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by David Yaffe


  racism, 82–83, 256–58, 342

  radio, 3, 9, 25, 66, 244, 284, 290, 325–36; AOR format, 298

  Raditz, Cary, 132, 143, 146

  Raeben, Norman, 251

  Ramones, 149, 244

  rap music, 137

  Reagan, Ronald W., 290, 292, 301

  Record World, 70

  Redding, Otis, 245

  Redman, Dewey, 348

  Redman, Joshua, 348

  Reds (movie), 168

  Reed, Lou, 323, 338

  Reeves, Dianne, 294

  “Refuge of the Roads,” 227, 230, 241–42

  Refuge of the Roads tour, 302–304, 307, 353, 354

  reggae, 100

  Reginato, James, 366

  Reilly, Peter, 138

  Rembrandt van Rijn, 86

  Renaldo and Clara (movie), 201

  repeated trope, 45

  Reprise, 70–76, 83; Mitchell on, 70–76, 90, 163

  Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), 28

  rhythm and blues, 275

  Richards, Keith, 28

  Richie, Lionel, 331

  Riddle, Nelson, 309

  Righteous Brothers, “Unchained Melody,” 302

  Rilke, Rainer Maria, 54, 63

  “River,” 136–38, 143, 146

  Rivkin, Josh, 48

  Robbins, Trina, 116, 117–18

  Roberts, Elliot, 65, 68, 87, 102, 105, 157, 294; as Mitchell’s manager, 65–66, 71, 160, 163, 200, 214, 216, 267, 280, 283, 291, 304, 305, 308, 315–16

  Robertson, Robbie, 67, 81, 181, 244–46, 294; Last Waltz concert, 244–46

  Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Mitchell inducted into, 3, 336, 338

  rock music, 28, 154, 245; AOR, 298; jazz crossover, 172–76, 192, 280, 308, 309. See also specific musicians

  Roland VG-8 digital guitar processor, 353–54

  Rolling Stone, 22, 30, 41, 68, 74, 145, 146; on Mitchell, 74–76, 89, 106, 132, 143, 144, 148, 160, 163, 176, 185, 203, 209, 219, 257, 280, 326; “Queen of El Lay” label for Mitchell, 144, 148, 185, 219

  Rolling Stones, 182, 222, 281, 309, 333

  Rolling Thunder Revue tour, 63, 196, 198–209, 210, 220, 226, 229, 243, 255, 295

  Rollins, Sonny, 81, 254, 269

  Roney, Wallace, 363, 364

  Ronstadt, Linda, 258, 309, 316–17

  “Roses Blue,” 98–99

  Roshi, Joshu Sasaki, 338–39

  Ross, Annie, 96, 186–87

  Roth, Philip, 136

  Rothchild, Paul, 91–93, 273, 308; as Clouds producer, 91–93

  Royal Albert Hall, London, 186

  royalties, 49, 284; publishing, 284; record sale, 284

  Rufus, 255; “Something Good,” 255

  Rush, Tom, 37, 39, 49, 65, 120

  S

  Sainte-Marie, Buffy, 49, 65–66, 88–89, 120

  Salk, Jonas, 20

  Sam and Dave, 221

  “Same Situation,” 170, 177, 182–84

  Sample, Joe, 174, 191

  San Francisco, 117, 190, 244

  Santa Barbara County Bowl, 282

  Santamaria, Mongo, “Watermelon Man,” 275

  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 8, 14–18, 19–27, 28, 29, 65, 106, 125, 140, 151, 157, 206, 235, 248, 301, 341–42, 370

