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David's Album 
Studio album by Joan Baez Released May 1969 Recorded CBS Studios, Nashville, September 1968 Genre Folk, country Length 44:41 Label Vanguard Producer Maynard Solomon Joan Baez chronology Any Day Now
(1968)David's Album
(1969)(I Live) One Day at a Time
(1970)David's Album was a 1969 album by Joan Baez, recorded in Nashville. It was Baez' eleventh album to date. It peaked at number 36 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart.
Contents
History
Baez's then husband, David Harris, a country music fan, was about to be imprisoned for draft resistance, and she recorded the album as a gift to him. It was recorded during the same sessions as Baez's previous release of Bob Dylan songs, Any Day Now.[1]
The cover sketch is a drawing of David Harris by Joan Baez.
The Vanguard reissue contains two previously unreleased tracks, "How Can I Miss You", a duet with Baez' sister Mimi Fariña, and Tom Paxton's "The Last Thing on My Mind."
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]In his Allmusic review, music critic Bruce Eder wrote of the album "the singing and playing still hold up. Baez also sets aside some of her occasional stridency here, in favor of a more relaxed performance that shows her in the most engaging manner of her career... David's Album has transcended its origins in part because of the sheer range of material on it... David Harris is long since out of jail, and he and Baez parted, but it's still an excellent album."[1]
Track listing
- "If I Knew" (Nina Dusheck, Pauline Marden)
- "Rock Salt and Nails" (Bruce Utah Phillips)
- "Glad Bluebird of Happiness" (Darryl Skrabak)
- "Green, Green Grass of Home" (Curly Putman)
- "Will the Circle be Unbroken" (traditional)
- "The Tramp on the Street" (traditional)
- "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" (traditional)
- "Just a Closer Walk With Thee" (traditional)
- "Hickory Wind" (Gram Parsons, Bob Buchanan)
- "My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains" (A.P. Carter, Tom Ashley)
Personnel
- Joan Baez – vocals, guitar
- Fred Carter, Jr. – mandolin
- Pete Drake – pedal steel guitar
- Johnny Gimble – fiddle
- Roy Huskey, Jr. – bass
- Tommy Jackson – fiddle
- Jerry Kennedy – guitar
- Jerry Reed – guitar
- Harold Bradley – guitar, dobro
- Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
- Harold Rugg – guitar, dobro
- Grady Martin – guitar
- Buddy Spicher – fiddle
- Norbert Putnam – bass
- Kenny Buttrey – drums
Chart positions
Year Chart Position 1969 Billboard Pop Albums 36 References
- ^ a b c Eder, Bruce. "David's Album > Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r95893. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
Studio albums Joan Baez (1960) • Joan Baez, Vol. 2 (1961) • Joan Baez/5 (1964) • Farewell, Angelina (1965) • Noël (1966) • Joan (1967) • Baptism: A Journey Through Our Time (1968) • Any Day Now (1968) • David's Album (1969) • I Live One Day at a Time (1970) • Carry It On (1971) • Blessed Are... (1971) • Come from the Shadows (1972) • Where Are You Now, My Son? (1973) • Gracias a la Vida: Joan Baez canta en español (1974) • Diamonds & Rust (1975) • Gulf Winds (1976) • Blowin' Away (1977) • Honest Lullaby (1979) • Recently (1987) • Speaking of Dreams (1989) • Play Me Backwards (1992) • Gone From Danger (1997) • Dark Chords on a Big Guitar (2003) • Day after Tomorrow (2008)Live albums Joan Baez in Concert (1962) • Joan Baez in Concert, Part 2 (1963) • From Every Stage (1976) • Live Europe 83 (1983) • Diamonds & Rust in the Bullring (1988) • Ring Them Bells (1995) • Live at Newport (1996; recorded 1963-65) • Bowery Songs (2005)Compilations Folksingers 'Round Harvard Square (1959) • Portrait of Joan Baez (1967) • The First 10 Years (1970) • The Joan Baez Ballad Book (1972) • Hits: Greatest and Others (1973) • The Contemporary Ballad Book (1974) • The Joan Baez Lovesong Album (1976) • Best of Joan C. Baez (1977) • The Joan Baez Country Music Album (1979) • Joan Baez: Classics (1986) • Rare, Live & Classic (1993) • Best of Joan Baez: The Millennium Collection (2000) • The Complete A&M Recordings (2003)Notable songs "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You" • "China" • "Day After Tomorrow" • "Diamonds & Rust" • "Farewell, Angelina" • "Forever Young" • "Here's to You" • "Honest Lullaby" • "House of the Rising Sun" • "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" • "Joe Hill" • "Lily of the West" • "Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word" • "Love Song to a Stranger" • "Mary Hamilton" • "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" • "Recently" • "Reunion Hill" • "Rexroth's Daughter" • "Scarlet Tide" • "Silver Dagger" • "Speaking of Dreams" • "Stones in the Road" • "Sweet Sir Galahad" • "There but for Fortune" • "We Shall Overcome" • "What Have They Done to the Rain"Related Categories:- 1969 albums
- Joan Baez albums
- Albums produced by Maynard Solomon
- Vanguard Records albums
- English-language albums
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