Joni Mitchell - Coyote

Joni Mitchell - Coyote

[@danieloliveros1994]

Ah! I was living in NYC Heard she was appearing at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium 04/1979...Just had to go. Grabbed my date and took the train. What talent that night: Joni, Pat, Paco.... The girl I took has been my wife for 38 years now. If I had to put a musical score to our lives...it would be Joni Mitchell and Pat Metheny....even out grandkids are hooked:)

[@alex45041]

Love it

[@laurentdubois2268]

lucky man

[@gladtobeopenminded]

Great story - Glad you two are "long timers"! Not many of us out there. Love of music helps!!!

[@thomasv458]

I was there too. Outrageous. 🥰 what a time it was ..Perfection. Glad it was great for you too!

[@psovad]

Paco?

[@edreynolds3745]

What a tour de force. Jaco's tone moved me beyond my bass building talents. And theres there's Joni. Moved me to playing my tunes with focus and conviction. ... and freedom to surrender to the next chord or next note.... .And Pat. I'm into playing a different tone, but I LOVE how he makes it all fit. Masterpiece. ... And fun too .Don't forget the percussionist, Happy, adding happiness and right there in the moment. Thanks to all, for your uplifting musical contributions to my life.

[@KrupaDrums]

Love how Jaco closes out the song, his tone is impeccable.

[@SuperMusicology101]

Love love many many great bass players no one had Jaco's tone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@anthonycummins34]

KrupaDrums Hadrien feraud has a song with the outro of this song as the intro

[@madddogg7920]

Nobody played like Jaco. He was called the Jimi Hendrix of the bass for good reason. His use of bass harmonics was revolutionary. Just like with Jimi, I can't even begin to imagine what Jaco would have given us if he hadn't left us at such a young age.

[@morningtheft1]

Perfection....

[@scottblair1735]

Jaco was a gift to the planet, what an incredible talent.

[@RMR1]

I've played guitar for almost 40 years, and while I always loved the bass and filled in occasionally on songs with the most basic bass parts, it was Jaco Pastorius' playing that made me want to really learn the instrument. He was such an immense talent. It's a shame his life was cut short at such a young age. I wonder what masterpieces he might have created if his mental illness and drug addiction hadn't got the better of him. But I'm also grateful that he gave us so much incredible music in his 35 years. Hard to believe it's been almost 34 years since his death. RIP Jaco.

[@Laayon19]

I've been playing bass for a long time and I'm only starting to scratch the surface of what he could do at 21.

[@RMR1]

@@Laayon19 Yeah, it's amazing how natural talent works. I was blessed with a natural talent for stringing words together and have made my living as a writer for the last 30 years. I love what I do, but I'd give it up in an instant to have even a fraction of the raw talent of a guitarist like Hendrix or Garcia or Beck. Learning guitar, bass and piano has always been a struggle for me -- none of it came easy -- and even with all the thousands of hours I've put in, I will never be more than just OK at it. But as frustrating as it is sometimes, the ride has always been fun. That's music for ya.

[@Laayon19]

@@RMR1 yea I know exactly what you mean. I've been playing for around 30 years and only 2 years ago did I start to understand music. Now people are like, yea but you're talented, it would be easier for you......bullshit. I really enjoy playing now and I wouldn't give it up for anything or anyone.

[@jayapted1492]

I always thought that his bass playing contributed a lot to the genius of this album.

[@2001mimil]

there is an amazing Belgian bass player inspired by Jaco Pastorius.. his name is Michel Hatzigeorgiou playing with the most amazing Belgian jazz band Aka Moon.. (previously 'Nasa Na' quatuor with belated very talented guitar player Pierre Van Dormael).. Check them out.. ;-)

[@andyhamilton5459]

I've seen this many times over the years...just watched it again...this is out of this world!

[@petermaldonado]

It is sick how great Metheny and Pastorious were together. Amazing.

[@SuperStrik9]

Joni is the queen of alternate tunings.

