Dylan and Baez - on radio today

Don’t forget today’s broadcast (BBC Radio 4, 1:30 pm BST):

TAKE TWO: Richard Coles begins a discussion series on musical collaborations by looking at Joan Baez and Bob Dylan's brief partnership (with Michael Gray and Martin Carthy).

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As a taster, here’s an article on the same theme published on The Dylan Daily in 2006:


Baez on Dylan

In a revealing interview in yesterday’s edition of the Guardian newspaper, Joan Baez confirmed that hanging out with Dylan and The Beatles felt like intruding on a boys’ club, to the extent that she’d “make tea and… dry Dylan’s sweaty vests…”.

A former fan of Ms Baez – I bought her first half dozen albums, on Vanguard – I haven’t been able to listen to that “distinctive” voice for many years.

Readers with a more tolerant disposition will find a couple of dozen covers of Dylan songs in Baez’s back catalogue. Nearly all the songs are conveniently collected on the 1998 compilation, Baez Sings Dylan:

Boots Of Spanish Leather
Daddy, You Been On My Mind
Dear Landlord
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (live)
Drifter's Escape
Farewell, Angelina
I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
I Pity The Poor Immigrant
I Shall Be Released
It Ain't Me Babe
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word
Love Minus Zero/No Limit
North Country Blues
One Too Many Mornings
Restless Farewell
Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands
Tears Of Rage
Walkin' Down The Line
Walls Of Redwing
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere



Gerry Smith