Joni Mitchell:Ten Facts

-Roberta Joan Anderson was born on November 7, 1943, in Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada.
-She is a musician, songwriter, and painter.
-At the age of 9, along with many other children at that time, Joni contracted polio.
-Also at age 9, Joni started smoking cigarettes.
-Joni also found out that she was pregnant by her college ex-boyfriend, and in February 1965 she gave birth to a baby girl. Joni was now alone with a newborn baby and unable to find work, and a few weeks later Joni gave up her daughter for adoption.
-Her daughter, Kelly Dale Anderson (renamed Kilauren Gibb), began a search for her as an adult, and the two were reunited in 1997.
-She made an appearance in the summer of ‘69 on The Johnny Cash Show. The series was a U.S. summer replacement series that rated very highly on ABC-TV. Joni appeared 2 more times on Johnny's show, once more later in the first season, and once in 1971.
-Joni won the Grammy in March 1970 for Best Folk Performance of 1969 for her album, "Clouds." Reprise released Joni's third album, "Ladies of the Canyon" soon after. It was an instant smash on FM radio, and sold briskly thru the summer and fall, eventually becoming Joni's first gold album.
-Almost every song she composed on the guitar uses an open, or non-standard, tuning; she has written songs in some 50 different tunings, which she has referred to as "Joni's weird chords".
-In 1996, Joni was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the twelfth annual induction dinner.