'Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)' Joan Baez - 2017 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Class of 2017 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Joan Baez performs "Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) onstage with Mary Chapin Carpenter and the Indigo Girls.

[catfishdance]

Joan Baez is a part of my life, her voice, her words, her commitment to the most profound causes is a beacon. Her voice is fading, but not her message and fire. Her voice was always like a bell, even just hearing her speak was a pleasure.

[vdavis]

Joan is a legend and has never wavered in her pursuit of peace and justice. This song's lyrics are by Woody Guthrie, but the music is actually by Martin Hoffman. There is a wonderful book called "All They Will Call You" that has more information about the plane wreck and the families affected by it. Author is Tim Z. Hernandez.

[terrencewildman]

My cousin and I went camping in the hills west of Coalinga, CA last December, and our route took us up Los Gatos Creek Road. On a return trip this week, we found the monument placed across the road from the impact site in 2023 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the disaster; a piece of sacred ground in the foothills of the Coast Ranges.

[geraldwhitworth]

Nothing like a Woody Guthrie song to plant your feet solid on the ground and point you in the right direction. Great version by Joan Baez who carries the same embers in her heart as Woody.

[Tony-dksx]

Always relevant, always singing out for justice. Love you, Joan!

[judekessey]

Joan Baez - At College 1975 I followed B.Dylan and played his songs on my guitar during breaks ... Then found your music - I still frequently listen to 'Diamonds &Rust', your co-sing 'Before The Deluge' wi Jackson Browne... With much love from Borneo & Keep Well ✌🙌🌏💫

[maryangeladouglas]

Joan Baez sang most beautifully with so much nuance and feeling classical folk songs, like the Child ballads and so many more. And the song she sang Deportees of course was a deeply felt folk song she always sang, including in this performance most beautifully. She loaded every note of every song she ever sang with a fervent pathos that truly for the most part cannot be found in rock and roll at all. Though she was never a rocker I still applaud her getting another award JUST BECAUSE. But I will never forget her matchless lyricism. Who ever could.She sang Bob Dylan it is true but she turned the Dylan songs into searing angelic anthems. She really is a category all by herself. I will remember her singing forever. Incredibly miraculously unforgettably sung, an eternal a passionate and pure reverberation with a range of glory transmitted from earth to Heaven and back again.. I know Im not the only one who feels this way about her gift. May her voice echo through all the ages exactly as it was. And is,

[pfhanley]

As tough as 2020 has been the planters and pickers have kept us fed, that may be the most heroic story of the year.

[ttrain]

this song is still strong today as it was back then.

[ednabenson]

The timing of this could not be more perfect because nothing has really changed. We just can't find a way to live in peace and to accept one another's differences until that changes we will always be unrest and inequality. It starts in your own house and your own heart

[nancybento]

Play this for Trump and Musk when they dine on their next Caesar salad or tomatoes. Even today it is the same. God Bless my dear friend Joan Baez. I love you.

[lucasflanders]

The moral compass of a nation. A living legend whose message we need to take to heart.

[sheylaramirez]

My great grandfather and his brother where on that plane. ☹ they all finally have a proper tomb stone and have all the names on it in Fresno ca.

[elisabethhaller]

❤🎵🎶🎵 Bravo Joan🎵🎶 🎵❤
Ich bin schon über 50 Jahre ein grosser Joan Baez Fan. Man kann einfach nie genug von ihren so wunderschönen Lieder kriegen.
❤ Joan ist so eine tolle Frau. ❤
Was die Frau in ihrem Leben alles geleistet hat....
Einfach bewundernswert.
❤ Danke liebe Joan ❤

[iankemp]

Great song by a great man Beautifully sung by Joan marvellous just what is needed

[homolgus]

A song of great power it will live forever

[jacklondon]

grand respect a cette grande chanteuse qui à été de tous les
Joan tu es aimée par des dizaines de millions de par le monde...

[jj]

Lovely cover and great guitar picking...👏👏☘☘

[franciscoandrade]

O my god I'm Mexican a macho man but this song make me cry that's the price that we have to pay for try to live a better life

[liamingrouille]

I found this on a 7" along with Maria Delores in very good condition while i was taking out the garbage at work (I work part-time at a vinyl warehouse/shop). I think the value was too low to bother selling in the store or we couldn't receive it, either way, one man's trash is another man's treasure. I didn't even know what it was until I played it and I'm happy I saved it because, it belongs in my collection.