Joan Baez
Joan Baez in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2003
Background information
Birth name	Joan Chandos Baez
Born	January 9, 1941 (1941-01-09) (age 67)
Origin	Staten Island, New York
Genre(s)	Folk, Singer-Songwriter, Roots Rock, Americana, pop, Rock, Gospel, Country, Acoustic
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Ukulele, Djembe
Years active	1958—present
Label(s)	Vanguard (1960–1971) A&M (1972–1977) Portrait/CBS (1977–1981) Gold Castle (1987–1991) Virgin (1991–1993) Guardian (1995–2002) Koch (2003–present)
Associated acts	Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Pete Seeger, Odetta, Dar Williams, Janis Ian, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Mimi Farina, Jackson Browne, Judy Collins, The Indigo Girls, Donovan & The Grateful Dead
Website	joan baez.com

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Judith Marjorie Collins (born May 1, 1939 in Seattle, Washington) is an American folk and standards Singer Indigo Girls are an American Folk rock duo consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. Donovan ( Donovan Phillips Leitch, born 10 May 1946 in Glasgow) is a Scottish Singer-songwriter and guitarist The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Staten Island (ˌstætənˈaɪlənd is a borough of New York City situated primarily on the island of the same name The City of New York The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. 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She is best known for her hit "Diamonds & Rust" and her covers of Phil Ochs's "There But For Fortune" as well as The Band's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", and to a lesser extent,"We Shall Overcome," "Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word" and "Farewell Angelina", as well as, "Sweet Sir Galahad," and "Joe Hill" (songs she performed at the 1969 Woodstock festival). " Diamonds & Rust " is a 1975 song written and performed by Joan Baez, which is often said to describe her relationship with Bob Dylan ten years prior (though Philip David Ochs ( December 19 1940 – April 9 1976) was a U There But for Fortune was a 1989 compilation that summed up the three albums that Phil Ochs recorded for Elektra Records between 1964 and 1966 The Band was a rock group active from 1967 to 1976 and again from 1983 to 1999 " The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down " is a song written by Canadian musician Robbie Robertson, first recorded by The Band in 1969 and " We Shall Overcome " is a Protest song that became a key Anthem of the US civil rights movement. " Love is Just a Four-Letter Word " is a song written by Bob Dylan, and long associated with Joan Baez, who has recorded it numerous times and performed it " Farewell Angelina " is a song written by Bob Dylan in the middle 1960s but most famous in the hands of Joan Baez. "Sweet Sir Galahad" is a song written by Joan Baez, which she first performed in 1969 at Woodstock; she subsequently included it on her 1970 Joe Hill, born Joel Emmanuel Hägglund, and also known as Joseph Hillström ( October 7, 1879 or 1882 – November 19, 1915 She is also well known due to her early and long-lasting relationship with Bob Dylan and her even longer-lasting passion for activism, notably in the areas of nonviolence, civil and human rights and, in more recent years, the environment. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Nonviolence is a philosophy and strategy for social change that rejects the use of physical Violence. Human rights refers to the "basic Rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled She has performed publicly for nearly 50 years, released over 30 albums and recorded songs in at least eight languages. She is considered a folk singer although her music has strayed from folk considerably after the 1960s, encompassing everything from rock and pop to country and gospel. Although a songwriter herself, especially in the mid-1970s, Baez is most often regarded as an interpreter of other people's work, covering songs by Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Jackson Browne, Paul Simon, The Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder and myriad others. Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie (July 14 1912–October 3 1967 was an American Singer-songwriter and Folk musician Guthrie's musical legacy Peter "Pete" Seeger (born May 3 1919 is an American folk singer political Activist, and a key figure in the mid-20th century American Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is a German -born American rock Singer-songwriter and Musician. Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13 1941 is an American Songwriter, Musician, and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13 1950 name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an In more recent years, she has found success interpreting songs of diverse songwriters such as Steve Earle, Natalie Merchant and Ryan Adams. Stephen 'Steve' Fain Earle (ɝl is an American Singer-songwriter, well known for his rock and Country music, as well as his political views Natalie Anne O'Shea Merchant (born October 26, 1963 in Jamestown, New York, U David Ryan Adams (born November 5, 1974) is an American alt-country / rock Singer-songwriter from Jacksonville

Contents 1 Family 2 Early life 3 Music career 3.1 Early years 3.2 The college music scene in Massachusetts 3.3 First albums & 1960s breakthrough 3.4 The '70s and the end of the Vanguard years 3.5 The Eighties and Nineties 3.6 2000 & beyond 4 Social & political involvement 4.1 Early years 4.2 Civil Rights 4.3 Vietnam War 4.4 Human rights 4.5 Gay and lesbian rights 4.6 Environmental causes 4.7 War in Iraq 4.8 Opposing the death penalty 4.9 Poverty 4.10 2008 Presidential election 5 Personal life 5.1 Early relationships 5.2 Bob Dylan 5.3 David Harris: "The Wedding Of The Century" 5.4 Later life relationship 6 Pop culture 7 Discography 7.1 Studio & live albums 7.2 Compilations 7.3 Singles 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External links 11 Video Links

Family

Her father, Albert Baez, was born in 1912 in Puebla, Mexico, and died March 20, 2007. Albert Vinicio Baez, PhD ( November 15, 1912, &ndash March 20, 2007) was a prominent Mexican-American Physicist, and Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting The city of Puebla, officially Heroic Puebla de Zaragoza (nicknamed Angelópolis) is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Puebla. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ^[2] His father (Joan's grandfather), the Rev. Alberto Baez, left the Catholic faith to become a Methodist minister and moved to the U.S. when Albert was two years old. Methodism is a movement within Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Albert Baez grew up in Brooklyn, where his father preached to --and advocated for-- a Spanish-speaking congregation. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ^[3] Joan Baez' father considered becoming a minister as well before he turned to the study of mathematics and physics. A physicist (co-inventor of the x-ray microscope and author of one of the most widely used physics textbooks in the U. A physicist is a Scientist who studies or practices Physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning An X-ray microscope uses Electromagnetic radiation in the soft X-ray band to produce images of very small objects S. ), he refused to work on the "Manhattan Project" to build an atomic bomb at Los Alamos. The World War II Manhattan Project developed the first Nuclear weapon (atomic bomb A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from Nuclear reactions either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL (previously known at various times as Site Y, Los Alamos Laboratory, and Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory) is a This decision had a profound effect on young Joan. Her father also refused lucrative defense industry jobs during the height of the Cold War. The arms industry is a global Industry and Business which Manufactures and sells Weapons and Military technology and equipment. Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the The Baez family later converted to Quakerism during Joan's early childhood.

Baez' mother, Joan Bridge Baez (often referred to as Joan Senior or "Big Joan" due to her daughter's fame), was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the second daughter of an Episcopal priest. Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Joan Senior and Albert met at a high school dance in Madison, New Jersey and quickly fell in love. After their marriage, the newlyweds moved to California. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.

Joan had 2 sisters: older sister Pauline and younger sister Mimi. Mimi Baez Fariña (born Margarita Mimi Baez, April 30, 1945 &ndash July 18, 2001) was a singer Pauline married artist Brice Marden in 1960; they divorced a few years later; their son is musician Nick Marden. Brice Marden (born October 15, 1938) is an American artist, generally described as Minimalist, although his work defies specific Pauline later remarried and has a daughter Pearl Bryan. Mimi became a singer, guitarist, and activist, founder of the organization Bread and Roses. The slogan " Bread and Roses " originated in a poem of that name by James Oppenheim, published in American Magazine in December 1911 which attributed it to ^[4] She first married singer/songwriter Richard Farina, who was killed in a motorcycle crash shortly after publishing his only novel, on Mimi's 21st birthday. Richard George Fariña ( March 8, 1937 &ndash April 30, 1966) was an American Writer and Folksinger. In 1968, Mimi married Milan Melvin at the Big Sur Folk Festival; Joan wrote the song "Sweet Sir Galahad" about their courtship. Big Sur is a sparsely populated region of the central California, United States, coast where the Santa Lucia Mountains rise abruptly from the "Sweet Sir Galahad" is a song written by Joan Baez, which she first performed in 1969 at Woodstock; she subsequently included it on her 1970 Mimi died in July 2001 of neuroendocrine cancer. ^[5]

Baez has one son, percussionist Gabriel Harris, and is a grandmother to Jasmine, the daughter of Gabriel and his wife, Pamela.

