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Watch Joni Mitchell Perform Beautifully on the Famous Post-Woodstock Episode of ‘The Dick Cavett Show’

On this day (August 19) in 1969, Joni Mitchell made her first U.S. TV appearance on The Dick Cavett Show. The memorable episode also featured some of Mitchell’s musical friends and contemporaries, the ...
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“The first three times I performed it in public, I burst into tears”: Joni Mitchell's era-defining classic Woodstock

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Joni Mitchell's Woodstock

Joni Mitchell’s “Woodstock” became one of the defining anthems of the 1969 music festival—yet she never attended the event. Instead, Mitchell wrote the song based on stories from her then-boyfriend ...
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“The first three times I performed it in public, I burst into tears – because it brought back the intensity of the experience”: How Joni Mitchell wrote Woodstock – an ...

An anthem inspired by the legendary music festival – by an artist who wasn’t actually there When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It’s ...
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Grace Slick Says Joni Mitchell Got This Wrong About Woodstock—and Honestly, Mitchell Would Likely Agree

Under different circumstances, Joni Mitchell probably would’ve been at Woodstock. However, as fate would have it, the rising Canadian star was making her Dick Cavett Show debut right after the ...