by David Yaffe
“Ladies’ Man,” xvi, 292
“Ladies of the Canyon,” 116–18
Ladies of the Canyon, 113, 114–21, 122, 262, 360; cover art, 113, 117; reviews, 116, 120–21; sales, 114, 115; songs, 114–21, 122; success of, 114. See also specific songs
L.A. Express, 172–76, 183, 210, 216, 219, 280, 300, 309; Mitchell and, 172–76, 183, 184, 191–93, 210, 216, 219
“Lakota,” 329, 331
Lambert, Dave, 96, 186
Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross, 96, 186, 212; Sing a Song of Basie, 96
Landau, Jon, 176
Landau, Michael, 303
Langhorne, Bruce, 37
Lanois, Daniel, 328, 349
“Last Time I Saw Richard, The,” 133, 134
Last Waltz concert, 90, 217, 220, 244–46; film, 90, 232, 244, 245
Lauper, Cyndi, 333, 334
Laurel Canyon, 59, 70; Mitchell in, 70, 73, 94, 102–107, 112–13, 116–18, 136, 146, 279
Lawrence, D. H., 267
“Lead Balloon,” 352
Lear, Norman, 350
Led Zeppelin, 188, 222, 329; “Going to California,” 188
Lee, Peggy, “Fever,” 174
Leisz, Greg, 354
Lennon, John, 28, 99, 103, 169–70, 195, 241, 283; “Give Peace a Chance,” 99; murder of, 290
Lennox, Annie, 159
Leno, Jay, 343, 351
Lerner, Murray, 324
Let’s Sing Out (TV show), 39–40
“Let the Wind Carry Me,” 26
Leventhal, Harold, 49
Levinson, Barry, 296
Levitin, Daniel, 375
Lewis, Furry, 231–32
Lewy, Henry, 77, 91–92, 130, 196, 207, 247, 273, 311, 326, 328; as Mitchell’s producer, 91–92, 247–50, 288, 308, 315
Library of Congress, 267; Charles Mingus Collection, 267; National Recording Registry, 161
Libya, 332
Lightfoot, Gordon, 67, 158
“Little Green,” 40–41, 143, 301, 346–47, 356, 367
“Live Aid,” 313
Lloyd Webber, Andrew, Jesus Christ Superstar, 191
Logie, Anne, 25
London, 89, 93, 167, 185–86
London Symphony Orchestra, 185–86, 361, 363, 365
Lookofsky, Harry, 250
Lookout Mountain house, 102–107, 112–13, 116–18, 146, 279
Lorca, Federico García, 54, 62
Los Angeles, 69, 102–103, 127, 275, 342, 344, 364; of early-mid 1970s, 157–58, 165–76, 190; Laurel Canyon scene, 102–13, 116–18, 136; Mitchell moves to, 70, 73, 102–103; music scene, 69, 157–58, 172–76; parties, 168, 180, 200–201, 209; studio musicians, 173–76
Los Angeles Times, 158, 280, 366
“Love,” 292, 296–98, 299
Love, Courtney, 65
Love Has Many Faces, 299
“Love or Money,” 187
“Love Puts on a New Face,” 351
Lowell, Robert, 128
LSD, 71, 131, 142
Lubbock, Jeremy, 339
“Lucky Girl,” 309, 314–15
Luell, David, 210
Luminato Festival, 231, 358
Lydon, Susan Gordon, 105
Lynn, Loretta, “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” 158
M
Maclean’s, 179
MacMath, Brad, 31, 32
Madison Square Garden, 198, 208–209
Madonna, 159, 279, 289, 316, 356
“Magdalene Laundries, The,” 345–46
Maidstone, Saskatchewan, 12, 32, 235
Major, Phyllis, 236–38, 344
Malibu, 70, 209, 245, 291
Mama Cass. See Elliot, Cass
Mamas and the Papas, 91
Mandolin Brothers, 235
“Man from Mars,” 352
Mann, Aimee, “Nothing Is Good Enough,” 182
“Man to Man,” 292
Manuel, Richard, 246
“Marcie,” 57–58, 62
Mariposa Folk Festival, 34
Marom, Malka, 34, 37, 179, 225
Marsalis, Branford, 308
Marsalis, Wynton, 348
Martin, George, 91, 172
Maslin, Janet, 257
Matisse, Henri, 16
Mays, Lyle, 281
McBride, Christian, 349
