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

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  • Опубликовано: 11 апр 2023
  • 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
    @NewMessage Год назад +454

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

  • @julieandrews730
    @julieandrews730 Год назад +308

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

    • @lavelleolexa8689
      @lavelleolexa8689 Год назад

    • @dee_dee_place
      @dee_dee_place Год назад +9

      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
      @josephbrown8949 Год назад +1

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

    • @dee_dee_place
      @dee_dee_place Год назад +1

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

    • @vajrayoga
      @vajrayoga Год назад +1

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

  • @MR-intel
    @MR-intel Год назад +68

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

  • @carleenwho
    @carleenwho Год назад +126

    Rare to see Stephen so starstruck

  • @brianstone6463
    @brianstone6463 Год назад +102

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

    • @juleofthetarot
      @juleofthetarot Год назад +11

      My all time favorite song.

    • @echomikekilo63
      @echomikekilo63 Год назад +9

      Mine too. Never gets old.

    • @virginiaf.5764
      @virginiaf.5764 Год назад +8

      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
      @thomasbest8599 Год назад +4

      The album wasn’t bad either all good songs

    • @pennyreed6551
      @pennyreed6551 Год назад +1

      Mine, too❤

  • @GB-TX
    @GB-TX Год назад +262

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

    • @bigcity2085
      @bigcity2085 Год назад +10

      Yes indeed

    • @77Creation
      @77Creation Год назад +2

      The All will make it happen.

    • @melaniesandgren2679
      @melaniesandgren2679 Год назад +7

      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
      @TheDivayenta Год назад +4

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

    • @mariacosta4463
      @mariacosta4463 Год назад +4

      #Power2ThePeople

  • @whitecrow1949
    @whitecrow1949 Год назад +68

    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.

  • @gingermcintosh6545
    @gingermcintosh6545 Год назад +195

    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
      @-danR Год назад

      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
      @RendaJane Год назад +8

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

    • @christinemassey5062
      @christinemassey5062 Год назад +2

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

  • @DrNancyLivingCoCreatively
    @DrNancyLivingCoCreatively Год назад +240

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

    • @rainzohav2181
      @rainzohav2181 Год назад +17

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

    • @meghan42
      @meghan42 Год назад +16

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

    • @marialuisadavid4880
      @marialuisadavid4880 Год назад +7

      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
      @JamesMiller-ed3oz 10 месяцев назад

      Hi please can i ask you a question

  • @markusjaegerliteratur
    @markusjaegerliteratur Год назад +77

    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
      @thaliasghost Год назад +9

      and I read your PhD!

    • @markusjaegerliteratur
      @markusjaegerliteratur Год назад +4

      @@thaliasghost The world is a village 🤗

    • @markmh835
      @markmh835 Год назад +8

      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
      @markusjaegerliteratur Год назад +9

      @@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
      @markmh835 Год назад +6

      @@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. 😊👍❤🌈

  • @heartshapedisle
    @heartshapedisle Год назад +192

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

    • @77Creation
      @77Creation Год назад +4

      That means a lot. 😢 ✊🏽🇺🇸

    • @Africa-ky1bg
      @Africa-ky1bg Год назад +2

      DITTO ! Surprised at Stephen's
      faux pas

    • @dinkster1729
      @dinkster1729 Год назад +1

      @@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.

  • @shirleyrombough8173
    @shirleyrombough8173 Год назад +36

    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
      @shirleyrombough8173 Год назад +2

      She is history.

    • @shirleyrombough8173
      @shirleyrombough8173 Год назад +1

      I wish she would have sung.

    • @kiakandai282
      @kiakandai282 Год назад +2

      @@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.

  • @maggiebannenberkowitz9254
    @maggiebannenberkowitz9254 Год назад +81

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

    • @harrisond8132
      @harrisond8132 Год назад

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

  • @tinkerstrade3553
    @tinkerstrade3553 Год назад +114

    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. ❤

  • @alutious
    @alutious Год назад +14

    She still has the pipes

  • @jdj830
    @jdj830 Год назад +447

    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
      @RendaJane Год назад +27

      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
      @gailbernhard5459 Год назад

      F Ec

    • @cindypomerleau950
      @cindypomerleau950 Год назад +9

      Well said.

