Joni Mitchell - Hejira [1975-1979 Acoustic Demos, Live and Alternate Takes]

📜​ Info 📜
Acoustic version of her 1976 album "Hejira", if you love Mitchell's early music yet had trouble with her jazzier albums, this is a good opportunity to hear this excellent album done in her earlier acoustic style.

Musicians
* Joni Mitchell – electric guitar, vocals
* Jaco Pastorius– electric bass (Fender Jazz)
* Don Alias– drums, percussion
* Lyle Mays– electric piano (Rhodes), synthesizer (Oberheim FVS-1)
* Michael Brecker– saxophones
* The Persuasions– backing vocals on "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" and "Shadows and Light"
* Pat Metheny– lead guitar
* Lyle Mays– electric piano (Rhodes), synthesizer (Oberheim FVS-1) Keyboardist for the Pat Metheny Group

📜​ Tracks[Info] ​📜
01. Coyote (Unreleased, Rolling Thunder Revue, Madison Square Garden, New York City, 12-8-1975)
02. Amelia (Demo)
03. Furry Sings the Blues (Demo)
04. A Strange Boy (Demo)
05. Traveling (Hejira) (Demo)
06. Song for Sharon (Live at Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX, 5-16-1976)
07. Black Crow (Demo)
08. Blue Motel Room (Demo)
09. Refuge of the Roads (Early Mix with Horns)
10. Jericho (Rehearsal with Pat Metheny) (SIR Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 7-20-1979)
11. Help Me (Rehearsal with Pat Metheny) (SIR Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 7-28-1979)