Joan Baez to play concert for Cindy

[patrioticliberal]

Joan Baez is coming to play a concert there for Cindy and the supporters, according to Cindy on Mike Malloy's program.

Some sweet people out there.

[Imagevision]

1. Power to the people, got rid of Nixon - Bush must be impeached!

For War crimes.

[yorkiemommie1]

2. to Joan

many thanks !

link to some of her latest songs:

http://www.joanbaez.com/lyrics.html



edited to add link.

[Imagevision]

39. Joan talk to the Woodstock crew in showing up for Cindy

[KaryninMiami]

3. Now that's a lovely piece of news! How wonderful for everyone.

Nice to see something nice in the news for a change and wonderful that Joan Baez is still being who she is and doing what she does best.

[faithnotgreed]

4. oh my - what a thing of beauty that is

straight from a loving intelligent peaceful and fiery heart

on edit: made sure to add fiery because joan speaks up which is a great compliment

[marylanddem]

5. Joan Baez is an angel

Thank you Joan, and thank you Cindy Sheehan for being the spark that lights the fire of anti-war protest that's just beginning!

[all.of.me]

6. that is awesome. the support for cindy is amazing.

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Very cool!

[DemonFighterLives]

8. Thank You Joan!

We are tired of this war! Peace to all mankind!
:yourock:

[me b zola]

9. OMG. I was thinking of her yesterday

I was thinking that we sure could use her voice. This is a great thing!

Thank you, Joan :loveya:











When will skinner give us a peace smiley?

[MO_Dem]

10. Cool!

I got out my Baez records last weekend and started playing them again. She is terrific!

[crispini]

11. Get OUT, do we know when?

Cool!

[ultraist]

15. Yes, when and where?

:bounce: WHOA!

[ailsagirl]

12. OMG, I was just reading a book about Dylan and her

Wow!!

That's great-- Go Joanie!!

:loveya:

[MO_Dem]

20. Which book?

I'm almost finished reading (for the third time) my ragged old paperback copy of Anthony Scaduto's biography "Dylan".

[ailsagirl]

23. THAT'S THE ONE!!!

I stopped at the "Visions of Johanna" chapter. (dinner time)

Wow!!

:)

[MO_Dem]

29. Whoa! I'm gettin' goosebumps here!

The answer really is blowing in the wind and we are hearing it! I'm ready to begin "I Pity the Poor Immigrant". I really, really like this book, and the coolest part of all is the quote by Bob himself saying he liked it!

[ailsagirl]

30. Good book!! Did you ever read Spitz's book about Dylan?

Huge book. A veritable tome.

http://print.google.com/print?id=xs7DmBy87UwC&lpg=PA9&dq=%22bob+spitz%22&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Fnum%3D20%26hl%3Den%26lr%3Dlang_en%26newwindow%3D1%26safe%3Dactive%26as_qdr%3Dall%26q%3D%2522bob%2Bspitz%2522%26btnG%3DSearch&pg=PP1&printsec=0&sig=bXKF47PF_AatQqjhYbBpptJE9-0

[MO_Dem]

34. No, I haven't seen that one

I'll see if I can get my hands on a copy of it. Thanks! The only other one I've read is one by Clinton Heylin that I picked up in a bargain bin. I read it once and have forgotten most of it. I guess I didn't like it too much or I would have an urge to read it again.

[ailsagirl]

36. I'd recommend it-- he makes a certain amount of personal

comments (some of them kind of snide-- probably a little jealousy), but, ultimately, he is blown away by Dylan's genius.

It was copyright in 1989, BTW...

[HeeBGBz]

13. I love how this story keeps growing

It reminds me of all the old Vietnam War protest days.

