Dylan's LOVE IS JUST A FOUR LETTER WORD Played By Earl Scruggs & Joan Baez 50 Yrs. Ago

[@mellazin5533]

Sadly only Joan and her baby on her sister's knee are still with us. The great Earl Scruggs, his two sons playing in the clip, Joan's sister, Mimi Farina, and even the dog are all gone. RIP, Earl, Gary, Randy, and Mimi. This is a wonderful piece of film making and a beautiful piece of music.

[@suzyfeldman6759]

I met Earl, Randy and Gary in Boulder 1971.

[@cyrillagonaute1134]

Best version ever, thanx to Earl

[@cyrillagonaute1134]

And thank you very very much for your work Mr. Hoffman.

[@Pumpkinking64]

Joan is a master... she carries each word delicately with reverence... her soul and voice embodies the folk experience

[@frankpeter6851]

While simultaneously checking out all the chord changes and structures and methods of the other musicians.

[@robertcronin6603]

Dylan didn't remember writing this tune...Joan discovered it fallen behind his piano and made it famous... unbelievable lyrics and melody...Joan and Dylan have always been top of my list - Dylan especially - great clip 🔥

[@MrRichDavid]

Earl Scruggs was one of the few great Nashville country artists who embraced the new music of the 60's, the youth culture, and was a visionary. Probably because of his son. He along with Johnny Cash got it. He could not deny the beauty of Joan's voice and Dylan's writing....Earl Scruggs: May His Memory Be Eternal !

[@mellazin5533]

I couldn't agree more. Earl Scruggs was a virtuoso banjo player who will never be forgotten.

[@MrRichDavid]

@@mellazin5533 Scruggs was also against the Viet Nam war unlike the other Nashville rightwing republicans.

[@steveralston2039]

[possible] Slight correction: According to AI Steve Goodman wrote "Love is Just a Four-Letter Word" not Bob Dylan.

[@M1000-y8b]

It took guts for ES to express his beliefs knowing it would not be popular with most of his. I have to admire him greatly for that.

[@MrRichDavid]

@@steveralston2039 Wrong! Look it up! He wrote It when he and Joan were having their love affair ..... at her house in Big Sur....

[@noahhirschl]

Randy Scruggs is an unbelievable guitarist. His phrasing is thoughtful and restrained, and he's like 17 in this video.

[@qwertylang108]

Here is how to play his part kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZqamXmgrrecZ6c

[@frankpeter6851]

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[@frankpeter6851]

And is that Gabe being a very sweet toddler?

[@qwertylang108]

@@frankpeter6851I deleted the video, i can make it again and send u

[@kimosabbe50]

I love the dog just lying there sleeping right through that beautiful song 😊🦮

[@RobKandell]

This is the very definition of the American musical tradition. Earl not only pioneered the genre of bluegrass, he never stopped exploring and integrating the new into his playing. This is a lesson he passed on to Johnny Cash and can be seen in the latter’s “American Recordings”.

[@curiousaboutanything2454]

There's so many positives in this video clip. First the great father and son duo playing amazing amazing music ,then My favourite Joan singing in the sofa with dog lying next to her and sister Mimi taking care of little baby. What more can you ask , all I can say that this is a gem of a video. Thanks a lot for sharing this gem with us. God bless you.

[@janetcarlson9960]

Mimi was also a gifted singer

[@curiousaboutanything2454]

@@janetcarlson9960 Absolutely. I love her song Pack Up your Sorrows with Richard Farina playing Dulcimer.😍😍

[@l.campos8333]

Here from Brasil I´m speechless. I´m crying. This lady has the power to reach and touch the best someone may have inside. She is simply LOVE, if one word would be able to define her. God bless you David Hoffman, for your uttermost beautiful work and for your so generous sharing.

[@starrynotebook8348]

Pure joy to be transported into this living room. Beautiful.

[@genarogonzalez5922]

Those smiles during the Randy solo....PRICELESS.

[@bencrosier8568]

Like yeah your kid is good , and he plays it humble on the low strings.

[@haroldoaugusto]

I think he player the lower strings because the higher strings was a little bit out of tune.

[@mellazin5533]

I think that Joan is surprised at how good Randy was on the guitar.

[@stephenrivera4382]

Two LEGENDS in an informal jam… Fantastic!

[@nel9827]

Man this makes me want to build a time machine and take a tour of the past eras..

[@jeffreyz2290]

Wasabitrash I hear ya Id love to just be sittin there watchin......

