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He sees a guard and "a sad old padre" who will walk with him to his execution at daybreak, and then he will return home "in the shade of that old oak tree, as they lay me 'neath the green, green grass of home". The Joan Baez version ends: "Yes, we'll all be together in the shade of the old oak tree / When we meet beneath the green, green grass ...
Joan Baez on Joan Baez (1960) A.L. Lloyd and Alf Edwards on English and Scottish Popular Ballads (Topic 1964, 1996) [4] Bert Jansch on Jack Orion (1966) Donovan on H.M.S. Donovan (1971) Figgy Duff on Weather Out the Storm (1989) Andreas Scholl on Wayfaring Stranger: Folksongs (2001) [6] Sherwood on The Favourite Songs of Henry VIII (2008)
Claude "Curly" Putman Jr. (November 20, 1930 – October 30, 2016) was an American songwriter.. Born in Princeton, Alabama, his greatest success was "Green, Green Grass of Home" (1964, sung by Porter Wagoner), which was covered by Roger Miller, Elvis Presley, Kenny Rogers, Don Williams, Johnny Paycheck, Burl Ives, Johnny Darrell, Gram Parsons, Joan Baez, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Grateful Dead ...
Baez is due to be portrayed by actor Monica Barbaro in the forthcoming biopic, A Complete Unknown, about Bob Dylan’s rise to fame and his infamous switch to electric instruments on 25 July, 1965.
The tribute to Baez was the inaugural event for the Amnesty International Joan Baez Award for Outstanding Inspirational Service in the Global Fight for Human Rights. Baez was presented with the first award in recognition of her human rights work with Amnesty International and beyond, and the inspiration she has given activists around the world.
1960 – Joan Baez's version of "Silver Dagger" was included in her 1960 debut album, and song became identified with her. On her performances, Baez used a double-time acoustic guitar as accompaniment to her vocals. [25] 1963 – The Country Gentlemen, on Hootenanny: A Bluegrass Special and on Bluegrass Country. 1964 – Ian & Sylvia, Four ...
Folksingers 'Round Harvard Square is a collaborative folk album featuring Joan Baez, Bill Wood and Ted Alevizos; it is also Baez's debut appearance as six of the eighteen tracks were solos by her. The album was recorded by Stephen Fassett in "a friend's basement studio" in Boston , May 1959.
In 1965, Joan Baez had a No. 8 hit in the UK with her cover of "There but for Fortune", a song written by Ochs. [2] It was also nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Folk Recording". [3] In the US it peaked at No. 50 on the Billboard charts [4] —a good showing, but not a hit. [5] Except where indicated, all songs were written by Ochs.