand,” 94, 99–100

  “It Was a Very Good Year,” 360–61

  J

  Jackson, Janet, 137, 332; “Got ’til It’s Gone,” 137

  Jackson, Michael, 291; Thriller, 149, 292

  James, Harry, 25

  Japan, 302

  jazz, xiii, 4, 52, 81, 96, 99, 111, 142, 154, 172–75, 186, 192, 221–22, 250, 253–54, 256, 259–60, 263–64, 309, 330, 348–50, 360–65; fusion, 253–60, 264, 275; Mingus–Mitchell
collaboration, 262–78; rock music crossover, 172–76, 192, 280, 308–309; West Coast, 173. See also specific musicians

  Jazz Singer, The (movie), 256

  Jefferson Airplane, 102, 109, 110

  “Jericho,” 187, 255

  Jesus Jones, “Right Here, Right Now,” 334–35

  John, Elton, 283

  Johnny Cash Show, The, 343

  Johnson, Sy, 268

  Jolson, Al, 256

  Jones, John Paul, 222

  Jones, Philly Joe, 348

  Jones, Quincy, 129, 363

  Jones, Rickie Lee, 271

  Joplin, Janis, 65, 74, 245

  Joseph, Nathan, 184, 243, 310, 325–26

  Judaism, 147

  “Judgement of the Moon and Stars,” 153–55, 365

  Jung, Carl, 152, 196

  “Jungle Line, The,” 288, 308

  “Just Like This Train,” 172, 184

  K

  Kael, Pauline, 296

  Kart, Larry, 280

  Katché, Manu, 328, 331

  Kay, Connie, 142

  Keaton, Diane, 168

  Kellaway, Roger, 192, 281

  Kennedy, John F., 68, 290

  Kennedy, Robert F., 100, 117, 290

  Kent State massacre, 89

  Kerouac, Jack, 201

  Khan, Chaka, 255–56; Mitchell and, 255–56, 258

  King, Carole, 58, 66, 129, 148, 158, 200; “I Feel the Earth Move,” 130; Mitchell and, 168, 170; A Natural Woman, 129; Tapestry, 129, 130

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 87, 88, 117, 290

  King, Rodney, 342

  Kingston Trio, 24

  Kinks, 73; The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, 73, 142

  Kipling, Rudyard, 14; “If,” xiii; Kim, 14

  Kirk, Rahsaan Roland, 270

  Klein, Larry, 92, 167, 292–96, 360, 363, 374–75; on bass, 292–94, 321–22, 351, 354, 355; divorce from Mitchell, 337–38, 355; marriage to Mitchell, 293–98, 307–308, 311, 318–21, 328–29, 337, 375; as Mitchell’s producer and musical director, 303, 311–12, 315, 319

  Klonitsky, Marsha, 147

  Knepper, Jimmy, 263, 269, 270

  Kooper, Al, 46–47, 200; Mitchell and, 46–48

  Kot, Greg, 354

  Kratzmann, Arthur, 14–15, 31, 360

  Kristofferson, Kris, 61, 131, 141

  Kronos Quartet, 366

  Kunkel, Leah, 136

  Kunkel, Russ, 134, 135, 164, 216, 349; Mitchell and, 135–36, 174

  Kusturica, Emir, xiv

  L

  Lacy, Susan, 15, 352

 

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