W
henjoanbaezsharedabillwiththeindigo
Girlsabout20yearsago,ayoungfanapproached,ask-
ing for an autograph – for his grandmother. “Tell your
grandmother to go fuck herself!” said Baez, who saw the
show as a way to connect with a new generation of fans.
Today, in the airy kitchen of her home near Palo Alto, California, with its view of the
Santa Cruz Mountains and a painting of a nude woman above the fireplace, Baez
winces at the memory. “I felt so awful and said, ‘I’m sorry – of course I’ll sign it.’ ”
The
Fıghtıng
Sıde
of Joan
Joan Baez helped
invent the idea of the
protest singer –
and she’s still at it.
The life and times
of a secret badass
BY DAVID BROWNE
PHOTOGR APH BY
JUSTIN KANEPS
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