Baez and Blue Eyes

In 1964, Joan Baez published an album containing Johnny Cash’s song, “I Still Miss Someone,” with these lines:  ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w_cA52F2lQ )

         Though I never got over those blue eyes....I see them everywhere…

Though Cash and two family members wrote this about his wife’s parents, it seems safe to surmise that Joan picked it up because of Bob Dylan.  Their relationship was breaking up about that time.

Eleven years later, in 1975, she put out “Diamonds and Rust,” including an old favorite of mine: “Winds of the Old Days.”  Again she refers to Dylan’s blue eyes in this poignant remembrance of their love.                           ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeXLnxkNXFk )

Eleven years!  She married in 1968, had a beloved son, a wonderful career, and yet when she gets a glimpse of Dylan in the news, her heart is ready to take flight.

The heart is a strong muscle!  It won’t, after all, let go…