Joni Mitchell - The Dawntreader (Live at Cafe Le Hibou, Ottawa, 3/19/1968) [Official Audio]

Listen to the previously unreleased live version of Joni Mitchell's "The Dawntreader" recorded by Jimi Hendrix in 1968. "The Dawntreader" will be released as part of 'Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971)' available October 29. Pre-order the 5-CD or 10-LP set from JoniMitchell.com to receive an exclusive, limited edition 7” x 7” art print featuring a never-before-seen illustration by Mitchell from the era: jm.lnk.to/JMAVol2
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Welcome to the official KZbin channel of Joni Mitchell, whose songs “River,” “Both Sides Now," “California,” and albums ‘Clouds,’ ‘Ladies of the Canyon’ and ‘Blue’ compose only a fragment of a multi-disciplinary artistic output that has been embraced across generations, inspired multitudes of artists, and earned every conceivable accolade.
One of the world’s most remarkable and beloved artists, Mitchell has influenced musicians across a vast cross-section of genres with her ethereal songs that reflect social and environmental ideals. The prolific singer-songwriter-painter-poet has not only written and produced her music, but also designed most of her album covers and packaging. A journey into Joni Mitchell’s artistry is one of a highly original, harmonically innovative, and emotionally charged, familiar yet fresh adventure.

[@cussot]

I was there that night,, sitting spellbound at a table a few feet from the stage.. Was I really that close to Jimi Hendrix? I remember Joni was giddy with excitement when he arrived,. And how strange to hear, at the end, the sound of my little hands clapping, clapping ..

[@MadAveMadMan]

Her songwriting is absurdly beautiful. Poetic visions, rewarding melodies and blissful chord changes. Top it off with the angelic voice and exquisite guitar work and she’s just too damn much. A true wonder.

[@lisescheiman5092]

So glad Jimi Hendrix recorded this! Simply lovely.

[@zararity]

I'm gobsmacked, this is a phenomenal recording, it's purer, even better than the album version. And recorded by Jimi Hendrix. I'm sold.

[@jasongogal4336]

The quality of this recording is tremendous.

[@nllleonard]

There’s a space that only Joni can fill.

[@bendummitt888]

Brilliant description. My favorite Joni is solo with an acoustic guitar.

[@reliablebow]

Yes....🌹

[@SusanShann]

No words for this. Few artists can sound even more amazing live than they do on record, but Joni has given us such beautiful gifts - as artist, poet and performer. A singular phenomenon. And recorded by the great Jimi Hendrix!! Too perfect…

[@exerciserelax8719]

One thing you always hear in Joni's songs is that she has truly LIVED. She hasn't been one of those artists who retreats from the world into their own room and lives in books and records. She has traveled, she's worked, she's known heartache and joy, she's been poor and well-off. She's gotten to know so many other people's stories from all walks of life, artists, celebrities, soldiers, everyday people. She brings all these stories to her songs and it gives them a foundation in real life which gives them a power and resonance that many other songwriters can't achieve.

[@andreamiller6200]

This is what 1968 sounded like to me, it is like being shot straight back there. I learned to play guitar in alternative tunings because of Joni and I remember when I worked out how to play this, nothing sounded like her and I love her music to this day (now almost 65).

[@konarain]

We knocked on her door during her preparing for Blue recording w Henry Lewi @ A&M.. Aloha!

[@CCOCCARO]

Thank you Jimi, you preserved another legacy while you built your own.

[@suzycreemcheeze446]

Too bad the CIA murdered him!!! 😡

[@dfwherbie8814]

@@suzycreemcheeze446 highley, I think so too! We know how crazy the government was about certain culture influences and the irrational fear of the soviets marching up American streets. This is a major reason why they hated Dr. King. We know that they assassinated Dr. King. They even killed Hemingway. So I wouldn’t be surprised if the irrationality of communist fear lead to them focusing on key figures of the hippie movement, a movement that they viewed as “dangerous.” But, Hendrix did suffer from Sleep Apnea and would also choke in his sleep. Lithofayne spoke about how she would have to wake up while as he was choking, and turn him over on his side. I’m sure the German figure skater woman he was with that night didn’t know any of this. Anyway, very sad stuff. RIP to Hendrix 🙏🏽

[@suzycreemcheeze446]

@@dfwherbie8814 Wow, I will have to check out about Hemingway. I didn't know this! I grew up in his hometown!