[@sagarpokhrel5357]

I was exactly thinking like this while watching it and then I found this comment... ya someone should build a time machine I guess

[@oliviarod9400]

@@jeffreyz2290 my auntie Pauline Bryan holding my brother Gabriel Harris while my mom Joan Chandos Baez sings Love is a just a four letter word

[@jk56f2]

kinda jealous of that dog on the floor, just soakin' it all in

[@lark265]

We are all "that dog on the floor."

[@dididylan-pena6597]

😂😂👏

[@sventer198]

Didn’t know he was experiencing a “moment”.

[@joannakopf852]

Didn't she try to sing this in the hotel room during that tour in England with Bob where he treated her pretty badly? I am glad he has finally addressed that! In his defense, he was going in a different direction in music and he probably was freaking out over all the adulation he was receiving.

[@stephenrivera4382]

Me too!!!

[@1342jb]

This is a gem; music is incredible and Joan at her loveliest!

[@lauravanderzee4137]

such appreciation these musicians seem to have for eachother. lights up my day

[@davenicholas644]

Who the Hell could give this a Thumbs down...

[@sh230968]

Dave Nicholas Let me guess. Hitler, Cheney, Trump, Netanyahu, or someone similar to these beasts.

[@ouFabLseK-LLangir]

Wait...I'm checking

[@mauritiusdunfagel9473]

Wingers!

[@catman916]

There is no better interpreter of Bob Dylan's songs than Joan Baez. This video is a real treat!.

[@lindahuff8976]

Loved the song "Diamonds and Rust" she wrote for Dylan.

[@JohnDavis-ss4dw]

It doesn’t get any better than this.

[@e-n6111]

Seems like only yesterday I left my mind behind Down in the gypsy café With a friend of a friend of mine Who sat with a baby heavy on her knee Yet spoke of life most free from slavery With eyes that showed no trace of misery A phrase in connection first with she occurred That love is just a four-letter word Outside a rambling store-front window Cats meowed to the break of day Me, I kept my mouth shut To you I had no words to say My experience was limited and underfed You were talking while I hid To the one who was the father of your kid You probably didn't think I did, but I heard You say, that love is just a four-letter word I said goodbye unnoticed Pushed forth into my own games Drifting in and out of lifetimes Unmentionable by name Searching for my double, looking for Complete evaporation to the core Though I tried and failed at finding any door I must have thought that there was nothing more absurd Than that love is just a four-letter word Though I never knew just what you meant When you were speaking to your man I can only think in terms of me And now I understand After waking enough times to think I see The holy kiss that's supposed to last eternity Blow up in smoke, it's destiny Falls on strangers, travels free Yes, I know now, traps are only set by me And I do not really need to be assured That love is just a four-letter word Strange it is to be beside you Many years the tables turned You'd probably not believe me If I told you all I've learned And it is very, very weird indeed To hear words like forever, fleets Of ships run through my mind, I cannot cheat It's like looking in the teacher's face complete I can say nothing to you but repeat what I heard That love is just a four-letter word

[@olinmac4623]

Thanks for these lyrics, they are not the ones at bobdylan.com; those are much less and must just cover a version (outtake?) He did?

[@dylanthompson8511]

Joan wrote the final verse. You can tell they're not the Masters words. Good though.

[@joelgreen]

Gorgeous vocals and performance. A rare gem.

[@vincenzostr4488]

How Bob Dylan could write so many beautiful tunes. It's something incredible

[@mfisher1952]

Far, far better than the album version, with its synthesizer or whatever the hell they pasted on there.

[@james5353]

Earls solo is so sweet, this whole scene is amazing

[@onexsculler]

It just doesn’t get any better than that!!!

[@d.t.1470]

Baez remains my standard for any female vocalist

[@breadseed6432]

"She got a certain secret in her smile That makes you wanna stay awhile"

[@torvilasulvstle362]

Only sometimes is love a four letter word..

[@oliviabaez1661]

Oh shit that sucks that uncle Randy died

[@Dan5482]

Wow! Once upon a time something wonderful happened in that room.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

So true Dan. David Hoffman - filmmaker

[@nationharris]

I love Joan Baez so much. Such a beautiful woman and soul.

[@joaoresende9868]

Joan is an ET... a most beautifull ET. Ah, that voice from heaven.

[@peterlee3637]

I first heard this song in San Diego on a juke box at the place where sailors changed into civilian clothes. That was in 1965 and I listen to it since. I also found a version with another verse. Love that song!

[@sharonrebibo6015]

This must be one of the best jams of all time😍😘💙💙💙💙💚💚💚💚

[@Gilbrox1]

Can’t understand why this hasn’t been viewed in the millions!

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

That is between my work and the algorithm and the algorithm isn't always friendly to my work. David Hoffman filmmaker

[@Kings_Crossing]

This is such a treat, I thought i heard every rendition of this song. And here i find this clip out of the blue.... So beautiful with the bluegrass sound!

