Word: baez
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...release on this album. Dylan is most effective when he sings against the grain of the instrumentation, as in "I Want You" from Blonde on Blonde where he rarely hits the same notes as the melody line. (This partly explains why nobody sings Dylan songs like Dylan; Joan Baez, for instance, seems obsessed with proving to us that she can hit every note when she's supposed to, not understanding, as does Dylan, that one's voice can be played off the melody in counterpoint). But on this version, the power of his voice is absorbed by The Band...
...walking out of those fields and organizing--getting up at 3:30 in the morning to stake out the fields for scabs, standing for hours on sweaty picket lines, learning that the growers want only profits from their labor and that the Teamsters are willing to oblige--when Joan Baez sings, at Juan's funeral, it's hard to be cynical...
WOMEN SINGERS have only recently come into their own and Judy Collins, Joan Baez, Grace Slick, and Joni Mitchell led the way in the sixties. Now there's Carole King, Carly Simon, Linda Ronstadt, Bonny Raitt, and Maria Muldaur, the "Rock Women" celebrated in Time's cover story last December. Joni Mitchell is still queen though, and for some men she is to rock what Beatrice was to Dante, with a voice like sweet molasses lifting them into a gossamer fantasy world of free-ee lu-huh-huv. According to Time, "She is the rural neophyte waiting in a subway...
...debating club or be a tackle." So to keep an impoverished San Francisco school system from canceling this year's athletic program for lack of money, Graham staged one of the biggest rock concerts since the glory years of Haight-Ashbury. Along with Varsity Stars Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, The Grateful Dead, Neil Young and Santana, even Marlon Brando showed up at Kezar Stadium to plead for contributions. Last week, just before the musicale got under way, however, Bay Area newspapers disclosed that the board of education had suddenly uncovered $2.1 million in extra funds. Graham called the concert...
...private donations of $70,000 rescued some of the cultural programs. That barely put a dent in the board's $4 million deficit, but Rock Impresario Bill Graham may yet save the day. He has scheduled a benefit concert of ten major acts (including the Jefferson Starship, Joan Baez and Santana) in the city's 59,626-seat Kezar Stadium. The concert, on March 23, is called SNACK, Students Need Athletics, Culture and Kicks; the audience will pay a $5 admission to boogie down from midmorning to dusk. In addition, Graham will sell special SNACK T shirts for $4 each...