[@recordealer1]

@@suzycreemcheeze446 Good to see some people understand what really happened to Jimi, and then Janis right after because she was going to spill the beans about Jimis death ! Clive Davis got to a couple more of them along with the CIA !

[@The333Wanderer]

God's angel of music

[@valhenry2154]

She can still make my tears flow.. Love you Joni. Thank you for all you give to us.. Just beautiful

[@NanasTarotOracles13]

Astonishing! Crystalline perfection! ALL the feelings. Peace and Love and Seadreams...

[@thedivineedgar3029]

i read ‘jimi was tired of being ‘the guitar god’ and wanted to learn song mastery from this amazing woman. i wish he’d made it. can you imagine?

[@Loneeewolffff]

Me too! he was also connecting with Miles Davis before his death. Can you imagine that also?

[@danoloideain4155]

Oh, he made it.

[@jerryperagine2359]

Mesmerizing performance, and with Jimi sitting there twiddling knobs. What a moment; allow me to be the old fogey I am and note that it's difficult to imagine a contemporary meeting of two such towering talents as Joni and Jimi (and with a small cafe' as a setting, to boot). It doesn't get better than this.

[@bgbraker]

The definition of love and peace in 1968. This is the mood that filled the sky the earth and gave us love above all else in the world.

[@scorpina69]

And all we needed was LOVE & PEACE & BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE in a world that was a ball of confusion. And if there was a hell below, we were all gonna go... together... The deep and psychedelic memories have sustained till today. Bring it back...

[@squirrelbutler2119]

@@scorpina69 Man, those shrooms really worked, right?

[@suchisthismystery2814]

Joni, the singer, the composer, the lyricist, the poet, the psychologist, the musician, the arranger, the producer, the painter, the artist - the GREATEST of the greats bar none.

[@simplistic_1]

Tears in my eyes as my heart swells...this is a powerful performance.

[@FtWayneIN]

This is so profound. My God. Crushing Perfection.

[@davevarga]

Yesss......

[@michiganjfrog366]

Recorded on my 2nd birthday.. By the time I was 8yrs old, I was a fan... The talent is immeasurable. 💙 What a gift.

[@TheJoergenDK]

I love the sound of this, the sound of the room, the time, the poetry, the audience... Always a fan. My life is definitely better because of the music of Joni Mitchell.

[@TheRabbit6]

Her beautiful voice woke my soul up. From the first time I heard her sing I knew she would stay with me. Her lyrics, her superb phrasing and understandings have informed my heart and mind for all this time.

[@GodnMe]

She has an emotional IQ that is off the point of measurement...she is so awesome. Thank you.

[@eik4749]

Very well said

[@sportz2493]

What a fantastic description.

[@apefilms7221]

