Yeah, I was wondering what others thought about that, we have that video. What a wonderful version, and Joni looked like she was loving it. Funny isn't it? All of us who love her and her work. As if I knew her, it was so...I guess the word is, heartwarming, to see her enjoying someone paying tribute.

I'll tell y'all a story. I was 18 years old, and I moved to St. Thomas, lived there for a year. One day I was late for work, my roomate said "just hitchhike, you'll get there in no time". Well, I never hitchhiked in my life. So there I am, standing under a tamarind tree, throwing sticks up in the air to get the fruit down. Along comes a car, must be 300 feet away, I don't know how I knew, I said "oh my god, James Taylor is going to pick me up hitchhiking". Well, it was him. He drove me to work. To make a long story short and continue with our subject matter, I said "you're my favorite artist, actually your my second favorite artist". He laughed and turned and said "Who's your favorite?" "Joni Mitchell". His head turned around in shock, "You're a little young to like Joni Mitchell, aren't you?" I said, "well you're kinda the same age, aren't you?" (Hey, I was young). He kinda laughed, got real quiet for a moment, and in earnest seriousness said "There's nobody in the business who works as hard as Joni Mitchell, nobody." Well, I write this because of two reasons, one, it was also very touching to here him sing "River" to her in that video, and you could see the obvious affection the two have for each other. Two, it's from the horses mouth, even the best of the best think she is the best. As he twisted his head around to tell me this, I could see the reverence.

XX to all you Joni lovers out there.