[@garyrasberryjr.552]

She had polio as a child. It weakened her hand where she could grip all the chords, so she simply retuned her guitars for different songs. Early on she had to take time to tune, but later she just had extra guitars pretuned.

[@charlesmorse9851]

@@garyrasberryjr.552 Amazing. I only knew that she had used over 100 open tunings in her recordings. I did not know she'd had polio. Talk about making lemonade out of lemons. Remarkable fact. Thanks Ras Jr

[@coffeegirl6854]

I love all those tuning. They are fun to play. I did not know Joni had polio. Wow. I love this song. Those darn "coyotes". I love her artwork too. ♥️

[@DwayneETowns]

When music was music ... music Excellence at its best

[@Barry101er]

No Joni-no Sonic Youth

[@PatriotSteve]

Not sure of another song where the bass is as important to the song as this one and Jaco just nails it. Perfection.

[@jeremystein4534]

For Once in My Life, by Stevie. I listen to Jamerson's line more than the voice.

[@wojciechpischinger6564]

"Refuge of the roads"

[@_Game0ver_]

Pino's bass on 'Wherever I Lay My Hat'.

[@PatriotSteve]

@@_Game0ver_ it’s a great performance. Fretless sounding like some of Jaco’s work.

[@literallyshaking8019]

I’ve heard versions of this without Jaco and it just sounds naked without his harmonic fills and massive fretless tone.

[@chuckkirkpatrick6712]

Joni truly is a jazz musician....and surrounded by only the best as she should be.

[@timsplinter1321]

Jaco's sound is so instantly recognizable as nobody but him.

[@zackzallie8735]

His death is so avoidable it driven me mad. I miss Jaco so much

[@randyd.1524]

It true!

[@elmoluizpereiradacostafilh8087]

He's truly genius!

[@yvonnelessick9880]

🐺🐺🐺 COYOTE. Must be one of my best country songs of all time. Pity my late husband never heard me sing this around the house. As he had and still has a family in Canada and USA. Thanks JONI MICHELLE For making this dark dark world a bit brighter

[@ManuelaZacchetti]

It is one of my fav too but “country” feels too tight to describe Joni’s music. SO LONG!

[@muonani]

Jaco's genius was that, as a sideman, he never tried to outshine the mein thing, he just made it shine brighter!

[@bryanleigh6497]

While stealing the show the whole time!

[@muonani]

@@bryanleigh6497 in his own modest way.

[@Laayon19]

This has to be the best performance of all time. These artists 👌🏾

[@aidanmargarson8910]

Walked into a coffee shop in 1975 and they were playing Miles of aisles, that voice .. immediately went and bought all her albums on vinyl and then every other after .. played them to death and then bought CDs of everything, musical background of a life .. love how she changed and grew

[@BrentSteinberg]

Not any of our so called female pop stars of today can come close to this lady. Back then music was really music

[@jpgcomposer]

Just listening because I met and chatted with Joni briefly today in LA. She looks great at 70!

[@mattyz45]

jealous...miss jaco

[@BrookeMonfort]

I used to have regular dreams about jamming with her. I remember when this album came out. I was playing folk clubs in Chicago. She's a national treasure.

[@madddogg7920]

I actually started listening to some of Joni's music because of Jaco. She is an incredible singer/songwriter, of course, but with "Hejira" it became clear that she's so much more than that. Choosing Jaco as her bass player when she decided to experiment with jazz was a masterstroke on her part.

[@oldestgamer]

@@madddogg7920 She said that Jaco was here favorite bass player!

[@kevinb3812]

@@BrookeMonfort A Continental Treasure! The World Loves Joni's Music.

[@ManfredElsingBielefeld]

Es berührt mich immer noch sehr;dieses Lied,die Band!Schön!

[@bryanleigh6497]

God this is beyond genre, supernatural bass you can barely believe in

[@Beatles123ful]

Joni Mitchell, most underrated guitarist ever, this song highlights her genius.