  Save the Whales benefit, 217

  saxophone, 253–54; Shorter on, 253–54

  Say Anything (movie), 331

  Scandinavia, 6

  Scenes from a Marriage (movie), 240

  Schoenberg, Arnold, 262, 361

  Schubert, Franz, 4

  Schumann, Robert, 154

  Scorpions, 333

  Scorsese, Martin, 90, 244, 245; The Last Waltz and, 90, 244–46

  Scott, Tom, 173–76, 184, 191, 210, 309

  Sechelt, 150

  Second Fret, Philadelphia, 41, 115

  Secunda, Tony, 350

  Seeff, Norman, 228, 256

  Seeger, Pete, 30, 49

  “See You Sometime,” 299

  segregation, 83

  Senatore, Daniele, 262, 265

  sexism, 73–74, 92–93, 120, 143–44, 148, 162–63, 182, 237, 309, 336

  “Sex Kills,” 342–43, 344, 371

  Sexton, Anne, 322

  “Shadows and Light,” 245, 281

  Shadows and Light, 232, 282, 308; tour, 175, 259, 282

  Shakespeare, William, 62; Julius Caesar, 62, 147; Romeo and Juliet, 98

  Shangri-la studio, 245

  Sheehy, Gail, Passages, 301

  Shepard, Sam, 200, 201, 204–206, 207; Mitchell and, 204–207, 232; Rolling Thunder Logbook, 205; True West, 204–205

  Sheppard, Bob, 364

  “Shine,” 369

  Shine, xii, 357, 369, 370

  “Shiny Toys,” 315

  Shipley, Mike, 308, 315, 321

  Shorter, Wayne, 98, 142, 173, 174, 221, 252, 253–54, 261, 268, 274–75, 280, 281, 301, 309–10, 329, 349, 351, 360, 362, 363, 365, 375; Mitchell and, 253–54, 274, 275, 313, 315, 341; as songwriter, 254

  Showtime, 258, 282, 329

  Showtime Coast to Coast, 329–30

  Sidran, Ben, 280

  “Silky Veils of Ardor, The,” 299

  Sill, Judee, 181

  Simon, Carly, 316, 350, 351; “You’re So Vain” 165

  Simon, Paul, 88, 103, 309; Graceland, 309; Hearts and Bones, 309; “You Can Call Me Al,” 308

  Simon, Tony, 7, 8, 21, 23, 70, 151, 358

  Simon and Garfunkel, 71; Bookends, 73, 74, 142; “Sounds of Silence,” 71; Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., 72

  Simone, Nina, 259, 312

  Sinatra, Frank, 149, 360, 362

  Siquomb, 56, 65

  “Sire of Sorrow (Job’s Sad Song), The,” xiv, 344–45, 352, 367

  “Sisotowbell Lane,” 342

  ska, 300

  Slick, Grace, 109

  Sloman, Larry, “Ratso,” 203

  Sly and the Family Stone, 173, 291

  Smith, Huston, 241

  Smith, Patti, 205, 244; Horses, 205

  “Snakes and Ladders,” 329, 331

  “Solid Love,” 300

  “Song for Sharon,” 32, 60, 120, 223, 230, 235–39, 241, 248, 301, 303, 344

  “Song to a Seagull,” 89

  Song to a Seagull, 14, 70–81, 90, 98, 188, 244, 338, 360; advertising, 73; David Crosby as producer of, 71–81, 97; remixing, 78; reviews, 74–76; sales, 87; songs, 72–73, 76–81; sound quality, 77–78. See also specific songs

  Souther, J. D., 258, 261; Mitchell and, 258

  Spector, Phil, 91

  Spectrum, Philadelphia, 212

  Spielberg, Steven, 280

  Springsteen, Bruce, 176, 354; Born to Run, 354

  Squamish, 150

  Staples, Mavis, 245

  “Stay in Touch,” 352

  Steely Dan: “Kid Charlemagne,” 230; The Royal Scam, 230

  Steinem, Gloria, 296

  Stereo Review, 138

  Stevens, Cat, 129

  Stevens, Wallace, 80, 339

  Stills, Stephen, 79, 104–105; guitar style, 133, 134; “Love the One You’re With,” 144; Woodstock and, 107, 109, 110

