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Title: Baez is Back! Takes Camp Casey by Storm
Source:
Texas Iconoclast
URL Source: http://198.65.14.85/News/2005/31-40/34news01.htm
Published: Aug 22, 2005
Author: Gene Ellis
Post Date: 2005-08-23 15:34:56 by Lod
Keywords: Back!, Takes, Casey
Views: 555
Comments: 77
CRAWFORD — Shortly after Joan Baez arrived Sunday afternoon at Camp Casey II, she gave a press conference with the Gold Star Families, all of whom have lost loved ones in the war. She talked with them, and she cried with them. Ms. Baez returned to the trailer to prepare for her performance, speaking only in whispers when it was necessary to speak at all, saving her voice. She gave a moving performance, peppered with energy, emotion, humor, and humanity. She even showed compassion for President Bush, although she disagrees with him. She said she doesn’t make Bush jokes any more because they often offend more conservative folks, and that isn’t helping anything. At one point, she laughingly forgot the line “keeping things vague” in the song “Diamonds and Rust,” and the audience helped her out. When she consulted a paper during the performance, holding it at arm’s length, she joked, “I get these brilliant ideas and then they fade from my mind, plus I can’t read any more.” Despite her good humor about aging, time has been very kind to Joan Baez. She is a lovely, compelling woman. Ms. Baez told the crowd that she had only picked up the guitar again a week and a half ago and will go on tour in September. She claimed her fingers were like spaghetti, and that she didn’t remember words. “My mother says, ‘Did I take my ginko balboa today?’ and I say, ‘I don’t remember!’” She sang “Joe Hill” in response to a request. Saying that the phrase “in harm’s way” was a euphemism for “sitting ducks,” she put down her guitar and sang “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” without accompaniment. Her voice rang sweet and true. Ms. Baez suggested that if the mothers really wanted catharsis, they could sing along with her “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” Emotions ran high as many in the crowd of perhaps five or six hundred wept openly. At the end of the song, she said, “You know, I have to manage to get through it, too.” Ms. Baez sang “Gracias a la Vida” and several favorites from her long career. She thanked the group for having her here, then admitted she purchased her ticket to Texas before the invitation arrived. After her performance, she graciously talked with several individuals in a dark area near her trailer. Three of these were veterans. Two were mothers who had lost their sons in Iraq. She hugged them and cried with them. Camp bugler and Iraq war veteran Jeff Key, in an unplanned and completely spontaneous moment, took Ms. Baez’s hand. He led her to a spot before the many crosses that have been placed at the front of the camp. She was beside him, a diminutive woman beside a tall, strong young man, as he blew taps in the moonlight to a large, respectful crowd. He saluted. They hugged. And there was complete and total silence. When Ms. Baez returned to her private area behind the trailer, she sat down at a table, dropped her head into her folded arms, and wept. +++++ Be sure and visit the source for pictures.
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#3. To: robin, JT, Joan (#2)
I still LOVE that song...
I have to believe that we lived when the best music ever, was being made.
To think I used to resent her. She knew; and I didn't.
She had a unique childhood, maybe that helped. "Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't." - Mark Twain - Victory and Energy cartoon animations.
And now a joke from a friend: Subject: A Talking Clock A drunk was proudly showing off his new apartment to a couple of friends late one night, and led the way to his bedroom where there was a big brass gong and a mallet. "What's that big brass gong?" one of the guests asked. "It's not a gong. It's a talking clock," the drunk replied. "A talking clock? Seriously?" asked his astonished friend. "Yup," replied the drunk. "How's it work?" the friend asked, squinting at it. "Watch," the drunk replied. He picked up the mallet, gave the gong an ear-shattering pound, and stepped back. The three stood looking at one another for a moment. Suddenly, someone on the other side of the wall screamed, "You asshole...it's three-fifteen in the morning!"
look here...the group appears to be mostly middle aged average Americans.. If you fall on the side that is pro-George and pro-war, you get your ass over to Iraq, and take the place of somebody who wants to come home. I love this song. If you fall on the side that is pro-George and pro-war, you get your ass over to Iraq, and take the place of somebody who wants to come home. Joan is so pretty in that picture.
If you fall on the side that is pro-George and pro-war, you get your ass over to Iraq, and take the place of somebody who wants to come home. LOL! That's right, it's 3:15 in the morning!
"Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't." - Mark Twain - Victory and Energy cartoon animations.
They look way to normal for a successful GOP spin.
"Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't." - Mark Twain - Victory and Energy cartoon animations.
Beautiful - thanks for the memories...I wonder who he was?
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Live)
If you fall on the side that is pro-George and pro-war, you get your ass over to Iraq, and take the place of somebody who wants to come home. yeah, i wonder. you can hear the passion in her voice, can't you?
If you fall on the side that is pro-George and pro-war, you get your ass over to Iraq, and take the place of somebody who wants to come home. Love it! I had no idea she was born on Staten Island....
Yep, I still love it.
... and so did I. This war doesn't have to cost 52,000 of "us" and 2,000,000 of "them" , and it won't if we have anything to do with it. The good news is this latest bunch is can't be laughed off, and has thrown the neo-cons a curve that they can't hit. New York version: It's like deja vu all over again.
I agree. Dubya is beginning to take on that beleaguered look LBJ had in '67. His rah-rah speech to some American Legion group yesterday was positively sad. This crap can't be justified.
I'm arguing with a dipsh!t now who's trying to!
If you fall on the side that is pro-George and pro-war, you get your ass over to Iraq, and take the place of somebody who wants to come home. You've got way too much time on your hands. #;o)
Never argue with dips - sticks or shits - it is so upsetting and unprofitable.