Here is an interview Joni Mitchell did in 1991 regarding that evening. In addition, both Jimi Hendrix and Mitch Mitchell, drummer for The Jimi Hendrix Experience, documented the evening in their diaries. March 19 (Jimi Hendrix journal) "Arrived in Ottawa. Beautiful hotel. Strange people…Beautiful dinner. Talks with Joni Mitchell on the phone. I think I’ll record her tonight with my excellent tape recorder (knock on wood). Hmmm…can’t find any wood…everything’s plastic. Beautiful view. Marvelous sound on the first show. Good on second. Good recording. Went down to the little club to see Joni, fantastic girl with heaven words. We all got to party. OK, millions of girls. Listen to tape and smoke up at the hotel." March 20 "We left Ottawa City today. I kissed Joni goodbye….” Mitch Mitchell, wrote about that night in his memoir... “We heard of this girl singer in town, called Joni Mitchell. Hendrix and I had these portable Sony tape recorders, huge things that we dragged ‘round the world. So we went to this little folk club, after our gig, with Hendrix’s tape machine. We were amazed, she was wonderful. So we taped the show and then went back to the hotel. Turns out, not only is she staying in the same hotel, but she’s on the same floor. So we went back to the room, just the three of us, played the tape back, compared notes, that kind of thing. It’s two in the morning, but we’re keeping things low and we’d been there about an hour and the manager comes up. He went fucking berserk. “You can’t have guests in your room.” What! We couldn’t believe it. We were all staying on the same floor, for God’s sake. So we said, “We can’t have any guests in this room, right?” "Yes.” So we moved everything into my room. We got chased out of there and went to Joni’s. This went on all night. Unfortunately, the tape recorder and the tape were stolen the next day, so end of story on that, but strange guy. Who knows what it was? Black man, white man, white girl, I don’t know.” Here is Joni Mitchell describing the evening in the 1991 interview. "Hendrix, reel-to-reel in hand, came into the club and shyly introduced himself. “My name is Jimi Hendrix and I was just signed to Reprise, the same label that you’re on. Could I tape your show?” “Sure,” Joni said. “So, he put the reel-to-reel down." “Here’s the mic and here’s me and he put it down on the side, on the left, facing the stage, and he spent the whole show leaning over it and watching levels all the time. He didn’t put it there and back off. He engineered it all the way through. Once in a while, he’d glance up and smile and go back to this thing. After it was over we all went to a party that the promoter put on and I’m looking right and he’s looking left. This guy came up to them and said, “What sign is Joni?” And they said, “Scorpio.” And he said, “I’ve got all these songs. I’ve got one for every sign in the zodiac. I could pull any girl with these.” And Jimi said, “Well, you won’t be pulling her.” I don’t have much memory of an asshole coming up to me and singing a Scorpio song, hoping to sweep me off my feet. We didn’t stay there very long and we went back to the hotel… And we went to my room first and we played back portions of his show, sitting on the floor like a campfire, really close to it. Not loud. And sitting cross-legged around it. Well, the hotel dick came up and told us to break it up. They didn’t like the idea of three hippies sitting around, especially one black, alone in the room in this conservative hotel. So we left and we went to Mitch’s room, and we had it down so low, we were huddled over it. And they broke it up again… We went from my room to Jimi’s room to Mitch’s room, and the cop kept showing up and breaking us up, and we kept rotating around. In the course of the evening, it was a really sweet visit with both of them.”

[@musicalSFCat]

Imagine that...having the legendary Mr. Jimi Hendrix asking to record your concert up on the front stage area with his reel to reel recorder. Due to the fact Joni Mitchell was such an exceptional songwriter, musician, guitarist, vocalist, performer during that era. Final key to opening up that situation...being on the same label. Incredible, along with finding that lost master tape.

[@carlomazza731]

I listen Joni Mitchell every day and i love her. Her guitar, her voice. My favourite.

[@skiziskin]

This is so special. My two favorite artists of all time are Jimi Hendrix and Joni Mitchell. This recording is so clean it's mind-blowing. I'm just going to have to buy this set. I also just want to say that the poetry of The Dawntreader is a master class on its own. People use alliteration in songs and poetry and to my ear it always sounds kind of forced and self conscious. None of that here. "Peridots and periwinkle blue medallions, Gilded galleons spilled across the ocean floor." Every time I hear it I just go WOW! Nobody paints with words like Joni. Nobody.

[@barbarabaldwin7120]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "DAWNTREADER" IS A SHIP IN THE NARNIA SERIES, TOO

[@suzycreemcheeze446]

@@barbarabaldwin7120 Whoa...

[@davecannon4431]

@@barbarabaldwin7120 interesting bit of trivia. Thanks!

[@scottemmonsmusic6001]

Me too!

[@konarain]

Only this one is from that recording, farout magizinre linked me to find this! Aloha!

