Joni: The Creative Odyssey of Joni Mitchell (35 page)

fashion
and the folk persona, 4–5, 86
hippie makeover, 75–76, 81–83
and performance, 52, 86
punk, 55
as self-expression, 18, 54–56, 65–66

Feather, Leonard, 30, 32, 33, 34

Feminine Mystique, The
(Friedan), 83

feminism
and love relationships,
198, 205
Mitchell on, 85–86

Fez (nightclub), 22

“Fiction” (song), 177–78

Fiddle and the Drum, The
(ballet), 180, 249, 274n26

“Fishbowl, The” (Mitchell poem), 115

Flanagan, Bill, 124, 125, 130, 131, 166, 170, 188, 209, 244

Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Sky
(Jung), 41

folk persona
appearance, 4–5, 86
audience expectations, 239–40
of Dylan, 23
“female Bob Dylan,” 149
hippie makeover, 75–76, 81–83
Mitchell's discomfort with, 86–87
vocal style, 236–37

Fonda, Peter, 76

“For Free” (song), 113–14, 115–16

Fornatale, Pete, 91, 133, 241

fort-da game, 35–36, 48

For the Roses
(album), 203, 243
cover art, 11, 117, 133

“For the Roses” (song), 113, 115

Fort Macleod, AB, 16, 52

Four Quartets
(Eliot poem), 29

Fourth Dimension (coffee house), 39, 43

“Free Man in Paris” (song), 108

Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, The
(album), 152

Freud, Sigmund, xv, 7, 8, 35–36, 48

Friedan, Betty, 83

Friedman, Kinky, 143

Fuchs, Margot, 138

Fulton, Laila, 65

Gabriel, Peter, 245

Gandalf Publishing, 60

Gandee, Charles, 219

Garbarini, Vic, 29, 46, 112, 123, 154, 217

Garbo, Greta, 44, 125

garden, metaphysical, 90, 117, 119, 151, 177

Gardner, David, 61

Gaslight South (nightclub), 73, 169

Gauguin, Paul, 219, 224

Geffen, David
and concept albums, 157
and Dylan, 108, 150, 160
and Mitchell, 90–91, 108, 109, 150–51, 204
and Roberts, 107–8
and Young, 40

Geffen Records, 108

gender
alienation, 18–19
black man persona, 1, 2–4, 5–6, 9, 13, 19, 23, 27, 28–29, 234
drag impersonator, 21–22
as function of performance, 20–21, 242–43
and identity, 1–7, 18–22
and the media, 118, 121–25
and self-esteem, 23–26
stereotyping, 18, 19, 24–25, 49–50, 85–86

“Gendering Joni Mitchell”
(Henderson), 21

Gender Trouble
(Butler), 20

Getz, Stan, 233

Gibb, Kilauren (daughter)
birth of, 57–59
and Mitchell, 63–64

Gilberto, João, 233

Ginsberg, Allen, 148

Girls Like Us
(Weller), 19, 169, 204

Globe and Mail
, 120, 144, 240, 242

“God Must Be a Boogie Man” (song), 136

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1, 27

Goldman, Emma, 250, 274n27

Gorge, the (amphitheatre), 161

Graham, Bill, 108

Grammy Awards
Clouds
(album), xvii, 127
Hancock tribute album, 232–34
lifetime achievement, 109–10
Turbulent Indigo
(album), xvii, 214–15, 218–19

Great Music Experience concert, 160–61

Greenpeace, 102

Grossman, Albert, 105–6

Guerin, John, 30, 69, 206–7

“Guinnevere” (song), 199

guitar
chording, 71–72, 73
electric, 72
influences, 67–68
tunings, 68–69, 72, 74, 266n40

“Guitar Gods,” 117

Guly, Christopher, 120

Guthrie, Woody, 56, 152

Haeny, John, 79

“Hallelujah” (song), 105, 141
and Mitchell, 145

Hancock, Herbie, 233–34, 235–36

Hannah, Daryl, 205

Hansen, Liane, 228

Harvey, P.J., 235

Havens, Richie, 92, 100

health issues
depression, 133, 134, 204
hypoglycemia, 115
insomnia, 166
polio, 36–39, 182, 228, 250
skin condition, 44–45
smoking, 228, 229
throat lesion, 245

Heart of Gold
(film), 40

Heidegger, Martin, xii, xvi, 236–37, 254

Hejira
(album)
cover art, 13
jazz influence, 148, 170, 244
themes, 208

Hell Freezes Over
(album), 218

Helm, Levon, 160

“Help Me” (song), 12

Henderson, Stuart, 21

Henderson the Rain King
(Bellow), 197

Hendrix, Jimi, 90, 111, 122

Henley, Don, 31, 212, 244, 245

“Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye” (song), 142

Higgins, Bill, 64

High Noon
(film), 75

Highway 61 Revisited
(album), 153

Hilburn, Robert, 102, 182, 213, 217

Hill, Carla, 54, 81

Hillman, Chris, 73

Hinitt, Robert, 52

Hinton, Christine, 169

Hissing of Summer Lawns
,
The
(album), 230
cover art, 12–13
jazz influence, 148, 239, 244
reaction to, 13, 33, 189