Hee Haw..
i'm friggin' nuts. i don't need the grief either. this guy's another sharkfin or willie green. you know, a nuke 'em all bigot?
If you fall on the side that is pro-George and pro-war, you get your ass over to Iraq, and take the place of somebody who wants to come home. I read LBJ and family were haunted by the chants of "Hey! Hey! LBJ! How many kids did you kill today?" through the night. It's no wonder we don't do body counts anymore. (If you really believe we don't I have this really nice bridge..........)
With the weapons we're dropping on the innocent, I'm not sure a body count is possible.
I had my grief earlier in the day formulating a pro se response to a totally false lawsuit to which I, and my partners, had been joined by a dipstick rehab company. The goal now, is to find and share some tunes from my past, ingest several large g&t's, and try to calm myself. Cheers, guys.
Pro se, eh? Been there (to a point) then I handed it off to some skilled help. It makes you think some. Crush them Jim...
With all the DU we've used over there, I would say 100% would be fairly accurate over the coming years.
Thanks. If I do have to call in our self-described "bitch from hell" attorney, rehab guys will wish they were over in Iraq eating DU when she's through with them.
The "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man" tour.
I don't know who Joan Naez is.... but Roy Clark was once engaged to my aunt many many many years ago.
http://www.terrificmusic.com/files/music/horizon/danny_boy_john_gary.ram
Trivia time - do you know who she is talking to in that song? No fair googling.
We should thank the Nazis for giving us all those stark, frightening images. How else we gonna learn not to act like that? On the other hand, monkey see...
no, tell us. lodwick and i were wondering.
If you fall on the side that is pro-George and pro-war, you get your ass over to Iraq, and take the place of somebody who wants to come home. I was singing that at the top of my lungs in my car coming home from work about three weeks ago. It wasn't on tape or radio or anything, I was just singing it, don't remember what led to my doing so, I had to have been sober...
We should thank the Nazis for giving us all those stark, frightening images. How else we gonna learn not to act like that? On the other hand, monkey see...
My understanding is she wrote it about Bob Dylan. They were dating/couple at some point. He wrote her back with "You've got a lot of nerve"
We should thank the Nazis for giving us all those stark, frightening images. How else we gonna learn not to act like that? On the other hand, monkey see...
Unless she was mis-leading us about the blue eyes, it was NOT Dylan. Hell, most all of us were "dating" back then...if only for a couple of hours or so. More research is required here.
Are you calling William Ruhlmann a LIAR? :)
We should thank the Nazis for giving us all those stark, frightening images. How else we gonna learn not to act like that? On the other hand, monkey see...
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#4. To: lodwick (#3)
#5. To: JC (#3)
#6. To: Jethro Tull (#4)
#7. To: lodwick, All (#0)
#8. To: SKYDRIFTER (#7)
#9. To: robin, Sky, JT, all (#8)
Great information - thank you.
#10. To: lodwick (#0)
#11. To: All (#10)
#12. To: robin (#8)
#13. To: lodwick (#9)
#14. To: christine (#10)
#15. To: christine (#11)
#16. To: Jethro Tull (#4)
#17. To: lodwick (#15)
#18. To: christine (#16)
Diamonds and Rust
#19. To: lodwick (#6)
I have to believe that we lived when the best music ever, was being made.
#20. To: lodwick, Jethro Tull (#0)
When Ms. Baez returned to her private area behind the trailer, she sat down at a table, dropped her head into her folded arms, and wept.
#21. To: Bob, Sheena (#20)
#22. To: Kingston Trio (#21)
#23. To: Hmmmmm (#20)
#24. To: Jethro Tull, Hmmmmm (#23)
This crap can't be justified.
#25. To: Jethro Tull, Roy Clark (#23)
#26. To: christine (#24)
I'm arguing with a dipsh!t now who's trying to!
#27. To: christine (#24)
I'm arguing with a dipsh!t now who's trying to!
#28. To: lodwick (#25)
Yesterday, When I was Young
#29. To: Hmmmmm, lodwick (#26)
#30. To: Jethro Tull (#23)
I agree. Dubya is beginning to take on that beleaguered look LBJ had in '67.
#31. To: Hmmmmm (#30)
It's no wonder we don't do body counts anymore.
#32. To: Jethro Tull, christine, Hmmmmm, all (#28)
#33. To: lodwick (#32)
#34. To: Jethro Tull (#31)
I'm not sure a body count is possible.
#35. To: Jethro Tull (#33)
Crush them Jim...
#36. To: lodwick (#0)
Conservative activists and military families embarked on the tour Monday, calling it "You don't speak for me, Cindy!"
I've already said too much.
#37. To: lodwick (#25)
#38. To: christine (#11)
Diamonds and Rust
#39. To: Dakmar, Lodwick (#38)
#40. To: MUDDOG (#36)
"Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man"
#41. To: christine, lodwick (#39)
#42. To: Dakmar (#41)
#43. To: lodwick, christine (#42)
But the real hit was the title track, a self-penned masterpiece on the singer's favorite subject, her relationship with Bob Dylan. Outdoing the current crop of confessional singer/songwriters at soul baring, Baez sang to Dylan, reminiscing about her '60s love affair with him intensely, affectionately, and unsentimentally. It was her finest moment as a songwriter and one of her finest performances, period, and when A&M finally released it on 45, it made the Top 40, propelling the album to gold status. But those who bought the disc for "Diamonds & Rust" also got to hear "Winds of the Old Days," in which Baez forgave Dylan for abandoning the protest movement, as well as the jazzy "Children and All That Jazz," a delightful song about motherhood, and the wordless vocals of "Dida," a duet with Joni Mitchell accompanied by Mitchell's backup band...
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