Second, thanks to OLGA and all the contributors of Joni Mitchell songs—too numerous to mention here (I'll be thanking them individually, when it arises) especially HOWARD WRIGHT and HARLAN L. THOMPSON. Their copious contributions to OLGA gave me the idea for this web site. Though I have made some corrections (in my belief) to their work, it was where I began my quest!

Sadly, due to greed and stupidity, OLGA is dying slowly.  Please visit the site (www.olga.net), and sign the petition!

Third, thanks to WALLY BREESE and JIM LEAHY of The Joni Mitchell Home Page—www.jonimitchell.com, Wally included the great piece about Joni Mitchell tunings by Jim Leahy and gave the link to OLGA for Joni tab (Wally includes no tab on his website, but he does have lyrics). I probably would not have found OLGA without him! He is totally dedicated to Joni, and a very nice person, as well! And his website has everything you ever wanted to know about Joni ... and he added a link to my website! Thanks for your inspiration, Wally!

Fourth, I'd like to thank my friend, MONICA PASSIN, singer & performer extraordinaire (and guitar teacher) who gave me many Joni Mitchell tunings and tabs, particularly That Song About the Midway which I tweaked a bit and now is perfect!  Thanks, Mo—yer a daahhll!

Fifth, I'd like to thank CHRIS RIPLEY for identifying about 90% of all those chords I used throughout the TABS section, giving them their proper names. Chris has a Masters in Jazz Performance from Queens College, but being a drummer, he doesn't get to flex that part of his music training very often, so he loves doing it (and Joni's music is very challenging in that respect). Thank you—it was definitely a very important final step in the process.

Sixth, I'd like to thank my childhood friend, NANCY LEVI, who, during Easter vacation 1968, came over my aunt's house, showed me a travis picking pattern and said, "You need to learn this." She went to Hunter High School (NYC), where only the creme de la creme of teenage intellectuals went, so she was exposed to all this cool stuff. After showing me about 15 times, I had the pattern memorized, but wasn't even close to playing it with any speed (she insist I learn it so we could play "Marcie" together).   It took me months, and all the time I kept asking her, "Why am I learning this? I can barely strum, and you're making me learn this really hard thing ... why?" Thank you, Nanci, it was one of the coolest things I ever learned, musically.

Seventh, I'd like to thank YAHOO! for listing my page in their search engine in the first place and then giving me such a great listing. They are the most popular search engine in existence (and supposedly fairly choosy about who they list, so I am indeed honored) and since the listing began on Wednesday, October 7, 1998, I've gotten over 36,000 hits! Wow! Thanks so much!

Lastly ... and rather oddly ... I'd like to thank my ex-boyfriend JULES SANTOS —regardless of the fact that he was an idiot and a control freak— who played a song for me that he had written in FFCGAC tuning which I immediately recognized as Joni's tuning for I Don't Know Where I Stand (the one for which I had searched for 25 years) ... which started my incredible voyage of playing Joni's tunes off the record.   Wherever you are, thanks, but please... stay away!