Chuck and Joni Mitchell
Long before she went to “California” to look for “Love from Both Sides,” she was just Joni Anderson, living and performing in Toronto. That’s where the 22-year-old folk queen met Chuck Mitchell, an American guitarist, and singer, who proposed to her less than 36 hours after their first encounter. The two lovebirds tied the knot in June 1965, in Chuck’s parents’ home outside of Detroit.
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“We had no money,” Joni told author Mark Bego. Joni played acoustic guitar for her guests, while they all sat under a shady tree in her in-laws’ backyard. The couple eventually moved to New York, but their marriage didn’t last very long. Two years after their laid-back, idyllic wedding, Chuck and Joni went their separate ways.