who is the song diamonds and rust about
Bob Dylan
title: Diamonds & Rust (song) text: Diamonds & Rust (song) "Diamonds & Rust" is a song written, composed, and performed by Joan Baez. It was written in November 1974 and released in 1975. In the song, Baez recounts an out-of-the-blue phone call from an old lover, which sends her a decade back in time, to a "crummy" hotel in Greenwich Village circa 1964 or 1965; she recalls giving him a pair of cuff-links, and summarizes that memories bring "diamonds and rust". Baez has stated that the lyrics refer to her relationship with Bob Dylan. The song, which was a top-40 hit for Baez on the U.S. title: Diamonds & Rust (song) text: in the third chapter of her memoir, "And a Voice to Sing With" (1987), Baez uses phrases from the song in describing her relationship with Dylan, and has been explicit that he was the inspiration for the song. She recounts how she originally told Dylan that the song was about her ex-husband David Harris, which was obviously not true. The lyrics, for example, include the lines, "Well, you burst on the scene already a legend / the unwashed phenomenon, the original vagabond..." which would describe Dylan but not Harris. In her memoir, "And a Voice to Sing With", Baez records title: Diamonds & Rust (song) text: from a phone booth in the Midwest. MR: What was the song about originally? JB: I don't remember what I'd been writing about, but it had nothing to do with what it ended up as. The song was later covered with edited lyrics by Judas Priest for the album "Sin After Sin". It was originally recorded a year earlier for "Sad Wings of Destiny", but not included on that album. This early version appears on "The Best of Judas Priest", "Hero, Hero", and some remasters of their first album "Rocka Rolla". A live version of the song is on "Unleashed title: Bob Dylan text: toured together again in 1984 with Carlos Santana. Baez recalled her relationship with Dylan in Martin Scorsese's documentary film "No Direction Home" (2005). Baez wrote about Dylan in two autobiographies—admiringly in "Daybreak" (1968), and less admiringly in "And A Voice to Sing With" (1987). Baez's relationship with Dylan is the subject of her song "Diamonds & Rust", which has been described as "an acute portrait" of Dylan. Dylan married Sara Lownds, who had worked as a model and a secretary to Drew Associates, on November 22, 1965. Their first child, Jesse Byron Dylan, was born on January 6, 1966, and title: Diamonds & Rust (song) text: a 1975 conversation between herself and Dylan, discussing songs to include in the then-upcoming Rolling Thunder Revue concerts: "You gonna sing that song about robin's eggs and diamonds?" Bob had asked me on the first day of rehearsals. "Which one?" "You know, that one about blue eyes and diamonds..." "Oh", I said, "you must mean 'Diamonds and Rust,' the song I wrote for my husband, David. I wrote it while he was in prison." "For your husband?" Bob said. "Yeah. Who did you think it was about?" I stonewalled. "Oh, hey, what the fuck do I know?" "Never mind. Yeah,