[@PhillipLandmeier]

She's not underrated. ;-)

[@musicofanatic]

@@PhillipLandmeier Not even close! Why do people like to say that?? I recently read "Rick Danko, the most underrated bassist". What crap! Highly rated by fans and peers alike. Is this kind of statement made by those who labor under the delusion that they know something no one else knows; that they are making some sort of profound pronouncement??? Foolishment!

[@aaronm.3581]

She's rated a little high in my opinion. She's just strumming some easy chords. Most of this concert you could unplug her and it would not matter. Even here, what is she playing that is hard or groundbreaking? Absolutely nothing.

[@musicofanatic]

@@aaronm.3581 Is your criteria for a guitarist worthy of praise whether they can shred like Slash or reproduce Eruption note for note? Can you figure out Mitchell's tunings on Amelia, Hejira, Black Crow and duplicate her voicings? My point is her guitar work is innovative, unique and essential to her compositions.

[@aaronm.3581]

@@musicofanatic I can figure out her tunings. I like her compositions. But really, she isn't doing anything all that innovative or unique. I'm not saying she is a bad guitarist. She is not. But I think she is overrated. Her using tunings that are well known and used by thousands of people before her, is not all that impressive. If she was a GREAT guitarist, she would not disappear into the background when ACTUAL great musicians are on stage with her.

[@RonWinter335]

Just a mind-blowing lineup in this band! Wheee!!! But being as old as I am and how much these musicians have meant to me, it kinda makes me weepy in regards to mortality. All things must pass...

[@sheilaskinner7236]

I've just listened and watched this gem..maybe the best live mix of talent and joy shared with each other and us.. watched and heard some great stuff over the decades, just celebrated 80 and this still moves me. Sheila Spain

[@ericsonnicksen5722]

one of the great concerts of all times. so good.

[@yellfire]

Well, according to Joni (and the band members as well) this concert was average compared to other gigs on the Shadows and Light tour.

[@devoutburrito]

@@yellfire k

[@clownprince0801]

Jaco's use of harmonics are outstanding, truly a brilliant musician. Hejira is definitely my favorite album of Joni's.

[@unstrung65]

and Pat Metheny's harmonics !

[@sanctuary2103]

I’m stating the obvious but this is such an incredible display of live musicianship that it melts your heart. On a technical note for all you musicians, as much as I’ve listened to and watched this performance I still can’t tell where Jaco’s harmonics begin and Pat Metheny’s end and vice versa. Can you? Musically it reminds me of the track ‘Milestones’ on the Miles Davis album by the same name. The bookend solos from Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane are so seamless and connected they sound like one continuous person even though they’re playing two different instruments with different pitches. As with Jaco and Pat as well as Don, Lyle and Michael on the other tracks, particularly ‘Hejira’, the interplay is magic.

[@Arturo-sm1tb]

So many GOATS on one stage, it is literally mindboggling.... I cannot believe it. If there is just ONE concert I could go back in time and attend, this is the one.

[@moonlitme]

The closest thing to a true Goddess to grace the western world in my lifetime....Blessings and Prayers to Joni

[@garagedancer122]

Weather Report featuring Joni Mitchell - one of jazz's most unsung collaborations.

[@classictvanimator2080]

I never appreciated how good Joni Mitchell is!!!! I loved many of her songs but this is such a different sound that it grabbed me right away!

[@frewofstew6304]

Joni was Change...guess that's why!

[@erichavenbass]

What a perfect alignment of talent, musicianship, creativity, etc. Joni, Jaco, Pat, Lyle, Michael, Don....all of them flawless here. I own this concert on DVD, and I highly recommend it.

[@Darth_Jafar]

What DVD is this?

[@erichavenbass]

@@Darth_Jafar Shadows and Light

[@vbear8501]

At some point every one of these world class musicians probably had to shake their heads and marvel at the fact that they were in Joni Mitchell’s band. God they were tight!

[@chrisiverson6063]

Jaco Pastorius. Absolutely the finest bassist...ever! Magical!!!!

