Hejira (song)
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Hejira is the title track from Joni Mitchell
's 1976 album. It is the 5th track on the album (the last song on Side One of the original vinyl LP), and the 2nd of 4 tracks on Hejira
which fretless bassist Jaco Pastorius
plays on.
The track itself features a distinctive open tuning, B-F#-C#-E-F#-B, which allows Joni to play her distinctive "Weird Chords" and distinctive fingerpicking pattern.
' book, "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
." An excerpt from the book in which he explicitly mentions Joni Mitchell within the first paragraph of the chapter: "After six months spent waking at noon, getting high, and listening to the same Joni Mitchell record over and over again, I was called by my father into his den and told to get out." Then again on the second page of the chapter, here: "My sister Lisa had an apartment over by the university and said that I could come stay with her as long as I didn't bring my Joni Mitchell record." The chapter is decidedly melancholy much like the song itself.
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell, CC is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto...
's 1976 album. It is the 5th track on the album (the last song on Side One of the original vinyl LP), and the 2nd of 4 tracks on Hejira
Hejira (album)
Hejira is a 1976 folk/rock/jazz album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. The album title is a transliteration of the Arabic word hijra, which means "journey", referring specifically to the prophet Muhammad's and his followers' escape from Mecca to Medina in 622...
which fretless bassist Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius
John Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player....
plays on.
The track itself features a distinctive open tuning, B-F#-C#-E-F#-B, which allows Joni to play her distinctive "Weird Chords" and distinctive fingerpicking pattern.
Trivia
The song title is also the title of a chapter from David SedarisDavid Sedaris
David Sedaris is a Grammy Award-nominated American humorist, writer, comedian, bestselling author, and radio contributor....
' book, "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim is a 2004 collection of 22 autobiographical essays by American humorist David Sedaris. The essays address the author's upbringing in Raleigh, North Carolina, his relationships with family members, and his work and life in New York City and France.The...
." An excerpt from the book in which he explicitly mentions Joni Mitchell within the first paragraph of the chapter: "After six months spent waking at noon, getting high, and listening to the same Joni Mitchell record over and over again, I was called by my father into his den and told to get out." Then again on the second page of the chapter, here: "My sister Lisa had an apartment over by the university and said that I could come stay with her as long as I didn't bring my Joni Mitchell record." The chapter is decidedly melancholy much like the song itself.