[@pdxkennyg]

I have loved this gathering and could love listening to it another thousand times..I' m in love with Joan Baez, have been since 1962

[@alyyellow9827]

My all time favorite version of this masterpiece. The forever amazing, Earl Scruggs, and his amazing talent beautifully compliment Joan's forever ethereal angelic voice. I cherish this video. Thank you for allowing us to see through your storytelling lens.

[@kevinegan1400]

1972 Seems like only yesterday but not all the flowers are gone Joan.

[@Pedro83214]

Mr. David Hoffman, you are so lucky and blessed to have witnessed that meeting!!! It seems too wonderful to be real...(excuse my bad english)...

[@darrendix5163]

Hard as many try, none will EVER compare to this! NO modern musician can shake a stick......

[@james5353]

The banjo solo is divine. Also the video quality is much better than other clips

[@zenzekezenard4269]

So lovely! Thanks David. This is better than the album version. I'll bet a minimum of rehearsing was needed because they were all pros, even Joan Baez. And so lovely and smiling she is as both Scruggs launch their solos.

[@zapatistaNYC]

One of my favorite songs! And what beautiful solos.

[@robertcronin6603]

Had to drop in for another spin...no one used repetition quite like Dylan...so beautiful and affective 🔥

[@marcysheiner2152]

One of my favorite Dylan songs, and as far as I know Joan is the only person who ever recorded it. (He didn't even record it). The lyrics are as great as anything Cole Porter ever wrote!

[@howardjaeckel6176]

I love this song and this rendition. But I can’t make head nor tail out of the lyrics beyond their being pretty and mysterious, and suggestive of a history between the writer and the woman he’s singing about. Well, maybe that’s enough.

[@anthonyparkinson8547]

The first verse is magical. I love to sing it

[@oliviabaez1661]

Joan Chandos Baez is my mom and she's Mrs Guinea Pig

[@Anthony-hu3rj]

@@howardjaeckel6176 The Holy Kiss that’s supposed to last eternity / Blow up in smoke, its destiny

[@marynelson3067]

@Olivia Baez Bless you. I have loved Joan Baez for 54 years. I got to see her in Atlanta during her Farewell Tour. She’s my soul sista. ❤️🔥❤️🙏❤️

[@Fototoek]

This is so sweet and tender

[@hillsofwi]

Fantastic! I'm grateful you made the effort to record this for posterity. Thank you, sir.

[@littleitalyblogspot]

Pretty good banjo player as well.

[@MarlanWarren]

Wow! What a great recording! Joan's voice is like ringing crystal. And Earl Scruggs gives a wonderful added depth to the instrumental. Just a wonderful documented scene. Thank you!

[@davidwoolsey2300]

Ahhh Joan. I've been with you from the first when I played your records in my barracks. You are still as amazing as when you did this, and it's Dylan's loss!

[@marypapak5759]

This is priceless❤. Joan’s beautiful voice is a national treasure, I could listen to her all day❤❤❤❤❤

[@LockhartSpain]

This is one of my favourites that she sang, but I'd never heard this recording, so thank you.

[@MajorBonMarita]

Just love the muSic in such s homey atmosphere with Joan’s baby; sister Mimi, comfy doggie.... thanks for sharing.

[@friscofreeze]

I listen everyday to this. Joan is the only one left.

[@videogamebookreviews]

I like it when she tentatively says "I''ll try it" then immediately nails it.

[@benex971]

Hard to believe they can sound so good without being in a recording studio.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

And with just one microphone recording. It is quite amazing. David Hoffman filmmaker

[@alanfbrookes9771]

I bought the album when it first came out, and it's been one of my favorites for all those years. I never thought I would see any video of it. I'm knocked out. Thanks for creating it.

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

You are welcome Alan, and thank you. It was quite a unique moment to record. David Hoffman - filmmaker

[@l.campos8333]

I am too, Alan. Here from Brasil I´m speechless. I´m crying. This lady has the power to reach and touch the best someone may have inside. She is simply LOVE, if one word would be able to define her. God bless you David Hoffman, for your uttermost beautiful work and for your so generous sharing.

[@oliviabaez1661]

@@l.campos8333 my mom Joan Chandos Baez

[@korneliakaracs9816]

This is something unbelievable and fantastic. So authentic, so real, with the dog and the little children and the mood "we are just playin' something little stuff" Beautiful. Mesmerizing.

[@sattwa2]

We’re blessed to have this recorded for now and history😉 Thank you.

