Joni Mitchell Remembers Dine-And-Dashing With Chaka Khan After Big Wine Bill
Even music legends attempt to break the law.In a new conversation with Interview published on Friday, the two generation-defining songbirds shared their brush with criminality.
Khan, 70, and Mitchell, 79, nearly got away with a dine-and-dash stint at a restaurant in Los Angeles before eventually deciding to pay the bill after being overcome with guilt.“So, Chaka and I are in this Italian restaurant on Melrose, in the basement.
It was early in the evening, like five o’clock or something like that,” Mitchell retold of the illicit moment.Read More: Joni Mitchell Headlines Her First Concert In 20 Years With Brandi CarlileThe Canadian icon mentioned that alcohol was at play, possibly explaining their predisposition to law-breaking.While talking to the waiter in German, Khan explicitly ordered Mitchell to “get up” from the table.“I said, ‘What for?’ ‘Get up,’ she says.
So, I get up, and she’s running for the door.