She is a resident of Woodside, California and lives with her elderly mother in a house that has a backyard treehouse, which she spends a good deal of time in, meditating, writing, and "being close to nature. Woodside (pop 5352 is a small incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, United States, on the San Francisco Peninsula. "^[6] Joan's cousin, Peter Baez, is a Medical marijuana activist. Medical cannabis refers to the use of the Cannabis plant as a physician-recommended Herbal therapy as well as synthetic THC and Cannabinoids ^[7] Another cousin, John Baez, is, like her father, a mathematical physicist. John Carlos Baez (born 1961 is an American mathematical physicist at the University of California Riverside.

Early life

Due to Albert's work in education and with UNESCO, the family moved many times, living in different towns across the United States, as well as in France, Switzerland, Italy, and the Middle East, including Iraq, where they stayed in 1951. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on November 16 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Joan, at the time only ten years old, was deeply influenced by the poverty and inhumane treatment suffered by the local population in Baghdad. Poverty (also called penury) is deprivation of common necessities that determine the quality of life including food clothing shelter and safe Drinking water, and Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous While there, she saw animals and people beaten to death, and legless children dragging themselves down filthy streets begging for money. She later wrote that she felt a certain affinity with the beggars in the streets, and that Baghdad and the suffering of its people became a "part" of her.

She is a graduate of Peninsula School and Palo Alto High School. Menlo Park is an affluent City in San Mateo County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California Palo Alto Senior High School is among the oldest high schools in the region located in Palo Alto, California, United States. (Her son, Gabriel Harris, also attended Peninsula School as well as public school in the Palo Alto area. )

Music career

Early years

In 1956, Baez bought her first guitar and began entertaining her fellow students at school by singing and playing. It was her only means of making friends.

In 1957, Baez bought her first Gibson guitar for $50. The Gibson Guitar Corporation of Nashville Tennessee, USA is a manufacturer of acoustic and Electric guitars The company's most popular guitar At her aunt's behest, Baez attended a concert by the "daddy of folk music," Pete Seeger, and soon began practicing the songs of his repertoire and performing them publicly. Peter "Pete" Seeger (born May 3 1919 is an American folk singer political Activist, and a key figure in the mid-20th century American She also began teaching herself the ukulele, and before long began singing for her classmates. The ukulele (ˌjʉːkəˈlɛɪli from ʻukulele /ˌʔukuˈlele/ variantly spelled ukelele (particularly in the UK) or alternatively abbreviated uke One of her very earliest public performances was at a retreat in Saratoga for youth group from Temple Beth Jacob, a Redwood City congregation. A brief 8mm film of this has recently been found. Joan Baez was also said to bring Bob Dylan to her early concerts.

The college music scene in Massachusetts

In 1958, Joan's father accepted a faculty position at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and moved his family to Belmont, a suburb of Boston. Belmont is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, a Suburb of Boston. The area was at the time the center of the up-and-coming folk music scene, and Joan began busking locally in Boston and Cambridge, also performing in clubs, and attending Boston University (which she later quit attending in order to concentrate on her career. Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Busking is the practice of performing in Public places for Tips and Gratuities. Cambridge Massachusetts is a City in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. For similarly-named academic institutions see Education in Boston MA. ) It was in 1958, at the Club 47 Mount Auburn in Cambridge (which would later become her most noted venue), that she gave her first concert. Club Passim is a Folk music club in Cambridge Massachusetts. It was opened by Joyce Kalina (now Chopra) and Paula Kelley in 1958, when it was When designing the poster for the performance, Baez flirted with the idea of changing her performing name to either Rachel Sandperl (Sandperl is the surname of her high school teacher and long-time mentor, the pacifist scholar Ira Sandperl) or Mariah (from the song "They Call The Wind Mariah" by The Kingston Trio. The Kingston Trio is an American folk and Pop music group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950s to early 1960s ) She later opted against it, fearful people would accuse her of changing her last name because it was Mexican. The audience consisted of Baez's parents, her sister Mimi, and a small group of friends, for a grand total of eight patrons. Mimi Baez Fariña (born Margarita Mimi Baez, April 30, 1945 &ndash July 18, 2001) was a singer She was paid ten dollars. Baez was later asked back and began performing twice a week for $20 per show.

A few months later, Baez and two other folk enthusiasts made plans to record an album in the cellar of a friend's house. The three sang solos and duets, a family friend designed the album cover, and it was released that same year as Folksingers 'Round Harvard Square. Folksingers 'Round Harvard Square is the first album featuring Joan Baez. Baez later met Bob Gibson and the reigning queen of folk music Odetta, whom Baez cites as a primary influence alongside Marian Anderson and Pete Seeger. Samuel Robert ("Bob" Gibson ( November 16, 1931 – September 28, 1996) was a folk singer who led a Folk music revival in Odetta (born December 31, 1930) is an African-American singer actress guitarist songwriter and a human rights activist often referred to as "The WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Marian Anderson (February 27 1897 – April 8 1993 was an American Gibson invited Baez to perform alongside him at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival, where the two did two duets to "Virgin Mary Had One Son" and "We Are Crossing Jordan River. The Newport Folk Festival is an American annual folk -oriented Music festival in Newport Rhode Island, which began in 1959 " The performance generated substantial buzz for the "barefoot Madonna" with the otherworldly voice, and it was this appearance that led to Baez signing with Vanguard Records the following year (although not before the more established label, Columbia Records tried to sign her. For people with the name Barefoot see Barefoot (surname Going barefoot (also barefoot ed) means for a person not to use or Vanguard Records is a Record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York. Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company Baez later claimed that she felt she would be given more artistic license at a more "low key" label. )

First albums & 1960s breakthrough

Baez's true professional career began at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival; she recorded her first album for a major label, Joan Baez, the following year on Vanguard Records. The Newport Folk Festival is an American annual folk -oriented Music festival in Newport Rhode Island, which began in 1959 Joan Baez was singer Joan Baez ' 1960 self-titled debut album Vanguard Records is a Record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York. The collection of traditional folk ballads, blues and laments sung to her own guitar accompaniment sold moderately well. The album featured many popular Child Ballads of the day, such as "Mary Hamilton" and was recorded in only four days in the ballroom of New York's Manhattan Towers Hotel. The Child Ballads are a collection of 305 Ballads from England and Scotland, and their American variants collected by Francis James Child This is the page for the ballad "Mary Hamilton" For the serial bigamist see Mary Hamilton (bigamist "Mary Hamilton" and The album also included "El Preso Numero Nueve," a song sung entirely in Spanish. The same song would later appear on Baez' 1974 Spanish-language album, "Gracias A La Vida. "

Her second release, Joan Baez, Vol. 2 in 1961 went gold, as did Joan Baez in Concert, Parts 1 and 2 (released in 1962 and 1963, respectively). Joan Baez Vol 2 was Baez 's second album Released in 1961 the album like her self-titled 1960 debut album featured mostly traditional songs Joan Baez in Concert Part 1 was a live album taken from the singer's 1962 concert tours Like its immediate predecessor, Joan Baez, Vol. 2 contained strictly traditional material. Joan Baez Vol 2 was Baez 's second album Released in 1961 the album like her self-titled 1960 debut album featured mostly traditional songs Her two albums of live material, Joan Baez in Concert and its second counterpart, were unique in that, unlike most live albums, they contained only new songs, rather than established favorites. Joan Baez in Concert Part 1 was a live album taken from the singer's 1962 concert tours It was the second installment of "In Concert" that features Baez' first ever Dylan cover. From the early to mid-1960s, Baez emerged at the forefront of the American roots revival, where she introduced her audiences to the then-unknown Bob Dylan (the two became romantically involved in late 1962, remaining together through early 1965), and was emulated by artists such as Emmylou Harris, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell and Bonnie Raitt. A roots revival ( folk revival) is a trend which includes young performers popularizing the traditional musical styles of their ancestors Emmylou Harris (born April 2 1947) is an American country, folk, alternative rock, and Alternative country Judith Marjorie Collins (born May 1, 1939 in Seattle, Washington) is an American folk and standards Singer Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7 1943) is a Canadian Musician, Songwriter, and Bonnie Lynn Raitt (born November 8, 1949) is an American Blues Singer-songwriter who was born in Burbank, California