  Sting, 300, 308, 309; The Dream of the Blue Turtles, 308

  Stipe, Michael, 28

  Stone, Ron, 113

  Stoner, Rob, 172

  St. Paul’s Hospital, Saskatoon, 19–20

  “Strange Boy, A,” 221, 230, 299

  Stravinsky, Igor, The Rite of Spring, 234

  Streisand, Barbra, 96, 271

  Studio City, 173–74

  Sullivan, J.W.N., Beethoven: His Spiritual Development, 152

  Summer of Love, 125–26

  Sunset Boulevard, 103, 129

  Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, 79, 129

  Sunset Strip, 73

  Sunshine Coast, 150–56, 158, 159, 160, 163, 170, 240, 243

  “Sweet Bird,” 197–98, 223

  Sweet Honey in the Rock, 256

  “Sweet Sucker Dance,” 276

  synthesizers, 245, 288, 289, 295, 308, 309, 310, 328, 351, 354

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  Talking Heads, 28, 244

  “Talk to Me,” 202–203, 210, 229, 234, 255

  “Taming the Tiger,” 159, 352

  Taming the Tiger, 351–53; songs, 352; tour, 353–55; weak sales, 353. See also specific songs

  Tate, Greg, 257

  Taylor, James, 50, 115, 127–30, 157, 158, 258, 309, 316–17, 338; drug use of, 128–29, 143, 145, 148, 166; “Fire and Rain,” 128; Mitchell and, 127–30, 138, 143–48, 159, 166–67, 169, 299, 325; Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon, 128; “River” cover, 138; “You Can Close Your Eyes,” 128

  Taylor, Mick, 281

  “Tea Leaf Prophecy, The,” 6, 25, 329, 331

  television, 39–40, 107, 151, 179, 288, 343, 345, 351, 370; American Masters documentary, 15, 352; Amnesty International Concert, 322–26; Canadian, 345; Mitchell on Cavett show, 107–10; Mitchell’s early performances on, 39–40; MTV, 290–92, 298, 332; Showtime Coast to Coast, 329–30. See also specific shows

  “That Song About the Midway,” 48, 96–98

  30th Street Studio, New York City, 249

  “This Little Light of Mine,” 369

  Thoreau, Henry David, 151

  “Three Great Stimulants, The,” 322–24, 351

  Tibetan Book of the Dead, The, 241

  “Tin Angel,” 91, 93, 94

  TNT, Mitchell tribute concert on, 255–56

  Todo Mondo (movie), 262

  Tokyo, 302

  Tolkien, J.R.R., 37, 94; The Lord of the Rings, 56, 99

  Tork, Peter, 68, 70

  Toronto, 33, 34–35, 65, 79, 190, 231; music scene, 33–35, 66–67, 73

  Toronto Star, 116, 153

  Townshend, Pete, 28, 81, 322

  Travelogue, 227, 359, 365

  Troubadour, Los Angeles, 127

  “Trouble Child,” xii, 170, 223

  Trudeau, Gary, 350

  Trudeau, Pierre, 100, 109, 284–85

  Trungpa Rinpoche, Chögyam, 225–28, 233, 236, 240, 241–42, 263

  tunings, guitar, xvi, 39, 49, 50–51, 59, 86, 147, 172, 191–92, 237, 353; open, xvi, 39, 86, 147, 172, 191–92, 237; standard, 39

  Turbulent Indigo, 336–37, 342–45, 353; Grammy for, 336, 337; reviews, 337, 344; sales, 337; songs, 342–45. See also specific songs

