I just couldn’t get it out of my mind… And her range of songs was very unusual for that time. She had that heart-stopping soprano voice. “And I tried to practice it but I couldn’t get that style down. “She had a very unusual way of playing the guitar, I never heard anybody do it like Joanie did,” Dylan said. In the documentary “Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound” ( via YouTube), he praised her musical talents. “The chances of him just walking past me would be too awful a scenario,” she said. “It would just bring up feelings that aren’t necessary.”īob Dylan Has Said He Regrets How Things Ended With Joan BaezĪ post shared by Joan Baez has rarely spoken publicly about his relationship with Baez.
She later quit the tour after an awkward backstage encounter with Dylan, according to Rolling Stone.ĭecades later, when they were both signed on to play at the 2010 White House Civil Rights concert, Baez admitted she avoided Dylan. In her 1987 memoir “ And a Voice to Sing With,” Baez revealed that she was promised equal billing and the chance to duet with Dylan every night on stage, but those promises were not met. The two musicians were introduced in 1961 while making names for themselves in the New York folk scene, then dated and toured together for several years until ending their romantic relationship sometime around 1965, per USA Today.Įven after their split, they joined each other on stage to duet on classic songs such as “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “The Water is Wide.” Their final bill together was a 1984 European stadium tour that did not end well.
Joan Baez and Bob Dylan made beautiful music together starting in the early 1960s-both professionally and personally.
Folk singers Joan Baez and Bob Dylan perform during a civil rights rally on Augin Washington D.C
0 kommentar(er)
