Joan has said often that she considered her guitar work as accompaniment *only* to her singing. She never seemed to realize she's a really good folk guitarist (simplicity and excellence of style.) She says when the fingerpicking patterns are taken apart and learned slowly, they're not difficult at all. When I listen to her early records, her playing sometimes sounds so complex yet clean. When I grow more as a guitarist, it will be easier for me to figure out what she was/is doing.