Honest Lullaby
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Honest Lullaby was a 1979 album by Joan Baez
. It would be her final album for CBS Records
, and her last new studio album issued in the US until 1987. The title song was written for her son, Gabriel Harris. In her 1987 memoir, "And a Voice to Sing With", Baez speculated that she was likely dropped from her record label due to a political disagreement she'd had with the then president of CBS Records. "Let Your Love Flow" was originally a 1976 hit for the Bellamy Brothers
.
Baez dedicated the album to the memory of journalist John L. Wasserman
. (Wasserman, who had died the previous February, had written the liner notes to Baez' 1977 compilation, The Best of Joan C. Baez
.)
Cover photos were taken by famed photographer Yousuf Karsh
.
Joan Baez
Joan Chandos Baez is an American folk singer, songwriter, musician and a prominent activist in the fields of human rights, peace and environmental justice....
. It would be her final album for CBS Records
CBS Records
CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J...
, and her last new studio album issued in the US until 1987. The title song was written for her son, Gabriel Harris. In her 1987 memoir, "And a Voice to Sing With", Baez speculated that she was likely dropped from her record label due to a political disagreement she'd had with the then president of CBS Records. "Let Your Love Flow" was originally a 1976 hit for the Bellamy Brothers
Bellamy Brothers
The Bellamy Brothers are an American pop and country music duo brothers David Milton Bellamy and Homer Howard Bellamy , from Darby, Florida, United States...
.
Baez dedicated the album to the memory of journalist John L. Wasserman
John l. Wasserman
John L. Wasserman was an entertainment critic for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1964 until the time of his death in 1979...
. (Wasserman, who had died the previous February, had written the liner notes to Baez' 1977 compilation, The Best of Joan C. Baez
Best of Joan C. Baez
The Best of Joan C. Baez was a Joan Baez compilation that A&M put together after Baez left the label in 1977. Selections from five of her six A&M albums were included , with the emphasis on material from 1975's Diamonds & Rust album. Liner notes were written by John L...
.)
Cover photos were taken by famed photographer Yousuf Karsh
Yousuf Karsh
Yousuf Karsh, CC was a Canadian photographer of Armenian heritage, and one of the most famous and accomplished portrait photographers of all time.-Biography:...
.
Track listing
- "Let Your Love Flow" (Larry E. Williams)
- "No Woman No Cry" (Vincent FordVincent FordVincent Ford , known as "Tata", was a Jamaican songwriter best known for receiving writing credit for "No Woman, No Cry", the reggae song made famous by Bob Marley & The Wailers, as well as three other Bob Marley songs...
) - "Light a Light" (Janis IanJanis IanJanis Ian is an American songwriter, singer, musician, columnist, and science fiction author. Ian first entered the folk music scene while still a teenager in the mid-sixties; most active musically in that decade and the 1970s, she has continued recording into the 21st century...
) - "Song at the End of the Movie" (Pierce PettisPierce Pettis- Biography :A former staff writer for PolyGram Publishing in Nashville, Pettis' musical career was started in 1979 when Joan Baez covered one of his songs, "Song at the End of the Movie", on her album Honest Lullaby...
) - "Before the Deluge" (Jackson BrowneJackson BrowneJackson Browne is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 17 million albums in the United States alone....
) - "Honest Lullaby" (Joan BaezJoan BaezJoan Chandos Baez is an American folk singer, songwriter, musician and a prominent activist in the fields of human rights, peace and environmental justice....
) - "Michael" (Joan BaezJoan BaezJoan Chandos Baez is an American folk singer, songwriter, musician and a prominent activist in the fields of human rights, peace and environmental justice....
) - "For Sasha" (Joan BaezJoan BaezJoan Chandos Baez is an American folk singer, songwriter, musician and a prominent activist in the fields of human rights, peace and environmental justice....
) - "For All We KnowFor All We Know (1934 song)"For All We Know" is a popular song published in 1934. The music was written by J. Fred Coots and the lyrics by Sam M. Lewis.The first charting versions in 1934 were by Hal Kemp and Isham Jones . A version by Dinah Washington reached #88 on the chart in 1962...
" (Sam M. Lewis, J. Fred Coots) - "Free at Last" (Baez, George Jackson)