    • @annenelson5656
      @annenelson5656 Год назад +16

      Definitely an international treasure.

    • @thomaskremer4604
      @thomaskremer4604 Год назад +17

      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.

  • @Kim_Miller
    @Kim_Miller Год назад +67

    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
      @virginiaf.5764 Год назад +20

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

    • @jo-annerichardson34
      @jo-annerichardson34 Год назад +13

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

    • @kiakandai282
      @kiakandai282 Год назад +7

      @@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
      @dee_dee_place Год назад +4

      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
      @dinkster1729 Год назад +1

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

  • @kathlake4009
    @kathlake4009 Год назад +84

    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
      @Kripkenstein2 Год назад

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

  • @gregmuon
    @gregmuon Год назад +46

    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.

  • @RicoBurghFan
    @RicoBurghFan Год назад +115

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

  • @guypaul
    @guypaul Год назад +69

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

  • @dee_dee_place
    @dee_dee_place Год назад +317

    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
      @davidanthonystone5165 Год назад +10

      With a Peter Paul and Mary

    • @josephdonais4778
      @josephdonais4778 Год назад +7

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

    • @lindadbse1919
      @lindadbse1919 Год назад

      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
      @Africa-ky1bg Год назад +10

      Well Said !!!

    • @alexyoussoupoff888
      @alexyoussoupoff888 Год назад +8

      Well said Dee Dee...😊

  • @28105wsking
    @28105wsking Год назад +98

    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!

  • @rabbit251
    @rabbit251 Год назад +34

    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!

  • @barmanamok5600
    @barmanamok5600 Год назад +22

    One thing that got me through the pandemic was watching RUclips 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

  • @ElisabethIler
    @ElisabethIler Год назад +65

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

    • @MothGirl007
      @MothGirl007 Год назад +3

      She looks fabulous!

    • @MicheleEngel
      @MicheleEngel Год назад +1

      And her bright red nails! OMG! ❤

    • @daren7889
      @daren7889 Год назад +2

      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! ⚓⛵🌅⛵⚓🇩🇪🇨🇭🇺🇲💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

  • @banjarqueenee
    @banjarqueenee Год назад +5

    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.

  • @London20258
    @London20258 Год назад +13

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

  • @mimredbeard
    @mimredbeard Год назад +12

    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.

  • @christophermarshall527
    @christophermarshall527 Год назад +26

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

  • @TihetrisWeathersby
    @TihetrisWeathersby Год назад +211

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

  • @lauriefrancisco1084
    @lauriefrancisco1084 Год назад +18

    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
      @Mikathedog100 Год назад +2

      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." 😉

  • @maggiebannenberkowitz9254
    @maggiebannenberkowitz9254 Год назад +39

    Joan is amazing woman and musician!!!!

  • @cherylsibson2529
    @cherylsibson2529 Год назад +16

    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!

  • @jimbrown1559
    @jimbrown1559 Год назад +57

    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
      @tommyt1971 Год назад +2

      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.

  • @jeffclement2468
    @jeffclement2468 Год назад +12

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

  • @alinchitown7556
    @alinchitown7556 Год назад +156

    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
      @markusjaegerliteratur Год назад +24

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

    • @sandraandrews9907
      @sandraandrews9907 Год назад +7

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

    • @jubileepup6877
      @jubileepup6877 Год назад +6

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

    • @AmethystWoman
      @AmethystWoman Год назад +2

      also 13!

    • @MargaretJEllis
      @MargaretJEllis Год назад +3

      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!

  • @philipnoronha999
    @philipnoronha999 Год назад +9

    Siimply the best protest singer ever, big fan

  • @laurabealmear9293
    @laurabealmear9293 Год назад +3

    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

  • @rebekkad.2092
    @rebekkad.2092 Год назад +10

    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.