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (movie), 183
McCarthyism, 290
McCartney, Paul, 103, 141, 309, 316
McDonald, Dolette, 330
McDonald, Michael, 310
McFerrin, Bobby, 294, 330; “Don’t Worry, Be Happy,” 330
McGuinn, Roger, 68, 199
McKitrick, Frankie, 13
McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, 128
Mehldau, Brad, 98, 349; “Roses Blue” cover, 98–99
Meisel, Perry, 219
melody, 4, 39, 46, 105–106, 162, 206, 234; “Both Sides, Now,” 45–46; Mingus and, 268
Melody Maker, 84, 280, 283
Melvoin, Wendy, 291–92, 331
Memphis, 231–32
Menand, Louis, 279, 280
Mendes, Sergio, 129
Mendoza, Vince, 359–66
Mercer, Mabel, 361, 365
Merchant, Natalie, 350, 366
Metheny, Pat, 175, 281–82; Bright Size Life, 281; Mitchell and, 281–82, 303
Method acting, 141, 340
Miami, 68–70, 71, 98
“Michael from Mountains,” 48, 69, 90
Midnight Special (TV show), 151
Miles of Aisles, 190–93, 255; album, 187, 190, 193; tour, 175, 185–86, 187, 190–93, 214; venues, 190–91, 192
Mingus, 87, 267–78, 280–83, 299, 309, 330, 339; on charts, 273, 282, 307; cover art, 87; reviews, 280, 281, 298; songs, 270–72, 276–77; tempos, 274–75; tour, 280–82; weak sales, 282. See also specific songs
Mingus, Charles, 142, 221, 250, 262–78, 280, 282, 350; ALS of, 262–69, 276; Beneath the Underdog, 273, 277; catalogue of, 264; death of, 276; Mingus Ah Um, 264, 269–70; Mitchell collaboration, 262–78, 359; “Self-Portrait in Three Colors,” 269–70
Mingus, Sue Graham, 263, 265, 267
Mingus Workshop, 264
Minimalism, 29
Minneapolis, 291
Minnelli, Liza, 129
Mintz, Elliot, 355
Misfits, The (movie), 170
“Mr. Blue,” 76
Mitchell, Chuck, 36–43, 54, 68, 90, 167, 357; divorce from Joni, 42–43; marriage and duo with Joni, 36–43, 44, 113, 132, 248, 347
Mitchell, Joni, xi–xvi; aging of, 158, 220, 288–89, 304–309, 335, 361, 366; Alias and, 243, 259–60, 270–71, 281, 284–88; at Amnesty International concert, 322–26, 330; at art school, 28–30; on Asylum, 152, 163–64, 187; Baez and, 38–39, 200, 203–209, 257, 346; as bandleader, 213–17, 282; Beatty and, 168–69, 170, 183; beauty of, xv, 54, 56–57, 59, 61, 87, 103–104, 110, 160, 198, 303; Bel-Air home, 168, 193, 200–201, 221, 243, 247, 300, 358, 374; birth of, 3–4; birth of her daughter, 35; bitterness and anger of, 15, 50, 98, 167, 236–38, 294, 305–18, 337; black culture and, 207, 209, 231, 256–60, 265, 271–72, 277–78, 284–85, 296, 333, 359; Blade and, 348–54; brain aneurysm of, 374–76; breakup with Nash, 122–26; in British Columbia, 150–60, 163, 170, 240, 243, 345, 368; Jackson Browne and, 167–68, 169, 171, 236–38, 343–45; Buddhism and, 225–28, 236, 241–42, 293, 338–39; Carnegie Hall debut, 106–107, 325; on Cavett show, 107–11; childhood in Canada, 3–18, 19–27, 91, 140–41, 235–36, 341–42, 358, 372; as cigarette smoker, xii, 158, 208, 214, 289, 295–96, 304–306, 318, 374, 375; clothes of, 23, 25, 40, 53, 57, 107, 118, 160, 215, 219, 228–29, 288, 345, 372, 375; Cohen and, 53–63, 97–98, 143, 145, 147–48, 151, 167, 199, 266, 338–39; Judy Collins and, 47–50, 52–53, 97, 115; Crosby and, 68–73, 92, 97–98, 111, 124–25, 144, 183, 360; daughter given up for adoption by, 35, 36, 37, 40–41, 43, 132, 154, 158, 194, 284, 301–302, 313, 346–47, 352; Miles Davis and, 259–60, 275; divorce from Klein, 337–38, 355; divorce from Mitchell, 42–43; domesticity of, 37, 65, 103–107, 112–13, 117�
