Joan Baez: Singing with Justin Jones, Traveling with Dr. King, and Drawing Upside Down

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FULL EXTENDED INTERVIEW! Folk music icon Joan Baez tells Stephen about bumping into Tennessee lawmaker Justin Jones in the airport, her days as a friend and traveling companion to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the unique way she’s been making art since she was bored in grade school. Her new book “Am I Pretty When I Fly?” is available now.
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@NewMessage Жыл бұрын

Sometimes 'legend' isn't a grand enough word.

@bigcity2085 Жыл бұрын

well said

@shanafehr Жыл бұрын

Word

@likebot. Жыл бұрын

Right on.

@harriotteworthington3147 Жыл бұрын

Correct!

@bjohnson1085 Жыл бұрын

Truth! God made that meeting happen, to charge them both

@gingermcintosh6545 Жыл бұрын

I was there in the 60s, and I thought the same thing when I heard Justin Jones speak. Maybe they can be the glue that pulls us all together again.

@-danR Жыл бұрын

In the 60's there was an enormous amount of physical meeting together. We talked on the phone now and then, yeah but wasn't a big deal. We met. We met over dinner, at cafes, at art installations. There was a sense of... _presence._ Any 'glue' today would have to be mostly via cell-phones, tex-msgs, zoom, face-time, twitter, FB. This is ersatz glue. It works, after a Matrix fashion, but it's evanescent. You go from one medium to another to another, you put down one, pick up another, each evaporating into the void when it's done with.

@RendaJane Жыл бұрын

Definitely a silver lining to the villainous nature of the Tennessee GQP. They unwanted attention that brought on themselves is widespread and beautiful.

@christinemassey5062 Жыл бұрын

Amen to that, I see the future president of one of them.

@MR-intel Жыл бұрын

Joan Baez never wavered, never flinched. I have nothing but admiration for her.

@GB-TX Жыл бұрын

The airport story is the most natural, wholesome thing in the world! What we need these days.

@bigcity2085 Жыл бұрын

Yes indeed

@77Creation Жыл бұрын

The All will make it happen.

@melaniesandgren2679 Жыл бұрын

Good news: I do see natural wolesome stuff like this every day in the town where I live. I do realize that is exceptional as not all of us live in a community like that, where for the most part people are just being people and having honest hearts, no pretenses, no basesless hate, no keeping score. And when weird stuff happens, courage to say, no - right here and now in this grocery store, - I'm not going to stand and watch people being treated wrongly. Two grandmas taught me better, and I adore their names for it.

@TheDivayenta Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful moment to behold. Of course! Joan and Justin would meet!

@mariacosta4463 Жыл бұрын

#Power2ThePeople

@julieandrews730 Жыл бұрын

OMG! Can we hear it for women in their 80s?? She is fabulous. Always was. Always will be!

@lavelleolexa8689 Жыл бұрын

❤

@dee_dee_place Жыл бұрын

When they had the 1st Woman's March, after DJT was elected, there was a Baby Boomer Woman in the crowd with a sign that read, "I can't believe I have to march for this SH*T again." Never give up the fight my Sisters!

@josephbrown8949 Жыл бұрын

if there's anybody who knows about being fabulous in her 80s, it's julie andrews.

@dee_dee_place Жыл бұрын

@@josephbrown8949 It's so unfortunate that she can no longer sing. Thankfully, we have her films & albums to listen to.

@vajrayoga Жыл бұрын

@@dee_dee_place I was holding that sign. Still can't believe we're still here #nevergiveup

@whitecrow1949 Жыл бұрын

More than 50 years ago, she showed up with her guitar and a folding chair on a soccer field at Sacramento State College to play music. We were incredibly fortunate to attend this open air casual performance.

@Nonny1112 4 ай бұрын

wow

@DrNancyLivingCoCreatively Жыл бұрын

Grew up with her and her sisters and her School of Nonviolence. Learned to meditate with them. Profound gratitude.💙💙💙💙

@rainzohav2181 Жыл бұрын

My graduation present from high school was spending a week at her school for nonviolence

@meghan42 Жыл бұрын

I had no idea she had a School of Nonviolence. Not at all surprised she's a meditator though.

@marialuisadavid4880 Жыл бұрын

The one she did in Carmel Valley? I went there after graduation from high school and really enjoyed it. I have been Buddhist since my teens so I knew meditation. I enjoyed the walks the group took together and talking with everyone.

