The Vanguard Folk Rock Album
The Vanguard Folk Rock Album
Track Listings
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1. Reason to Believe - Patrick Sky
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2. Young Blues - The Vagrants
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3. Morgan the Pirate
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4. You'll Never Know What's in My Heart
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5. Cod'ine - Buffy Sainte-Marie
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6. When I Was a Cowboy - Ian & Sylvia
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7. Long Black Cadillac - Jackie Washington
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8. Back on the Street Again - Steve Gillette
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9. Lost Sea Shanty - Circus Maximus
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10. Honey - Eric Andersen
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11. Someone to Talk My Troubles To - Judy Roderick
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12. Hard Lovin' Loser
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13. January Morning - Ian & Sylvia
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14. Oops I Can Dance - Circus Maximus
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15. Someday Baby - Jonathan and Leigh
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16. Up & Down - Serpent Power
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17. No Rest for the Weary
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18. Hustler - Eric Andersen
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19. Gifts Are for Giving - Ian & Sylvia
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20. Got No Reason to Cry
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See all 22 tracks on this disc
Editorial Reviews
Product Description
The First Volume of Classics and Rarities Drawn from the Vaults of the Influential Vanguard Label of New York, who were Instrumental in Forging the Marriage of Folk and Rock in the Mid-1960s. Long Famous for their Folk Catalogue, this CD Charts the Development of Vanguard's Folk-rock Category. As the Genre Took Hold, the Label's Primarily Acoustic Roster Began to Feature Amplified Accompaniment on their Albums. The Best of These Electric Experiments by Richard and Mimi Farina, Eric Anderson, Ian and Sylvia, Patrick Sky and Others Are Featured. We also Include the Original Versions of Several Songs that Went on to Become Folk Rock Standards, Such as 'co'dine', 'reno Nevada' and 'back on the Street Again'.
The Vanguard Folk Rock Album,Various Artists,Ace,Folk,Folk Collections
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- Joan Baez Remastered
- Joan Baez . . . Nashville Classic
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David's Album
Joan Baez
Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
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ASIN: B0007989P2
Release Date: 2005-03-08 |
Tracks:
- If I Knew
- Rock Salt and Nails
- Glad Bluebird of Happiness
- Green, Green Grass of Home
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Joan Baez, The Jordanaires
- Tramp on the Street
- Poor Wayfaring Stranger - Joan Baez,
- Just a Closer Walk With Thee
- Hickory Wind
- My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains
- How Can I Miss You [Live][#]
- Last Thing on My Mind [#]
Customer Reviews:
Joan Baez Remastered.......2007-02-09
i seem to have overlooked this item among others for some time. Joan Baez's musical interpretations have always been a favorite of mine -- since the time of my youth -- and she's one of the very few artists who's cover versions i can live with. this is release belongs to a selection of CDs i must have as a complete set. i'm glad this issue also features a few bonus tracks compared to the previous CD release. :-)
JohPWilbrand
Joan Baez . . . Nashville Classic.......2005-06-17
Joan Baez . . . a name recognizable to everyone . . . folk singer par excellence! -- one of my favorite albums by Joan was "David's Album". She recorded it back in 1968, just after the Chicago Democratic Convention (and all that conjures in the memories of anyone who lived through it).
Joan took her talent to Nashville Tennessee and into the studio there with the then "Nashville A Team" of musicians and sidemen. And with that, she recored what would become a "classic" album which has and will withstand the test of time . . of the decades and of decades yet to come.
The tracks which stand out for me though on this collection are: "The Green Green Grass Of Home" . . . "Will The Circle Be Unbroken?" . . . "The Tramp On The Street" . . . and "Glad Bluebird Of Happiness". All of these just create "magic" when your ears first hear them . . and every time one listens to them after that. (all these ears later the magic has not dimmed from Joan's pereformances on this album.)
Joan shares a performance with her late sister Mimi Farina on "(I Am)A Poor Wayfaring Stranger", beautifull done. (a bonus "live" track, "How Can I Miss You (When You Won't Go Away)?" also has Joan's sister Mimi dueting with her.
i first bought this album back in 1969 . . . in addition to its lasting mucial qualities, it brings back so many personal memories for me, not only of the political events of those years, but of personal family memories. "Will The Circle Be Unbroken?" and "Green Green Grass Of Home" as performed by Joan on this album will always carry personal family associations beyond and transcending all others.
