Joan Baez started singing in the late 1950s.
She became a very successful folk music singer and recorded many Bob Dylan songs.
Did you know that Joan has a connection to Mexico? Her father was born in Puebla, Mexico.
Her official website has a complete list of recordings: Albums
Here is a great medley of "500 Miles" & "There But for Fortune":
500 Miles
"If you miss the train I'm on,
you will know that I am gone
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
a hundred miles,
a hundred miles
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two,
Lord I'm three, Lord I'm four
Lord I'm 500 miles from my home 500 miles,
500 miles,
500 miles, 500 miles
Lord I'm five hundred miles from my home
Not a shirt on my back,
not a penny to my name
Lord I can't go a-home this a-way
This a-away, this a-way,
this a-way, this a-way Lord
I can't go a-home this a-way
If you miss the train I'm on,
you will know that I am gone
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles"
There But For Fortune
"Show me the prison,
show me the jail
Show me the prisoner,
whose life has gone stale
And I'll show you, young man,
With so many reasons why
there but for fortune,
go you or I......mm.mm
Show me the alley,
show me the train
Show me the hobo,
who sleeps out in the rain
And I'll show you, young man,
With so many reasons why
there but for fortune,
go you or I, mm.mm
Show me the whiskey,
stains on the floor
Show me the drunkard,
as he stumbles out the door
And I'll show you, young man with so many reasons why
there but for fortune go you or I, mmm,mm
Show me the country,
where the bombs had to fall
Show me the ruins of the buildings, once so tall
And I'll show you, young land with so many reasons why
there but for fortune
go you and I,
you and I."
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