[@peterbrockhoff857]

May he rest in peace.

[@andreaassanelli4117]

I wont tell he was the greatest or not, but that doesnt matter... With Joni Mitchell he reached a state of grace, of perfection. I saw him live with weathe rreport, but I cherish more his work with Joni. He is sadly missed. He was just SO right playing with Joni, Pat and Larry (Carlton in Hejira)

[@death2pc]

The music world is solely Jaco. Jaco is all. Greatest ever man. I've got all his albums, tapes and CD's with all his greatest hits. He wrote all of Joni Mitchell's songs, as well, everything for Metheny and Mays.

[@paulwoodrum6971]

One of our greatest inventions. The ability to record events in history, and send it forward. Blessed are we as humans. Al the best to Joni Mitchell

[@jeannehandley5801]

I love the guitar that she plays in this video, Pat's looks similar. 1980 she was 37, I think, and Don smiling, and everyone so young and vibrant. And Jaco in fine form, sad what happened to him. I wish this concert was on DVD without all the other film added. Such a wordy song, Joni is in such excellent voice, and I think this is my favorite song from her.

[@DwayneETowns]

Always loved Joni since 1974. In my late teens she mesmerised me with her voice singing and her musical Arrangements

[@davestahl6676]

brilliance meets brilliance meets brilliance. Can't imagine a better bunch of musicians to do this great song.

[@nateb335]

One of the GREATEST Bass players of all time...RIP

[@lilredscout]

saw this concert, at the Mississippi River Fest, amazing shows there in the mid-70s until they stopped. Mistake. Easy drive. Always ahead of the ticket sales, as I worked in radio then. magical shows and musics.

[@ofdrumsandchords]

Most impressive line up I've heard with a singer. Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Don Alias. Lyle Mays and Michael Brecker play on other tunes of this album. Joni is one of a kind.

[@throckmortensnivel2850]

Just another brilliant performance by a group of incredible musicians! They make it seem so easy and natural, and it is so beautiful. Thank you for what you've brought to the world.

[@michaelmccowin298]

The absolute pinnacle

[@m.e.d.7997]

Love this performance by Joni Mitchell. Loved this Album, "HEJIRA".

[@jamesmc4885]

I have lost count of the number of times I have watched and listened to this (both studio and live versions). It (and Joni) never ceases to amaze me. Her writing, singing and playing (how does she DO that stuff on a guitar?) has me coming back time and again to listen and celebrate. And this is just one song on one album among many that can be appreciated the same way. Love your stuff, Joni.

[@JohnCoctostan]

What astmosphere and magic. Just wow, what a time. We can never hold it.

[@peterchattelin6721]

Jaco in its Prime my god this whole concert and line up is still Awesome.

[@mmmchugh9381]

Talk about a super group. Joni just had to be in heaven each night with that band behind her. I often return to this for inspiration.

[@lastrada52]

Thank God someone made the decision to tape this live concert for prosperity.

[@gregmaland5318]

Such an original tune. The whole vibe is like nothing else. Very cool!

[@sgt.thundercok4704]

Original doesn't mean good. I5t's forced quirkiness and annoying as hell.

[@chompie6051]

Reduced to tears with this rendition, the lyrics, the Arrangements, the odd-open guitar tunings, the lineup, Joni and Pat staring at Jaco while he waves goodby

[@soulvaccination8679]

Greatest song writer in history..The best..And I love here.

[@robertlee2094]

And David Crosby agrees.

[@John-pc3cx]

My daughter was listening to someone contemporary and I told her she was influenced by Joni Mitchell. She says who? Had her listen to a few tunes and she’s now a fan for life.

[@kevinb3812]

You gave her a gift!

[@alex45041]

She's out of this world

[@ronbo11]

Such a great tune and Jaco does complement it so well!

[@HK83IE]

Ron D jaco complemented everything he did so well.

[@kkm5758]

Ron D Jaco makes this tune.

