The Ghost of Electricity

The first song I ever heard by Bob Dylan was Mr. Tambourine Man, when I was about 7 years old and ever since then I have become aquainted with all his music. When I was 15 I flew to Tucson, Arizona to visit my sister (who went to U of A) and to go to a Bob Dylan concert. I was so excited that my sister took me because she was not very familiar with his music(we have very different taste in music). Sadly, I had to leave early because she got food poisoning...


I'm sorry for taking so long to do another post! School has been taking up a lot of my time lately.









































(scans from: Bob Dylan Scrapbook, Bob Dylan: Inspirations)

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Chatelaine Of The Canyon

Joni Mitchell has become one of the most influential female singer-songwriters of all time. Her melodious tunes support her poetic and often very personal lyrics. As a performer she is widely hailed for her unique style of playing guitar. Joni Mitchell first became famous for penning "Both Sides Now", a song that helped launched the career of pop/folk singer Judy Collins. When Mitchell began as a songwriter many of her lyrics displayed a wisdom that was remarkable for someone who was in her early twenties. Mitchell was first noticed as a performer in New York City's music scene. Her first album appeared in 1968, which featured her voice and her acoustic guitar with virtually no other accompaniment on most songs. Mitchell is also a noted painter and has created the beautiful artwork that appears on the packaging of her music albums.
































(images by Henry Diltz, Jim Marshall; scanned by me from Girls Like Us, Canyon of Dreams, and Laurel Canyon,. Wikipedia).

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