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5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect, 20 Jan 2009
This contains 66 of Joan Baez's best-loved folk songs. You'll find none of her later material here (no Dylan, no Nashville, no Ochs or Donovan,, no Diamonds and Rust and none of her foreign language stuff).
This is perfect for a beginner guitar player as well as the more experienced guitar player (two sets of chords are given for each song, with an indication of where the capo should go so that you can sing the song in the same key as Joan, while playing easier chords). You are given the key that Joan sings the song in, and all songs are arranged for the piano, too.
The book contains such songs as Jackaroe, Mary Hamilton, East Virginia, Geordie, Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You, Fennario, Wagoner's Lad, Once I Had A Sweetheart, Railroad Boy, Barbara Allen, Henry Martin, House Carpenter, Matty Groves, Donna, Donna, Portland Town, Plaisir D'Amour, I Once Loved A Boy, Banks of the Ohio, Long Black Veil, The Trees They Do Grow High, Lily of the West, Silkie, Fare Thee Well (10,000 Miles), Wildwood Flower, Rake and Rambling Boy, John Riley, Once I Knew A Pretty Girl, Three Fishers, Willie Moore, Black Is The Colour of My True Love's Hair, Annabel Lee, Pretty Boy Flloyd, Silver Dagger, Copper Kettle, Kumbaya, Hush Little Baby, All My Trials, Virgin Mary, Twelve Gates to the City, Battle Hymn of the Republic, House of the Rising Sun, Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens, The Cherry Tree Carol, The Unquiet Grave, Lonesome Road, What Have They Done with the Rain, Where Have All the Flowers Gone etc..You get the idea.
This is a beautiful book with stunningly gorgeous illustrations by fellow coffeehouse goer and folkster Eric Von Schmidt. There is also historical and musical commentary.
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