@JamesMiller-ed3oz Жыл бұрын

Hi please can i ask you a question

@dee_dee_place Жыл бұрын

My Parents & I watched the March On Washington on TV as it happened. By the end of the day, all three of us were overwhelmed & spent with emotion having cried through most of the speeches & songs. Ms. Baez has been a champion of freedom, justice, & rights since I first saw her walk onto a stage. I had the great opportunity to see Ms. Baez in concert, & I can't imagine anyone in the audience who was not touched by her words & sincerity. When I heard Baez sing Zoe Mulford's song, "The President Sang Amazing Grace", I lost it. Just writing about it, here, now, I'm crying. Please, My Brothers & Sisters, NEVER GIVE UP THE FIGHT For Freedom, Justice, & Rights For All!

@davidanthonystone5165 Жыл бұрын

With a Peter Paul and Mary

@josephdonais4778 Жыл бұрын

Irony, I've a cousin named Dee Dee. I was 8 days old on that day and had my own demands. 🍼

@lindadbse1919 Жыл бұрын

Stephen's question seemed to usher a moment of discomfort with the truth of white privilege. In order for things to be equal white privilege can't exist, but like a friend said, "who would want to give up their white privilege". I see this moment as a shadow of the 60's and every movement for equality; will things settle back into the same old white privilege systems of hypocrisy, a bit more comfortable and a little less guilty because "things are getting better ". I can't help but note though that the mere thought of inequality for them sends some white people into an insurrection mob that wants to end democracy and abolish the constitution. Are these the hypocrites or are they really the ones willing to admit the truth?

@Africa-ky1bg Жыл бұрын

Well Said !!!

@alexyoussoupoff888 Жыл бұрын

Well said Dee Dee...😊

@heartshapedisle Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤ this 67 year old activist in Tasmania Australia crying happy tears. Marching to Freedomland is the song

@77Creation Жыл бұрын

That means a lot. 😢 ✊🏽🇺🇸

@Africa-ky1bg Жыл бұрын

DITTO ! Surprised at Stephen's faux pas

@dinkster1729 Жыл бұрын

@@Africa-ky1bg Right! He's probably cringing now, too. He's from the South. Doesn't he know "We shall overcome"? I was at a local Labour Day picnic (Kingston, Ontario) a few years ago and the band leader said that the next song would be "What Side Are You On?:" by Pete Seegar. I went up to him after the band finished its set and corrected him. He said he'd give a correction when they played next. He never did.

@tinkerstrade3553 Жыл бұрын

I've grown old with her music and message. We were dreamers, hearing music others closed their ears to. We've grown cynical over the decades, but the dream never faded. I bow to The First Lady of Protest Songs, Her Majesty, Queen Joan. ❤

@erwintan3658 Жыл бұрын

@roberttyran3813 6 ай бұрын

YES! Me too. Bob.

@kathlake4009 Жыл бұрын

Joan Baez has been an inspiration to me since 1960. I remember joining my very light-skinned POC roomie in the country club pool for a "pee-in" instead of a sit-in. Joan Baez and Justin Jones singing together is powerful and iconic.

@Kripkenstein2 Жыл бұрын

A pee in at a country club pool, that's lovely.

@brianstone6463 Жыл бұрын

Diamonds and Rust is, to this day... a billion year later... one of my favorite songs ever. It holds up!

@juleofthetarot Жыл бұрын

My all time favorite song.

@echomikekilo63 Жыл бұрын

Mine too. Never gets old.

@virginiaf.5764 Жыл бұрын

I still have the album. "Well I'll be damned, here comes your voice again" ... I loved imagining Dylan hunched over in some cold phone booth in the middle of nowhere, calling Joan.

@thomasbest8599 Жыл бұрын

The album wasn’t bad either all good songs

@pennyreed6551 Жыл бұрын

Mine, too❤

@maggiebannenberkowitz9254 Жыл бұрын

We need her nowadays!!! This is great!!!!!

@harrisond8132 Жыл бұрын

True, but the torch needs to be passed as well.

@jdj830 Жыл бұрын

When Joan started talking about her relationship with Dr. King you could feel the energy in the room shift. Every person there hung on every word she said. It’s too bad she only had this one segment because she’s got lots of stories and of course lots of songs. It feels like a privilege to be alive at the same time as her. She really is history - in the best sense of the word, because she’s also the future.

@RendaJane Жыл бұрын

Diamonds and Rust was played over and over until I got too sleepy to move the needle back. I grew up in west Tennessee in the 60s and 70s. So I had tears rolling down my face. I have been livid by the old white fascists in control of Tennessee for too long. Now I want to hug and thank them for shining light to whole world and showing everyone what they really are.