[Wizard777]

14. Whoa! The Big Guns of Peace are comming out.

If Bob Dylan drops by. Bush can consider his plastic turkey melted. If Arlo Guthrie walks in and hums a few bars of Alice's Restaraunt and then turns around a walks out. We will have a bona fide movement. People all across the country will start walking into the White House, hummimg a few bars of Alice's Restaurant, and walk out. Unless they are really mad at George Bush and are not tired or proud. They can sing all 25 minutes of Alice's Restaurant in harmony and that can be a beautiful thing too.
:hippie:

[yorkiemommie1]

17. you can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant....

http://www.arlo.net/lyrics/alices.shtml


....' And I went up there, I said, "Shrink, I want to kill. I mean, I wanna, I
wanna kill. Kill. I wanna, I wanna see, I wanna see blood and gore and
guts and veins in my teeth. Eat dead burnt bodies. I mean kill, Kill,
KILL, KILL." And I started jumpin up and down yelling, "KILL, KILL," and
he started jumpin up and down with me and we was both jumping up and down
yelling, "KILL, KILL." And the sargent came over, pinned a medal on me,
sent me down the hall, said, "You're our boy."...'

[ailsagirl]

25. Oh, I remember that one!!

I love the line, "Obie, did you think I was going to hang myself for litterin'?"

:rofl:

[ailsagirl]

28. Malloy played an excerpt of this classic last night...

I'll never forget Joe MacDonald at Woodstock with his
fringed jacket and the scarf tied around his head and
his hair down to his shoulders, belting out this CLASSIC!!
(from the movie-- wasn't there in person)

Well, come on all of you, big strong men,
Uncle Sam needs your help again.
He's got himself in a terrible jam
Way down yonder in Vietnam
So put down your books and pick up a gun,
We're gonna have a whole lotta fun.

And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

Come on Wall Street, don't be slow,
Why man, this is war au-go-go
There's plenty good money to be made
By supplying the Army with the tools of its trade,
But just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb,
They drop it on the Viet Cong.

And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam.
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

Well, come on generals, let's move fast;
Your big chance has come at last.
Now you can go out and get those reds
'Cause the only good commie is the one that's dead
And you know that peace can only be won
When we've blown 'em all to kingdom come.

And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

Come on mothers throughout the land,
Pack your boys off to Vietnam.
Come on fathers, and don't hesitate
To send your sons off before it's too late.
And you can be the first ones in your block
To have your boy come home in a box.

And it's one, two, three
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam.
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

[Wizard777]

40. That's a classic. Like War Pigs.....

wearing lipstick. :wtf: I guess they didn't hear about the brown acid. Maybe that Kerry fella brought some of that wacky tobaccy back from Nam with him. He had that nice Edwards boy seeing pigs wearing lipstick. LMAO I get it! I really get it.

[yorkiemommie1]

51. did you see this verse about " Group W"?

' And I, I walked over to the, to the bench there, and there is, Group W's
where they put you if you may not be moral enough to join the army after
committing your special crime, and there was all kinds of mean nasty ugly
looking people on the bench there. Mother rapers. Father stabbers. Father
rapers! Father rapers sitting right there on the bench next to me! And
they was mean and nasty and ugly and horrible crime-type guys sitting on the
bench next to me'

Group W, Ha ha!

[JanusAscending]

61. Better Song for Arlo!

Remember?........ "Dead skunk in the middle of the road" Good song to sing to BUSH and CO!!!:rofl: :bounce: Or how about "I'm in love with a big blue frog, and a big blue frog loves me" I'm gettin slap happy, gotta go to bed. Peace out!!!

[Raksha]

26. Alice's Restaurant...

...another anti-war classic! I made a point of playing that record for my kids when they were growing up, the better to raise a second generation of counter-culturists. It worked, too!

[ailsagirl]

31. People were so wonderfully irreverent back then...

I suppose if that were written today, it would get no air
play... :(

[yorkiemommie1]

47. ha ha i did the same thing!

the kid says, ' of course I'm a Democrat! I remember you playing all those songs for me!!!

[kath]

56. when our kids were quite young, we listened to some of Tom Paxton's great

anti-war songs. Like "Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation", "The Willing Conscript" and "What Did You Learn In School Today?"
Time to get those CDs out again, methinks.
And I probably oughta find a recording of "Alice's Restaurant", too.

[Wizard777]

33. Yeah, we've seen the Blood and wish he had Gore.

Well Somebody had to say it!

That song would have been the perfect reply to the shrimpboat bastards Ad's. Yes America that's right. John Kerry and Jane Fonda were not the only two people in America protesting the Veitnam war.

Kerry: You mean after serving my country in a war in the US Military. I'm not fit to be President? I should be made to sit on the Group W Bench?