Baez first got a taste of commercial success when the single "There But For Fortune," written by Phil Ochs, became a top-ten hit in the UK in 1965. There But for Fortune was a 1989 compilation that summed up the three albums that Phil Ochs recorded for Elektra Records between 1964 and 1966 Philip David Ochs ( December 19 1940 – April 9 1976) was a U She was profoundly influenced by the British Invasion and began augmenting her acoustic guitar on 1965's Farewell Angelina, which features a number of Dylan songs interspersed with more traditional fare. The British Invasion was the term applied by the news media — and subsequently by consumers — to the influx of Rock and roll, beat and pop performers Farewell Angelina was a 1965 album by Joan Baez. The album represented a further shift from the strictly traditional Folk music with which Baez began Deciding to experiment after having exhausted the "folksinger with guitar" format, Baez turned to Peter Schickele, a classical composer, who provided classical orchestration for her next three albums: 1966's Noël, 1967's Joan and 1968's Baptism. Johann Peter Schickele (born July 17 1935) is an American Composer, musical educator and parodist, best known for his comedy music Noël was a Christmas album of traditional material, while Baptism was akin to a concept album, featuring Baez reading and singing poems written by celebrated poets such as James Joyce, Federico García Lorca and Walt Whitman. James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 &ndash 13 January 1941 was an Irish expatriate writer widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the Federico García Lorca' ( 5 June 1898 &ndash 19 August 1936) was a Spanish Poet and dramatist also remembered as Walter Whitman (May 31 1819 &ndash March 26 1892 was an American poet, Essayist journalist, and humanist.

In the tumultuous year that was 1968, Baez traveled to Nashville, where a marathon recording session resulted in not one, but two albums: Any Day Now, a record consisting exclusively of Dylan covers (one, "Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word," was never recorded by Dylan and has become a Baez staple) and the country-infused David's Album recorded for husband David Harris, a prominent anti-Vietnam War protester and organizer eventually imprisoned for draft resistance. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Any Day Now was a Joan Baez double LP from 1968 made up exclusively of Bob Dylan songs " Love is Just a Four-Letter Word " is a song written by Bob Dylan, and long associated with Joan Baez, who has recorded it numerous times and performed it David's Album was a 1969 album by Joan Baez, recorded in Nashville. David Harris (born 1946 in Fresno California) is an American Journalist and Author. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia A draft dodger, draft evader or draft resister, is a person who avoids ("dodges" or otherwise violates the Conscription policies of the Harris, a country music fan, turned Baez toward more complex country rock influences beginning with David's Album. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. For the geological term see Country rock (geology. Country rock is a Musical Genre formed from the fusion of rock David's Album was a 1969 album by Joan Baez, recorded in Nashville. She published her first autobiographical memoir in 1968, titled Daybreak (by Dial Press).

In 1969, Baez' appearance at the historic Woodstock music festival in upstate New York afforded her an international musical and political podium, particularly upon the successful release of the like-titled documentary film. Beginning in the late 1960s, Baez began writing many of her own songs, beginning with "Sweet Sir Galahad" and "A Song For David" (the latter written after her husband was imprisoned for draft-evasion. )

The '70s and the end of the Vanguard years

Baez decided in 1971 to cut ties with Vanguard Records after eleven years, the label which had released her albums since her first in 1960. Vanguard Records is a Record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York. She delivered one last success for them in the form of the gold-selling record Blessed Are... which spawned a top-ten hit in Robbie Robertson's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", her cover of The Band's signature song. Blessed Are was a 1971 album by Joan Baez, and her last with Vanguard Records. Robbie Robertson (born Jaime Robert Klegerman, 5 July 1943 at Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Songwriter, In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released The Band was a rock group active from 1967 to 1976 and again from 1983 to 1999 With 1972's Come from the Shadows, Baez switched to A&M Records, where she remained for four years and six albums. Come From the Shadows was a 1972 album by Joan Baez. After recording for the independent label Vanguard for more than a decade Baez signed with A&M Records is an American Record label owned by Universal Music Group which operates through the Interscope-Geffen-A&M division During this period, in late-1971, she united with composer Peter Schickele to record two tracks ("Rejoice in the Sun" and "Silent Running") for the science fiction opus, Silent Running. Johann Peter Schickele (born July 17 1935) is an American Composer, musical educator and parodist, best known for his comedy music Silent Running is a 1972 ecologically-themed Science fiction film directed by Douglas Trumbull which depicts a future in which all Plant life The film's production company, Universal Studios, hoped either would prove to be a hit single, but the film proved to be unsuccessful, and plans to release the songs as singles were scratched. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American 1973's Where Are You Now, My Son? featured a 23-minute title song which took up all of side B of the album. Where Are You Now My Son? is an album Joan Baez released in early 1973 Half spoken word poem and half tape recorded sounds, the song documented Baez' visit to Hanoi, North Vietnam in December 1972, in which she and her traveling companions survived a week-long bombing campaign. Hanoi ( Vietnamese: Hà Nội Hán Tự: 河[[wikt 内|内]], estimated population 3398889 (2007, is the Capital of Vietnam The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN or less commonly Vietnamese Democratic Republic (Việt Nam Dân Chủ Cộng Hòa was a Country on the northern half of Vietnam

1974's Gracias a la Vida (written and first performed by Chilean folk singer Violeta Parra) followed and was a success in both the United States and Latin America. For the Joan Baez album see Gracias a la Vida (Joan Baez album. Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval ( October 14, 1917 – February 5, 1967) was a notable Chilean folklorist and visual Flirting with mainstream pop music as well as writing her own songs for her best-selling 1975 release Diamonds & Rust, the album became the highest selling of Baez' career and spawned a second top-ten single in the form of the title track, a nostalgic piece about her ill-fated relationship with Bob Dylan. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Diamonds & Rust is a 1975 album by Joan Baez. Baez is often regarded as an interpreter of other people's work and on this album she covered songs by Bob Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major After Gulf Winds, an album of entirely self-composed songs, and From Every Stage, a live album that had Baez performing songs 'from every stage' of her career, Baez again parted ways with a label when she moved on to CBS Records for 1977's Blowin' Away and 1979's Honest Lullaby. Gulf Winds was an album composed of songs written and performed by Joan Baez. From Every Stage was a live album Joan Baez made on her 1975-76 tour This article is about the record label founded in 2006 For the earlier CBS Records label see Columbia Records. Blowin' Away was a 1977 album by Joan Baez, her first after switching from A&M Records to CBS Records. Honest Lullaby was a 1979 album by Joan Baez. It would be her final album for CBS Records, and her last new studio album issued in the US until 1987

The Eighties and Nineties

In 1980, Joan was given Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees by Antioch University and Rutgers University for her political activism and the "universality of her music. Antioch University is a six-campus American university with campuses in four states Rutgers The State University of New Jersey (also known as Rutgers University) is the largest institution for higher education in the state of New Jersey " In 1983, she appeared on the Grammy Awards for the first time, performing Bob Dylan's anthemic "Blowin' in the Wind," a song she first performed twenty years earlier. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major " Blowin' in the Wind " is a Song written by Bob Dylan and released on his 1963 album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Baez also played a significant role in the 1985 Live Aid concert for African famine relief, opening the U. Live Aid was a multi-venue rock music concert held on. The event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia S. segment of the show in Philadelphia. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə She has toured on behalf of many other causes, including Amnesty International's 1986 "A Conspiracy of Hope" tour and a guest spot on their subsequent "Human Rights Now!" tour. Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a Western based international Non-governmental organization which defines its mission as "to A Conspiracy of Hope was a short tour of six Benefit concerts on behalf of Amnesty International that took place in the United States during June 1986 Human Rights Now! was a worldwide tour of twenty Benefit concerts on behalf of Amnesty International that took place over six weeks in 1988