@gailbernhard5459 Жыл бұрын

F Ec

@cindypomerleau950 Жыл бұрын

Well said.

@annenelson5656 Жыл бұрын

Definitely an international treasure.

@thomaskremer4604 Жыл бұрын

So there is a lot of trouble and crazynes - she stands for hope, truth and the believe that things can getting better. I love her.

@alinchitown7556 Жыл бұрын

I was thirteen in 1968 and a friend who was part of what became the LGBT movement opened my mind with the music of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Melanaie Safka, and others and I have followed the path towards always fighting for equality for all those who are oppressed.

@markusjaegerliteratur Жыл бұрын

Gay man here... born 1976 in homophobic Austria... Joan is one of the main inspirations for me to (literally) survive my coming out...

@sandraandrews9907 Жыл бұрын

@@markusjaegerliteratur God bless you for surviving through those times 🙏🌈

@jubileepup6877 Жыл бұрын

I was also 13 and wished I could be independent enuf to participate. Wished with all my heart

@AmethystWoman Жыл бұрын

also 13!

@MargaretJEllis Жыл бұрын

I was 10! My parents were not political as my dad, a US born citizen, was caught up in the Nazi Occupation while meeting Grandma in Transylvania! Yet, I knew this event was happening!

@28105wsking Жыл бұрын

I wish she could be on more often. She has so many wonderful stories to tell and it is so interesting to listen to her. What a wonderful woman she is and how she has blessed my own life too since I was a teenager in boarding school when she began to sing. It is such a pleasure to see a woman who is just plain goodness through and through. Thank you, Joan, for all the happy days!

@JamesMiller-ed3oz Жыл бұрын

Hi please can i ask you a question

@RicoBurghFan Жыл бұрын

This is just spectacular. What an amazing person and an inspiration to us all.

@rabbit251 Жыл бұрын

She's 82 and still has a great voice! The US has come a long way since the 60s, but still has a long way to go. She truly is history!

@markusjaegerliteratur Жыл бұрын

I owe this woman so much... reading one of her books helped me to overcome my fear of coming out (back in the 1990s)... I studied Political Science because of her... I turned an activist because of her... I did my PhD on her... the Inspiration I got from Joan shaped and yes, saved my life... thank you Joan!

@thaliasghost Жыл бұрын

and I read your PhD!

@markusjaegerliteratur Жыл бұрын

@@thaliasghost The world is a village 🤗

@markmh835 Жыл бұрын

Wow, what an endorsement! 👍 You really need to write her a "fan letter" to inform her how much she influenced the trajectory of your life. I'm sure she would be happy to receive it, and she might even write you back. 😊🙏🌈

@markusjaegerliteratur Жыл бұрын

@@markmh835 I did... 20 years ago... her mother Joan Sr. replied... handwritten letter... saying her daughter really appreciates my gratitude... plus an autographed photo...

@markmh835 Жыл бұрын

@@markusjaegerliteratur -- Good for you! I'm sure Joan is too busy to read all these comments here on Stephen Colbert's channel, but I wish she would because they are all filled with praise and love. And yours, sir, is by far the best. 😊👍❤🌈

@guypaul Жыл бұрын

One of the best concert performers I have ever experienced. She has made the world a much better place.

@TihetrisWeathersby Жыл бұрын

Love Joan, She's one of my personal favorite heros, Her work is such an inspiration

@gregmuon Жыл бұрын

Aside from her work in civil rights, which is totally admirable, Joan Baez has always been an insanely talented musician and singer. She should get more credit for this.

@PeterLucasErixon Жыл бұрын

👌💎

@77Creation Жыл бұрын

She transcends music. ✊🏽

@shirleyrombough8173 Жыл бұрын

Seeing Joan Baez just makes me want to cry. Hearing her talk about Dr. King and also embrace the young Tenn. representative who was just reinstated.

@shirleyrombough8173 Жыл бұрын

She is history.

@shirleyrombough8173 Жыл бұрын

I wish she would have sung.

@kiakandai282 Жыл бұрын

@@shirleyrombough8173 She did in that segment and that´s rare. Please keep up with her career progression: she retired 2 years ago. You wouldn´t ask a retired dancer to dance, and I guess this is the same.

@Kim_Miller Жыл бұрын

I'm another 1940s kid and have been listening to Joan Baez since I was a young teenager. I was a real protest song fan and used to sing her stuff with friends sitting around on bean bags in coffee lounges. It seems so long ago. Listening to her sing with Justin had me in goosebumps. When Stephen asked how it felt to sing with Justin I felt a deep sense of distress that we are still not there yet.