Hoffman, Abbie, 98

Holiday, Billie, 169, 240, 245–46

Hollies, the, 200

Holmes, Jake, 267n11

Hoskyns, Barney, 5, 6, 138, 187

Hotcakes
(album), 150

Howe, James Wong, 75

How to Play Folk-Style Guitar
(Seeger), 67

Hutton, Lauren, 253

Hynde, Chrissie, 235, 238

I Can Hear it Now/The Sixties
(radio), 100

I Ching, 141

identity
Cohen on, 147
and conformity, 2, 15, 110
and the creative process, 7–10
and fashion, 54, 55
and gender, 1–7, 18–22
Mitchell on, 147
and painting, 221–25, 229–31
self-creation of, 1–7, 15–18, 147, 184

Idol, Billy, 245

“If” (Kipling), 180, 254

“If” (song), xvii, 180
text of, 254–56

“If I Had a Heart” (song), 240

“I Had a King” (song), 60, 200

illness.
See
health issues

Illness as Metaphor
(Sontag), 47

imagery.
See also
song
writing; themes
circle of life, 125–26, 137, 176
dragon metaphor, 179, 180, 270n40
garden, metaphysical, 90, 117, 119, 151, 177
lion metaphor, 165, 173, 179, 180
mirror metaphor, 8–9, 140, 149
river metaphor, 190–92
spaceman, 42–43, 45–46, 100

Imes, Suzanne, 23, 25

I'm Not There
(film), 269n9

Impact
(magazine), 28

impersonator, drag, 21–22

“Impostor Phenomenon in High-Achieving Women, The” (Clance and Imes), 23

impostor syndrome, 23–26

“In France They Kiss on Main Street” (song), 250

Infusino, Divina, 71, 212

Ingle, Rene, 162, 222, 229, 230

Ingram, Bobby, 169

Inside Connection
, 66

“Instinct and the Unconscious” (Jung), 8

In the Park of the Golden Buddha
(painting), 222–23

Intimate and Interactive
(television), 43

Iron Butterfly, 90

Irvin, Les, 63

“I Shall Be Released” (song), 160, 161

Isle of Wight Festival, 90, 128

Jahn, Mike, 92

Janes, Loring, 59

jazz
collaboration with Mingus, 29–31, 32–33, 46
Hancock tribute album, 233–34
influence of, 30–31, 33, 34, 239
scale and harmony, 266n40
style, 148, 170–71

JazzTimes
, 214, 235, 248

Jefferson Airplane, 94

Jewell, Brian, 21

John, Elton, 5

Johnny Cash Show, The
(television), 153

Johnson, Jack, 235

Jones, Brian, 111

Jones, Quincy, 233

Jones, Rickie Lee, 178

Joni Mitchell: Shadows and Light
(O'Brien), 68

Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind
(documentary), 14

Joplin, Janis, 111, 122, 124, 217

journalists.
See
media

Jung, Carl, xv, 6, 8, 31, 41, 42, 48, 166

“Jungle Line, The” (song), 244

“Just Like Me” (song), 51

“Just Like This Train” (song), 195

Katz, Steve, 141–42

KCRW, 72

KCSN-FM, 162, 222

Ke$ha, 119

Kelly, John, 21–22

Kerouac, Jack, 159

Kershaw, Doug, 153

Kids are All Right, The
(film), 202

King, Carole, 86

King, Tom, 108

Kipling, Rudyard, 141, 180, 254

Klein, Howie, 109–10

Klein, Larry, 63, 69
marriage, 209–10, 213–15
as record producer, 210–13, 233

Klein, Melanie, 7, 48

Knill, Paolo, 138

Kooper, Al, 142

Kratzman, Arthur, 80, 167–68, 169, 179, 188, 189, 224

Kristofferson, Kris, 130

Kunkel, Leah Cohen, 52

Kunkel, Russ, 52, 76, 206

Lacan, Jacques, 8–9, 10

Ladies of the Canyon
(album), 11, 83, 84, 127, 145, 202

Ladies of the Canyon (band), 77

Lady Gaga, 54

L.A. Express, the (band), 206

LaGreca, Angela, 4, 6

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, 16, 243

Landy, John, 167, 270n44

Langer, Barbara, 169

Lanois, Daniel, 244

Lapidus, Joellen, 128

“Last Time I Saw Richard, The” (song), 242

Last Waltz, The
(film), 160

Laurel Canyon, 11, 52, 76
home in, 133, 144, 200, 241

L.A. Weekly
, 2, 30

“Lead Balloon” (song), 119–20

LeBlanc, Larry, 113

Led Zeppelin, 98, 119, 267n11

Leisz, Greg, 247

Lennox, Annie, 218

Let's Sing Out
(CBC television), 51

“Let the Wind Carry Me” (song), 203

Levine, Ellen, xv, 9–10, 36, 49, 134

Levitin, Daniel, 181, 182

Levy, Joe, 233

Lewis, Furry, 70–71

Lewy, Henry, 210

Life
(magazine), 127

life experiences.
See also
career
depression, 133, 134, 204
of gender stereotyping, 18–19
illness, 36–38, 182, 228, 250
Mitchell on, 128–30
and music, 200
and originality, 168, 189
poetry writing, 167–68, 224
of school, 223–24
skin condition, 44–45

