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Baez Revisits Dylan With Mixed Feelings
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Executive Summary
Joan Baez reflects on Bob Dylan with lingering resentment eased by gratitude, as new interviews revisit their fraught but influential bond
- Baez said she listened to only two sides of Triplicate and could not finish it
- She said Dylan taking on Sinatra covers showed he still did not care what others thought
- Baez said painting Dylan helped resentment evaporate and left only gratitude
- She described a recent shift toward liking and appreciating Dylan more fully
- Baez has long been linked to introducing Dylan to wider New York and folk audiences
- Their relationship began in the early 1960s and later became strained after fame and breakups
Quick Facts
- What: Reassesses their past with mixed admiration and resentment
- Where: In interviews tied to books films and media coverage
- Why: To explain how time and painting changed her feelings
- Who: Joan Baez reflecting on Bob Dylan
- When: In 2025 discussions recalling events from the 1960s onward
Coverage Timeline: 1507 Days
Featured Article
In a recent Shadow Chasing Substack essay, the author analyzes Bob Dylan's Poem to Joanie and its themes and literary influences.
Additional Articles
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Joan Baez released Any Day Now in December 1968 in Nashville, featuring Dylan songs performed by Baez with Nashville session players.
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Bob Dylan released Triplicate in May 2017 in the United States, drawing mixed critical responses and comments from Joan Baez.
Baez discusses her past with Dylan and reveals a shift toward a more positive view in a 2025 interview.
In a Substack blog post, the author recounts Joan Baez's relationship with Bob Dylan and creation of 'Diamonds and Rust' from early-1960s New York to 1975.
Joan Baez imitates Bob Dylan in a clip discussed in an Open Culture article published in 2025.
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Joan Baez, in a Rolling Stone interview, discusses her 1961–1965 breakup with Bob Dylan and the inspiration for Diamonds And Rust.
Joan Baez discusses the documentary I Am a Noise in an Irish Times interview published Dec 7, 2024, noting screenings in Dublin and Bellaghy and reflecting on activism, trauma, and Dylan's influence.
Dylan and Baez are discussed in relation to the 2024 biopic A Complete Unknown in the United States.
In New York on October 6, 2023, I Am A Noise premiered, detailing Baez's life, Dylan romance, and family secrets.