  “Twisted,” 186–87, 360

  “Two Grey Rooms,” 255, 339–41

  U

  ukulele, 12, 24, 30, 33, 358

  Ullmann, Liv, 296

  “Underneath the Streetlights,” 300

  Universal Ampitheatre, 190–91

  University of Maryland, College Park, 216–17, 220

  Uren, John, 30, 31

  “Urge for Going,” 39, 50, 62, 73, 241, 357

  U2, 88, 322, 323

  V

  Vadim, Roger, 237

  van Gogh, Vincent, 86, 153, 155, 160, 195, 336

  Vanguard Records, 64, 71

  Van Ronk, Dave, 40, 48, 105

  vaudeville, 256

  Vaughan, Sarah, 330, 360

  Velvet Underground, 72, 323, 338; Velvet Underground & Nico, 72

  Ventura Boulevard, 112

  Verve, 96

  Vibe, 257

  videos, music, 290–91, 332, 333

  Vietnam War, 89, 95, 99–101, 117, 158, 332, 333, 368

  Village Vanguard, New York City, 263

  Village Voice, The, 205, 219

  Vogue, 74, 146, 347

  VSOP, 275

  W

  Waits, Tom, Rain Dogs, 308

  Wallace, David Foster, 128

  The Wall concert, 333–35

  Wall Street Journal, The, 138

  Walrath, Jack, 269

  Warhol, Andy, 93, 117; Chelsea Girls, 93; Factory, 93

  Washington Post, The, 138, 281, 284

  Watergate scandal, 158, 192

  Waters, Muddy, 244

  Waters, Roger, 333, 334

  Watts, Michael, 280

  Way It Is, The (TV show), 140

  “We Are the World,” 313

  Weather Report, 174, 253–54, 274, 280

  Weavers, 49

  Weill, Kurt, 38

  Wein, George, 49, 52

  Weinstock, Bob, 186

  Weller, Sheila, Girls Like Us, 37

  West, Rebecca, 296

  Wexler, Hannah, 343

  White Swan, Leicester, 93

  Who, 324

  Wickham, Andy, 71

  Wild Things Run Fast, xvi, 288, 292–302, 307, 309, 330, 365; cover art, 292; reviews, 298; songs, 292, 296–302; tour, 302–304, 307; vocal quality, 295; weak sales, 308. See also specific songs

  William Morris talent agency, 65

  Williams, Bert, 256

  Williams, Hank, 245

  Williams, Robin, 200

  Williams, Tennessee, Sweet Bird of Youth, 198

  Williams, Tony, 348, 349, 363

  Williamson, Sonny Boy, 244

  “Willy,” 114, 122

  Wilson, Brian, 142

  Wilson, Daniel J., Polio, 20–21

  Wilson, Tom, 47

  Winnipeg, Manitoba, 89

  Winterland, San Francisco, 244

  “Wizard of Is, The,” 56

  W magazine, 366

  Wolfe, Tom, 300–301; The Painted Word, 29

  “Wolf That Lives in Lindsey, The,” 276–77, 287

  “Woman of Heart and Mind,” 161

  Wonder, Stevie, 109, 142, 255; Innervisions, 142

  Wood, Lorrie, 25, 29, 31, 35

  Wood, Ron, 281

  “Woodstock,” 3, 108–109, 111, 114, 115, 119, 137, 244, 262, 290, 323, 324, 356; on Both Sides Now, 366; CSNY’s cover of, 111, 244

  Woodstock (film), 245

  Woodstock festival, 88, 107–11, 176, 190, 201, 324

  Woolf, Virginia, 232

  “World Beat” sound, 331

  World War II, 9, 265

  Wyman, Bill, 222

  Wynn, Ed, 354–55

  Y

  Yamaha CS80 synthesizer, 245

  Yarrow, Peter, 49

  Yogi Joe, 324–25

  “You Dream Flat Tires,” 331

  Young, Lester, 173, 270–73

  Young, Neil, 20, 79, 89–90, 94, 110, 115, 192, 221, 316–17; drug use of, 145, 246; “Helpless,” 90, 245, 246; Last Waltz concert, 244, 245, 246; Mitchell and, 89–90, 245–46, 248; “Ohio,” 89; polio of, 20; “Sugar Mountain,” 90

  “You Turn Me On, I’m a Radio,” 90, 161, 164, 338

  “You’ve Changed,” 360–61

  Yuppies, 301

  Z

  Zaentz, Celia, 263, 267

  Zawinul, Joe, 280

  Zen Buddhism, 54, 63, 99

  Zevon, Warren, 294

  Zorn, John, 366

  PHOTO SECTION

  On the prairie at recess, determined to be Roy Rogers and not Dale Evans

  (Photograph by Myrtle Anderson)