[@lumpymcphoomph5717]

I find I'm largely - if only temporarily - removed from the dystopic visions of this mad age, listening to Joni's early work. A true north star for a generation's singer/songwriters, much like her sometime lover, and pal Croz. We all know the stories, legends of an earlier time of struggle and hope from which our cohort emerged wiser perhaps, but also more jaded. We are gradually passing, now. But based on present portents, I continue to be both hopeful and realistic. And as long as I can, from time to time, I'll revisit Joni, Croz, Laura, John Martyn, The Four Lads, and all the others who drive the rest of us to create still, until it's time to go...

[@christinemcgough8111]

Joni Mitchell has the voice of an angel .She has never been equalled and never will.

[@stephenhudson7039]

Croz has new album out this week.

[@myfakechannel8760]

Beautifully put, Lumpy. I agree...there once was a dream...

[@williamgarvy1393]

Truly a magical time. . .

[@evaplavalaguna]

🙏

[@anthonydixon452]

Wow.....I mean just.....wow! That's all I can muster to say is WOW. Historical.

[@KeeleGuy]

I used to go to Le Hibou when I first Ed moved to Ottawa amazing little place in its time

[@LeMortso]

This is like a drug that drags me back through time, to the time of hope, clarity, decency and LOVE... to a time when the future seemed so full of hope and promise, before money became our goal and god. We are better for our dreams, even if they never came true. Thanks Jimi... you also love her gift, as all of us love yours.

[@princebootlegchannel]

Beautiful. I was just at Jimi Hendrix house in London a few weeks ago. Prince genuinely revered Joni and Jimi.👌💎👁

[@cheneyrobert]

Thank goodness this was recovered 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍🏻🥂

[@chasscollard4254]

The world needs more Joni Mitchell.

[@veryobviousphil7406]

music is a time machine. so incredible & Jimi at the helm

[@effvets]

We were there that night. Hendrix was sold out. Wish we had noticed what was happening. Joni was phenomenal.

[@radnowonward]

One of my favorite songs, one of my favorite books. I used to spend hours dreaming of being Lucy, riding the swells with Prince Caspian & Reepicheep & the rest of the crew-- where the water is sweet, there is the Utter East 💜🦋

[@Dinkys999]

Maybe my favorite song by Joni but picking just one is impossible.

[@That70sGuitarist]

Wow, that's a great big "Brava" to Joni, and a humungous "thank you" to Jimi for recording this!♥️

[@joyceglasgow2356]

I have always loved this song. I grew up with the “Song to a Seagull” album and have loved singing all your beautiful, magical songs and lyrics! Thank you for the inspiration you have given us with your music, poetry and art all these decades, Joni Mitchell! This recording, that Jimi Hendrix had the foresight to capture, is extremely lovely and a real treasure! 🙏🎶💜🎶🙏

[@pl8spinner873]

A timeless classic

[@MrStuVW]

This Angel of light we get to hold, we are Blessed. This is what i was listening to in 68.

[@jimkiley5277]

I could listen to that song on repeat for hours. Amazing recording. Jimi must have been royally pissed when it went missing.

[@apefilms7221]

I imagine Joni Mitchell was the one that was really pissed.

[@daveguitarnowski4402]

Well Jimi even lost the master tapes (maybe the mixdowns, not sure) for Electric Ladyland, so it probably happened a lot. Lol

[@apefilms7221]

@@daveguitarnowski4402 Yep. He left side one of Axis: Bold As Love in a taxi cab. Never found it, so they had to remix the whole thing.

[@daveguitarnowski4402]

@@apefilms7221 my mistake. thought it was EL...

[@valeriamagalizis]

Amazing and beautiful! I wish I was there (but it was even before I was born)...

[@christopherasumpton6281]

Joni is a national treasure. Make that an international treasure.