@virginiaf.5764 Жыл бұрын

Distress is the perfect word for it. As a boomer, it's incredible to witness the backward slide we're in.

@jo-annerichardson34 Жыл бұрын

Me too. What happened to our generation that I thought was going to do amazing things for the world.😢

@kiakandai282 Жыл бұрын

@@virginiaf.5764 As a Gen X, I felt cynical and down in the dumps: She had a similar discourse of hope with the high school kids that protested against guns after Parkland (Emma Gonzalez, etc..) She thought they may be the glue too... Years afterwards Americans are at a worse point in history in terms of gun control, mass shootings, mental health, and political division...

@dee_dee_place Жыл бұрын

Every time I listen to Bob Dylan's "Hurricane" I cry & I think... the only thing that has changed over the years is that instead of police arresting Black Men, they are shooting Black Men dead. That fact doesn't cause me distress; it causes me deep-seated anger. I still remember watching the news, on TV, about the 3 Freedom Riders in Mississippi who were killed, by the KKK, in 1964 (I was 6) because they had the gall to come there with the intention to register Black people to vote. RIP- Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, & James Chaney.

@dinkster1729 Жыл бұрын

@@virginiaf.5764 Yeah! We are the true conservatives. We want to keep what we've got and strengthen it.

@barmanamok5600 Жыл бұрын

One thing that got me through the pandemic was watching KZfaq videos of Joan Baez performing with Earl Scruggs in her living room in the early 70's. One of the most honest, at home things you can find on the internet

@jimbrown1559 Жыл бұрын

As a college student in the early '60s, I got to see her in a Cincinnati concert hall. I've always been a jazz fan, never into the folk scene, but I found her incredibly magnetic onstage. More than sixty years later, I appreciate what she has done for her country and the world.

@tommyt1971 Жыл бұрын

Damn, that’s cool, man! My mother talks fondly about seeing Simon & Garfunkel live at the Univ of Rochester in the mid-60s. They had two stools, two microphones, a few of Simon’s guitars, some of Garf’s percussion instruments. She said it’s still the greatest live concert she’s ever seen.

@carleenwho Жыл бұрын

Rare to see Stephen so starstruck

@janetweiss1625 Жыл бұрын

😊C V

@christophermarshall527 Жыл бұрын

Joan Baez still sings with a passion that give us all hope, as relevant now as 60 years ago.

@ElisabethIler Жыл бұрын

I love Joanie’s Navy Officer jacket. She is such a fashion icon!❤❤ What an incredible woman she has always been.

@MothGirl007 Жыл бұрын

She looks fabulous!

@MicheleEngel Жыл бұрын

And her bright red nails! OMG! ❤

@daren7889 Жыл бұрын

Navy Family! I love her jacket too! By the way Jimmy Carter was a graduate ofthe US Naval Academy! One of the "Few Good Men" an "Officer & a Gentleman"! MARYLANDER here! ⚓⛵🌅⛵⚓🇩🇪🇨🇭🇺🇲💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

@maggiebannenberkowitz9254 Жыл бұрын

Joan is amazing woman and musician!!!!

@MariaPerez-pl9tc Жыл бұрын

She is a synonym of Justice, Freedom and Equal Rights for over 60 years ......a Legend in her own Right....Joan Baez is and will be a Legend!!...

@JamesMiller-ed3oz Жыл бұрын

Hi please can i ask you a question

@cherylsibson2529 Жыл бұрын

Joan knows, old songs do matter, and can turn things around, gracious and talented in a Captain's coat due to the fact, she's the Captain of her own life!

@mimredbeard Жыл бұрын

I am too young to have witnessed her marching with Dr. King, but I was fortunate enough to see her in concert right after Jerry Garcia passed away in 1995. After the concert we hung around the stage door, and when she came out she saw me in my tie dye jerry shirt, and gave me the biggest hug. it was the best hug I have ever gotten, and all she said was she missed him too, which caused me to cry even more. He was a musician I admired, but to Joan he was a friend. For her to see my pain, and recognize it, as well as compare it positiviely to her own, at his passing, that blew me away. She was and is amazing.

@teresalegler2777 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely LOVE Joan Baez! She became one of the singers I so enjoyed trying to sing her songs. Especially love listening to her songs in Spanish. I purchased an album of all Spanish songs to give to my parents. At eighty-two, she’s still as quick whited and sharp as ever. Thank you for finally interviewing her.