  (Left to right) Garry Korven, Len Lang, Joan Anderson, and Tony Simon lounging around on a lazy afternoon at Waskesiu, a lake near Saskatoon (Courtesy of Tony Simon)

  Joni (right) at the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art, with pep and a hairdo at the height of fads and fashions

  (Courtesy of SAIT Archives)

  Back in the fledgling days when Joni told the CBC that her songs were about “happiness” (Frank Lennon / Toronto Star Collection / Getty Images)

  Joni and Chuck Mitchell, when his union membership got her into the better clubs in Yorkville—from the Clef Club to the Riverboat

  (Copyright © Detroit Free Press /ZUMAPRESS.com)

  The Penny Farthing, where Joni corrected Chuck Mitchell’s rendition of “Mr. Tambourine Man,” and that’s where the trouble began

  (Courtesy of Lesley [Dalrymple] O’Neil)

  Joni and Leonard Cohen on the day they met, Newport Folk Festival, 1967. “Part of you pours out of me / In these lines from time to time.” (David Gahr / Premium Archive / Getty Images)

  (Left to right) the three Js, Joni, Judy, and Joan, at the Big Sur festival, 1968 (with John Byrne Cooke and
Nancy Carlen) (Robert Altman / Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images)

  At the piano on Lookout Mountain in Laurel Canyon, 1969, in the halcyon days when she and Graham Nash, a.k.a. Willy, were fighting over it (Copyright © Jim Marshall Photography LLC)

  Joni and Graham Nash, in the midst. “I loved the man, so I can’t say anything bad about him.” (Copyright © Jim Marshall Photography LLC)

  With James Taylor, recording backup vocals for Carole King’s “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow,” when King was recording Tapestry down the hall from the Blue sessions (Photograph by Jim McCrary)

  Joni with her label boss, host, and “Free Man in Paris,” David Geffen, now the two-hundredth-richest man in the world. (Julian Wasser / The LIFE Images Collection / Getty Images)

  Exchanging a look with Jaco Pastorius, the bass player of her dreams, at the Berkeley Jazz Festival, 1979 (Photograph by Ed Perlstein / MusicImages.com)

  The Last Waltz: Thanksgiving 1976, belting out “I Shall Be Released.” (Left to right, front row) Dr. John, Joni, Rick Danko, Bob Dylan, and Robbie Robertson; (behind them) Ringo Starr, Neil Young (head), Van Morrison (eyes), Ronnie Hawkins, and Levon Helm

  (Photograph by Ed Perlstein / MusicImages.com)

  “I love to play with Herbie.” Joni and Herbie Hancock at the Bread and Roses Festival, Berkeley, in the fall of 1978, when she premiered some of her collaborations with the still-living Charles Mingus (Photograph by Ed Perlstein / MusicImages.com)

  Joni and Larry Klein, her “magnificent ex-husband,” accepting a Grammy, amazed that they pulled it off for an album made “in a state of divorce” (AP Photo / Eric Draper © 2017 The Associated Press)

  Generations: Joni in public with her parents, Bill, who is beaming, and Myrtle, who is pensive . . . (Photograph by Anne Bayin)

  . . . and her found family—daughter Kilauren and grandson Marlin, the inspiration for “Bad Dreams Are Good” from Shine (Photograph by Mark Lipson)

  A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  DAVID YAFFE was born in Dallas, Texas, in 1973. He is a professor of humanities at Syracuse University and a 2012 winner of the Roger Shattuck Prize in Criticism. His writings have appeared in many publications, including The Nation, Harper’s Magazine, The New York Times, Slate, New York, The Village Voice, The Daily Beast, and Bookforum. He is the author of Bob Dylan: Like a Complete Unknown and Fascinating Rhythm.

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