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Joni Mitchell is one of the most celebrated artists of the last half-century and her landmark 1971 album ÊBlueÊ is one of her most beloved and revered works. Generations of people have come of age listening to the album inspired by the way it clarified their own difficult emotions. Critics and musicians admire the idiosyncratic virtuosity of its compositions. ÊWill You Take Me as I AmÊ ä the first book about Mitchell to include original interviews with her ä looks at ÊBlueÊ to explore the development of an extraordinary artist the history of songwriting and much more.ÞIn extensive conversations with Mitchell Michelle Mercer heard firsthand about Mitchell's internal and external journeys as she composed the largely autobiographical albums of what Mercer calls her Blue Period which lasted through the mid-1970s. Incorporating biography memoir reportage criticism and interviews into an illuminating narrative Mercer moves beyond the making of an album genre to arrive at a new form of music writing.

Will You Take Me as I Am: Joni Mitchell's Blue

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      Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
      Publication Date: 01/03/2012
      ISBN13: 9781617130281, 978-1617130281
      ISBN10: 1617130281
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      Biography: arts and entertainment Composers and songwriters

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Joni Mitchell is one of the most celebrated artists of the last half-century and her landmark 1971 album ÊBlueÊ is one of her most beloved and revered works. Generations of people have come of age listening to the album inspired by the way it clarified their own difficult emotions. Critics and musicians admire the idiosyncratic virtuosity of its compositions. ÊWill You Take Me as I AmÊ ä the first book about Mitchell to include original interviews with her ä looks at ÊBlueÊ to explore the development of an extraordinary artist the history of songwriting and much more.ÞIn extensive conversations with Mitchell Michelle Mercer heard firsthand about Mitchell's internal and external journeys as she composed the largely autobiographical albums of what Mercer calls her Blue Period which lasted through the mid-1970s. Incorporating biography memoir reportage criticism and interviews into an illuminating narrative Mercer moves beyond the making of an album genre to arrive at a new form of music writing.

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