@shirleyrombough8173 Жыл бұрын

I loved her songs in Spanish, and those that refer to Latin culture. There was one: "And

@shirleyrombough8173 Жыл бұрын

..."and the lion still roars in the barranca..." Doeddy 0000

@shirleyrombough8173 Жыл бұрын

"and the lion still roars in the barranca..."

@dee_dee_place Жыл бұрын

"Gracias a la Vida", written by Violeta Parra.

@janeallingham7569 Жыл бұрын

@@shirleyrombough8173 Yes. LP "Gracias a la Vida" ..... Baez always sang beautifully in Spanish..right from the get-go.

@jeaniebottle6758 Жыл бұрын

Joan is a lovely sweet soul, with a beautiful heart & singing voice. It was & has been my pleasure to both hear her sing live & to meet her in person. A true shinning star.

@shirleyrombough8173 Жыл бұрын

How brilliant for Stephen to have had her on his show. He has all the good guys.

@kimberleykochel4785 Жыл бұрын

How lucky were you to have met Ms Baez. She is a national treasure ✌️

@jeaniebottle6758 Жыл бұрын

@@kimberleykochel4785 An International lovely treasure. ☮

@jeffclement2468 Жыл бұрын

She not only "is history", but continues to roll with the times and remain as relevant as ever. 😻✌

@London20258 Жыл бұрын

One of THE BEST guests Colbert has ever had. Super cool that she met/sang with Justin. Love you Joan!♥

@vickikendricks1605 Жыл бұрын

This is what I'm looking forward to in my life! Being 80 and being a story, a novel, history 😊

@nadiasimmons5403 Жыл бұрын

Love Joan and her commitment to social justice, civil rights and non-violence. The Queen of folk.. her beautiful voice touches your soul 🌻💛

@neerajamb Жыл бұрын

She’s beyond legend. And no 82 year old should look so amazing. She looks and sounds so young!!

@janeallingham7569 Жыл бұрын

Maybe it comes from being a truth teller. If more of us Americans followed Joan Baez's example. I bet they'd be a lot happier

@rebekkad.2092 Жыл бұрын

I have seen Ms. Baez 3 times - twice in Helena and once in Bozeman. She is the ultimate performer with a voice like honey plus grace and style. She is a gift to the world. I grew up in the 60s and can't imagine that world without her.

@ElisabethIler Жыл бұрын

You made my day, Stephen. I love you.❤

@banjarqueenee Жыл бұрын

I was obsessed with Joan’s rendition of the Phil Ochs song “There But For Fortune’ when I was a young teenager in the 1969’s. It was one of the most profound influences on my life.

@annamillergrabowski3305 Жыл бұрын

I love Justin Jones, and have had the honor and joy of knowing him for almost a decade now. He exudes such humanity, kindness, honesty and decency that it amazes me. I am so happy he and Joan Baez met the way they did; it is like a sign from the Universe to us all, but especially to the younger generation. Keep hope alive, keep the dream alive, keep working for justice, equality and freedom. Say no to racism, fascism, bigotry of all kinds, ecological destruction and war. Say no, with words and actions. I was lucky to be at the 20th Anniversary of the March on Washington when I was just two years older than Justin Jones. It was a moving experience that I haven't forgotten, and I happened to be marching quite near Stevie Wonder, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. I remember once when I saw Joan Baez in concert at an open air venue, it started to thunderstorm. All the people in the front rows of seats ran for cover and my friends and I were able to get in the front row. Joan kept singing, fearlessly, and we were rapt. Fearlessly, Justin Jones moves forward here in Tennessee, together with Justin Pearson, Gloria Johnson and the thousands of us Tennesseans who want and deserve a better state. Join in this movement, wherever you are, for a better future for all the people of the world.

@maryrosekent8223 Жыл бұрын

I adore this woman!

@noras.5355 Жыл бұрын

Joan is a living legend!!!

@gustavtraglia7546 Жыл бұрын

One of the few last example of a real Diva ! Thank You for all the emotions and for what you've done!

@Kim_Miller Жыл бұрын

Seeing her book on drawing upside down put me in mind of learning many years ago that it's a well known drawing technique. If you are having trouble getting the shape right, especially of an animal you don't often see, draw it upside down. My wife and young son and I used to go to a coffee shop that had paper on the tables and cups of crayons for drawing. I'd sit opposite my son and draw giraffes and camels and things so he could see them from his side. Turns out it works.

