Wednesday, March 8. 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 11
Joan Baez draws fans of all ages
By BriAnne Hess writer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Joan Bae performs to a sold-out crowd last night at Liberty Holl. A diverse crowd spanning several generations was present to hear her. Photo by Jay Sheaper/KANSAN
Joan Baez's folk music still had the power to draw a sold-out show of almost 700 last night at Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St.
The crowd standing in line before the show spanned all ages, from old hippies reuniting on the sidewalk to children getting a firsthand dose of the albums they heard growing up.
Baez, 60, opened solo on guitar with a song by folk singer Dar Williams. On the second song, the band came out and accompanied Baez's mellow Irish song about keeping her head above the waves.
Baez's band consisted of Adam Kirk on guitar and vocals, Mark Peterson on bass and vocals, Joshua Segal on violin, mandolin, saxophone and vocals, and Carol Steele on percussion and vocals. Baez also featured Eliza Carthy, a popular British vocal singer, on vocals.
Carthy joined the group on the third song and sang with Baez on the classic, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down."
freshman, said she wasn't a big fan of Baez but had heard of her because she sang a song with the Indigo Girls. She said she went to the concert with her
Whitney McMahan, Topeka
parents. Emily Foster and Laney McMahan, who had listened to Baez in the '60s.
Foster said she liked Baez's voice.
"She was real idealistic," Foster said. "But that was a common theme of the times."
Baez's four-decade musical career spanned the globe. Meredith Clayton, a student at the University of Health Sciences in Kansas City, Mo., grew up listening to her mom's Baez albums. Clayton gave the concert tickets to her mother for Christmas. She had not been to a Baez concert before.
Although Baez has continued to record albums, Clayton said that Baez was not as visible as she used to be.
Clayton said that she had Baez's 1998 CD, Gone From Danger, and that Baez's style had not changed much, though her message had.
"There was a lot more protest in the '60s," Clayton said. "Now I think it's more reflective."
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