“Like a Rolling Stone” (song), 142

Lilith Fair, 183

lion metaphor, 165, 173, 179, 180

“Little Green” (song), 61–62, 196

Loder, Kurt, 19

Lorca, Federico Garcia, 141

Lord of the Rings, The
(Tolkien), 60

Los Angeles, 44, 231
Bel Air home, 63, 108, 163
Hollywood, 4, 77, 122, 271
Laurel Canyon, 11, 52, 76, 133, 144, 200, 241
Malibu, 211
music scene, 76

Los Angeles Times
, 21, 22, 30, 44, 59, 60, 64, 81, 86, 216

Lou Gehrig's disease, 27

Louis Riel café, 123

Love Parade (Germany), 100

Lucas, George, 125

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 103

Mackie, John, 175

Macklam, Steve, 120

Maclean's
, 111, 129

Mademoiselle Oink (Mitchell persona), 69–70

Madonna, 65, 120, 141, 218

Magdalene laundries, 182

Major, Phyllis, 204

“Man from Mars” (song), 162, 163–64

“Man to Man” (song), 184, 205

“Marcie” (song), 112, 145

marijuana, 76, 84, 85, 106

Mariposa Folk Festival, 56, 144

Marom, Malka, 111, 205

marriages
Chuck Mitchell, 15–16, 39, 59–61, 83, 107, 140, 197
Larry Klein, 63, 69, 209–15, 233

Maslow, Abraham, xv, 97

Matala, Greece, 127–29

Mathis, Johnny, 92

Matisse, Henri, 224

Matteo, Steve, 66

Matthews Southern Comfort, 98

McCartney, Paul, 154

McDonald, Marci, 7, 16, 123, 133

McDonald, Michael, 212

McDonough, Jimmy, 38, 39, 40, 43, 106

McGuinn, Roger, 73, 143, 146, 148
and Mitchell conversation, 207

McKee, Myrtle.
See
Anderson, Myrtle McKee (mother)

McKee, Sadie (grandmother), 66–67

McLachlan, Sarah, 178, 183, 235

McLaren, Malcolm, 55

McLuhan, Marshall, 96

McMath, Brad, 56, 57–58, 195, 196

Mead, Margaret, on Woodstock, 101–2

“Me and Bobby McGee” (song), 130

media
and Canadian psyche, 153
coverage of mother-daughter reunion, xi, 64
coverage of sex life, 121–25
and limiting of interviews, 118–25, 268–26
Wenner/Mitchell feud, 119, 121, 124

Medusa
(album), 218

Melody Maker
(magazine), 3

Memories, Dreams, Reflections
(Jung), 42

Memphis, trip, 70

men
appreciation of love songs, 202
and self-esteem, 23–24
undervaluing of female talent, 93–94, 118, 121–25, 226

Mercer, Michelle, 52, 131, 140, 141, 152, 159, 183

Mercury, Freddie, 5

“Michael from Mountains” (song), 74, 200

Miles of Aisles
(album), 12, 125, 242

Miller, Mark, 240

Mingus
(album), 32–33, 34, 35, 136, 235

Mingus, Charles, Jr., 27–28
collaboration with Mitchell, 29–31, 32–33, 46

Minstrels of the Soul
(Knill, Barba, and Fuchs), 138

mirror metaphor, 8–9, 140, 149

“Miss Gee” (Auden poem), 47

Mitchell, Chuck
on ex-wife, 83
marriage, 15–16, 39, 59–61, 107, 140, 197

Mitchell, Joni
autobiography, 1
biographies of, xi
and Charles Mingus, 27–34, 46
and dance, 249–51, 253
daughter of, xi, 57–59, 63–64
family of, 17, 18, 64–67, 200–201
first marriage, 15–16, 39, 59–61, 197
on her music, xvii, 54, 81, 135
on herself, 16–17, 53, 55–56, 138–39
and identity, 1–7, 10–13
legacy, ix, xiv, xvii, 109–10, 234–36, 254
musical influences, 16, 29, 68, 170–71, 196
mythology of, viii, 16–17, 93, 121, 194
personal traits, xii–xiii, 15–22
relationships, 121–22, 193–217
reputation, 109–10, 235–36, 253
second marriage, 63, 69, 209–15, 233
stage name, 15, 61
website, 74
and the Woodstock generation, 102–3