If people have to put labels on me, I'd prefer the first label to be human being, the second label to be pacifist, and the third to be folk singer.

Her three-song set included "Joe Hill" a cover of the Rolling Stones' "Salt of the Earth" and her own composition "Where's My Apple Pie?". In October of that year Baez became the first major artist to perform in a professional concert presentation on Alcatraz Island (a former U. On August 2 2009 Baez played at the 50th Newport Folk Festival which also marked the 50th anniversary of her breakthrough performance at the first festival.

Her first three albums Joan Baez Joan Baez Vol. She began her recording career in 1960 and achieved immediate success. Although a songwriter herself Baez is generally regarded as an interpreter of other people's work having recorded songs by The Allman Brothers Band The Beatles Jackson Browne Leonard Cohen Bob Dylan Violeta Parra Woody Guthrie The Rolling Stones Pete Seeger Paul Simon Stevie Wonder and many others.