Joni’s Right – Bristol’s Pretty Green

River

Gurt Western Concert, Colston Hall 7th Feb 2015

Joni Mitchell wrote River after she ended her relationship with English singer Graham Nash. She was living in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles – hence the line “It don’t snow here, it stays pretty green” – but in the song she dreams of escaping from her remorse on one of the frozen rivers of her Canadian childhood.