�18, 124, 151; domestic violence and, 286–88, 305–306, 343–44; dreams of, 6–7, 248; drug use by, 131, 204, 208, 218–24, 228, 229, 239–42, 303, 316; Dylan and, 187–88, 198–212, 251, 353–55; early influences on, 13–14, 24–25, 30–33, 57–58, 199; early writing of, 14–17; education of, 9–10, 13–16, 24, 28–30, 240; emotional vulnerability of Blue sessions, 131–44, 148–49; as exile, 89; fans of, 136, 163, 179, 187–89, 219–20, 280, 284, 291, 326, 351, 354; first album of, 14, 70–81; folksinger beginnings of, 30–43, 66–68, 85, 93, 114; Gabriel and, 326–32; Geffen and, 70, 102, 157, 163–64, 166, 171, 181–82, 187, 191, 193, 195, 267, 280, 282–84, 317, 331; on Geffen Records, 283–84, 300; Grammys of, 93, 336, 337, 368; as a grandmother, 355, 357–59, 368; Guerin and, 172–76, 191, 193, 195, 196, 200, 210–16, 219, 223, 234, 235, 267, 286–88, 292, 299; guitar style, 39–43, 59, 133, 135, 165, 172, 175–76, 191–92, 235, 247, 266, 303, 309, 312–13, 353–54; Hancock and, 274–76, 329–30, 359–60, 375; hatred for music business, 159, 182, 259, 283, 348, 352, 366; Hendrix and, 81–84; independence of, 22, 32, 40, 43, 97, 184, 277, 293, 305, 315; influence on other musicians of, 140–49, 187–89, 199–201, 291; insomnia of, 304–306, 367; at Isle of Wight, 324–25, 327; jazz-pop and, 172–76, 192, 280, 309; L.A. Express and, 172–76, 183, 184, 191–93, 210, 216, 219; last public performance and interview, 230–31; Last Waltz concert, 244–46; laughter of, 9, 77; in Laurel Canyon, 70, 73, 94, 102–107, 112–13, 116–18, 136, 146, 279; marriage to Klein, 293–98, 307–308, 311, 318–21, 328–29, 337, 375; marriage to Mitchell, 36–43, 44, 113, 132, 248, 347; Miles of Aisles tour, 190–93; Mingus collaboration, 262–78, 359; miscarriage of, 318–20; as a model, 29; money troubles, 283–84, 288, 300, 304–306; Morgellons syndrome, 124, 366–67; move to Los Angeles, 70, 73, 102–103; move to New York, 38–43; Graham Nash and, 103–13, 114, 122–26, 127, 137, 143, 144, 146, 151, 298, 339; nature and, 17–18, 150–52, 159, 160; at Newport, 49, 53, 54, 97; 1980s and, 262, 283–84, 288–92, 298, 300–306, 308–11, 322–23, 333, 335; originality of, 25–26, 39, 50, 59, 111, 160–62, 176; as a painter, 13, 16, 28–30, 60–61, 86–87, 112, 144, 243, 251, 336, 366; Pastorius and, 221–22, 229–34, 249, 250, 255, 280–81, 282; in performance, 39–43, 49–51, 67–68, 76, 89, 93, 95, 106–107, 127–28, 145, 156, 161, 167, 185–87, 190–93, 198–217, 229–32, 244–46, 258, 280–82, 302–304, 322–26, 333–35, 341, 345, 349–50, 353–55, 372–73; pimp character of, 257–58, 296; polio of, 19–22, 30, 154, 172, 219, 288, 307, 370, 372; politics and, 84–85, 87–89, 99–101, 140, 192, 207–209, 256–58, 332–33, 342–46, 368; post-polio syndrome of, 307, 353, 366–67; pregnancy of, 31–35, 346; Prince and, 179, 188, 291–92; as “Queen of El Lay,” 144, 148, 185, 219; relationship with daughter Kilauren, 352, 355–59; relationship