'60s folk icon Joan Baez hurt in fall from treehouse

[John Kerry VonErich]

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Published: Friday, November 19, 2010 at 7:54 a.m.
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WOODSIDE -- 1960s songbird Joan Baez is "resting comfortably" at an undisclosed location after falling 20 feet to the ground from a treehouse -- a treehouse she purposely had built without walls because she wanted to sleep among real birds at her Woodside, Calif., home.Click to enlarge Joan Baez.

The 69-year-old Baez was climbing down from the platform Wednesday when she plunged to the ground. The San Jose Mercury News reports Baez suffered minor injuries and was treated and released from Stanford Hospital.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. She just spent one of her nine lives

that is a CODE TRAUMA... just from the mechanism.

She is LUCKY.

[Zoeisright]

2. Man, I hope I'm still climbing trees when I'm 69.

Get well soon, Ms. Baez.

[karynnj]

4. I saw her in concert in 2008, and she looked nowhere near 69 - and her voice

is still incredible.

[JuniperLea]

20. I've seen her many times...

I adore her! I'm a metal head at heart, but Joanie amazes me. Most recently, the last couple of years anyway, I've seen her at UCLA's Royce Hall, in San Diego (I can't remember the venue, but it was outdoors at a large seaside hotel), and at The Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA. I wanted to go to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass because she AND Jackie Greene were performing (he's a modern day Dylan) but work got in the way.

I'll not be missing her again! She's precious!

[madokie]

30. Jackie Greene

What a talent. I'll be listening to him in the days coming

A modern day Dylan is right on too.

[Booster]

22. My best friend asked me just yesterday who I would like to see in

concert and I said "Joan Baez, before one of us dies". I'm 67 so I think I better hurry up and buy those concert tickets.

[RaleighNCDUer]

21. Climbing trees? Hell, I hope I'm still climbing stairs. nt

edit for dumb speling

[gratuitous]

3. I hope she has a speedy and full recovery

National treasures are hard to come by, and Joan is one of ours.

[JitterbugPerfume]

5. I am 69. at least for two more days,

and I am in awe of her! A fall like that would probably finish me.

[Systematic Chaos]

7. Well a slightly early HAPPY 70th TO YOU then!

:D

[JitterbugPerfume]

17. Thanks!

The only thing worse than being seventy is the alternative! LOL

Actually, I feel great and enjoy good health , for which I am grateful

[HereSince1628]

8. True, as mature adults we just don't bounce like 6 year olds anymore.

[JitterbugPerfume]

18. Yes--I have lost all of my bouncy!

[dixiegrrrrl]

23. Things that used to bounce do not

and vice-versa.

the joys of senior-hood.

And, as Mr. D said recently: " I remember when waking up stiff was a GOOD thing?".

[BuelahWitch]

10. We share a birthday! I'll be 48

Hope you have a good one! :hi: :party:

[JitterbugPerfume]

14. happy birthday!

:party: :toast:

[no_hypocrisy]

6. I've fallen from trees, but not 20 feet.

I hope she'll be okay.

[malaise]

9. Get well soon sister

You're braver than me.

[damntexdem]

11. Sleeping with the birds is one thing, but ...

she shouldn't try flying with them.

;-)

But it just goes to show: she should have been a better tree-hugger. ;-)

[John Kerry VonErich]

13. careful

Joan fans bite it you mess with her. I know, made the same mistake long ago.

[veganlush]

12. wow. if I'm gonna be climbing trees at 69..

I'd better get started.

[old mark]

15. She performed in Reading, PA in October - she sold out the large

auditorium,and got great reviews.

mark

[onethatcares]

16. I just amazed

that she went to Readin PA. wow, I didn't think anyone went there.:beer:

[old mark]

27. Well, now that we got electricity, we get some musicians other than

accordian and mandolin players...We even have inside toilets now...mostly.

mark

[JuniperLea]

19. Joan is my idol...

I see her every chance I get, and I celebrate her life, and I applaud her activism, and I adore her for the pacifist she is. She still sings like an angel.

Healing vibes and wishes for a speedy recovery! "Treated and released" sounds like a good sign to me, so I'm going to hold that thought.

I'm an outdoor sleeper too... I would have a treehouse like this if I could. I settle, at the moment, with a bed next to a giant sliding glass door that leads to a third-story balcony. I aspire to fully sleep outside some day.

[joeybee12]

24. Glad she wasn't hurt...but honestly, how many other celebrity names could you

insert in the sentence " ________ hurt in fall from treehouse"!!!!! That said, all the best to her...I think she's great!

[Jeanette in FL]

28. Keith Richards...LOL

Keith Richards fell out of a tree a few years back and lived to tell about it. But he was only 62 at the time. Don't know if he would make it at 69.

Get well soon, Sister Joan

[librechik]

25. Now when they say she is out of her tree, they won't be speaking metaphorically

not that anyone but a stupid cruel person would say that...Get well, Joanie!

[Raine]

26. Wishing her all the best! nt

[Le Taz Hot]

29. One of my favorite pieces:

Diamonds and Rust
Joan Baez + Guitar, Live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGMHSbcd_qI