Source: Good News Network
Happy Birthday to Joni Mitchell who turns 75 today. The Canadian singer-songwriter and painter is one of the most influential female musicians of the late 20th century. Her many hit songs include ”Both Sides Now,” “Chelsea Morning,” “Big Yellow Taxi,” “A Case of You,” “River,” “California,” and “Free Man in Paris”—all recorded before she was 32.
Her distinctive open-tuned guitar was prompted by her childhood bout with polio which afflicted her fingers. Joni said the improvised tuning freed her songwriting, and was “a tool to break free of standard approaches to harmony and structure”. A 75th birthday tribute concert last night and tonight in L.A. will feature Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones, Chaka Khan, Diana Krall, Kris Kristofferson, Los Lobos, Graham Nash, Seal, and Rufus Wainwright. (1943)
Three years ago she suffered a brain aneurysm and she also suffers from a rare disorder called Morgellons disease. A biography about her life,…
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