JOAN BAEZ: COME FROM THE SHADOWS
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.Prison Trilogy (Billy Rose) 2.Rainbow Road 3.Love Song To A Stranger 4.Myths 5.In The Quiet Morning (For Janis) 6.Weary Mother (People Union No.1) 7.To Bobby 8.Bangladesh 9.A Stranger In My Place 10.Tumbleweed 11.The Partisan 12.Imagine
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