Both Sides

Thanks! Would realy love to have this kind of  chess/ coffe house place in Sweden/Stockholm. Great article 

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Well here's a curious fact. In 1965 Joni Anderson made her first TV appearance on a Canadian show (patterned after the American show Hootenanny) hosted by Oscar Brand called Let's Sing Out. She shared the stage with none other than David Van Ronk. Joni, however, performed on the show a second time Ronk-less. Van Ronk met Joni just prior to being on Let's Sing Out. He heard her song "Urge for Going" and asked to be allowed to record it. 

Tom Rush, whom she met at the same time as she met Van Ronk, and to whom she first sent "The Circle Game," which she was actually dissatisfied with but blew Rush away, also asked to record "Urge for Going"

The legendary Al Kooper had heard Joni singing "Both Sides Now" in her apartment. He immediately called Judy Collins who was looking for the right final song to adorn her album Wildflowers already in production. . He had Joni play it for her over the phone. The next day Collins and her people were knocking on Joni's door. She beat Van Ronk to the punch as he had previously been discussing with Joni his using her song.  So both Collins, then Von Ronk put out their interpretations of "Both Sides Now" before Joni did hers in 1969 though, as Graham Nash said, "She's the only one who can sing this song."  Of course, he was prejudiced.

I've spoken with Dr. Brady. He's truly a gentleman. 

Curiously, just a few weeks ago I'd written about the first women's chess club in Sweden, in Stockholm to be exact. . . . 1927 . . .

Thank you for thanking me in two languages!

Two of my own obsessions.... chess and music.
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Great additional story - Dave Von Rink didn't have a lot of luck getting songs out first!! 

Here's an interesting quote from an interview with NY Times reporter Susan Gordon Lydon:

“I’m more prolific with melodies than with words, but quite often I write poems and then set them to music. I guess I’m primarily an artist; what I like best is making new music. It’s like going into a trance; I sit down with a melody and reminisce. I find it easier to think about my feelings in retrospect. The way I’d like to work from now on is to go into a studio as soon as a song is finished, when the feeling of the song is most intense. You should record songs when you believe them the most . . .
But it’s funny —after a song’s been written, it becomes a whole different thing;  you don’t own it anymore. I love to hear men sing my songs, because they’re written from a feminine point of view, and men bring totally different things to them.”

I do need to clarify one point... in 1967 Joni and chuck went to Greenwich Village before splitting up. That's where she met Eric Anderson and revolutionized her guitar playing.  She even went to Coconut Grove Florida where she met her then-boyfriend former Byrd's member David Crosby.

In 1968 Cass Elliot threw a party in the backyard of her Laurel Canyon house  for Eric Clapton who was in town with Cream and didn't really know anyone. She invited a few neighbors, including Mickey Dolentz, (of the Monkees) and David Crosby.  Crosby brought along his girlfriend du jour, Joni Mitchell. If nothing else resulted form that get-together, this photo of Joni, David and Eric was worth it :

Thanks Batgirl.

and thank you too...

David Crosby, if I am not mistaken, agreed to be a sperm donor for a lesbian couple, but for the life of me, I can't remember who.

Agreed.  Sarah is always entertaining.

You should see me tap dance.

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You should see me break dance ... last time it was my hip

The intelligentsia has arrived.