>>in Philadelphia growing up.
>
>maybe on Michael Tearson shows... he and Ed Sciaky were the
>two classic Philly DJs in the '80s I think woulda played her.
>Maybe Helen Leicht too back when WIOQ was a player. Gene Shay
>of course, too, but he wasn't commercial. And of course by
>1991, WXPN had morphed into a no-longer-a-college-station
>powerhouse and she's been on their playlist from jump.
>
I'm talking MMR & YSP, c'mon, love Gene Shay but yeah that doesn't really count.

I'm talking about hearing Joni when you walk into WaWa, hear the radio playing her at a party or tailgate, etc.

>At any rate, she was easily known to classic rock fans because
>of her associations and esp. the writing of 'Woodstock',
>though the CSNY cover is the only version that got any classic
>rock airplay. Plus the fact that a few of her songs were pop
>standards with steady currecny in the '80s (I sang 'Clouds'
>with my elementary school chorus ca. 1982, which was probably
>the first time I heard one of her songs). And I would has
>assumed that in the latter 1990s when the Isle of Wight DVD
>came out that her performance there kept her known.
>
she was known, just not 'known' on a catalog level.

>At any rate, growing up I didn't know many classic rock fans
>that *didn't* know who she is and know at least a few songs.
>
>>*maybe* Big Yellow Taxi on a special occasion.
>>
>>That's about it though.
>>
>>Real Joni joints are tough to work in between 'We're An
>>American Band' and 'Carry On My Wayward Son'.
>
>yeah, but not so much between 'carry on' and 'dust in the
>wind,' you know?