Baez found herself without an American label for the release of 1984's Live -Europe '83. Live Europe '83 was a 1984 recording by Joan Baez, taken from performances during her previous year's tour She didn't have an American release until 1987's Recently on Gold Castle Records. Gold Castle Records is a Record label which was known until 1989 as Gold Mountain Records. Also in 1987, Baez' second autobiography And a Voice to Sing With was published and became a New York Times bestseller. That same year, she traveled to the Middle-East to visit with and sing songs of peace for the people of Israel, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The Gaza Strip (قطاع غزة, רצועת עזה Retzu'at 'Azza) is a coastal strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea, bordering Egypt on the south-west The West Bank (الضفة الغربية, הגדה המערבית Hagadah Hamaaravit) also referred to in Israel as " Judea and Samaria

In May 1989, Baez performed at a music festival in communist Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. While there, she met future president Vaclav Havel, whom she let carry her guitar so as to prevent his arrest by government agents. Václav Havel, GCB, CC, ( (born October 5, 1936) is a Czech Playwright Writer and Politician During her performance, she greeted members of Charter 77, a dissident human rights group, which resulted in her microphone being shut off abruptly. Charter 77 ( Charta 77 in Czech and in Slovak) was an informal civic initiative in Czechoslovakia from 1977 to 1992 named after the document Baez then proceeded to sing a cappella for the nearly four thousand gathered. A cappella (Italian or Latin "From the chapel/choir" Music is Vocal music or Singing without instrumental Accompaniment Havel cited Baez as a great inspiration and influence in that country's so-called Velvet Revolution, the bloodless revolution in which the Soviet-dominated communist government there was overthrown. The " Velvet Revolution " (sametová revoluce nežná revolúcia ( November 16 &ndash December 29 1989) refers to a non-violent

Baez recorded two more albums with Gold Castle, Speaking of Dreams, (1989) and Brothers in Arms (1991 compilation). She then landed a contract with a major label, Virgin Records, recording Play Me Backwards for Virgin in 1992 shortly before the company was bought out by EMI. Virgin Records is a British Record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell Play Me Backwards was a 1992 album by Joan Baez. In addition to her own work she included songs by Mary Chapin Carpenter and Janis Ian She then switched to Guardian, with whom she produced a live CD (Ring Them Bells) in 1995 and a studio CD, Gone from Danger in 1997.

In 1993, at the invitation of Refugees International and sponsored by The Soros Foundation, Joan traveled to the war-torn Bosnia-Herzegovina region in an effort to help bring more attention to the suffering there. Refugees International is an Non-governmental organization headed by Ken Bacon A Soros Foundation is one of a network of national foundations mostly in Central and Eastern Europe, which fund volunteer socio-political activity created Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan She was the first major artist to perform in Sarajevo since the outbreak of the civil war. TemplateInfobox City for more fields--> Sarajevo is the Capital city and largest urban center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with In October of that year, Baez became the first major artist to perform in a professional concert presentation on Alcatraz Island (former Federal Penitentiary) in San Francisco in a benefit for her sister Mimi Fariña's Bread and Roses organization. Alcatraz Island, sometimes informally referred to as simply Alcatraz or locally as the Rock, is a small island located in the middle of San Francisco Bay The slogan " Bread and Roses " originated in a poem of that name by James Oppenheim, published in American Magazine in December 1911 which attributed it to She would later return for another concert in 1996.

2000 & beyond

In August 2001 Vanguard Records began re-releasing Baez' first 13 albums that she recorded with them between 1960 and 1971 as part of their Original Master Series. Each reissue features digitally restored sound, unreleased bonus songs, new and original artwork, and new liner notes essays written by Arthur Levy. Likewise, her six A&M records were reissued in 2003.

Beginning in 2001 Baez has had several successful long-term engagements as a lead character at San Francisco's Teatro ZinZanni. Teatro ZinZanni is a Circus Dinner theater that began in the neighborhood of Lower Queen Anne in Seattle Washington. ^[8]

Her 2003 album, Dark Chords on a Big Guitar, featured songs by composers half her age, while a November 2004 performance at New York's Bowery Ballroom was recorded for a 2005 live release, Bowery Songs. Dark Chords on a Big Guitar was a 2003 album by Joan Baez. The sound was more "rockish" than her prior releases and it was composed of work by mostly

On October 1st, 2005, she performed at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, at the Golden Gate Park, in San Francisco. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, previously Strictly Bluegrass, or HSB for short is an annual free music festival held the first weekend of October in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco California, is a large Urban park consisting of 1017 acres (4 The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city

On January 13, 2006, Baez performed at the funeral of singing legend Lou Rawls, where she led Jesse Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and others in the singing of "Amazing Grace. Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Louis Allen Rawls ( December 1, 1933 &ndash January 6, 2006) was an American Soul music, Jazz, and Jesse Louis Jackson Sr (born October 8 1941 is an American Civil rights activist and Baptist minister. Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13 1950 name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an " Amazing Grace " is a well-known Christian Hymn by Englishman John Newton and which first appeared in print in Newton's Olney Hymns " On June 6, Baez joined Bruce Springsteen onstage at Springsteen's San Francisco concert, where the two performed the rolling anthem "Pay Me My Money Down". Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year A Work song, " Pay Me My Money Down " originated among the Negro stevedores working in the Georgia Sea Islands In September, Baez contributed a live, retooled version of her classic song "Sweet Sir Galahad" to Starbucks' exclusive XM Artist Confidential CD. Starbucks Corporation ( is an international Coffee and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle Washington. In the new version, Joan changes the lyric "here's to the dawn of their days" to "here's to the dawn of her days," as a tribute to her late sister Mimi Fariña, about whom Baez wrote the song in 1969.

On October 8, 2006, Baez appeared as a special surprise guest at the opening ceremony of the Forum 2000 international conference in Prague. Events 314 - Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Forum 2000 is a foundation and conference of the same name held in Prague, Czech Republic. Prague (ˈprɑːg Praha (ˈpraɦa see also other names) is the Capital and Largest city of the Czech Republic. Baez' performance was kept secret from former President Vaclav Havel until the moment she appeared onstage. Havel remains a great admirer of both Baez and her work. During Baez' next visit to Prague, in April 2007, the two met again when Baez performed in front of a sell-out house at the Lucerna hall, a building erected by Havel's grandfather. Lucerna is a Municipality in the Honduran department of Ocotepeque.

On December 2, 2006, Joan made a guest appearance at the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir's Christmas Concert in Oakland, California, at the Paramount Theatre. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir ( OIGC) is located in Oakland, California USA Oakland (ˈoʊklənd founded in 1852 is the eighth-largest city in the U Joan's participation included versions of "Let Us Break Bread Together" and "Amazing Grace", and she joined the choir in the finale of "O Holy Night. " Amazing Grace " is a well-known Christian Hymn by Englishman John Newton and which first appeared in print in Newton's Olney Hymns " O Holy Night " (" Cantique de Noël " is a well-known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem "

In late November, 2006, it was announced that Baez's 1995 live album Ring Them Bells, which featured memorable duets with songstresses ranging from Dar Williams and Mimi Fariña to The Indigo Girls and Mary Chapin Carpenter, would be re-released in February 2007 on Proper records. Ring Them Bells was a Live album taken from Joan Baez ' April 1995 shows at New York's Bottom Line. Dar Williams (Dorothy Snowden Williams born April 19, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter specializing in Pop folk. Indigo Girls are an American Folk rock duo consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. Mary Chapin Carpenter (born February 21, 1958) is an American Country music artist The reissue would feature a 16-page booklet and 6 unreleased live tracks from the original recording sessions, including "Love Song To A Stranger," "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere," "Geordie," "Gracias a la Vida," "The Water Is Wide" and "Stones In The Road," bringing the total tracklisting to 21 songs (on two discs). Geordie (ˈdʒɔrdi is a regional nickname for a person from the Tyneside region of England, or the name of the Dialect of English For the Joan Baez album see Gracias a la Vida (Joan Baez album. As Proper is a European label, it is presumed the reissue will only be available in European territories (although available to others over the internet. )