  • @vickikendricks1605
    @vickikendricks1605 Год назад +13

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

  • @alohadave13
    @alohadave13 Год назад +12

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

  • @noras.5355
    @noras.5355 Год назад +11

    Joan is a living legend!!!

  • @ricksteves1973
    @ricksteves1973 Год назад +25

    cooler than ever

  • @maryrosekent8223
    @maryrosekent8223 Год назад +18

    I adore this woman!

  • @pickleschmidtjones7890
    @pickleschmidtjones7890 Год назад +15

    I was there. The music was the gliue.

    • @elisemiller13
      @elisemiller13 Год назад +1

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

  • @jeaniebottle6758
    @jeaniebottle6758 Год назад +28

    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
      @shirleyrombough8173 Год назад +4

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

    • @kimberleykochel4785
      @kimberleykochel4785 Год назад +1

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

    • @jeaniebottle6758
      @jeaniebottle6758 Год назад

      @@kimberleykochel4785 An International lovely treasure. ☮

  • @neerajamb
    @neerajamb Год назад +11

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

    • @janeallingham7569
      @janeallingham7569 Год назад +1

      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

  • @annamillergrabowski3305
    @annamillergrabowski3305 Год назад +10

    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.

  • @louiebee6745
    @louiebee6745 Год назад +9

    82 years young, folks. Absolute LEGEND!

  • @MariaPerez-pl9tc
    @MariaPerez-pl9tc Год назад +59

    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!!...

  • @RugNug
    @RugNug Год назад +16

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

  • @ElisabethIler
    @ElisabethIler Год назад +24

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

  • @teresalegler2777
    @teresalegler2777 Год назад +39

    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
      @shirleyrombough8173 Год назад +3

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

    • @shirleyrombough8173
      @shirleyrombough8173 Год назад +2

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

    • @shirleyrombough8173
      @shirleyrombough8173 Год назад +2

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

    • @dee_dee_place
      @dee_dee_place Год назад +1

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

    • @janeallingham7569
      @janeallingham7569 Год назад +1

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

  • @squirrelcovers6340
    @squirrelcovers6340 Год назад +24

    Damn, she looks good.

  • @filmcrew3531
    @filmcrew3531 Год назад +17

    Joan is a total badass!

    • @yahiamesbahi8547
      @yahiamesbahi8547 Год назад

      Of course coming from an ignorant moron like you

  • @carreyperea9856
    @carreyperea9856 Год назад +19

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

  • @ShredderTainment
    @ShredderTainment Год назад +9

    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!

  • @dinasingleton6811
    @dinasingleton6811 Год назад +10

    Legend! Welcoming the new generation! Wow!

  • @nadiasimmons5403
    @nadiasimmons5403 Год назад +17

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

  • @gustavtraglia7546
    @gustavtraglia7546 Год назад +12

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

  • @deanpappas8388
    @deanpappas8388 Год назад +15

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

  • @donstoddard8458
    @donstoddard8458 Год назад +7

    Thank you Joan and thank you Stephen

  • @m0j0b0ne
    @m0j0b0ne Год назад +8

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

    • @lorettanericcio-bohlman567
      @lorettanericcio-bohlman567 Год назад

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

  • @Kim_Miller
    @Kim_Miller Год назад +10

    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.

  • @DerekHoscorner
    @DerekHoscorner Год назад +10

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

  • @pixie6133
    @pixie6133 Год назад +5

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

  • @sevenirises
    @sevenirises Год назад +9

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

  • @SilentKnight43
    @SilentKnight43 Год назад +7

    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.

  • @shodopoet
    @shodopoet Год назад +17

    RESPETO ✊🏼 A major inspiration

  • @alioxinfree
    @alioxinfree Год назад +14

    7:35 You can't make change without taking a risk.

  • @OfDeath
    @OfDeath Год назад +7

    She is a LEGEND!

