This is a great version. I think it beats all the Carter family efforts, as good as they are. Joan had such a beautiful voice and her finger picking put her in a league above all the other folk singers.
Well, you are the first person in fifty years that I have heard dissing Baez. She sang, she spoke, she did, and she was. Her voice went through phases with time, all of them beautiful, as she was. I could not have asked for a greater talent to walk with me through my life, and I am grateful for all she did, gave, and was. Her voice was stunningly wonderful, a gift to all of us. Love. Peace.
when I was a young picker it was mandatory to be able to pick along with Joan and Fred Hellarman who is playing second git here. Speed was of the essence! On a good day I can still keep up. But I can still not to this day get that quiet swing that mother Maybelle has. probly never will. good versions both of them!
I have loved Joan Baez for over fifty years. She is one of the best singers of traditional love ballads whom I have heard. And, she is a fine guitarist.