In addition, Baez recorded a duet with John Mellencamp called "Jim Crow," which appears on Mellencamp's album "Freedom Road" (released in January 2007. John Mellencamp, previously known as John Cougar and then John Cougar Mellencamp, (born October 7, 1951, in Seymour Indiana) is a ) Mellencamp has called the album a "Woody Guthrie rock album" heavily influenced by albums from the '60s which is why he invited an icon of that era to appear with him. Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie (July 14 1912–October 3 1967 was an American Singer-songwriter and Folk musician Guthrie's musical legacy

In February 2007, Baez received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded by the Recording Academy to "performers who during their lifetimes have made creative contributions of outstanding The day after she received the honor, she appeared at the Grammy ceremony and introduced a performance by The Dixie Chicks. The Dixie Chicks are a multiple Grammy Award -winning Country music group composed of three women Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, and Emily Baez is currently recording a new album produced by Steve Earle to be released in the fall of 2008. Stephen 'Steve' Fain Earle (ɝl is an American Singer-songwriter, well known for his rock and Country music, as well as his political views

Social & political involvement

Early years

In 1956, Baez first heard a young Martin Luther King, Jr speak about nonviolence, civil rights and social change, and the speech brought tears to her eyes. Martin Luther King Jr ( January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, Activist and prominent leader Nonviolence is a philosophy and strategy for social change that rejects the use of physical Violence. Social development redirects here For the aspect of Human biological development, see Psychosocial development Social change is a general term which Several years later, the two became friends, later marching and demonstrating together on numerous occasions. A demonstration is an historically and geographically common form of Nonviolent action by groups of people

In 1957, at age 16, Joan committed her first act of civil disobedience by refusing to leave her Palo Alto Senior High School classroom in northern California for an air-raid drill. Civil disobedience is the active refusal to obey certain Laws demands and commands of a Government, or of an occupying power, without resorting to physical Civil defense or civil defence (see spelling differences) is an effort to prepare Civilians for Military attack After the bells rang, students were to leave the school, make their way to their home air-raid shelters, and pretend they were surviving an atomic blast. For the general article about fortified structures see Bunker. Protesting what she believed to be misleading government propaganda, Baez refused to leave her seat when instructed and continued reading a book. Propaganda is a concerted set of messages aimed at influencing the opinions or behaviors of large numbers of people For this act she was punished by school officials, and was ostracized by the local population for being a supposed "communist infiltrator". Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based

Civil Rights

The early years of Joan's career saw the Civil Rights movement in the United States become a prominent issue. Joan linked arms with Martin Luther King to protect African American schoolchildren in Grenada, Mississippi and joined King on his march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, singing for the marchers in the town of St. Jude as they camped the night before arriving in Montgomery. Her recording of the song "Birmingham Sunday" (written by her brother-in-law, Richard Farina), was used on the soundtrack of "Four Little Girls," Spike Lee's film about the four young victims killed in the bombing of an African American church by racists in 1963. Her performance of "We Shall Overcome," the civil rights anthem written and popularized by Pete Seeger, at Martin Luther King's March on Washington permanently linked her to the song. " We Shall Overcome " is a Protest song that became a key Anthem of the US civil rights movement. Peter "Pete" Seeger (born May 3 1919 is an American folk singer political Activist, and a key figure in the mid-20th century American Martin Luther King Jr ( January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, Activist and prominent leader The following is a list of protest marches on Washington DC. Pre-1900 April 30, 1894 - Coxey's Army. She would sing it again in Sproul Plaza during the UC Berkeley Free Speech Movement demonstrations and at many other rallies and protests. The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley The Free Speech Movement (FSM was a Student protest which took place during the 1964-1965 school year on the campus of the University of California Berkeley under In 1966, Joan Baez stood in the fields alongside Cesar Chavez and California's migrant farm workers as they fought for fair wages and safe working conditions and performed at a benefit on behalf of the United Farmworkers Union (UFW) in December of that year; in 1972, she was at Chavez's side during his 24-day fast to draw attention to the farmworkers' struggle and can be seen singing "We Shall Overcome" during that fast in the film about the UFW, "Si Se Puede" ("It can be done").

Vietnam War

Highly visible in civil rights marches, she became more vocal about her disagreement with the Vietnam War. In 1964, she publicly endorsed resisting taxes by withholding sixty percent, the figure commonly determined to fund the military, of her 1963 income taxes. A tax resister resists or refuses payment of a Tax because of opposition to the institution collecting the tax or to some of that institution’s policies She founded the Institute for the Study of Nonviolence (in 1965) and encouraged draft resistance at her concerts. A draft dodger, draft evader or draft resister, is a person who avoids ("dodges" or otherwise violates the Conscription policies of the Arrested twice in 1967^[9] for blocking the entrance of the Armed Forces Induction Center in Oakland, California, she spent over a month in jail.

She was a frequent participant in anti-war marches and rallies, including numerous protests in New York organized by the Vietnam Peace Parade Committee, starting with the March 1966 Fifth Avenue Peace Parade,^[10] a free 1967 concert at the Washington Monument which had been opposed by the conservative Daughters of the American Revolution and which attracted a crowd of 30,000 to hear her anti-war message,^[11] the 1969 Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam protests and many others, culminating in Phil Ochs' "The War is Over" celebration in New York in May 1975. The Washington Monument is a large tall sand-colored Obelisk near the west end of the National Mall in Washington D The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR is a lineage -based membership organization of women dedicated to promoting Historic preservation, Education The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam was a large demonstration against the United States involvement in the Vietnam War that took place across the United ^[12]

During Christmas of 1972, she joined a peace delegation traveling to North Vietnam, both to address human rights in the region, as well as to deliver Christmas mail to American POW's. The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN or less commonly Vietnamese Democratic Republic (Việt Nam Dân Chủ Cộng Hòa was a Country on the northern half of Vietnam During her time there, she was caught in the U. S. military's "Christmas bombing" of Hanoi, during which the city was bombed for eleven straight days. She also devoted a substantial amount of her time in the early 1970s to helping establish a U. S. branch of Amnesty International. Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a Western based international Non-governmental organization which defines its mission as "to Her disquiet at the human rights violations of communist Vietnam made her increasingly critical of its government and she organized the publication, on May 30, 1979, of a full-page advertisement, published in four major U. S. newspapers,^[13] in which the communists were described as having created a nightmare, which put her at odds with a large segment of the domestic left wing, who were uncomfortable criticizing a leftist regime. In a letter of response, Jane Fonda said she was unable to substantiate the "claims" Baez made regarding the atrocities being committed by the Khmer Rouge). Jane Fonda (born December 21 1937 is an American Academy Award winning Actress, Writer, political activist, former Fashion The Khmer Rouge (ខ្មែរក្រហម Kmae Krɑhɑɑm was the Communist ruling political party of Cambodia &mdashwhich it renamed

Human rights

Her experiences regarding Vietnam's human rights violations ultimately led Baez to found her own human rights group, Humanitas International, whose focus was to target oppression wherever it occurred, criticizing right and left wing regimes equally. She toured Chile, Brazil and Argentina in 1981, but was prevented from performing in any of the three countries, for fear her criticism of their human rights practices would reach mass audiences if she were given a podium. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. While there, she was surveiled and subjected to death threats. (A film of the ill-fated tour, There but for Fortune, was shown on PBS in 1982. There But for Fortune was a 1989 compilation that summed up the three albums that Phil Ochs recorded for Elektra Records between 1964 and 1966 The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the ) In a second trip to Southeast Asia, Baez assisted in an effort to take food and medicine into the western regions of Cambodia, and participated in a United Nations Humanitarian Conference on Kampuchea (Cambodia). The Kingdom of Cambodia ( formerly known as Kampuchea (, transliterated: Preăh Réachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchea) is a country in South East

On July 17, 2006, Baez received the Distinguished Leadership Award from the Legal Community Against Violence. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. At the annual dinner event they honored her for her lifetime of work against violence of all kinds.