[@dianegiampa7847]

I listen to joni and csn nearly every day or night since 1970 when I returned from Viet Nam. That's almost 50 years worth. Can't say that about too many recording artists.

[@tinicum54]

Jaco. Here and gone and left an eternal mark in the music world.

[@ireneruthfox]

As a huge Jaco fan...To me, this maybe his high point. The Band is magic. Joni's amazing tunes. Music from the highest order.

[@bernlin2000]

What a monument of a song, stands the test of time

[@WoodlawnSound]

So lucky to see a date on this tour in Columbia, MD. Tears in my eyes listening now...

[@axelosterberg9954]

he picks up my scent on his fingers while he's watchin the waitress's legs

[@Guitfiddlejase]

we sure do miss you Jaco...

[@kushking420]

Joni always warms me up, and Jaco's bass lines are just so amazing

[@cate1657]

Impeccable performance here--as always. Love those "Joni" tunings making stupendous chords that define this (and all of her) music.

[@kushking420]

this songs always felt almost hypnotic for me i love the feeling you get with both the bass and singing style

[@sophiafake-virus2456]

I think this is the best gig I've ever seen.

[@howiwondrwhatur]

How can there be only 468 likes. 96 comments for one of the most mind blowingly musically talented and appealing performances ever recorded. This is perfection and I love the visuals.

[@mikemchugh3073]

Always come back to this and Free Man in Paris to see an ensemble that shows you how it's done when you're playing with the best. Always inspiring, always...the best.

[@TheLaurel1971]

One of my favorite Joni songs!

[@guillermocazares7125]

This is exquisite music at it's best .

[@mhartung8335]

jaco and pat....wow ...incredible musicians in the presences of an angle!

[@lupitamihita1261]

This is one of my favorite all time videos. I'm watching on KZbin even though I own this. Loved everyone in this set Joni, Jaco, Matheny and the sexy bongo player. Yeah!

[@diegoloc6820]

The bass of Jaco is outstanding

[@AmadeuCarvalho-ug7hn]

How beautiful is the sound of this music,all of it means life on going, Wonderful 💐

[@ethtt]

This is so good it makes me tear up.

[@cicobuffy]

Jaco on majestic form. Sensational

[@raulrichards412]

Fantastic.♥ I Just Love It. (Thanks, Joni Mitchell) and Friends.

[@timothymckenna1702]

That commanding groove Jaco laid down! Can't imagine how thrilling it must of been to have performed with this prodigy!

[@MrDallman]

Jaco’s playing is just on another level ….totally unequalled then and NOW. I consider myself so privileged that I’m old enough now to have been young enough back then.

[@PhillipLandmeier]

Yeah, there's nobody like Jaco. Maybe someday, but I'm not holding my breath. He adds something to music that nobody ever did before and nobody has done since. Maybe another will come along but I don't expect to see it.

[@ascendingdude]

jaco at his finest.i prefer his playing with joni and this band over all his solo stuff hands down

[@kevinb3812]

Me Too. He was clean in these days and that helped. The company he kept on this tour was good for him I believe.

[@spiritofdan613]

What a band to go with her voice!

[@mcjoedobird]

I just love this version and listen over and over. Thanks

[@carlstockmal]

I enjoyed the coyote versus mouse footage. I have all the Joni and Jaco albums. Watching a big predator fail at killing a tiny prey is somehow conveyed in this song. That's what it's for... Intellectual difficulty, smart defeat, I'm way bigger and badder than you but I have to stand and fight, wrestling with my ego, and sometimes I lose that fight. I miss you Jaco.

[@morningtheft1]

This video is so hot...4 musicians at the top of their game....the energy is electric Pat Metheny is stalking her, and Joni is in charge!!

[@freddie1471]

Recorded in 1979 at the Santa Barbara Bowl Joni Mitchell's Mingus tour with Pat Metheny guitar, Jaco Pastorius bass, Michael Brecker sax, Don Alias drums, and Lyle Mays keys.

