Other songs feature Mitchell and fellow performers sharing the lead vocals, sometimes in unison, sometimes crossing over each other, slightly out of sync. This is on particular display in songs like Both Sides, Now and Gershwin’s Summertime, which she sings mostly solo, with instrumental accompaniment. While Mitchell’s range is smaller, her voice hasn’t lost its power – nor her familiar slow vibrato. Joni Mitchell with her fellow performers. “There’s nothing he likes better than to see me fuck up.” Morrison thought that was rude, but Mitchell disagreed – Dylan loved it, she says. The last time she was at the Gorge, she said, she’d been touring with Bob Dylan and Van Morrison and forgotten the words to a verse of Dylan’s, so she made one up. Though the stories her songs told were all true, “they’re not all my stories,” she says. With her vocal range far more limited than it once was, her singing feels conversational, as though she is relaying wisdom gained from her 79 years. ![]() Thus the stage is set with a bottle of pinot grigio, a table topped with framed pet photos, and an array of couches and chairs occupied by a band full of musical luminaries, including Annie Lennox, Sarah McLachlan and Marcus Mumford.Ĭarlile acts as a sort of informal MC while Mitchell, seated at the front and carrying a cane adorned with a small bear’s head, plays the role of storyteller during a remarkable three-hour performance. The intent on Saturday, Carlile told the audience of 27,000, is to “invite you into the living room”. Mitchell’s performance, as Carlile explained, is modelled after the “Joni Jams” Mitchell hosts at her LA home, where musicians from Paul McCartney to Chaka Khan to Harry Styles routinely gather. The concert is part of Carlile’s weekend festival at the Gorge. Given the lofty place she occupies in the minds of her listeners, this comeback performance might have been a stately and solemn affair – but Mitchell herself, who beams as she takes the stage and appears slightly tickled by the admiration, ensured that it wasn’t. ![]() “If she sings ‘I’ve looked at life from both sides now’ tonight, I am going to lay on the ground, and then I can die.” “When I think about what she’s been through – she’s learned to walk three times in her life,” Olson said. “Joni was often in our sermons, because of the way she’s interfaced with culture and thinking and life: ‘I’ve looked at life from both sides now, win or lose, I still don’t know anything,’” he said, paraphrasing her 1969 song Both Sides, Now.īarbara Olson, 61, had travelled from Florida. Brice, a priest, had seen Mitchell before – at the Newport folk festival in 1969 – and now he was celebrating his 75th birthday. Photograph: Gary Miller/Getty Imagesĭennis Brice travelled from Philadelphia for the show, where he was joined by his brother, Paul, who had flown from London. 1997-2019 Patents 5,991,739 6,801,228 Other patents pending Portions © IPDEV, Co.The Gorge Amphitheatre in Quincy, Washington, hosting Joni Mitchell. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. The Pizza Hut name, logos and related marks are trademarks of Pizza Hut, LLC. If you are using a screen reader and are having problems using this website, please call 80 for assistance. Availability of fried WingStreet® products and flavors varies by Pizza Hut® location. Discounts are not applicable to tax, delivery charge, or driver tip. Product availability, combinability of discounts and specials, prices, participation, delivery areas and charges, and minimum purchase required for delivery may vary. team members do their best to accommodate contactless, curbside and other instructions, but availability may vary and is not guaranteed. You must request contactless and/or curbside pickup. Additional charge for extra cheese, stuffed crust, pan, and extra toppings may apply.
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