On 'Amelia', Joni Mitchell laments her love life, finding comparisons with Amelia Earhart as she traverses bleak terrains with only vapour trails for company. Able to experience highs, but never capable of putting down roots, until by the end, there are no more false alarms...
John Coltrane gave Alice Coltrane a harp, not long before his death in 1967.
After losing him, Alice made it central to her music, using it to build the spiritual, otherworldly sound that defined her later career.