But I still believe Kerry was selflessly doing what was best for the long term interests of the country. Giving Bush enough rope to hang himself with. Yoink! :)

[MO_Dem]

22. Hey, Man, you just brought a big smile

to my face! Thanks!

[me b zola]

53. I have a picture of me with Arlo

It was taken when he played in Columbia, MO circa early 1990's.

If I can figure out how to scan it to the commputer I will post it. :loveya:

[JanusAscending]

60. Arlo Guthrie

I wish someone would contact Arlo. I've lost touch with him. I was living in the Berkshires when they made Alices Restaurant. My late husband was the Chef at the Holiday Inn in Lenox Ma. where the whole film crew stayed while filming the movie. I know "Chief Obie" Alice, and the whole cast of the movie.Remember "Outlaw"? I was a waitress and served breakfast to them all every AM., before their makeup and wardrobe calls. Arlo settled in the Berkshires ( Washington,MA) I came to know him and his family real well. He was very active in local Dem politics throughout Berkshire County. Last time I saw him he was out with his kids , wearing a Santa Clause hat and Christmas shopping. I sure do miss the Berkshires and those times!!! I'm sure he would attend if only someone could get ahold of him. Maybe Joan? Peace :hippie:

[Wizard777]

62. Arlo Guthrie is my favorite folk singer and Alice's Restaraunt

is my favorite song. The Kingston Trio comes in a close second to him. Arlo seems like the kinda guy you could have a hellova good time just talking to. Please post the pic.

[Booster]

16. I take full credit for this. On a thread a couple of weeks ago I

posted "Joan Baez, where are you?" and she has answered. My hero since we were both little kids; a true patriot, a true compassionate person, and a lovely lady. Damn, I hate to miss that cause it will be special with Joan there. My favorite: "There but for fortune, go you or I".

[pox americana]

18. great news!

such a beautiful voice, beautiful soul too!

[PearliePoo2]

19. I saw Joan Baez

in concert years ago. She has (IMO) the sweetest/strongest voice ever.
I get goosebumps when I hear her, pure fidelity.
It's only natural that she would lend her voice to Cindy and Camp Casey. Let this movement grow. Ok, now where's Bob?

[Sal Minella]

27. I saw her in a big sports arena in Ann Arbor. Barefoot and pregnant

(literally) and wearing a dress that looked like she'd made it out of an old tablecloth, and the place was huge, and she stood in a boxing ring in the middle of the floor and when she sang she electrified the very air.......Cindy and Joan are going to be One Dandy Combination, imo.

[ClayZ]

21. And the GOOD grows while BAD and UGLY

are on 5 weeks vacation!

:applause: :applause: :applause:


We shall Overcome!

[Raksha]

24. Wonderful news!!!

I just bought a new/old Joan Baez CD a few weeks ago (Diamonds and Rust). Now all we need is Bobby...

[loudsue]

54. My favorite. It was about her relationship w/ Bob Dylan...

Eyes, "bluer than robin's eggs"....

Joan is one of the guardian angels of The Strength of Decency, sent to earth, to be here when we needed her.

Man! What a dynamic! Her & Cindy!


Bob? "Are we rollin' Bob?" << Somebody contact Mr. Dylan, please.

:kick::kick::kick:

[Maat]

32. She was a surprise guest when Michael Moore came to ..

San Marcos State U in SoCal (just north of San Diego).

I saw her - she led us in song; it was fantastic.

I just dug out my Baez - CD and my Creedence Clearwater CD with "Fortunate Son!"

[CoffeeCat]

35. Is this turning into "'NeedSomeWood' Stock"?

This is beautiful news. Some of the BEST I've heard in a long time.

I am hoping, praying and yearning for this to turn into a "Woodstock"-like event. We sure need one.

This country needs a visible, massive demonstration that is bigger than the evil and destruction being carried out by this administration.

This news about Baez certainly indicates that we are on our way.

I'm trying desperately to get to Crawford--and I hope I can make it sometime within the next couple of weeks.

