Joan Baez has never affected me either way. I like some of her songs and I don't like others. Bob Dylan is a songwriter I have never been a fan off altho' I do like some of his songs mighty well,
Gamblin' Willie for instance and Just Like A Woman for another. I do think he went miles by reworking some good old songs to fit his voice and guitar and harmonica.

I am alittle put off by the statement that The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down was a fraudulent folksong. I don't believe the Band ever ment it to be a folksong. And it is a good song that deserved bettr than Joan gave it. Just as The City of New Orleans deserved better than Orlo gave it.

I think we create and accept and diminish our icons too easily and too quickly.

Don