@alutious Жыл бұрын

She still has the pipes

@Matthewdykhuizen Жыл бұрын

More people need to know about this hero, her music was perfect, her voice angelic, and her activism changed the trajectory of social justice. No one that has ever lived deserves more respect then this Queen

@carreyperea9856 Жыл бұрын

i saw her at my school in 69!! albuquerque, nm

@pickleschmidtjones7890 Жыл бұрын

I was there. The music was the gliue.

@elisemiller13 Жыл бұрын

And the spirit of the words of such as MLK & the lyrics of many songs, such as Joan's. I hear ya'!

@philipnoronha999 Жыл бұрын

Siimply the best protest singer ever, big fan

@ShredderTainment Жыл бұрын

There are no accidents. They were meant to meet at the airport, Joan being the connection between past and present human rights legends. Love it! Love you Joan! Love you Stephen!

@ili626 Жыл бұрын

Such a good segment.. great music, great guest, great discussion, great interaction, great host

@bigcity2085 Жыл бұрын

Extremely uplifting as a boomer...glad I caught it.

@kimberleykochel4785 Жыл бұрын

@@bigcity2085 Me too ✌️

@VanisleGirl1961 Жыл бұрын

What a joy to see Joan Baez. I met her after a show in my hometown back east when I was fifteen. She was as down to earth as can be hugged me and my friend and made sure we had a ride home. She looks freakin' amazing!

@PeterLucasErixon Жыл бұрын

💎

@sevenirises Жыл бұрын

Wow! That's Joan Baez!.....and is still as amazing as ever. What a life she's had. What a leader she still is.

@RugNug Жыл бұрын

Fuck yeah!!!! Fuckin fuck yeah!!!!!

@DerekHoscorner Жыл бұрын

Stephen Colbert Joan Baez singing Justin jones traveling dr. King and drawing awesomeness Job interview

@alohadave13 Жыл бұрын

What an American treasure. WOW! And she is history...

@lauriefrancisco1084 Жыл бұрын

Wow! What a surprise! I have to admit I didn't know Joan Baez was still alive, but certainly very happy to see she's not only alive but in good health and still out there kicking butt! One of my favs for many years. I had the privilege of seeing her live when I was about 19 or so, and I'm 70 now! Very happy to know she's still out and about. Steven, you need to have her on again. She's a vastly experienced and wise voice for these times!

@Mikathedog100 Жыл бұрын

How cool would it be for people to not even know whether you're still alive, and then come out singing strong like she just did?! She needs to go on my "if I could have dinner with anyone list." 😉

@margarete6888 Жыл бұрын

Can I give this a thousand likes?

@PeterLucasErixon Жыл бұрын

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@Africa-ky1bg Жыл бұрын

DITTO 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@judithbreastsler Жыл бұрын

cooler than ever

@deanpappas8388 Жыл бұрын

She has more class in her little toe than most people have in their whole body!

@hilarykey8189 Жыл бұрын

Transcendent. I am fortunate to have an aunt who everyone agrees looks like her and shares her energy. I feel elevated just watching this one segment.

@dinasingleton6811 Жыл бұрын

Legend! Welcoming the new generation! Wow!

@SeldimSeen1 Жыл бұрын

My son was working "OPs" at a venue here in North Carolina when Joan Baez was doing her last tour. He relayed to me a story that he passed her back stage and said, "how are you doing?" as he passed her by she turned and gave him a big smile and wave back saying, "I'm fine how are you?" like they were old friends. He did not think much of it until he got back home and I told him what a great songwriter and civil rights activist she was and still is. Lucky kid.

@meghan42 Жыл бұрын

What's N Carolina like these days? As a Canadian, I got hired on as a teacher way back when Bush was elected to a 2nd term. It was a tough year, but I loved the natural beauty of the State. I was in a little, dusty town called Dunn, about 1/2 hour outside Raleigh. Do you know it? The politics were super conservative which was a huge cultural shift fo rme.

@sionanenrois1433 Жыл бұрын

@@meghan42 I know it. I went to UNC-Chapel Hill. It really is a beautiful state and I miss my hometown, but not the politics. The politics are crazy.

@louiebee6745 Жыл бұрын

82 years young, folks. Absolute LEGEND!

