No, it isn’t Joni Mitchell’s birthday. Rather, Max Yasgur, the dairy farmer whose land hosted the Woodstock Festival, would be 101 years old today. It was recorded three times in 1970, first by Mitchell herself for her album Ladies Of The Canyon. It was used as the B side for her single "Big Yellow Taxi." Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young did a hard-rock cover of it for their Déja Vu album and released it as a single, which reached #11 in the US and #3 in Canada. Finally, in late 1970 the British band Matthews Southern Comfort did a cover, which reached #1 on the UK singles chart in 1971.
I have always enjoyed Joni Mitchell’s music. I prefer her version to CSN&Y but I like both.
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They’re different from each other, that’s for certain, and I like ’em both, too.
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I do appreciate her music more now also…but I’ll take the CSN&Y version of it.
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I like her version better than CSN’s version.
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Likewise. It’s only as I’ve gotten older that I can really appreciate Joni Mitchell.
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I’ve always liked Joni Mitchell.
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She’s grown on me. Didn’t like her at all in my early teens, but started to appreciate her more when she started working with jazz musicians.
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This is a great song and I never knew, until years later that this Canadian woman wrote this song. It is so iconic.
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I always get her confused with Janis Joplin, I guess because both were before my time. I know that one of them died, but unless I look it up, can never remember which one. Even when I do look it up, I’ll soon forget.
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