with her father, 6–8, 20, 25, 26, 34, 107, 125, 285, 347, 358; relationship with her mother, 5–8, 17, 20–26, 34, 38, 107, 125, 132, 141, 285, 286, 337, 347, 358; on Reprise, 70–76, 90, 163; resilience of, 21–22, 43, 148; as rising star, 49–50, 64–85; on Rolling Thunder Revue tour, 198–209, 210, 220, 229; sexism and, 73–74, 92–93, 120, 143–44, 148, 162–63, 182, 237, 309, 336; Shepard and, 204–207, 232; shoplifting incident, 22, 25; as skater, 228–29; as songwriter, 31–32, 39–51, 57–58, 64, 66, 69, 76–81, 93–101, 105–11, 114–21, 130–39, 143–49, 153–64, 176–89, 195–98, 206, 223, 229–42, 247–56, 292–302, 310–15, 328–32, 352, 355–59, 368–70, 375; success and fame of, 138–49, 156–57, 160, 178–79, 187–95, 279–80, 300; suppressed motherhood theme, 40–41, 143, 301–302, 312–13, 346–47, 356; tax problems, 288, 305; James Taylor and, 127–30, 138, 143, 144, 145, 147, 148, 159, 166–67, 169, 299, 325; travels of, 122, 132–33, 167, 220–21, 234–35, 240–42; as truth-teller, 54, 132–33, 137, 138, 161, 195, 236, 256, 258, 276, 323; virginity and, 31, 73; voice of, 30–31, 50, 74, 79–80, 93, 111, 116, 121, 148, 154, 158, 161, 176, 177, 198, 208, 212, 220, 222, 288–89, 294, 304, 324, 327, 330, 335, 340, 352, 359–66; at The Wall concert, 333–35; Woodstock missed by, 107–11, 176; Neil Young and, 89–90, 245–46, 248. See also specific songs and albums
Mitchell, Mitch, 82–84; Jimi Hendrix: Inside the Experience, 82–83
Modern Jazz Quartet, 142
“Molly McGee,” 5
Monk, Thelonious, 81
Monkees, 68
Monroe, Marilyn, 170
“Moon at the Window,” 292, 301, 313, 351
Morgellons syndrome, 124, 366–67
“Morning Morgantown,” 107, 114
Morricone, Ennio, 262
Morris, Leslie, 374
Morrison, Van, 244, 333; Astral Weeks, 142
Motown, 142
movies, 13, 90, 141, 165–70, 232, 240, 244, 245, 256, 296; collapse of studio system, 166; Fassbinder, 339–41; of 1970s, 165–70. See also specific movies
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 153
Ms. magazine, 158
MTV, 290–91, 292, 298, 308, 326, 332
MTV News, 108
Mulligan, Gerry, 173, 276
Murray, Albert, Stomping the Blues, 130
Myers, Vali, 76
“My Old Man,” 127, 135, 143, 144, 298, 325
“My Secret Place,” 327, 331–32
N
Nadien, David, 250
Nash, Graham, xii, 103–13, 196, 211, 338, 372; Mitchell and, 103–13, 114, 122–26, 127, 137, 143, 144, 146, 151, 298, 339; “Our House,” 112–13, 124; Wild Tales, 123–24, 125
Nash, Larry, 192
Nassau Coliseum, 216
National Women’s Liberation Conference, 117
Naylor, David, xvi
Nelson, Sean, 178
Nelson, Willie, 331
Neuwirth, Bob, 196
Newman, Randy, 71, 115
New Orleans, 329, 349
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 349–50
Newport Folk Festival, 49, 52–53, 54, 97
Newport Jazz Festival, 52
Newsweek, 162; “The Girls—Letting Go,” 162
Newton John, Olivia, “Let’s Get Physical,” 292
New Wave, 309
New York City, 38, 70, 73, 157, 173, 190, 205, 215, 243, 270, 325–26; Carnegie Hall debut, 106–107, 325; Chelsea, 93–94; Mitchell moves to, 38–43; 1960s music scene, 38–43, 57, 64, 93–94, 116, 202
New Yorker, The, 279
New York magazine, 188
New York Times, The, xii, xv, 17, 27, 107, 181, 356; on Mitchell, 105, 114, 120, 139, 149, 161, 231