[@laura.sefchik]

The Dawntreader (Joni Mitchell) Written for David Crosby Peridots and periwinkle blue medallions Gilded galleons spilled across the ocean floor Treasure somewhere in the sea and he will find where Never mind their questions there's no answer for The roll of the harbor wake The songs that the rigging makes The taste of the spray he takes And he learns to give He aches and he learns to live He stakes all his silver On a promise to be free Mermaids live in colonies All his sea dreams come to me City satins left at home, I will not need them I believe him when he tells of loving me Something truthful in the sea your lies will find you Leave behind your streets he said and come to me Come down from the neon nights Come down from the tourist sights Run down 'til the rain delights you You do not hide Sunlight will renew your pride Skin white by skin golden Like a promise to be free Dolphins playing in the sea All his sea dreams come to me Seabird I have seen you fly above the pilings I am smiling at your circles in the air I will come and sit by you while he lies sleeping Fold your fleet wings I have brought some dreams to share A dream that you love someone A dream that the wars are done A dream that you tell no one but the grey sea They'll say that you're crazy And a dream of a baby Like a promise to be free Children laughing out to sea All his sea dreams come to me All his sea dreams come to me ⛵“Yes, David can claim that one. At the time, he was thinking about what to call his boat. The name of it, when he purchased it, was The Mayan, which he kept. But I liked Dawntreader, which comes from a children’s fairy tale about a boat that sails off the edge of the earth - assuming that it’s flat - and goes on some beautiful trip. That was my suggestion. And the music of The Dawntreader curves and undulates like a boat on water.” JONI

[@lisacole]

Thank you

[@laura.sefchik]

"For Free" (Joni) David Crosby (feat. Sarah Jarosz) kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6nagaKJnNedrJI

[@laura.sefchik]

✨The Other Side of Midnight (David Crosby) "For Free" LP ✨ kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZjYi4mAe8-ngMU 🎶the music of her voice still filled my ears while the red earth consumed my tears How does the love light shine from so high above🕊tell me🎶 {Written for Joni or about intergalactic love or both? or???}

[@laura.sefchik]

⛵️ “Yes, David can claim that one. At the time, he was thinking about what to call his boat. The name of it, when he purchased it, was The Mayan, which he kept. But I liked Dawntreader, which comes from a children’s fairy tale about a boat that sails off the edge of the earth - assuming that it’s flat - and goes on some beautiful trip. That was my suggestion. And the music of The Dawntreader curves and undulates like a boat on water.” JONI

[@lisacole2897]

@@laura.sefchik It comes from "Voyage of the Dawntreader" by CS Lewis and it is part of the Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe Series. The boat doesn't sail off the edge of the world, one of the characters, Reepicheep sets off to the edge of the world in a coracle from the Dawntreader.

[@Nancysoulshine]

Oh my heart... beautiful Joni💓

[@BenLovegrove]

I've loved Joni & Jimi's music since the early 1970s. My only regret is that I wasn't born a little bit earlier so that I could have seen Jimi play in the UK. What a treat to find this. It's a wonderful song but the fact that it was recorded by Jimi makes it that more special.

[@catlover778]

I agree I was too young to see him in the UK too. I was growing up in London when he lived here. I love Jimi.

[@laurajanocko5163]

What a beautiful song by Joni Mitchell. What a great recording.

[@tonywords6713]

They both share this really ebullient flowery flowing poetry and grace of word and sound. I can see why they had a lot of respect for each other

[@sheronkirkus3615]

Wow. What a gem. This recording by Hendrix of Joni right when she was really blossoming. That album and time period made a major impression on me. I've been a die hard fan ever since. She is the consummate artist. Thank you for posting this wonderful find.

[@barbarabaldwin7120]

WOW

[@RS-on5zg]

According to Wikipedia, Reprise released SS on 3/23, so the Hendrix tapes capture Joni just before her debut album dropped. I've always thought her live performances are incredible, and this proves what a rare talent was performing at that club. Can't wait to hear the rest. God bless Hendrix for taking this on.

[@LordGreystoke]

Just incredible at the artifacts that still surface from this unique and psychedelic time period. Can't wait to purchase the box set!

