Anecdotes

Played a significant role in the Live Aid (1985) concert opening the US segment of the show in Philadelphia (13 July 1985).

Once lived next door to Hunter S. Thompson.

Her son Gabriel Harris makes musical instruments.

Has recorded songs in eight languages.

Unsuccessfully sued cartoonist Al Capp for libel after parodying her as "Joanie Phoanie" in his comic strip "Li'l Abner" in 1966.

Lives with her ninety year old mother in a home Woodside, California. (mars 2004)

Hunter S. Thompson once corresponded with her. His nickname for her was "Joanie".

Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2017.

Was six months pregnant with her son Gabriel Harris when she performed at Woodstock.

She was a frequent collaborator with Bob Dylan in the 1960s, as well as briefly a romantic partner. They reportedly haven't spoken in person since 1984 after a disastrous reunion tour attempt.

Close friend of Kris Kristofferson.

Ranked #27 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll

Strong supporter of the Civil Rights and the anti-war movement in the 1960s and 1970s. During Christmas of 1972, she joined a peace delegation traveling to North Vietnam.

Sister of Mimi Fariña.

Built a treehouse in a tall oak tree behind her home.

From the age of eighteen into her forties, she sought therapy to handle her intense stage fright.

Travels by bus on a musical tour of the United States. (mars 2004)

Her father, Albert V. Baez, died 20 March 2007 at a nursing home in San Mateo County, California, USA. (mars 2007)

Father, Albert Vinicio Baez, is from Puebla, Mexico.

Mother, Joan Bridge, was born in Edinburgh, UK and is of English-Scottish descent.

Met her husband David Harris in Santa Rita jail after being arrested in a large action to shut down the Oakland Armed Forces Induction Center.

Her father was a physicist and inventor of the X-ray reflection microscope.

Resides in Woodside, California.

Sister-in-law of Richard Farina.

Ex-sister-in-law of Milan Melvin.

Attended Boston University.

Paternal grandfather was a Methodist minister in Mexico and founded the First Spanish Methodist Church in New York City.