Wow, Joan Baez-- I've never seen her in concert, but certainly was influenced by her in my hippie years. Lovely voice, in tune with British folk traditions, plus and 20th century radical. Recently Joan has taken under her wing two young superstars in the singer/songwriter genre: Dar Williams and Richard Shindell. They perfomed together across the country. In fact, unless I'm wrong, this trio became the touring group called "Cry Cry Cry" which made major waves last year. I'm a fan of the trio and the 3 ind. members.