The 1976 track might epitomize Joni Mitchell’s prowess as a lyricist and composer, but it wouldn’t have become the song it did without playwright Sam Shepard. While both on the road for Bob ...

"Joni, look at that crowd," Carlile said. Mitchell launched into "Cherokee Louise," then came "Coyote," the Hejira stunner ...

a fling with Joni Mitchell, and a collision with an enigmatic superstar proved too much for the celebrated playwright to handle. By Robert Greenfield In the fall of 1975, Sam Shepard — the ...

As the ’70s continued, Mitchell was briefly linked to Hollywood bachelor extraordinaire Warren Beatty, actor and writer Sam Shepard and Glenn Frey of the Eagles. Advertisement ...

One could argue that Joni Mitchell’s Olympian period ends ... possibly about a one-night stand with playwright/actor Sam Shepard, Furry Sings The Blues with Neil Young on harmonica, and the ...

Over the years, more than a dozen authors have written books about the life and music of Joni Mitchell ... Cohen (“Rainy Night House”), Sam Shepard (“Coyote”), and James Taylor (key ...

One night, Joni claimed that Browne had ... that the song “Coyote” was an ode to another of Mitchell’s ex-lovers, playwright Sam Shepard. He’s referred to in the lyrics as “a prisoner ...

Joni Mitchell’s gift was so enormous that it ... as the vivid “you” of a song who in real life may have been Sam Shepard, James Taylor, or Leonard Cohen. The best pop music is often preening ...

TRUE WEST: Sam Shepard’s Life, Work ... his lovers Patti Smith and Brooke Adams and Joni Mitchell (her song “Coyote” is about him); and myriad friends and collaborators, including Terrence ...