[@davidfsnyder]

It’s wonderful.

[@grokeffer6226]

Very nice !! ** I hope Joni is doing well.

[@raibard8886]

This is magical and incredible - thank you Joni you are a beautiful soul.

[@aapple3749]

I wasn't introduced to Le Hibou until two years after this, so I missed some amazing performers & artists. I'm so grateful that various people captured them, so we can have them now. It was a location like no other, and the artists? Opened my little suburban kid world wide.

[@Loneeewolffff]

This is SUCH a gem💎 love the fact that Jimi was also a Joni fan because I’m a hugee fan of both of them🤍☮️

[@ruthlongridge2137]

Thank you and bless you

[@faust797]

Listened to this recording twice. Brought me to tears twice

[@MikeGervasi]

He's right. It was an excellent recorder.

[@2infamouz475]

Always dope discovering music that was b4 my time but wayy b4 it's time. This is beautiful. The journal entries are super intriguing too.

[@3340steve]

Thank you for posting this important work of Joni MITCHELL. The poetry here is intensely beautiful , that line about dreams . How appropriate that Jimi HENDRIX recognized her genius.

[@folkq]

fabulous, perhaps my favourite Joni Mitchell track.

[@davidfsnyder]

Mine too. Magical!

[@johncollier9280]

What an amazin' early performance o' one o' my favorite songs. Thank you Joni 'n Jimi!

[@apefilms7221]

Jimi often brought that same tape recorder to aftershow gigs he would play at local clubs, so he could later go back and listen to himself. Sometimes, he wouldn't even be playing guitar, he would be on bass just jamming with other musicians in front of a very small club crowd, same size as the club Joni Mitchell was in, at 2:00 in the morning. There's a famous recording out there of him jamming in New York at a club called The Scene. A drunk Jim Morrison of The Doors showed up and sat in for a couple songs. That recording was also made by Jimi on the same recorder he used to record Joni Mitchell. It's much more noisy, because it's a loud club with a rock band. Nowhere near the same clarity as you hear on Joni Mitchell's recording. At one point while Jim Morrison is rolling around on the floor moaning a lot, Jimi leans down to the recording mic to tell the audience, that's Jim Morrison of The Doors on the floor. He describes a little bit of the action as starts playing The Beatles song "Tomorrow Never Knows" on his guitar. That was actually the second time Jim Morrison had shown up at a club wanting to sit with Jimi as he jammed. The first time, he was also drunk and Jimi turned him down. When he said to Jimi Hendrix, don't you know who I am? Jimi told him, yeah I know who you are, and I'm Jimi Hendrix, then just ignored him after that. So I guess the second time Jim Morrison showed up, drunk and asking to jam, Jimi decided to let him up since he knew he was recording the whole thing. Morrison was really drunk. The club is loud and noisy. It's a rock band, so the clarity is nowhere near as good as the Joni Mitchell recording. At one point, Jimi Hendrix leans down into the mic to tell everyone that's Jim Morrison on the floor as you can hear Jim loudly moaning. Hendrix also starts playing The Beatles song, Tomorrow Never Knows as he's giving commentary. The recording is horrible viewed as Jimi Hendrix / Jim Morrison collaboration. But once you understand what it really is, just Jimi making a personal recording for himself to listen to later, then it's kind of funny. He probably couldn't wait to get home to play back that one, for himself and his friends!! You can find it on KZbin.

[@juliewilson7963]

Thank you so much for that . For Jimi Hendrix to capture the pure voice of Joni,s youth is wonderful. Ive been a fan for life. Tried to sing and play my guitar for sheer pleasure playing Joni,s music and getting so much enjoyment from it as she captivated me with these songs of hers. Just lovely .

