Though I was not a big fan, I spent many hours pouring over her first two albums, owing to the fact that I had a a number of guitar students at the time who wanted to learn everything she had recorded. We had a deal, which was that I'd teach them to play anything they wanted, but no one was allowed to sing "Mandinka" in full voice in my apartment--

Like her or not, you really have to respect someone who ruined their career so thoroughly with a "Beau Geste"--