@markmh835 Жыл бұрын

Back in 1985 or 1986, I was living in Chicago as a young law student and Joan was doing a one-night-only concert at Orchestra Hall, the home of the Chicago Symphony. I desperately wanted to go but found it difficult to find a friend interested in going with me. When we got there and found our seats, I was amazed that Orchestra Hall was not sold out and there were plenty of empty seats. What was wrong with people?!?! Well, there were many other entertainment options and sporting events going on that night. Joan herself took note of that from the stage, opening her concert by thanking the audience for coming when there were so many other things to choose from: "you could have gone to several other concerts, plays, ballgames, comedy clubs -- but no, you all chose to come hear the aging hippy sing!" (She was in her mid-40s then.) That line got a big laugh. Needless to say, the concert was transcendent, and she spoke so lovingly and with hope for our nation in the midst of the Reagan years and the AIDS pandemic. Joan Baez radiates hope -- that's why people love her. I will never forget that night.

@PeterLucasErixon Жыл бұрын

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@Africa-ky1bg Жыл бұрын

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@myname-ib5zi Жыл бұрын

Your story surprises me. I had the pleasure of attending many Joan Baez concerts throughout the 70's, 80's , 90's and 00's and an empty seat was a very rare thing to see. In fact, if you wanted tickets you usually had to move fast after the concert was announced. Maybe it's just the difference between Boston and Chicago.

@tunajune2382 Жыл бұрын

@@myname-ib5zi Same. I even put up with second-hand smoke to attend her concerts, since smoking was still permitted back then.

@DougGrinbergs Жыл бұрын

7:21 might the Tennessee Three be the glue for a progressive civil rights movement 2.0?

@virginiaf.5764 Жыл бұрын

We can hope, and hope that this one sticks. That we need a 2.0 is ... well, I don't know what it is. Scary maybe.

@mfv2024 Жыл бұрын

My thought exactly.

@filmcrew3531 Жыл бұрын

Joan is a total badass!

@yahiamesbahi8547 Жыл бұрын

Of course coming from an ignorant moron like you

@m0j0b0ne Жыл бұрын

Joan Baez is history that's speaking to you, right now. Her fight is our fight, and it isn't over.

@lorettanericcio-bohlman567 Жыл бұрын

Doesn’t look like it ever is. Gets exhausting especially going backwards sometime. 💪🏽💙💜💚💚🧡🐬🐬🐬🐬

@donstoddard8458 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Joan and thank you Stephen

@susanbloodgood3572 Жыл бұрын

A friend who met Her Decades ago and said - “Wow” You’re Joan Baez, and She said, “More important, Who are You” ?

@PeterLucasErixon Жыл бұрын

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@laurabealmear9293 Жыл бұрын

This is why I stay tuned because we are the glue, we must stand with the children, always ! We stand with the kids, not the guns! It must be fixed, the guns have to go! We don’t need them, they are weapons of war, we are a country that shouldn’t be at war with each other

@margarete6888 Жыл бұрын

I played her albums over and over again. Love, love her!

@PeterLucasErixon Жыл бұрын

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@gixellia8455 Жыл бұрын

I will always love her ❤

@squirrelcovers6340 Жыл бұрын

Damn, she looks good.

@zacretzer Жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh earlier today I was wondering why the crowd was singing that song while marching with Rep Pearson to get reappointed!

@elisemiller13 Жыл бұрын

May all the public school children of Florida hear and begin to sing this song. You know Estonia was wrested from Russian occupation by Singing (and singing music Russia had tried to ban it from, so they came out kickin'! SInging by the 1000's!

@Africa-ky1bg Жыл бұрын

The MASSIVE POWER OF MUSIC !!! In my heart ...I believe Joan didn't JUST bump into Justin Jones at the airport...I believe it was divinely inspired ~ as those that have gone before us ~ work from the other side to elevate humanity.

@shodopoet Жыл бұрын

RESPETO ✊🏼 A major inspiration

@pixie6133 Жыл бұрын

Dark Chords on a Big Guitar. Love 🤍🕊🤍 Love

@aWOKEn1445 Жыл бұрын

What an amazing singing voice she has!❤

@MrFolky77 9 ай бұрын

Well, she HAD... because she's lost it a long time ago, unfortunately.... then again, her age is quite advanced! Most people in their 80s can barely walk usually 🙄

@SilentKnight43 Жыл бұрын

Still looks amazingly vibrant for 82. Definitely aged very well...doesn't look as old as her years. Oh, imagine the things she's seen, heard and influenced over the generations. She is legend.

@nadiavoun7137 Жыл бұрын

Love love Joan. I grew up with her music.❤❤

@nancymorgan1197 Жыл бұрын

What a time in our history for Joan Baez to reappear. Welcome, back, Joan. Your country needs you!

@OfDeath Жыл бұрын

She is a LEGEND!

@michellemiles9966 Жыл бұрын

One of my earliest musical influences and a truly incredible woman.