[@malcolmharry5007]

Hello Julie how are you

[@AMYBIERHAUS]

CHILLS, CHILLS, CHILLS! OMG, I LOVE MY JONI 🤗 😍 ☺

[@malcolmharry5007]

Hello Amy how are you doing hope you are fine

[@AMYBIERHAUS]

@@malcolmharry5007 Thank you! 😊

[@malcolmharry5007]

@@AMYBIERHAUS Nice to meet you pretty, where are you from?

[@AMYBIERHAUS]

@@malcolmharry5007 TN. You?

[@juanalberto5079]

The Jimi Hendrix Sessions presents: Joni Mitchell 🎼🎤🎸✌️

[@BaconTomatoCheese]

Amazing sound quality… This should come out as a live album

[@robertkimber822]

Wow, just wow.

[@eik4749]

Amazing a legend recording a legend. Beautifull

[@jonprice3337]

Amazing! I am wordless.

[@clausenkel1]

Nice recording, clear voice in the foreground. Good balance.

[@ronaldmcyr156]

Le Hibou coffeehouse on Sussex Drive in Ottawa was a special place. I attended one of her concerts there; also another by Gordon Lightfoot.

[@hauserproductions5655]

brillant. iconic. a treasure.

[@BaconTomatoCheese]

I had no idea that Jimi was such a Joni fan… But I’m not surprised

[@santakucing]

A treasure it is!

[@swisscottagecleanairaction]

Great ambience. Jimi Hendrix was a genius sound engineer.

[@apefilms7221]

He had a lot of experience in recording studios. Not just in his own career, but for several years prior to it as a backing musician for numerous other artists. The engineers in England were shocked at some of his recording ideas. He wanted amps at full volume and even told them where to put the mics. They thought he was crazy and it wouldn't work. He said trust me it'll sound great. They followed his advice, in accordance to producer Chaz Chandler, it sounded great. Problem was, his preferred way of recording his guitar parts in the studio was so loud it shook the whole building. The other tenants complained so much that they had to go to a different recording studio to finish the album.

[@laura.sefchik]

The Dawntreader was written for David Crosby.⛵“Yes, David can claim that one. At the time, he was thinking about what to call his boat. The name of it, when he purchased it, was The Mayan, which he kept. But I liked Dawntreader, which comes from a children’s fairy tale about a boat that sails off the edge of the earth - assuming that it’s flat - and goes on some beautiful trip. That was my suggestion. And the music of The Dawntreader curves and undulates like a boat on water.” JONI

[@jonthebru]

An impressively good recording. I, for one, am happy it has survived.

[@BaconTomatoCheese]

Beautiful

[@sarosch]

Song for David Crosby, beautiful words build a vision so perfect, a work of art. I used to always sing this at the beach in the Outer Banks, when I was younger…. I just read in one of the many books about her that are coming out now, that all of her songs had to do with the child she gave away. It’s certainly there in this song.

[@robertthurston2995]

Wowsome!! A talent to behold!

[@judyhenley3852]

God, some things don't change. 1968, my dear brother was sent to Vietnam. I was 8yrs. 2021, same day wars!!! Different country, different 18yr old boys gone to war.

[@sheilaewall4426]

Excellent

[@scottsmartass298]

Amazing.. it's so cool this came to light.

[@donnicholas7552]

Wow! Excellent sound quality!

[@오비슨]

Joni's live performance recorded by Jimi? That's just divine.

[@stjames3540]

Takes me on a journey back to another time ~ simplistic and visually exciting . . .

[@ターキータッキー]

This is a great treasure.

[@nickespina1975]

We love you joni!

[@Nymphya]

No words.

[@torontorox]

thank you Jimi!

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

🔥🎸🔥

[@underthetornado]

Joni, Henry Lewy spoke very lovingly of you. Said you were the ONLY true music genius he'd ever known.

[@suzyharthcock7913]

Joni, missing our shared laughter and feelings. Suzy bookstore.

[@metinyilmaz8443]

wow. i cant believe

[@patrick.jouanneau]

What a pure beauty :-)

[@joemabry9643]

Oh my! Thank you!

[@BelindaMurrell]

This sounds just like my generation. I've seen both of these artists in performance.