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JOAN BAEZ FEELS TO US LIKE a sister to all, a lifetime activist for human and civil rights, for peace, and for the environment. On her 68th birthday today, we think of her and her late little sister, Mimi Baez Fariña, and share their duet of Amazing Grace to celebrate. Happy birthday, Joan, and thank you.
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Thank you for this, the key to a treasure box of memories. As a lonely teenager in a blinkered little town, I used to idolize Joan Baez for being a champion of justice, for bringing Bob Dylan to prominence (and winning his heart, before he went off down that long lonesome road) and for singing the story of women’s pain through the centuries (I could tell even in the 50s that “Mary Hamilton” was a feminist song, although I wouldn’t have used that word). In the heat of fanship I hardly gave a thought to Joan’s sister (actually, she had two). then a few years ago I read David Hajdu’s fascinating book Positively 4th Street: The Life and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina and Richard Farina. I became fascinated by the sisters, and by Joan’s often intrusive big-sisterly behavior towards Mimi. Listening to this lovely hymn just now, I couldn’t help but notice how dominant Joan is–ever the controlling big sister–with Mimi just a sweet, plaintive harmony. (By the way, I’m a big sister myself.)