Celebration At Big Sur Part 3 - Joan Baez

BIG SUR Calif. 1969

A musical documentary of the 1969 Big Sur Folk Festival, filmed in a chaotic style reminiscent of Woodstock. It features performances by Joan Baez, John Sebastian, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Combs Sisters.

Some of the finest folk singers and musicians in the world positioned themselves on the edge of some of America's most glorious scenery for a farewell to summer and a celebration of nonviolence in mid-September. It was the sixth annual Big Sur Folk Festival.

The festival, held on the tree-shaded lawns of Esalen, also differed from other recent celebrations in that here the "scene" did not eclipse the music, but merely served as a complement. According to its producers, Nancy Carlen and Paula Kates, Big Sur was designed as a "performers festival," an opportunity for artists to come together after a hectic summer on the festival circuit for some peace and solitude.

Crosby Stills Nash and Young played the final set, as on Saturday, repeatedly bringing the thinning crowd to it's feet. For a finale - with the audience pushed forward around the pool, closer to the performers now - everyone at the festival reprise "Oh Happy Day".

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Joni
• Mitchell
• David
• Crosby
• Steven
• Stills
• Neil
• Young
• Graham
• Nash
• Joan
• Baez
• Folk
• Festival
• Big
• Sur
• Jo

[CR65]

What a beautiful song. She has the most glorious voice. Riveting.

[frankie28web]

Baez wrote this song for her husband and father of her child, David Harris, who was imprisoned because of draft resistance for 15 month. Some people may be bored, I'm touched...

[quillsinister]

Beautiful song. I was just in Big Sur last week. It looks pretty much the same.

[TheGB1950]

@frankie28web It's sad he later was heard to say that it was worse to be in prison, and that he would have been better off in the service. They split shorty after he was released.

[mike4asianwoman]

@fpopee I AM WITH YOU!!!I COULD NOT HAVE SAID IT BETTER,EXCEPT I AM A VIETNAM VETERAN.I ONLY ASK THAT THE DRAFT COME BACK!!EVERYONE MUST SERVE,IF YOU LOVE AMERICA YOU WILL JOIN THE MILITARY AND SERVE HER FOR 4YEARS AT LEAST.

THANKS

[fpopee]

what the f&ck is with everybody bowing down before this commie joan baez anyway?jeezus,its like she some kind of queen or sumpin.funny thing is ,within 10 years her and her commie loving buddies became the ESTABLISHMENT their heads full of mush tried to overthrow.all of 'em.THEYRE JUST AS MONEY HUNGRY AND GREEDY AS EVERYBODY ELSE.,except now they dont share their dope!That fraud arlo guthrie still makes money off his fake hippy gig.FRAUDS.ALL OF THEM.HER OLD MAN SHOULVE BEEN IN JAIL,OR SHOT.

[ChiverMeTimberz]

@FlauntussFloyd I was 6 years old and living at Gorda while this was happening. What you are asking for is available every day I head down to the Haight and play with everyone who will play. Get a guitar, carry it with you everywhere and play everywhere you go. This is still available to everyone with a heart. That's all it takes. mchivers_@_tusd.net (drop the underscores)

[mike4asianwoman]

@imthefrogman It just goes to show you that you cant speak your mind.I am with you100%.I am waiting to get my comment hidden.Like wow.Now i know where the people that will sing songs for my country they hide up their ass!!!!!!!!!Bring back the draft!!!!!!!!!!

[thinge27]

The song is called: A Song for David.

You find it on several Joan Baez CD's

[mike4asianwoman]

I went off to fight for my country.NO REGRETS!!!!!!!!!!!