In short, i love this album and enjoy listening to it often . . i'm sure that anyone who hears it will likewise . .. you won't be disappointed.
Thank you, Joan Baez, for a lifetime of musical gifts . . . but in a very special way, thank you for THIS album and now newly digitally remastered cd, "David's Album" . . . it might be called "David's" . . but in reality it belongs to all of us! :)
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- Excellent Piece of History now Preserved
- NEWPORT LIVE
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The Newport Folk Festival 1963: The Evening Concerts, Vol. 1
Various Artists
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ASIN: B000000EGK
Release Date: 1991-11-27 |
Tracks:
- Barnyard Song - Sam Hinton
- Must I Go Bound - Sam Hinton
- Arkansas Traveller - Sam Hinton
- See, See Rider - Mississippi John Hurt
- Stagolee - Mississippi John Hurt
- Spikedriver Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
- Coffee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
- Diamond Joe - Jack Elliott
- Walk Right In - The Rooftop Singers
- Un Canadien Errant - Ian & Sylvia
- Woke Up This Morning - Freedom Singers
- Oh, Freedom - Joan Baez
- Te Ador: Ate Amanha - Joan Baez
- Wagoner's Lad - Joan Baez
- Blowin' In The Wind - Bob Dylan
- We Shall Overcome - Freedom Singers
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Much more than a nostalgia excursion, this CD stands as a critical document of late 20th century American culture. Don't expect a stodgy history lesson, however. The music from the 1963 festival is rousing and bell-clear. Jack Elliott gives a gutsy performance of "Diamond Joe" and Mississippi John Hurt's set is a triumph, especially the signature "Coffee Blues" and "See See Rider." The intimacy and excitement is palpable, even though much of the audience had never heard these songs, let alone seen this country-blues master. But it's the finale that's most remarkable, even if today it sounds surreal: Dylan and the folk elite--including Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, and Peter, Paul & Mary--singing "Blowin' in the Wind." An honestly moving moment, though not one that would last. --Roy Kasten
Customer Reviews:
Excellent Piece of History now Preserved.......2002-01-12
Got this for my dad who was at this concert and it really took him back. Good sound quality and classic performances.
NEWPORT LIVE.......2001-02-03
this was a great era prior to the outbreak in southeast asia it literaly set the stage, for the protest songs soon to follow a great nostalgic view of the past
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- Great Folk Songs and Traditionals!
- mixedbag over 20 years of recording
- One of a kind
- How country grew out of folk music
- wasted money
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The Joan Baez Country Music Album
Joan Baez
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ASIN: B000000ECI
Release Date: 1990-10-25 |
Tracks:
- Songs Of The South: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
- Songs Of The South: Brand New Tennessee Waltz
- Songs Of The South: Outside The Nashville City Limits
- Songs Of The South: Ghetto
- Songs Of The South: My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains
- Love Songs: Rock Salt And Nails
- Love Songs: Help Me Make It Through The Night
- Love Songs: Long Black Veil
- Love Songs: I Still Miss Someone
- Love Songs: San Francisco Mabel Joy
- Roots & Retrospects: Take Me Back To The Sweet Sunny South
- Roots & Retrospects: Hickory Wind
- Roots & Retrospects: Will The Circle Be Unbroken
- Roots & Retrospects: Tramp On The Street
- Roots & Retrospects: Carry It On
- Old Timey Songs: Gospel Ship
- Old Timey Songs: Little Moses
- On the Banks Of The Ohio
- Old Timey Songs: Engine
- Old Timey Songs: Pal Of Mine
Customer Reviews:
Great Folk Songs and Traditionals!.......2005-05-23
I remember buying this album first in the late 70s on vinyl (it was 2 LPs I think) and I listened to it many times. Now it's one convenient CD and the album offers 20 songs ... 5 songs in each of the four categories: Songs of the South, Love Songs, Roots & Prospects, Old Timey Songs. This is my favorite Joan Baez album and I do like the folksy/country blend with the many excellent traditionals. There are no fancy arrangements, just simple and pure Americana music. If you like this album, you may also want to check out Lucinda Williams' "Ramblin' " album which is somewhat along the same lines, but a little bit more bluesy than this CD. I think most music fans will appreciate this Joan Baez Country Music CD album with so many great songs on it -- it's not easy to find these kind of songs on one CD.
mixedbag over 20 years of recording.......2004-06-23
This is a mixed bag. The last 5 recordings come from the days of Joanie being the folk artist, doing traditional songs, some with the great Green Briar Boys like Ohio and Pal of Mine from her very first album in 1960, 44 years ago! Others are from the first two folk albums where Joanie actually became one of the better Carter family pickers around like little Moses, Engine 143, and my favorite, Gospel Ship, all out the Carter Family repertoire.
