It became a #1 seller and by the fall of that year, Dylan was feeling the itch to perform live again. Perhaps he was feeling nostalgic for the days when he and the “Queen of Folk” were on top of the world? He didn’t say, and Baez didn’t ask.īaez and Dylan during the Rolling Thunder Revue tour (Photo courtesy of Netflix)īlood on the Tracks began coming together in the fall of 1974, and was released in January of ’75. Related: Our Album Rewind of Blood on the Tracks Despite the renewed attention, his marriage was falling apart and Dylan had begun writing a set of new songs that would, the following year, ultimately be released as Blood on the Tracks, one of his most acclaimed albums. He’d just finished up a triumphant tour marking his return to live performance, following an eight-year drought that stemmed from a debilitating 1966 motorcycle accident. (She was, however, friendly with John Lennon, although she has discounted rumors that they had an affair.)īaez’s status changed again beginning in 1974, when she received an out-of-the-blue phone call from Bob Dylan. Respected by rockers, no one confused her with one she existed outside of the rock world, including the reigning singer-songwriters-rarely was she seen in the company of folks like Joni Mitchell or Jackson Browne. The album benefited from the single’s exposure and found its way to #11.īaez continued to work the folk music festival circuit and the concert halls to a loyal fanbase even as her recordings slipped back down to more modest chart positions. It rose to #3 on the Billboard singles chart in 1971, not only her highest charting single but the only time she made it to the top 40. For that year’s Blessed Are… album, the first for which she composed all of her own songs, Baez was accompanied by a small band of Nashville session pros and auxiliary players skilled at backing strong vocalists, they expertly found a tempo and groove that allowed Baez to make the song her own. Until, that is, 1971, when she covered “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” written by Robbie Robertson and made famous by The Band on their self-titled second album. Her albums sold increasingly well, but Baez’s singles never got played on the pop stations. Unlike Dylan, who’d vaulted to the top 10 with “Like a Rolling Stone” in 1965, she was a stranger to the top 40. Joan Baez wasn’t about hit records though. In time, she even added electric instruments.
For her fifth album, in 1965, she added a couple of accompanists on guitar and cello, and her songbook expanded to include tunes by everyone from Johnny Cash to Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, alongside Dylan, Johnny Cash and Phil Ochs. Dylan, of course, became a sensation-often considered the greatest songwriter of the rock era-while Baez stuck largely to solo folk music. Coolio, ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ Rapper, Dies at 59.First-Generation Rockers: Who’s Still With Us?.Bruce Springsteen Sets Soul Covers Album, ‘Only the Strong Survive’.Mark Farner on Grand Funk Railroad’s Highs & Lows.Billy Joel’s ‘The Stranger’: The Breakthrough.Joni Mitchell Moves Beyond Folk on ‘The Asylum Albums’.John Mellencamp Announces Massive 2023 Tour.The Cowsills Release 1st Album in 30 Years.Beach Boys Announce ‘Sail on Sailor 1972’ Box Set.
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