AVIDIGI

Before Joan Baez, the closest thing to a white female folksinger was Jo Stafford. Baez made her professional debut in 1959 at the Newport Folk Festival and started recording for Vanguard the next year. Her early association with Bob Dylan and performances of his songs did him no harm. The material in this CD comes from later in her career, when she had left Vanguard for A&M. Listeners who enjoy this CD will probably want to hear her earlier work. She is among the classic American voices.

01.Diamonds & Rust (J. Baez)
02.The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (J. R. Robertson)
03.Simple Twist Of Fate (B. Dylan)
04.Imagine (J. Lennon)
05.In The Quiet Morning (M. Farina)
06.Best Of Friends (M. Farina)
07.Forever Young (B. Dylan)
08.Prison Trilogy (Billy Rose) (J. Baez)
09.Jesse (J. Ian)
10.Children And All That Jazz (J. Baez)
11.Please Come To Boston (D. Loggins)
12.Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer (S. Wonder, S. Wright)
13.Gracias A La Vida (V. Parra, arr. by J. Baez)
14.Sweeter For Me (J. Baez)
15.Love Song To A Stranger (J. Baez)
16.Dida (J. Baez)
17.Amazing Grace (traditional, arr. by J. Baez)
18.The Ballad Of Sacco And Vanzetti, Part Two (J. Baez, E. Morricone)
19.Oh, Happy Day (E. Hawkins)
20.Less Than The Song (H. Axton)