Why did he do that to Joanie? Well, a number of reasons. It's the kind of thing that happens when a relationship is breaking down and almost over. Actually, it was pretty well over as far as Bob was concerned, but not as far as Joan was, and she hadn't quite figured that out yet, because she admired him tremendously (for his creative abilities), and I would think loved him tremendously too. She had to be one of his sincerest fans. Bob was already very interested in Sara (his wife-to-be) and Joan didn't even know about Sara yet when that tour started. Joan was hoping for Bob to introduce her onstage to his audiences in England (as she had earlier done for him in America), and Bob was no doubt wishing that Joan just wasn't there, but was not able to flatly tell her so. That's an awkward situation, to say the least. He may have felt guilty about it at some level, and that may have made him angry, and he may have taken the anger out on her. One thing Bob didn't like was that Joan had a tendency to mother him in a way which he might have found rather constricting, and to sort of "own" him in the process (contemplate the lyrics in "She Belongs To Me" for some insights into that). They both had tremendously strong egos, and it was rough on both of them dealing with each other. She was the reigning "Queen of Folk" on her way down...and he was the reigning King on his way up. That was not easy to deal with either.

Is that enough?

- LH