Joni Mitchell
BTW...her unusual guitar tunings, that have been copied by many, were due to her having polio as a child. It limited her ability to play the conventional way, so she tuned her guitar in unique ways-- so she could better master what she was sure as hell not gonna let her polio stop her from achieving.
"Blue" LP is my favorite and I can't believe I left her off my favorite Canadian artists list earlier ...sorry, Canadian friends!! Well..."Hijera" is a pretty close second favorite!
I remember seeing a concert where the crowd was throwing stuff around...not sure what, flowers or trash. Joni just stopped playing and quite firmly said (as if she could back her threat), "Quit throwing shit on the stage!!" They stopped.
To Joni.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCov0TYXBp8 River
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFGrRSVW8jk Carey