Joan Baez
Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond
Pushkin Industries
4.5 • 4.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2021
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Rick Rubin speaks with the great Joan Baez fresh off her birthday and the announcement that she'll be among this year's Kennedy Center honorees! Joan was known the world over as the Queen of Folk at the height of her career in the 60s. She used her fame to help spread the tenets of the non-violence movement, and was a close ally to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Joan also helped introduce Bob Dylan to the world by giving him stage time at her shows when she was the biggest ticket in town and he was a complete unknown. In this conversation with Rick Rubin, Joan explains why after performing for over 60 years, she recently made the decision to stop singing and turn her attention to painting. She also talks about the time she and Pete Seeger were run out of town by local cops after a performance and getting banned from Brazil for her music.
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| 0:00.0 | Pushkin |
| 0:07.0 | John Baez has always used her voice as a tool for social change. |
| 0:38.0 | At the height of her career in the 1960s, John was known the world over as the Queen of Folk. |
| 0:45.0 | She used her fame to help spread the tenets of nonviolence and was a close ally to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 0:51.0 | John also helped introduce Bob Dylan to the world by giving them stage time at her shows when she was the biggest ticket in town and he was a complete unknown. |
| 1:01.0 | In this conversation with Rick Rubin, John explains why after performing for over 60 years, she recently made the decision to stop singing. |
| 1:10.0 | She also talks about the time she and Pete Sieger were run out of town by local cops after a performance. |
| 1:16.0 | And how is it badge of honor when the Brazilian government banned her music because they felt it made people too emotional. |
| 1:23.0 | This is Broken Record, liner notes for the digital age. I'm Justin Richmond. |
| 1:35.0 | You're Rick Rubin and John Baez. |
| 1:38.0 | How are you? |
| 1:39.0 | Hey, mountain man. |
| 1:41.0 | Nice to see you. |
| 1:42.0 | Nice to see you. |
| 1:43.0 | Everything well, it's been a minute. |
| 1:45.0 | It's been a minute. |
| 1:46.0 | Everything is just as good as it can be. |
| 1:49.0 | Beautiful. |
| 1:50.0 | Tell me what's been going on. |
| 1:53.0 | What's been going on? |
| 1:55.0 | Let me think. |
| 1:56.0 | Well, I made the decision to quit touring as you know. |
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