Even on these songs Joanie really doesn't sing them as we who sing traditional, old time, or country sing them, but with her hard core note perfect world class soprano, and a tendency to melodramaticize things that are not Melodramic. I remember getting that 1960 albuym and discovering someone died in every single song!
Later, Vanguard the company she was with in the 1960s and 1970s tried to take all their artists in a country direction recording them in Nashville with some of the best studio musicians, not just old Joanie, but Buffey Saint Marie, Eric Anderson, and Doc Watson. Some of the best stuff on this CD for the general non Carter family or bluegrass fanatic comes from this period: the heart wrenching Hickory Wind and the equally great Rock Salt and Nails. Here the limitations of Joanie's vocal approach highly the stark, but sentimental lyrics of great songs, and really touch you. I sighed and stepped back just thinking of those two titles, even though I have been listening to them since the early 1970s. No one should be denied the experience of hearing them.
Curiously missing is Joan's best Nashville Album. This is what we used to call "The White Album" because it was a two volume white looking record looking surprisingly like the Beatles 1968 white Album, of Bob Dylan songs. It was recorded in Nashville. There is some great work on that album on fiddling and fiddling with sol fagio by the GREAT JOHNNY GIMBLE, and some really great arrangements of the Dylan songs by whoever was producing Vanguard's Nashville sessions.
Except for the two cuts with the Greenbriars, there is nothing on here that I would think of sounding really country, particularly in Joanie's voice. She tries but she is into something of her own which one either likes or dislikes. A lot of the Nashville arrangements are artful and interesting. This is for fans of Joan Baez or fans of some of the songs.
For Country get a country artist.
One of a kind.......2004-01-08
I love this album, if for no other reason than that it includes "Outside the Nashville City Limits" and "Hickory Wind." Ms. Baez's rendition of both songs is enough to bring tears homesickness to my eyes (even when I'm at home! ;o) ), without being overdone. Her voice is, as always, incredible, like chocolate silk, or clear, running water. I enjoyed the rest of the songs as well as the two aforementioned, but those two are really something special that I haven't seen in her other collections.
How country grew out of folk music.......2000-05-01
This is a compilation of tracks recorded by Joan in the late sixties and early seventies. It includes a mixture of contemporary songs of the time and traditional songs.
When originally released as a vinyl double album, each of the four sides had a separate theme (Songs of the south, Love songs, Roots and Prospects, Old timey). Many of the old songs remind me of the Carter Family or Roy Acuff and fans of those artists will love these tracks.
Overall, this collection is far more impressive than most country albums by non-country artists and I finish with two thoughts. Why was Joan's version of Green Green Grass of Home left out? And is there any chance that any record company will put together an equivalent compilation by Judy Collins, who also recorded a number of country(ish) songs during her peak years?
wasted money.......1999-06-19
This was not what I expected -- although I loved her original renditions of the songs, this sounds like a canned karaoke version
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Vanguard Newport Folk Festival
Various Artists
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ASIN: B0000083XE
Release Date: 1996-11-04 |
Tracks:
- Playboys and Playgirls - Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger,
- Willing Conscript - Tom Paxton
- Ramblin' Boy - Tom Paxton
- Talking Atomic Blues - Sam Hinton
- Come All Ye Gallant Drivers - Bob Davenport
- Fighting for My Rights - The Freedom Singers
- I Love Your Dog, I Love My Dog - The Freedom Singers
- Get on Board, Little Children - The Freedom Singers
- I Don't Want Your Millions, Mister - Jim Garland
- Ballad of Harry Simms - Jim Garland
- Where Did You Come From - Ed McCurdy
- Ballad of Medgar Evers - Phil Ochs
- Talking Birmingham Jam - Phil Ochs
- Coyote, My Little Brother - Peter La Farge
- With God on Our Side - Joan Baez, Bob Dylan,
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Newport Folk Festival
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
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ASIN: B000000EGM
