Joan Baez 🔥 Folk Rock Legends | Live at Woodstock 1969 (Inspired Tribute)

🔥 SIX MONTHS PREGNANT, HER HUSBAND BEHIND BARS — AND STILL SHE SANG UNTIL SUNRISE Welcome to Midnight Wire Sessions. This session is a tribute inspired by one of the most quietly devastating sets in festival history — the pre-dawn hours of August 16, 1969, Woodstock, New York. Joan Baez took the stage six months pregnant, her husband David Harris sitting in federal prison for resisting the draft. With nothing but an acoustic guitar and a voice that carried across a muddy field of half a million people, she sang gospel, protest ballads, and quiet love songs until the sky began to lighten — closing, as she always did, with a solo a cappella call for solidarity that left the whole crowd humming along. This session recreates that full pre-dawn set — soaring soprano storytelling, fingerpicked acoustic intimacy, and the raw open-air character of a real 1969 outdoor festival recording, captured with warm analog tape warmth and a hushed, reverent crowd. 🎧 PERFECT FOR: Late-night listening & reflection Deep focus & studying Fans of protest folk & storytelling songwriting Lovers of raw, historically inspired live recordings Anyone who loves music history's quietest, most powerful moments Long drives & quiet evenings 🎵 FULL TRACKLIST: 00:00 - Hickory Wind 03:38 - I Shall Be Released 08:20 - Joe Hill 11:49 - Warm and Tender Love 16:14 - We Shall Overcome 21:07 - Oh Happy Day 24:57 - Take Me Back to the Sweet Sunny South 28:37 - Swing Low Sweet Chariot 34:31 - One Day at a Time 39:06 - Sweet Sir Galahad 43:43 - Drug Store Truck Drivin Man 47:21 - The Last Thing on My Mind 51:02 - Hes Fine And Were Fine Too 👉 If this session moved you, hit LIKE, drop a comment telling us which track hit you hardest, and SUBSCRIBE to Midnight Wire Sessions for more legendary tributes, historic concert recreations, and live concert-style sessions every week. 🔁 Share this with someone who loves 60s folk history. 🔔 Turn on notifications so you never miss a new session.