Gay and lesbian rights

Baez has also been prominent in the struggle for gay and lesbian rights. In 1978, she performed at several benefit concerts to defeat Proposition 6 ("the Briggs Initiative"), which proposed banning all openly gay people from teaching in the public schools of California. Later that same year, she participated in memorial marches for the assassinated San Francisco city supervisor, openly gay Harvey Milk. Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22 1930 – November 27 1978 was an American politician and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California as a member of the In the 1990s, she appeared with her friend Janis Ian at a benefit for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, a gay lobbying organization, and performed at the San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride March. Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink, April 7 1951 is a Grammy Award -winning American Songwriter, Singer, multi-instrumental Musician The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (The Task Force is an organization working for the civil rights of Lesbian, Gay, bisexual and Transgender Her song "Altar Boy and the Thief" from 1977's Blowin' Away was written as a dedication to her gay fanbase. Blowin' Away was a 1977 album by Joan Baez, her first after switching from A&M Records to CBS Records.

Environmental causes

On Earth Day, 1998, Baez and her friend Bonnie Raitt were hoisted by a giant crane to the top of a redwood tree to visit environmental activist Julia Butterfly Hill,^[14] who was camped out in the ancient tree in order to protect it from loggers. Bonnie Lynn Raitt (born November 8, 1949) is an American Blues Singer-songwriter who was born in Burbank, California

War in Iraq

In early 2003, Baez performed at two rallies of hundreds of thousands of people in San Francisco protesting the U. S. invasion of Iraq (as she had earlier done before smaller crowds in 1991 to protest the Persian Gulf War). In August of 2003, she was invited by Emmylou Harris (who also credits her as a primary influence) and Steve Earle to join them in London at the Concert For a Landmine Free World. Emmylou Harris (born April 2 1947) is an American country, folk, alternative rock, and Alternative country Stephen 'Steve' Fain Earle (ɝl is an American Singer-songwriter, well known for his rock and Country music, as well as his political views In the summer of 2004, she joined Michael Moore's "Slacker Uprising Tour" on American college campuses, encouraging young people to get out and vote for peace candidates in the upcoming national election. Michael Francis Moore (born April 23 1954 is an Academy Award -winning American filmmaker author and liberal Political commentator. In August 2005, Baez appeared at the Texas anti-war protest that had been started by Cindy Sheehan. The following month, she sang "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" and "Amazing Grace" at the Temple in Black Rock City during the annual Burning Man festival as part of a tribute to New Orleans and the victims of Hurricane Katrina, and during that month she also performed several songs at the Operation Ceasefire rally^[15] against the Iraq War in Washington, DC. " Swing Low Sweet Chariot " is an American Negro spiritual. " Amazing Grace " is a well-known Christian Hymn by Englishman John Newton and which first appeared in print in Newton's Olney Hymns Burning Man is an annual event held in New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest in the history of the United States

Opposing the death penalty

In December 2005, Baez appeared at the California protest at San Quentin prison against the execution of Tookie Williams. San Quentin State Prison is located on 432 acres (17 km² on Point San Quentin in Marin County, California, United States, north of San Francisco Stanley Tookie Williams III ( December 29, 1953 &ndash ^[16] There, she sang "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot". " Swing Low Sweet Chariot " is an American Negro spiritual. She had previously performed the same song at San Quentin at the 1992 vigil protesting the execution of Robert Alton Harris, the first man to be executed in California after the death penalty was reinstated.

Poverty

On May 23, 2006, Baez once again joined Julia "Butterfly" Hill, this time in a "tree sit" in a giant tree on the site of the South Central Farm in a poor neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles. The South Central Farm, also known as the South Central Community Garden, was an urban Farm and community Garden located at East 41st and Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Baez and Hill were hoisted into the tree, where they remained overnight. The women, in addition to many other activists and celebrities, were protesting the imminent eviction of the community farmers and demolition of the site, which is the largest urban farm in the state. Due to the fact that many of the South Central Farmers are immigrants from Central America, Baez sang several songs from her 1974 Spanish-language album, Gracias A la Vida, including the title track and "No Nos Moverán" ("We Shall Not Be Moved"). For the Joan Baez album see Gracias a la Vida (Joan Baez album.

2008 Presidential election

On February 3, 2008, Baez wrote a letter to the editor at the San Francisco Chronicle endorsing Barack Obama in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H The United States presidential election of 2008, scheduled for Tuesday November 4 2008 will be the 56th consecutive She noted that "Through all those years, I chose not to engage in party politics . . . At this time, however, changing that posture feels like the responsible thing to do. If anyone can navigate the contaminated waters of Washington, lift up the poor, and appeal to the rich to share their wealth, it is Sen. Barack Obama. " ^[17]

Personal life

Early relationships

Baez' first real boyfriend -- and first lover -- was a young man by the name of Michael New whom she met at college. Years later in 1979, he inspired her song "Michael. " New was a fellow student from Trinidad, West Indies who, like Baez, attended classes only occasionally. Trinidad ( Spanish: " Trinity " is the largest and most populous of the two major islands and The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting The two spent a considerable amount of time together, but Baez was unable to balance her blossoming career and her relationship. The two bickered and made love back and forth, but it was apparent to Baez that Michael was beginning to resent her success and newfound local celebrity. One night she saw him kissing another woman on a street corner. The relationship remained intact for several years, long after the two moved to California together in 1960.

Bob Dylan

Baez first met Dylan in 1961 at Gerde's Folk City in Greenwich Village. Greenwich Village (ˌgrɛnɪtʃ ˈvɪlɪdʒ often simply called the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern Manhattan At the time, Baez had already released her debut album and her popularity as the emerging 'Queen of Folk' was on the rise. Baez was initially unimpressed with the "urban hillbilly," but was impressed with one of Dylan's first compositions, "Song to Woody," and remarked that she would like to record it (though she never did). At the start, Dylan was more interested in Baez's younger sister, Mimi, but under the glare of media scrutiny that began to surround Baez and Dylan, their relationship began to develop into something more. By 1963, Baez had already released three albums, two of which had been certified "Gold", and she invited Dylan on stage to perform alongside her at the Newport Folk Festval. The two performed the Dylan composition "With God on Our Side", a performance that set the stage for many more duets like it in the months and years to come. For the book by Michael Weinstein, see With God on Our Side One Man's War Against an Evangelical Coup in America's Military. Typically while on tour, Baez would invite Dylan to sing on stage partly by himself and partly with her, much to the chagrin of Baez's fans, who often booed him. Before meeting Dylan, Baez's topical songs were few and far between: "Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream," "We Shall Overcome" and an assortment of black spirituals. Baez would later say that Dylan's songs seemed to update the topics of protest and justice.

