This work-in-progress lists all currently known appearances, drawn from a variety of sources.
Compiled by Simon Montgomery, © 2001-2017.
Special thanks to Joel Bernstein for his contributions and assistance.
Latest Update: September 16, 2017
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1970.10.16
Greenpeace Benefit Concert
—
Pacific Coliseum
Vancouver,
BC
Joni Mitchell, Phil Ochs, and the BC band Chilliwack performed at
a benefit concert for the Don't Make A Wave Committee, which
raised $17,000 for Greenpeace. James Taylor also appeared
as Joni's surprise guest.
![Greenpeace Concert poster [DougSprenger]](images/1295_user3006_091114-230315.jpg "Click/touch to enlarge")
![Greenpeace 2CD [thomas27]](images/1295_user10675_120511-095732.jpg "Click/touch to enlarge")
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sage on :
I was 22 and attending university in Victoria. I was nuts about Joni. Her music spoke to me. Some guy played Both Sides Now at a little coffeehouse in Port Alberni two years earlier, and I thought Wow! Here's a song that actually opens up this whole introspective, honest world.
Anyway I heard about the Green Peace concert in Vancouver and just had to go. I see by the poster the ticket price was quite affordable. Only $3 bucks. A friend and I hitchhiked over to Vancouver and crashed with a friend of my friend. I ate some acid at the concert and really connected with how vulnerable joni was there playing these sensitive songs in front of a huge crowd.
Interesting that the Canadian government declared the War Measures Act that same day. Phil Oches made a reference to "playing in a police state" that night.
When the Amchitka CD of this concert was released recently, I was pretty blown away. What a keepsake!
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