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MEDFORD \u2014 Patty Griffin and Rickie Lee Jones met for the first time a less than a year ago but quickly formed a Mutual Admiration Society.<\/p>\n
That was on display Oct. 18 at the 1,900 seat Chevalier Theatre<\/a> in Medford. Both had won Grammys and both had bought their talent to the legendary Old Vienna Kaffeehaus<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI am so honored this share the stage with my hero,\u201d Griffin told the nearly-full theater after Jones finished her moving and sometimes hilarious hour-long set.<\/p>\n Jones made several ribald remarks between her finely crafted tunes.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I smoked pot all I wanted to do was eat and (expletive),\u201d she said. She also told stories about clams and lobsters.<\/p>\n When she wasn\u2019t telling ribald stories she sang her songs. She is 71 but still can sing with the high voice of a young girl, which she did on\u00a0“Chuck E. in Love”\u00a0and\u00a0“Tree on Allen Ford.” She did several songs from her Grammy winning debut album and closed with”It Must Be Love”\u00a0and\u00a0“Last Chance Texaco.”<\/p>\n \u201cWell, for me, I don\u2019t think Rickie Lee knew me from a hole in the wall probably when we met, but I\u2019ve known Rickie Lee\u2019s music since her first record, and I call her my North Star,\u201d Griffin told\u00a0The Pittsburgh Tribune\u00a0this week. \u201cSome people have their artists that they suddenly go, oh, wow, and they see the possibilities. And that\u2019s this one for me.\u201d<\/p>\n