By the time of Dylan's 1965 tour of the United Kingdom, their relationship had slowly begun to fizzle out after having been romantically involved off-and-on for nearly two years. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The tour and simultaneous disintegration of Baez and Dylan's relationship was documented in the rock-doc Dont Look Back [sic]. Dont Look Back is a 1967 Documentary film by DA Pennebaker that principally covers Bob Dylan 's 1965 concert tour of the Although bad blood existed between the two for a short time, the pair managed to bury the hatchet and tour together as part of Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue in 1975 and 1976. The Rolling Thunder Revue was a famed Concert tour comprised of a traveling caravan of musicians headed by Bob Dylan, that took Baez also starred as the "Woman In White" in Bob Dylan's 1978 film Renaldo and Clara. Renaldo and Clara is a Surrealist movie directed by and starring Bob Dylan. Dylan and Baez (plus Carlos Santana) toured together again in 1984. For the Costa Rican football player see Carlos Santana (footballer; for the Mexican academic see Carlos Santana Morales. Her later reflections on this relationship appear in Martin Scorsese's 2005 documentary No Direction Home. No Direction Home is a Documentary film by Martin Scorsese that traces the life of Bob Dylan, and his impact on 20th century American

Baez songs about Dylan:

• "To Bobby" (1972)
• "Diamonds & Rust" (1975)
• "Winds Of The Old Days" (1975)
• "O Brother!" (1976)
• "Time Is Passing Us By" (1976)

Dylan songs possibly about Baez:

• "To Ramona" (1964)
• "She Belongs to Me" (1965)
• "Queen Jane Approximately" (1965)
• "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" (1965)
• "Visions of Johanna" (1966)
• "One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)" (1966)

David Harris: "The Wedding Of The Century"

In October 1967, Baez, her mother, and nearly seventy other women had been arrested for supporting young men who refused military induction. " Diamonds & Rust " is a 1975 song written and performed by Joan Baez, which is often said to describe her relationship with Bob Dylan ten years prior (though " To Ramona " is a Folk Waltz written by Bob Dylan for his fourth studio album Another Side of Bob Dylan. " She Belongs to Me " is a song by Bob Dylan, and was first released as the second track on his 1965 Album Bringing It All Back Home Highway 61 Revisited is Bob Dylan 's sixth studio album released in 1965 by Columbia Records. " If You Gotta Go Go Now (Or Else You Got to Stay All Night " is a song by Bob Dylan. " Visions of Johanna " is a song by Bob Dylan from the 1966 album Blonde on Blonde. " One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later " is a song written and recorded by Bob Dylan for his 1966 album Blonde on Blonde. Conscription (also known as the draft, the call-up or national service) is a general term for involuntary labor demanded by some established authority They were incarcerated in the Santa Rita Jail, and it was here that Baez met David Harris, who was kept on the men's side but who still managed to visit with Baez regularly. Santa Rita Jail is a county Jail located in Dublin, Alameda County, California adjacent to the Camp Parks Reserve Forces Training David Harris (born 1946 in Fresno California) is an American Journalist and Author. The two formed a close bond upon their release and Baez moved into his draft resistance commune in the hills above Stanford. A draft dodger, draft evader or draft resister, is a person who avoids ("dodges" or otherwise violates the Conscription policies of the A commune is an Intentional community of people living together sharing common interests Property, possessions Resources, work and Income The pair had only known each other for three months when they decided to wed. After confirming the news to the Associated Press, media outlets began dedicating ample press to the impending nuptials (at one point, Time magazine referred to it as the "Wedding of the Century. The Associated Press ( AP) is an American News agency. The AP is a Cooperative owned by its contributing Newspapers radio Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and ")

After finding a pacifist preacher, a church outfitted with peace signs and perfecting a blend of Episcopalian and Quaker wedding vows, Baez and Harris married in New York City. The Episcopal Church is the official name of the Province of the Anglican Communion in the United States. Baez's good friend and fellow folkie Judy Collins sang at the ceremony. Judith Marjorie Collins (born May 1, 1939 in Seattle, Washington) is an American folk and standards Singer After the wedding, Joan Baez-Harris and her husband moved into a home in the Los Altos Hills on 10 acres of land called Struggle Mountain, part of a commune, where they tended gardens and were strict vegetarians. Vegetarianism is the practice of a diet that excludes Meat (including game and slaughter by-products Fish (including Shellfish and other sea A short time later, Harris refused induction and was indicted. On July 15, 1969, a patrol car came rumbling up to Struggle Mountain and carried Harris away, leaving Baez alone -- and pregnant. She would be very visibly pregnant in public in the months that followed, most notably at the Woodstock festival, where she performed a handful of songs in the early morning. Among the Baez compositions written about this strained time of her life are "A Song For David," "Myths," "Prison Trilogy (Billy Rose)" and "Fifteen Months" (the amount of time Harris was imprisoned. ) Their son, Gabriel Harris, was born in December 1969.

Harris was released from his Texas prison and the relationship began to dissolve amicably and the couple divorced in 1973, sharing custody of Gabriel, who lived primarily with his mother. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. ^[18] The reason for the split was due in large part to Baez's admission that she belonged alone. "I am made to live alone," Baez writes in her autobiography^[19] (p. 160). She has never remarried.

Later life relationship

She dated Apple Computer cofounder Steve Jobs during the late 1970s and early '80s. Apple Inc, ( formerly Apple Computer Inc, is an American Multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing Consumer electronics Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24 1955 is the Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc and former CEO of Pixar Animation She was a frequent authorized guest in the highly-secret lab of the Macintosh project, at a time when most Apple employees were refused admission. Macintosh, commonly nicknamed Mac is a Brand name which covers several lines of Personal computers designed developed and marketed by Apple Inc It is believed that Jobs asked her to marry him and that she refused. Baez mentioned Jobs in the acknowledgements in her 1987 memoir And a Voice to Sing With.

Pop culture

• In the 1994 film Forrest Gump, Forrest's love Jenny reveals that she wants "to be a famous folksinger. Forrest Gump is a 1994 Comedy film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom and the name of the title character Like Joan Baez. " A Baez tour poster can be seen above her dorm room bed in the same scene. A live Baez version of "Blowin' in the Wind" is featured on the film soundtrack. " Blowin' in the Wind " is a Song written by Bob Dylan and released on his 1963 album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.
• In the 1991 Vietnam War-era drama Dogfight, a copy of Baez' debut album can be seen on the protagonist's nightstand beside her bed. Dogfight ( 1991) is a Film set in San Francisco, California, during the Vietnam War ( 1963 &ndash 1966 Baez's recording "Silver Dagger", appearing on the soundtrack, plays during a pivotal scene in the film.
• In the 2004 film Eulogy, Hank Azaria's character gets high while Baez's song "Diamonds & Rust" plays. Eulogy is a 2004 Comedy film directed by Michael ClancyThe US release was a limited theatrical release Hank Albert Azaria (born April 25 1964 is an American Film and Television Actor, director, Comedian and voice artist Diamonds & Rust is a 1975 album by Joan Baez. Baez is often regarded as an interpreter of other people's work and on this album she covered songs by Bob The song also appears on the film's soundtrack.
• "Here's To You" (music by Ennio Morricone, lyrics by Baez), a song Baez originally performed for the 1971 Italian film Sacco e Vanzetti, also appears on the movie soundtrack for the 2004 film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Ennio Morricone OMRI (born November 10, 1928) is an acclaimed Italian Academy Award -winning composer Sacco e Vanzetti is an Italian Docudrama, made in 1971. It was written and directed by Giuliano Montaldo. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is Wes Anderson 's fourth feature length Film, released in the U The song is also played over the credits of the 1977 quasi-documentary Deutschland im Herbst. Just recently used in the video game: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. (commonly abbreviated to MGS4) is a stealth action Video game.
• The 1972 comedy album National Lampoon's Radio Dinner includes a Baez parody, "Pull the Triggers Niggers", performed by Diana Reed.
• In a 2003 episode of the HBO series Six Feet Under, a character, after watching the film Silent Running, comments "I've always loved Joan Baez. Six Feet Under is an American Television Drama created by Alan Ball that was originally broadcast from 2001 to 2005 Silent Running is a 1972 ecologically-themed Science fiction film directed by Douglas Trumbull which depicts a future in which all Plant life " Joan's song "Rejoice In The Sun" can be heard in the background.
• In an episode of the '70s series The Partridge Family, David Cassidy's character says "One lousy sit-in and suddenly she's Joan Baez. The Partridge Family was a successful American Television sitcom about a widowed mother and her five children who embarked on a music career David Bruce Cassidy (born April 12, 1950) is an American prolific character actor of stage Singer and Guitarist. "
• Spike Lee used Baez's 1964 recording of Richard Fariña's "Birmingham Sunday" as the opening song in his 1997 film 4 Little Girls. Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20 1957 is an Emmy Award -winning and Academy Award -nominated American Film director, Richard George Fariña ( March 8, 1937 &ndash April 30, 1966) was an American Writer and Folksinger. 4 Little Girls is a 1997 historical documentary film about the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham Alabama,
• Baez has been lampooned multiple times on Saturday Night Live, by comedienne Nora Dunn. Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City Nora Dunn (born April 29, 1952) is an American Actress and comedian known for her work on NBC 's Saturday Night Live One skit features a game show entitled "Make Joan Baez Laugh!" where a dour Baez is ushered onstage while celebrity guests try their hand at getting her to a crack a smile.
• Her name appears under the "Special thanks" section of Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11; Baez dedicated her 2003 album Dark Chords on a Big Guitar to Moore. Michael Francis Moore (born April 23 1954 is an Academy Award -winning American filmmaker author and liberal Political commentator. Fahrenheit 9/11 is an award-winning 2004 Documentary Film by American filmmaker Michael Moore which takes a critical look Dark Chords on a Big Guitar was a 2003 album by Joan Baez. The sound was more "rockish" than her prior releases and it was composed of work by mostly
• A humorous song by the punk band The Dead Milkmen, In Praise of Sha Na Na features the sardonic line, "I don't care about Joan Baez, 'cause Sha Na Na can wear my fez. The Dead Milkmen were a satirical punk band formed in 1983 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Sha Na Na is a well-known Rock and roll revival act Announcing themselves as "from the streets of New York" and outfitted in gold lame leather jackets and Elvis "
• Baez was featured in the Joan Didion essay "Where the Kissing Never Stops" in the classic Slouching Towards Bethlehem. Joan Didion (born December 5, 1934) is an American Journalist, Essayist and Novelist Didion contributes regularly to Slouching Towards Bethlehem is a 1968 collection of Essays by Joan Didion and mainly describes her experiences in California during the 1960s
• In the Todd Haynes Dylan Biopic I'm Not There, a character clearly based on her was portrayed by Julianne Moore. Todd Haynes (born January 2, 1961, in Encino, California) is an award-winning American Film director. I'm Not There is a 2007 biographical Film directed by Todd Haynes and is inspired by the life of iconic Singer-songwriter Julianne Moore (born December 3 1960 is an Academy - and BAFTA -nominated and Emmy - and Golden Globe -winning American Actress
• Cartoonist Al Capp, in his comic strip Li'l Abner, expressed his right-wing views during the 1960s, including caricaturing Baez as a folk singer he called "Joanie Phoanie" (as in "phony"). Al Capp (September 28 1909 &ndash November 5 1979 was an American Cartoonist and Humorist, best known for the satiric Comic strip Li'l Abner was a Satirical American Comic strip appearing in many newspapers in the United States and Canada, featuring a fictional In the broadest sense a fraud is a Deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual [1] He had this character singing bizarre songs such as "A Tale of Bagels and Bacon" and "Molotov Cocktails for Two".