Release Date: 1991-11-27 |
Tracks:
- Playboys And Playgirls - Bob Dylan And Pete Seeger
- The Willing Conscript - Tom Paxton
- Ramblin' Boy - Tom Paxton
- Talking Atomic Blues - Sam Hinton
- Come All Ye Gallant Drivers - Bob Davenport
- Fighting For My Rights - The Freedom Singers
- I Love Your Dog, I Love My Dog - The Freedom Singers
- Get On Board, Little Children - The Freedom Singers
- I Don't Want Your Millions, Mister - Jim Garland
- The Ballad Of Harry Simms - Jim Garland
- Where Did You Come From - Ed McCurdy
- Ballad Of Medgar Evars - Phil Ochs
- Talking Birmingham Jam - Phil Ochs
- Coyote, My Little Brother - Peter La Farge
- With God On Our Side - Joan Baez And Bob Dylan
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The Vanguard Folk Rock Album
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Big Beat
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B0007LZJ6W
Release Date: 2005-03-07 |
Tracks:
- Reason to Believe - Patrick Sky
- Young Blues - The Vagrants
- Morgan the Pirate
- You'll Never Know What's in My Heart
- Cod'ine - Buffy Sainte-Marie
- When I Was a Cowboy - Ian & Sylvia
- Long Black Cadillac - Jackie Washington
- Back on the Street Again - Steve Gillette
- Lost Sea Shanty - Circus Maximus
- Honey - Eric Andersen
- Someone to Talk My Troubles To - Judy Roderick
- Hard Lovin' Loser
- January Morning - Ian & Sylvia
- Oops I Can Dance - Circus Maximus
- Someday Baby - Jonathan and Leigh
- Up & Down - Serpent Power
- No Rest for the Weary
- Hustler - Eric Andersen
- Gifts Are for Giving - Ian & Sylvia
- Got No Reason to Cry
- Reno, Nevada - Mimi FariRichard Fari
- Changes - Jonathan and Leigh
Album Details
The First Volume of Classics and Rarities Drawn from the Vaults of the Influential Vanguard Label, a Driving Force in Forging the Marriage of Folk and Rock in the Mid-1960s. This Collection Charts the Development of Vanguard's Folk-rock Category, Having Established their Reputation with their Folk Artist Roster. As the Genre Took Hold, the Label's Primarily Acoustic Roster Began to Feature Amplified Accompaniment on their Albums. The Best of These Electric Experiments by Richard and Mimi Farina, Eric Anderson, Ian and Sylvia, Patrick Sky and Others Are Featured on this Volume. It Includes the Original Versions of Several Songs that Went on to Become Folk-rock Standards, Like 'co'dine', 'reno Nevada' and 'back on the Street Again'.
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- Classic album enhanced by two new songs
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David's Album
Joan Baez
Manufacturer: Vanguard
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B0007RFOP2
Release Date: 2005-04-04 |
Tracks:
- If I Knew
- Rock Salt and Nails
- Glad Bluebird of Happiness
- Green, Green Grass of Home
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Joan Baez, The Jordanaires
- Tramp on the Street
- Poor Wayfaring Stranger - Joan Baez,
- Just a Closer Walk With Thee
- Hickory Wind
- My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains
- How Can I Miss You [Live][#]
- Last Thing on My Mind [#]
Album Details
Recorded in 1968 at the Same Sessions as "Any Day Now" but Not Released Until Six Months Later, "David's Album" was Joan's Eleventh Album. Dedicated to Joan's Then-husband David Harris, and was Regarded as One of her More Successful Albums of Country-orientated Material. Includes Two Bonus Tracks - Both Previously Unreleased - a Live Version of 'how Can I Miss You' and a Studio Recording of 'the Last Thing on My Mind'.
Customer Reviews:
Classic album enhanced by two new songs.......2006-05-28
Although recorded in Nashville, this lovely album does not have an authentic country sound overall. It is more like her typical 1960s folk with a country infusion here and there. The songs include traditionals and gospel songs like Just A Closer Walk With Thee and Poor Wayfaring Stranger, a duet with her sister Mimi Farina, plus pop hits of the time like Green Green Grass Of Home and work from contemporary songwriters, like the Gram Parsons masterpiece Hickory Wind.
All the songs are memorable with a melancholy thread running through the album. The arrangements stick close to the originals but the fiddle, dobro and viola make some of the tracks quite special. The Jordannaires lend beautiful male backing vocals to Will The Circle Be Unbroken, whilst The Tramp On The Street has an additional verse co-written by Baez and Maynard Solomon. One of the highlights is the aforementioned duet with Mimi, in which there is a lovely harmonic interweaving of the voices in the chorus.
