David Crosby: Joni Mitchell Had Aneurysm, Cannot Speak
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/david-crosby-joni-mitchell-had-aneurysm-cannot-speak-20150626
David Crosby has revealed that Joni Mitchell suffered from an aneurysm when she was hospitalized in late May. "Nobody found her for a while," he told the Huffington Post. "She took a terrible hit. To my knowledge she is not speaking yet...She's going to have to struggle back from it the way you struggle back from a traumatic brain injury…She's a tough girl, and very smart. So, how much she's going to come back and when, I don't know and I'm not going to guess."
There has been little information about Mitchell's condition since she entered a Los Angeles hospital on May 26th. TMZ reported that she was in intensive care and had undergone a surgical procedure, but a spokesperson said she was "awake and in good spirits." Days later, her camp released an official statement: "Joni remains under observation in the hospital and is resting comfortably. We are encouraged by her progress and she continues to improve and get stronger each day."
Mitchell hasn't released an album of new material since 2007's Shine and hasn't toured since the late 1990s. She claims to suffer from a rare condition called Morgellons disease. "Morgellons is constantly morphing," she told the Daily Mail. "There are times when it's directly attacking the nervous system, as if you're being bitten by fleas and lice. It's all in the tissue and it's not a hallucination. It was eating me alive, sucking the juices out. I've been sick all my life." (A study by the CDC found that Morgellons may be a mental disorder and not a physical condition.)
Crosby has been close to Mitchell since the 1960s. "I love her," he told the Huffington Post. "She's probably the best of us - probably the greatest living singer-songwriter."
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to a great artist.
First time I heard it in '76 I was convinced there was an uncredited Fender Rhodes player. Nope. It was all Jaco. Changed the way I thought about playing bass forever. When I finally realized what was going n five years later. I wasn't too bright back then. 
Jaco was a sympathetic / empathetic player...he played in the moment, from the center of the vibe. He obviously was no simple "timekeeper." I am a huge Larry Carlton fan. I'm not as impressed with some of the more lightweight stuff he did with Fourplay, but when it comes to Steely Dan, The Crusaders, and a lot of his solo work, the man is king. That said, I think Metheny was a better match for Joni. He just had a "wider head space," more of a free spirit and explorer than Carlton. It's a nuance thing, I probably am not expressing it that well in words. Carlton is a jazz cat and master musician who likes to improvise and does it well. Metheny is a "vapor trail in the empty air" as David Gilmour once sang. You can't define Metheny's playing style as easily as Carlton, just as you could never limit Joni to being "a folk singer." That alliance between Joni, Jaco and Metheny was easily as powerful and potent as Dylan's collaborations with The Band...fully "sympatico" musicians following the muse.
This is my single all-time favorite Metheny performance..."Are You Going With Me" from "Travels."