[lonestarnot]

38. Need some woodstock! Great! Love it!

[Wizard777]

49. By the time we got to Crawford. We were half a million strong.

Bush only sent 140,000 to Iraq. Now there is a strong message to the world. We can't be all that evil if we are willing to stand up to and discipline our own people for their evil deeds abroad. That is the bigger part of their beef with us. We do not properly supervise OUR Employees in OUR Government. That is a valid point FOR DISCUSSION!

Al Qaida blew it with the attack. We got the message loud and clear. Now we're gonna get you! Even if we have to impeach Bush to get him out of our way so we can destroy your inside protection network. It's much better to be at the bottom of our friends list than at the top of our shit list.

[lonestarnot]

37. Right ON!

[Imagevision]

41. Yo! Bob Dylan! - wassup?!!!

[Gregorian]

42. Momentum!

I just discovered that Country Joe has an email address on his website.

Maybe, just maybe, we can get this to snowball.

PS- I just emailed him. I wonder if he'll even respond.

Dear Joe,

I was just looking at the Democratic Underground forum, as I do a lot. Tonight
someone mentioned that Joan Baez is going to make her way to Cindy Sheehan in
Crawford, Texas. She's going to play for her at their camp. We've worked very
hard to stay on top of things and try to put an end to the violence and
suffering being inflicted on the world by this administration. I believe that
if this Crawford gathering gathers momentum, it may just be the focal point,
the pivot by which this whole nightmare is turned around. I immediately
thought of you when I heard about Joan Baez mentioned. And I am sending this
message just to see what you might think. Thirty years ago we marched in the
streets (I was just a kid in Palo Alto back then). I thought it would never
happen again. But here we are.

[loudsue]

55. Love it! How could he refuse?

:loveya:

This just might be why the new property owner in Crawford just allowed 185 acres to be used by the Cindy campsite! Maybe there's an angel (named Andy?) that is looking out for us all! O8)

It just might all be coming together for a (good & noble) purpose!

:kick::kick::kick:

[BigBearJohn]

43. Brought tears to my eyes hearing this. Next? Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

singing "Find the Cost of Freedom"

Find the cost of freedom, buried in the ground,
Mother Earth will swallow you,
Lay your body down.

[evilqueen]

44. That is EXCELLENT news! n/t

[raysr]

45. I saw her

on "Democracy Now" a year ago and she absolutely looked GREAT!

[Gregorian]

46. Paging Neil Young, Joni Mitchell.

[Vadem]

48. OMG! Joan Baez was my heroine in the 60's! You've made ...

my day! I love Joan Baez! That crystaline voice has no equal!

:loveya: Joan!!!!!

It is so wonderful to hear that Joan is still out there with the rest of us peaceniks, trying to bring the world to its senses!!!!

G_d Bless Joan!

Tell me when she is going down to Texas! Please, tell me!

[flordehinojos]

50. wow! Joan Baez! this is a MARIE FLEUR moment.

MARIE FLEUR is a song she recorded a long time ago!

[understandinglife]

52. NOW. THIS. TOTALLY. IS. FANTASTIC!!!!

Peace.

[OneBlueSky]

57. one of the purest voices ever . . . haven't heard much about her . . .

in recent years, so I'm glad she's heading to Crawford to support Cindy . . . will be great to see one of the true legends of the 60s folk movement involved once again . . . music has always played a central role in the peace movement, and I hope that people like Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, Tom Paxton and others dust off the guitars and join in . . . we need the cohesiveness that their songs stimulate . . .

[Generic Other]

58. kick

:kick:

[Ladyhawk]

59. Now we just need Green Day...

"I don't care if you don't
I don't care if you don't
I don't care if you don't care."

:P

[ngGale]

63. Cindy has awakened the music ....

and the power of the people behind it. Thank you Joan Baez!:patriot:
This is the greatest news ...:toast:

[Wizard777]

64. Heavy Metal Alert! Joan Baez wrote and orignally performed Diamonds & Rust

Judas Priest did do a kick ass cover of it. But Joan's mello version is the original and totally awesome.

[stubtoe]

65. When Joan Baez comes out to sing ...

You know it's grabbed the public psyche and a movement is a-formin'.

[Imagevision]

66. Bruce! "No Surrender" one more time!

Bon Jovi - I saw you the day you looked down when learning Bush had been nominated! - we NEED you to help put a gig together in Crawford! Kick it around, there is something to this; "Power To The People thing!