Nicholson, Jack, 168, 169
Nico, 59–60, 72, 338
Nietzsche, Friedrich, xiii, 15, 27, 152, 160, 193, 267, 322–23, 372
“Night in the City,” 73, 79–80, 114
Night Ride Home, 255, 337, 339–42; songs, 339–42. See also specific songs
Nirvana, 149
Nixon, Richard M., 88, 100, 117, 192, 290
“No Apologies,” 352
Nonesuch, 366
No Nukes, 343
North Battleford, Saskatchewan, 12–14, 341
“Not to Blame,” 238, 343–45
NPR, 137
“Number One,” 330–31
Nyro, Laura, 87
O
Obama, Barack H., 119
O’Brien, Edna, 296
Ochs, Phil, 65, 129
O’Connor, Sinéad, 333, 334; “Nothing Compares 2 U,” 291
O’Dell, Chris, 205–206
“Off Night Backstreet,” 261
O’Hara, Frank, 267
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 296
“One Week Last Summer,” 368
On the Waterfront (movie), 141
open tunings, xvi, 39, 86, 147, 172, 191–92, 237
Ornot, Martin, 34
Orr, Benjamin, 319, 321, 328, 331
Orton, Beth, 138
Ostin, Mo, 71
Ottawa, 81–84, 98
P
Page, Jimmy, 81, 188
Paglia, Camille, 356; Break, Blow, Burn, 356
Painting with Words and Music concert, 15
Panama, 123, 124–25
Pareles, Jon, 231
Paris, 76, 146, 181–82, 215
Parker, Charlie, 81, 174, 222, 223, 253, 263, 264
Parks, Van Dyke, 71
Parrish, Maxfield, 103
Parsons, Gram, 65
Parton, Dolly, 362
Pastorius, Jaco, 142, 221–22, 225, 252, 253, 254, 261, 265, 268, 274, 275, 292, 293, 296, 303, 309; on bass, 221–22, 230, 232–34; drug use and bipolar disorder of, 282; on Hejira, 229–34, 240; Mitchell and, 221–22, 229–34, 249, 250, 255, 280–81, 282; “Portrait of Tracy,” 221, 222, 229, 233, 234
Patchen, Kenneth, 267
Paxton, Tom, 49
Payne, Freda, “Bring the Boys Home,” 100
Pennebaker, D. A., 80
People magazine, 131, 180, 207
“People’s Parties,” 180
Persuasions, 281
Peter and Gordon, 316
Peterson, Oscar, 52, 233
Petty, Tom, 331
Philadelphia, 41, 58, 87, 94, 115, 212, 365
photography, 112, 130, 160, 228, 370
Piaf, Edith, 42, 86, 100, 195, 197, 199, 339
piano, 59, 79, 81, 91, 95, 110, 111, 154, 166, 247, 275, 289, 310–11, 337; on Blue, 130, 134; on Ladies of the Canyon, 114–15; in Lookout Mountain house, 103, 112–13; on “Paprika Plains,” 247–51; Studio C, 130, 134; on “Woodstock,” 111
Picasso, Pablo, 16, 86, 144, 155, 260, 344; Blue Nude, 144; Guernica, 264
Plant, Robert, 188, 329
Plath, Sylvia, 128
Police, 291, 300; Synchronicity, 308
polio, 19–22, 30, 154, 172, 219, 288, 307, 370, 372; vaccine, 20
pop music, 142–43, 184, 223, 300, 323; jazz crossover, 172–76, 192, 280, 308–309
Powell, Bud, 81
Presley, Elvis, 9, 119, 245
Prestige Records, 186
Pretenders, 350
Prince, 4, 179, 188, 196, 331; “The Ballad of Dorothy Parker,” 179; “Emotional Pump,” 291; Mitchell and, 179, 188, 291–92
Pro Tools, 251
Protzman, Bob, 280
psychology, 152, 166, 168–70, 196; Martin Grotjahn and, 166–70
Public Enemy, 149
publishing royalties, 284
Puente, Tito, Dance Mania, 149
Pullen, Don, 263, 274
Pynchon, Thomas, Gravity’s Rainbow, 88
Q
Q-Tip, 137
Quaid, Dennis, 209
Queen Mary, 251
R
Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 100, 199, 238, 249; “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini,” 13; “The Story of Three Loves,” 238