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The Joan Baez Songbook
Sixty-six songs comprising the repertoire of America's best-loved folksinger, with historical musical annotations, arranged for piano/vocal with chord symbols. Includes: Amazing Grace * House of the Rsing Sun * Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream * Where Have All the Flowers Gone * and more.
- GenresMusicNonfictionPoetry
189 pages, Perfect Paperback
First published January 1, 1964
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Joan Baez
115 books112 followersAmerican political activist Joan Baez sang folk.
People know highly individual vocal style of Joan Chandos Baez, a writer. This soprano features a three-octave vocal range and a distinctively rapid vibrato. Her topics deal with social issues.
People best know her hits "There but for Fortune," "Diamonds and Rust," "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." After the 1960s, her music strayed considerably and encompassed everything from rock and pop to country and gospel.
She also performed "Sweet Sir Galahad," and "Joe Hill" at the festival of 1969 at Woodstock. Her passion, notably in the areas of nonviolence, civil and human rights, and the environment in more recent years lasted even longer than well-known early relationship with Bob Dylan.
She performed publicly for nearly a half century, released more than thirty albums, and recorded in at least eight languages.
Baez, a writer, especially in the mid-1970s, most often interpreted work and covered Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, the Beatles, Jackson Browne, Paul Simon, the Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, and myriad other persons.
In more recent years, she interpreted diverse writers, such as Steve Earle, Natalie Merchant, and Ryan Adams, and found success.
People know highly individual vocal style of Joan Chandos Baez, a writer. This soprano features a three-octave vocal range and a distinctively rapid vibrato. Her topics deal with social issues.
People best know her hits "There but for Fortune," "Diamonds and Rust," "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." After the 1960s, her music strayed considerably and encompassed everything from rock and pop to country and gospel.
She also performed "Sweet Sir Galahad," and "Joe Hill" at the festival of 1969 at Woodstock. Her passion, notably in the areas of nonviolence, civil and human rights, and the environment in more recent years lasted even longer than well-known early relationship with Bob Dylan.
She performed publicly for nearly a half century, released more than thirty albums, and recorded in at least eight languages.
Baez, a writer, especially in the mid-1970s, most often interpreted work and covered Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, the Beatles, Jackson Browne, Paul Simon, the Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, and myriad other persons.
In more recent years, she interpreted diverse writers, such as Steve Earle, Natalie Merchant, and Ryan Adams, and found success.
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February 11, 2015
It was everything I hoped it would be :0) All of the haunting songs from her first albums, beautiful artwork, and a must have for folk fans.
July 23, 2025
beautiful artwork, informative about folk music as a whole and gives little overviews about the songs above the arrangements. lovely little book!
June 27, 2013
Another find at the town transfer station. I had a great haul of books there yesterday. I was looking at it last night and remembering all those folk tunes but the melodies began to run together in my head. I see some trivia questions a-comin'...
I might as well mark this as "read" now though I will undoubtedly write some more questions from it. Great nostalgia and trivia!
I might as well mark this as "read" now though I will undoubtedly write some more questions from it. Great nostalgia and trivia!
May 6, 2016
Wow, I want to find another copy of this songbook.
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews