Irving Stowe, one of Greenpeace's founding members, organized the benefit concert, with the assistance ofJoan Baez. She could not appear, but she connected Stowe with Mitchell and Mitchell requested her boyfriend of the time, Taylor, join the concert. The Stowe family held on to tapes of the concert, but were not able to obtain the necessary clearances until John Timmins, brother ofCowboy Junkies members, became involved with Greenpeace. Timmins was instrumental in contacting Mitchell and Taylor's representatives and working out the necessary permissions.[2] The tapes had to be restored byPeter J. Moore, the producer of several Cowboy Junkies albums.
