Jean Ritchie
1948–2015
01
A Case of You
Jean Ritchie (1952) → Joni Mitchell (1971)
A communal mountain folk instrument irreversibly redefined as the apex of 1970s West Coast confessional singer-songwriting.
Folk relic → confessional coreOpen-tuning expansionCommunal → personal
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02
Lady Jane
Jean Ritchie (1963) → The Rolling Stones (1966)
An earthy Appalachian folk zither re-imported and redefined as British Invasion-era courtly baroque pop.
Mountain relic → courtly baroqueDulcimer in commandBlues → renaissance
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