I caught some of Joan's Spring 2000 shows and they are the best shows I've ever seen by any performer...and I've seen a lot!! Joan's wonderful band consists of a fine road family of talented personnel: Mark Peterson, bass, Carol Steele, percussion, Joshua Segal, violin, mandolin & horns and Adam Kirk, guitars. All the band sing splendid back up vocals and Carol and Mark get a couple solos here and there. The range of mateial is impressive from songs off Joan's first Vanguard album to new songs by folks like Richard Shindell, Dar Williams, Sinead Lohan and Betty Elders. Her guests on this tour were the impressive Eliza Carthy and her keyboard player Martin Green. Doing some two hours with no intermission, Joan was in perfect form....the audiences were sold out, the reviews impressive and the halls rang with talent. Catch Joan whatever you do!! A summer UK tour and a fall US tour is in the planning stages...check the Joan Baez Web Pages at www.baez.woz.org for details. take care,jim