JOAN BAEZ: BLESSED ARE...
With Blessed Are..., Joan Baez found herself with a hit single on the charts. That song, a cover of Robbie Robertson's The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, is just one of the many surprises on Blessed Are... Once again using some of Nashville's finest pickers and songwriters, Baez runs the gamut of such influences as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Mickey Newberry, Jesse Winchester, Stevie Wonder and, of course, herself, while sounding nothing more than like Joan Baez always has.
Tracklist:
1.Blessed Are... 2.The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down 3.The Salt Of The Earth 4.Three Horses 5.The Brand New Tennessee Waltz 6.Last, Lonley And Wretched 7.Lincoln Freed Me Today (The Slave) 8.Outside The Nashville City Limits 9.San Francisco Mabel Joy 10.When Time Is Stolen 11.Heaven Help Us All 12.Angeline 13.Help Me Make It Through The Night 14.Let It Be 15.Put Your Hand In The Hand 16.Gabriel And Me 17.Marie Flore 18.The Hitchhikers' Song 19.The 33rd Of August 20.Fifteen Months 21.Plane Wreck At Los Gatos (Deportee) 22.Maria Dolores
Lineup:
Joan Baez - guitar, vocals, Norman Blake - dobro, guitar, David Briggs - keyboards, Kenneth A. Buttrey - drums, Ed Logan - tenor saxophone, Charlie McCoy - harmonica, Norbert Putnam - bass, arranger, producer, Buddy Spicher - violin, Pete Wade - guitar, The Holladay - singers