  • @nancymorgan1197
    @nancymorgan1197 Год назад +3

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

  • @markmh835
    @markmh835 Год назад +12

    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
      @PeterLucasErixon Год назад +2

      💎

    • @Africa-ky1bg
      @Africa-ky1bg Год назад +1

      💞🎶💞

    • @myname-ib5zi
      @myname-ib5zi Год назад

      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
      @tunajune2382 Год назад

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

  • @dsthorp
    @dsthorp Год назад +6

    The sixties are coming and now here!

  • @thefrontpage
    @thefrontpage Год назад +2

    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!

  • @CP-rc9sw
    @CP-rc9sw Год назад +2

    The Tennessee Three’s recent journey was the catalyst for me to RUclips 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
    @rebelm256 Год назад +3

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

  • @margarete6888
    @margarete6888 Год назад +14

    Can I give this a thousand likes?

  • @l.campos8333
    @l.campos8333 Год назад +2

    Joan Baez continues to teach us how to age while becoming a younger, brighter and more beautiful soul. Amor e gratidão, forever, Ms Joan Baez.

  • @zacretzer
    @zacretzer Год назад +13

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

    • @elisemiller13
      @elisemiller13 Год назад +3

      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
      @Africa-ky1bg Год назад +3

      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.

  • @kerryrobinson9947
    @kerryrobinson9947 Год назад +9

    There are still good people
    in the world. 😁🈶😁

  • @lynnyhen
    @lynnyhen Год назад +2

    Joan Baez singing with Justin Jones made me cry. ♥

  • @diskman3001
    @diskman3001 Год назад +4

    I'm 28 and I've seen her twice. I find Baez ten times more interesting than most people out there today.

    • @NellieKAdaba
      @NellieKAdaba Год назад

      Nice, love her too, I am in my 40s, my mother has one Joan Baez audio tape.

    • @MarCapa-ed5uv
      @MarCapa-ed5uv 2 месяца назад

      I agree

  • @gixellia8455
    @gixellia8455 Год назад +12

    I will always love her ❤

  • @jostrong2385
    @jostrong2385 Год назад +2

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

  • @Matthewdykhuizen
    @Matthewdykhuizen Год назад +6

    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

  • @Cyndance
    @Cyndance Год назад +9

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

  • @lindagnat-mullin8108
    @lindagnat-mullin8108 Год назад +11

    One of my favorite Quakers.

  • @Peeweesachi2023
    @Peeweesachi2023 Год назад +2

    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!!!

  • @hilarykey8189
    @hilarykey8189 Год назад +9

    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.

  • @michellemiles9966
    @michellemiles9966 Год назад +4

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

  • @susanbloodgood3572
    @susanbloodgood3572 Год назад +14

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

  • @SeldimSeen1
    @SeldimSeen1 Год назад +32

    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
      @meghan42 Год назад +3

      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
      @sionanenrois1433 Год назад +4

      @@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.

  • @KS-ov3vk
    @KS-ov3vk 7 месяцев назад +1

    In the late 70's, watched the beautiful Joan Baez sing outside on the grounds of Marienberg Fortress on a hill overlooking Wurzburg, Germany. Her clear voice ringing out in the night over the city was something to behold. Quite the memory.

  • @nadiavoun7137
    @nadiavoun7137 Год назад +8

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

  • @paularhodes1997
    @paularhodes1997 Год назад +4

    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 🥰

  • @jeffgoldberg6022
    @jeffgoldberg6022 Год назад +1

    Joan Baez is one of my all time heroes.

  • @DrNancyLivingCoCreatively
    @DrNancyLivingCoCreatively Год назад +26

    Oh Joanie may it be so. Go TN 3 and Genz.

    • @elisemiller13
      @elisemiller13 Год назад +1

      With respect Dr. Nancy Living-Co-Creatively We need all generations co-creating & co-operating

    • @DrNancyLivingCoCreatively
      @DrNancyLivingCoCreatively Год назад

      Sort of says that in my name and yes EVERYONE who seeks peace and civility. 🌹

  • @bodhimedia1
    @bodhimedia1 Год назад +30

    An American treasure!