@Peeweesachi2023 Жыл бұрын

Nothing like a beautiful woman who has lived all her life giving, talking, sharing, singing, and honoring nothing but the truth and freedom for all!! I grew up with this woman, and I cherish her!! I thank you Joan Baez, for being who you are a woman for all people!!!

@paularhodes1997 Жыл бұрын

Oh Ms Baez, how wonderful it is to see you. You are one of the fighters, I watched on TV, as a child. The news footage was horrific & you fighters, helped me process what was happening. It was because of all of you, it was covered on TV news & people got to see the real horror of it. Thank you for what you do 🥰

@Lagunaticmom Жыл бұрын

Reading these comments is like finding a tribe. I cherish my vinyl albums of Joan Baez and aspired to be like her when I sang &played guitar.. The passage of time has brought a new generation challenging things to march for and against. How appropriate that Justin Jones meet Joan Baez while making a transition in an airport. Kismet at its finest. ❤️

@bethb7965 Жыл бұрын

First saw Joan at the Philly Folk Fest in the 60's with my parents. Grew up hearing and listening to her music. My dad sang and played her music and later taught me to play. We used to sing and play together. Was fortunate to see Joan in concert again about 10 years ago. She still sounded amazing!!

@lindagnat-mullin8108 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite Quakers.

@MargaretJEllis Жыл бұрын

Wow! I didn't know she was!! Thanks

@CP-rc9sw Жыл бұрын

The Tennessee Three’s recent journey was the catalyst for me to KZfaq binge on Joan Baez, Pete Seeger and Argo Guthrie, Paul Robison… and my playlist goes on. I hope they help bring hope, music, and joy back to the Revolution.

@rebelm256 Жыл бұрын

I love Joan was barefoot standing next to King in that picture! So fitting for that time❣️

@Africa-ky1bg Жыл бұрын

ditto 👣

@TihetrisWeathersby Жыл бұрын

The only thing the Tennessee Republicans did was give those Representatives a national spotlight

@RendaJane Жыл бұрын

I was embarrassed and angry being from the state of Tennessee. Now I’m just proud that the idiot Tennessee fascist who have been brought down when they insisted the light of world came down to show everyone what they are. It reminds of the song we sang at Bible school: This Little Light of Mine”. It’s banned in Florida now.

@hippydippy Жыл бұрын

And to think they threw him out because he came in using a blow horn! lol. Now you've given him MEGA BLOW HORN & a platform to stand on. Serves them right. I love it.

@aWOKEn1445 Жыл бұрын

@@RendaJaneThat song is banned? Holy crap!

@RendaJane Жыл бұрын

@@aWOKEn1445 only to kids who are in Florida public schools as far as I know. It’s a “CRT” song according to the GQP who pretends to know what that is. In Tennessee, a teacher was fired for having the book “To Kill a Mockingbird”on his high school reading list. Ironically, Scout got in trouble for learning to read before she started school. I have doubts that anyone who fired the teacher has ever read a book especially that one. I think he was in Middle Tennessee. Handmaid’s Tale has been banned too. It’s something that I never even imagined I would live to see in my country. My daughters have already had rights taken away that I took for granted. In their 30s, they would be challenged to get a doctor to risk imprisonment if they were to have a life threatening pregnancy. My 30 year old daughter weighs 87 pounds. She’s married. But if they were to get pregnant, it would be considered high risk. I’m just grateful that she lives on Bainbridge Island. Fascism is terrifying.

@aWOKEn1445 Жыл бұрын

@@RendaJane It's truly frightening. Orwell's 1984 coming true. (And Bradbury's Fehrenheit 451).

@mwalker7518 Жыл бұрын

I had never heard of this beautiful lady until I saw her on Instagram singing with one of the Justin’s. We shall overcome is one of my favorite fight for Justice songs. Had no idea that she wrote it.

@jostrong2385 Жыл бұрын

Amazing woman. Thank you Stephen for having her as a guest and for your interviewing skill.

@Cyndance Жыл бұрын

How can I give this episode 10 thumbs up?🎉❤🎉❤

@thefrontpage Жыл бұрын

Joan Baez is a national treasure. She is history, and she is a legend. We're lucky to have her. Thanks for all you've accomplished, Joan Baez!

@jerrihadding2534 Жыл бұрын

Oh how I longed to come up to Big Sur in the early 70’s! But my youth, lack of worldly experience and the experience of asserting myself prevented me. Joan Baez, not only your music but also your entire being is an inspiration. Bless you for existing!