[@smurf902]

This song is so DOPE! Even now. Joni is cold on that guitar too.

[@nevennekic5262]

Prisoner of the white lines on the free freeway

[@Jakal-pw8yq]

Oh man, I absolutely love this song! It just to me, represents absolute perfection. The fusing of her vocal style which is so unique and you got Jaco in the background improvising, Alex Acuna on kit drums, Pat Methany (not one of my favs, appreciate him but...) this is a Shadows and Light which was just a killer album. Here's a Joe Strom fact, he bought a ticket to this show and walked right in! Can you imagine that? Just rolling up to the Greek Theater, buying one ticket which must have been harder than hell to find enrolling in and watching this phenomenal show! Only gel right! ❤🎶 So while I'm kind of of freaked out about coyotes, honestly I can't hold it against an animal for their nature you know? He's just doing what they do and it's just really sad that coyote got our friends cat. Thank you for sending the Joni my way though. She's up there in like the top 3, def the top five. Right up there with weather report BB King Django Reinhardt Etc.

[@yellfire]

Don Alias on percussion, not Alex Acuna

[@MrBallynally2]

Rhythm is in the head. Great players play around it while feeling it, not forcing, timing both loose and tight. Jaco is so great because he plays freeflow. When players play too many syncopations, like a lot of jazz players do it quickly starts to bother me. With Jaco it just adds. I dont even like fretless bass that much but boy, those melody lines bring so much character to the music. That album and the band live here is just like the pinnacle of music. Its like the top others want to reach.

[@larrylincoln8469]

Some people need to shut the hell up , Joni is an artist, a composer. Storyteller. If any visual messes with your head your head is messed up .

[@gbru]

Just finished watching/listening to this recording for about the 50th time. Had never caught Jaco & Don’s rhythmic syncopation from 3:33-3:40 before. Brilliant. Anyone else?

[@jamesconnors5653]

Pat Metheny lays down ferocious accompaniment; he is a king.

[@shahzadzafar71]

My God such sublime genius. A Goddess and an amazing lineup of Musicians

[@roxycaldwell7083]

Joni and Jaco are 1 of a kind! Love Forever111

[@12lovesinger]

Ohmy God this band!!!!!❤❤❤

[@williammedford6031]

Santa Barbara Bowl is a beautiful venue for this brilliance.

[@rickhindman5334]

Yep, saw a bunch of shows when I was going to Cal Poly in SLO. Sadly this was not one of them. It remains tied with the Greek in Berkeley as one of my favorite venues though.

[@davidmitchell1959]

This is just absolute perfection!

[@trottheblackdog]

Thanks to Rick Beato for keeping Joni fresh in the current musical consciousness

[@joseantoniomartin3155]

Beato CAN be wrong, and he certainly is, this time at least.

[@trottheblackdog]

@@joseantoniomartin3155 About what? Joni being great?

[@joseantoniomartin3155]

@@trottheblackdog "Great" means nothing. She is creepy to say the least.

[@bryanleigh6497]

@@joseantoniomartin3155 What's the issue here with Joni?

[@lowden7268]

Agree GamerSixgun...watched Beato break down Amelia....re-stoked my interest and wow, had no idea this band toured with Joni....love to have been there!

[@m.e.d.7997]

And Joni still looks cool as ever holding that guitar!

[@stephaniev5898]

She's looking extremely cool while somehow pulling off an outfit that an elementary school principal would wear. She just owns it.

[@rodchisholm4790]

Wish we'd had the benefit split screen back then so I could appreciate every little nuance of Jaco - Genius! And so are Pat & Joni....... Very happy to enjoy this song version every other day, occasionally more often. Sheer music beauty

[@vincenewton9282]

I want to go back in time and be there. :-)

[@florriehathorn1890]

Joni, Pat Matheny, Jaco, Lyle - it doesn't get better

[@carolgammal]

RIP Sam Shepard , missed by many in the Bluegrass

[@johnvastola7748]

Always magnificent. And impressive catalog of works.