The lovely organ renders Just A Closer Walk With Thee quite stirring, whilst her version of Hickory Wind is also very soulful. The most country-sounding of the tracks is the uptempo My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains. This reissue contains a live version of How Can I Miss You and the folk classic The Last Thing On My Mind. I would say this is an essential album for Baez fans, but it does not rank amongst the very best of her 1960s output.
The tracks on David's Album were recorded during the same sessions as her Dylan tribute Any Day Now, which is an absolute gem. With songs like I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine, Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word, the heart-breaking Walls Of Redwing, One Too Many Mornings, Boots Of Spanish Leather and Restless Farewell, it is a classic folk album of the 1960s. Get them both and play them back to back for a good dose of that 1960s Baez magic.
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- Vintage Baez
- The power of a voice
- Great Musical Moments
- A Distinct, Wonderful Voice !
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David's Album
Joan Baez
Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000000EKI
Release Date: 1995-06-20 |
Tracks:
- If I Knew
- Rock Salt And Nails
- Glad Bluebird Of Happiness
- Green, Green Grass Of Home
- Will The Circle Be Unbroken
- The Tramp On The Street
- Poor Wayfaring Stranger
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee
- Hickory Wind
- My Home's Across The Blueridge Mountains
Customer Reviews:
Vintage Baez.......2006-05-28
Although it was recorded in Nashville, this lovely album does not have an authentic country sound overall. The sound is more like her typical 1960s folk, with a country infusion here and there. The songs include traditionals and gospel songs like Just A Closer Walk With Thee and Poor Wayfaring Stranger (a duet with her sister Mimi Farina), plus pop hits of the time like Green Green Grass Of Home and the work of contemporary songwriters like the Gram Parsons masterpiece Hickory Wind.
There is a melancholy thread running through the album and all the songs are melodious and memorable. The arrangements stick close to the originals but the fiddle, dobro and viola make some of the tracks quite special. The Jordannaires lend beautiful male backing vocals to Will The Circle Be Unbroken, whilst The Tramp On The Street has an additional verse co-written by Baez and Maynard Solomon. One of my favorites is the aforementioned duet with Mimi, where there is a graceful harmonic interweaving of the vocals in the chorus.
The lovely organ renders Just A Closer Walk With Thee quite soulful, as is her version of Hickory Wind. The most country-sounding of the tracks is the uptempo My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains. This album has since been reissued with two new tracks: a live version of How Can I Miss You and the folk classic The Last Thing On My Mind. I would say this is an essential album for Baez fans, but it does not rank amongst the very best of her 1960s output.
The tracks on David's Album were recorded during the same sessions as her record of Dylan covers titled Any Day Now, which is an absolute gem. With songs like I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine, Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word, Walls Of Redwing, One Too Many Mornings, Boots Of Spanish Leather and Restless Farewell, it is a classic folk album of the 1960s. Get them both and play them back to back for a good dose of that 1960s Baez magic.
The power of a voice.......2000-10-01
I'm an atheist. But when I hear "The tramp on the street" or "Just a closer walk with you" from "DAVID'S ALBUM" I have a God and I can pray. Joan Baez's voice is a powerful message full of faith and hope.A perfect balance of sensous delicacy and strengh. Beautiful!
Great Musical Moments.......2000-02-26
DAVID'S ALBUM was recorded during Joan's "Nashville years" (from 1968 - 73 she recorded almost exclusively in Music City), and while not her best album from this period (ONE DAY AT A TIME was a much stronger album), it nonetheless contained some thrilling musical moments. Her harmonies with her sister Mimi Farina on "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" are among the most beautiful sounds ever committed to record, and Gram Parsons' "Hickory Wind" has gone on to become a Baez standard. And Joan's liner note -- a tribute to her then husband who would soon be imprisoned for draft resistance -- are no less moving thirty-odd years later.
A Distinct, Wonderful Voice !.......2000-01-24
"Poor Wayfaring Stranger" - a song to be remembered through the decades !
LP originally released in 1969, when David, her husband was imprisoned for having refused to be drafted. In her own words, Joan dedicates this album to "all those who are locked up, that they might have the strength to act like free men, and not prisoners, and for all those on the outside, that they might have the strength to act like free men and not prisoners" !
Simple words, unforgettable melody easily unwinding, a feeling of melancholy and everlasting hope; Joan Baez - one of the most beautiful, warm, vibrant voices of all times !
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