JOAN BAEZ
Name: Joan Baez
Birth name: Joan Chandos Baez
Born: 9 January 1941 Staten Island, New York
Joan Chandos Baez (born in Staten Island, NYC, USA, on January 9, 1941), to
Mexican and British parents) is an American folk singer and songwriter known for
her highly individual vocal style. She is a soprano with a three-octave vocal
range and a distinctively rapid vibrato. Many of her songs are topical and
deal with social issues.
She is best known for her hits "There But For Fortune", "Diamonds & Rust" and "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". Also, "Sweet Sir Galahad,"
and "Joe Hill" (songs she performed at the 1969 Woodstock festival). 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. She has
performed publicly for nearly 50 years, released over 30 albums and recorded
songs in at least eight languages. She is considered a folksinger 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, Bob Dylan,
The Beatles, Jackson Browne, Paul Simon, The Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder and
myriad others. In more recent years, she has found success interpreting songs of
diverse songwriters such as Steve Earle, Natalie Merchant and Ryan Adams.
Name: Joan Baez
Birth name: Joan Chandos Baez
Born: 9 January 1941 Staten Island, New York
Joan Chandos Baez (born in Staten Island, NYC, USA, on January 9, 1941), to
Mexican and British parents) is an American folk singer and songwriter known for
her highly individual vocal style. She is a soprano with a three-octave vocal
range and a distinctively rapid vibrato. Many of her songs are topical and
deal with social issues.
She is best known for her hits "There But For Fortune", "Diamonds & Rust" and "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". Also, "Sweet Sir Galahad,"
and "Joe Hill" (songs she performed at the 1969 Woodstock festival). 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. She has
performed publicly for nearly 50 years, released over 30 albums and recorded
songs in at least eight languages. She is considered a folksinger 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, Bob Dylan,
The Beatles, Jackson Browne, Paul Simon, The Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder and
myriad others. In more recent years, she has found success interpreting songs of
diverse songwriters such as Steve Earle, Natalie Merchant and Ryan Adams.