Joni Mitchell California September 3, 1970

Just a girl, her dulcimer, and the Sunshine State. The instant connection achieved by Joni on this solo performance of her Blue classic is almost scary, her songbird voice piercing through the silent set, and every strum and drum on her unfamiliar instrument — just watching that thing being played is fascinating — hitting in just the right way. Watching this once, it's pretty impossible to imagine listening to "California" any other way again.