Best wishes for a quick recovery to Joan Baez (69 years old) who fell out of a tree on the grounds of her home, reportedly suffering minor injuries.
From an AP story
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.
[…]Baez is known for such songs as “Blowin in the Wind,” ”Forever Young,” ”Diamonds & Rust” and “Sweet Sir Gallahad,” and once had a relationship with rocker Bob Dylan.
That’s a rather Dylan-centric thumbnail of her career, but I guess I couldn’t offer a better one. Somewhat amusing is the choice of labeling Bob as a “rocker” with whom she “once had a relationship.” Everything is shorthand. To rewrite an old quote: When the glib shorthand becomes fact, print the glib shorthand. Still, Baez’s career could never be summarized without substantial reference to Bob Dylan. I’m not sure that the same in reverse could be said about Bob’s career.
The history, in any case, will be written by the victors.
