With Blessed Are..., Joan Baez found herself with a hit single on the charts. That song, a cover of Robbie Robertsons "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," is just one of the many surprises on Blessed Are.... Once again using some of Nashvilles finest pickers and songwriters, Baez runs the gamut of such influences as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Mickey Newbury, Jesse Winchester, Stevie Wonder, and, of course, herself, while sounding nothing more than like Joan Baez always has. Great music, and a lot of it, too, for when it was released on vinyl, it was a double album with a special 7" single included. Altogether, 22 tracks of some of Joans finest. ~ James Chrispell
Rovi