Never Say Never

Interesting bit of news I found when researching what happened in music history on this day. Today in 1970, Joni Mitchell announced she was retiring from live performances during a concert at London's Royal Albert Hall. Joni was on stage again by the end of the year.

As an aside, this is Joni's first appearance on the cover of Rolling Stone, in May 1969. What an unflattering shot! I suppose it is consistent with Rolling Stone's initial reputation as being an underground paper. I worked in the library during my college years, and we had to file Rolling Stone under newspapers--which I thought was odd.

Joni announced again she was retiring--from everything--in 2003. And I actually believe her this time.