Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts, Fairfield Iowa, August 22, 2016:
Werner Elmker improvised on Diana Krall's arrangement of 'A Case of You' by Joni Mitchell.
Joni Mitchell wrote "A Case of You" in or before 1970. She performed the song at the Amchitka Greenpeace benefit concert in October 1970. She recorded the song in 1971, and it was released on the 1971 album Blue with Mitchell playing Appalachian dulcimer, accompanied by James Taylor on acoustic guitar. Diana Krall covered the song on her 2001 album Live in Paris. Prince played the song throughout his career. He played it in 1983 during the First Avenue performance where the album versions of "Purple Rain" and several other tracks from the Purple Rain album were recorded. He recorded a version, retitled "A Case of U", for his 2002 album, One Nite Alone.... His rendition was also included on the 2007 tribute album A Tribute to Joni Mitchell. The song appears in the films Truly, Madly, Deeply, Practical Magic and Waking the Dead.
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