Discography

Studio & live albums

1. Joan Baez, Vanguard (November 1960)
2. Joan Baez, Vol. 2, Vanguard (October 1961)
3. Joan Baez in Concert, Vanguard (September 1962)
4. Joan Baez in Concert, Part 2, Vanguard (November 1963)
5. Joan Baez/5, Vanguard (November 1964)
6. Farewell Angelina, Vanguard (November 1965)
7. Noël, Vanguard (December 1966)
8. Joan, Vanguard (August 1967)
9. Baptism: A Journey Through Our Time, Vanguard (June 1968)
10. Any Day Now (Songs of Bob Dylan), Vanguard (December 1968)
11. David's Album, Vanguard (May 1969)
12. One Day at a Time, Vanguard (January 1970)
13. Carry It On (Soundtrack Album), Vanguard (1971)
14. Blessed Are..., Vanguard (1971)
15. Come from the Shadows, A&M (April 1972)
16. Where Are You Now, My Son?, A&M (March 1973)
17. Gracias A la Vida, A&M (July 1974)
18. Diamonds & Rust, A&M (April 1975)
19. From Every Stage, A&M (February 1976)
20. Gulf Winds, A&M (November 1976)
21. Blowin' Away, CBS (July 1977)
22. Honest Lullaby, CBS (April 1979)
23. Live -Europe '83, Gamma (January 1984)
24. Recently, Gold Castle (July 1987)
25. Diamonds & Rust in the Bullring, Gold Castle (December 1988)
26. Speaking of Dreams, Gold Castle (November 1989)
27. Play Me Backwards, Virgin (October 1992)
28. Ring Them Bells, Guardian (August 1995)
29. Gone from Danger, Guardian (September 1997)
30. Dark Chords on a Big Guitar, Koch (October 2003)
31. Bowery Songs, Proper Records (September 2005)
32. Ring Them Bells (reissue double-disc with bonus tracks), Proper Records (February 2007)
33. Day After Tommorow

Compilations

1. Folksingers 'Round Harvard Square (1959)
2. The First 10 Years, Vanguard (November 1970)
3. The Joan Baez Ballad Book, Vanguard (1972)
4. Hits: Greatest and Others, Vanguard (1973)
5. The Contemporary Ballad Book, Vanguard (1974)
6. The Joan Baez Lovesong Album, Vanguard (1976)
7. The Joan Baez Country Music Album (1977)
8. Best of Joan C. Baez, A&M (1977)
9. Joan Baez: Classics, A&M (1986)
10. Brothers in Arms, Gold Castle (1991)
11. No Woman No Cry, Laserlight (February 1992)
12. Rare, Live & Classic (boxed set), Vanguard (1993)
13. Greatest Hits, A&M (1996)
14. Joan Baez Live At Newport, Vanguard (1996)
15. Best of Joan Baez: The Millennium Collection, A&M/Universal (1999)
16. The Complete A&M Recordings, Universal/A&M (2003)

Singles

• We Shall Overcome (1963) US #90, UK #26
• There But For Fortune (1965) US #50, UK #8
• It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (1965) UK #22
• Farewell Angelina (1965) UK #35
• Pack Up Your Sorrows (1966) UK #50
• Love Is Just A Four Letter Word (1969) US #86
• The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (1971) US #3, UK #6
• Let It Be (1971) US #49
• In The Quiet Morning (1972) US #69
• Blue Sky (1975) US #57
• Diamonds and Rust (1975) US #35

References

Further reading

• Baez, Joan. 1968. Daybreak - An Intimate Journal. New York: The Dial Press. The Dial Press was a publishing house founded in 1923 by Lincoln MacVeagh.
• Baez, Joan, 1987. And a Voice to Sing With: A Memoir. New York: Summit Books. ISBN 0-671-40062-2
• Baez, Joan. 1988. And a Voice to Sing With: A Memoir. Century Hutchinson, London. ISBN 0-7126-1827-9
• Fuss, Charles J. , 1996. Joan Baez: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts Series). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
• Garza, Hedda, 1999. Joan Baez (Hispanics of Achievement). Chelsea House Publications.
• Hajdu, David. 2001. Positively 4th Street. The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Fariña And Richard Fariña. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Mimi Baez Fariña (born Margarita Mimi Baez, April 30, 1945 &ndash July 18, 2001) was a singer New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. ISBN 0-86547-642-X
• Heller, Jeffrey, 1991. Joan Baez: Singer With a Cause (People of Distinction Series), Children's Press.
• Jaeger, Markus. 2006. Joan Baez and the Issue of Vietnam. ibidem-Verlag, Austria. [book is in English]
• Romero, Maritza, 1998. Joan Baez: Folk Singer for Peace (Great Hispanics of Our Time Series). Powerkids Books.

External links

• Joan Baez official website
• Joan Baez Current European Record Label
• Joan Baez's career on A&M Records with gallery, international discography
• Joan Baez Main Page by Richard L. Hess
• the text of "Open letter to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam" (half way down the page)
• "Joan Baez: The Folk Heroine Mellows With Age" 1984 article and interview, reprinted in 2007 by Crawdaddy!

Video Links

• Joan Baez - It Ain't Me Babe (LIVE 1965)

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