| Joni Mitchell – Carey Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I know the story behind Carey's cane. It has nothing to do with coke. A friend of mine was staying in the Matala caves at that time. One day he was hiking in the Samaria Gorge, and sat down to finish a man's macrame bracelet he was making (this was 1970!) A Greek guy suddenly appeared, carrying the most beautiful carved shepherd's crook. With much smiling, pointing, and laughing, he indicated that he wanted the bracelet, so they traded bracelet for crook. When my friend got back to the caves, he met Joni Mitchell and Carey. Carey drank too much wine, and fell off a rock after drinking retsina, spraining his ankle badly. So my friend lent him the shepherd's crook. Hence the 'cane' in the song Joni wrote a little later. | |
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