[@scottcoonrod2965]

What an amazing majical recording. Memserizing

[@LilyWasHereMB]

This brief clip reinforces that were it not for people like you David, the essence of what it means to be human might well be lost on humanity.

[@friscofreeze]

Driving thru Shelby NC I think about Earl and his amazing musical career. Such a humble man who experienced such painful moments....

[@flautalee3090]

Exquisite all around. Thank you.

[@ireneeb6592]

This sounds almost miraculous. Bless Joan and her voice, Bob and his words, and all the other musicians here, whom I know a bit less 😅

[@taxfreedollars]

Great recording, Mr Hoffman.

[@riverraven7]

They're all so awesome ! ❤ And YOU , David Hoffman , FILMMAKER are a wonderful creator! ❤

[@2hurricane11]

Video che cattura un momento musicale, e domestico, magnifico, grazie

[@lylux4985]

Just magical.

[@friscofreeze]

Such a melody that captivated Earl

[@moshima74]

This is a great song, I love to sing it...❤

[@focomarin2515]

Melancolía pura en amor y voz, interpretación y acompañamiento sorprendente que se entraña en el ser de desea nunca dar por concluida!

[@BIGMOUTHLOUIS]

Earl was so cool.this is the version that i live by.thanks for grabbing these gems David.

[@bobarteaga6624]

One of my favorites. Hard not to love anything Joan sings.

[@beking4]

I love that this is so comforting, the dog on the floor sleeps right though it -- And that Earl's son gets a chance to shine. And that Joan nails it. But my favorite part is Earl's banjo solo. Keeps me coming back.

[@oliviabaez1661]

My late auntie Mimi Farina holding my brother Gabriel

[@oliviabaez1661]

I was in Joan Chandos Baez's belly before my brother Gabriel during Woodstock

[@adventureoutpost8263]

You must have come out singing, with all that great music happening around your mother while she was carrying you--especially her own incredible voice. Are you a singer or musician?

[@caseyvee4419]

IS your aunt Pauline still living? I know Mimi is gone.

[@dididylan-pena6597]

I LOVE YOUR GENES then💚

[@gigrower6364]

since when did Joan Baez have a daughter?

[@cliveclerkenville2637]

Bravo Joan. Beautiful.

[@BobRoller-rp4sv]

A good dose of Bluegrass helps a lot. RIP Earl Scruggs.

[@BobRoller-rp4sv]

The bluegrass genre got a real shot in the arm when the original Country Gentlemen arrived with all their innovative ways of presenting songs never intended for such groups.Eddie Adcock and Martha are long rime friends of ours and I talked with John Duffey years ago and he told me "bluegrass:was getting stale and he knew nobody that could identify with a "Cabin in the hills"even though they did record the song.about one.The later Seldom Scene was another great and innovative group and again,John Duffey was there,front and center.

[@jotge.3444]

So haben wir früher auch zusammen gespielt. Über allem die großartige Stimme von Joan Baez.

[@focomarin2515]

Eterno padre e hijo y ella, inolvidable!

[@thumbsucker8423]

Amazing.

[@beatlesbarnes]

Love Joan, always have! Gorgeous lady, such style!

[@lark265]

Love is Just a Four-Letter Word, It Ain't Me Babe, Don't Think Twice It's All Aright, All Along the Watchtower, Ballad of Easy Rider..........................same composer

[@paulmatschull1923]

Dylan had little input on Ballad of Easy Rider it was a Roger Mcquinn song.

[@minhphan9845]

Wonderfull, I love it !!!

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Thank you for being the chronicler of this family's journey to help stop three of the senseless wars that the American Empire has waged. What a great moment this song brings, and you capture if for eternity.

[@catmando4448]

What's really awesome about this video is how great artists can just informally and intimiately get together in an impromptu everday way to create such great music. Thank you for capturing this special moment for us to enjoy!

[@CarlosMonzon-o6n]

Una vos increible yo naci en 1972 la escuche de chico y la voy a seguir escuchando👏👏

[@Mronyx1]

Fantastic 💕 my brother turned me onto this as soon as the album came out, and I was hooked. 😊😃👍🏻

[@SeeCSeesCC]

❤️ David this is one of my most cherished videos and I just realized it’s one of yours too. You do such fantastic work this is a wonderful wonderful capture thank you. This is one of the very first videos I ever saved and then I listen to over and over

[@onexsculler]

Pure musical genius!

[@GD-me2lv]

I can say nothing to you but repeat what I've heard...

[@hugovermeulen9596]

joan is such a sweetheart, i wished i could hear bob sing this song

[@akahoku73]

All I can say is WOW! Thank you, David!

[@billcrotts5456]

This is the most beautiful banjo solo I've ever heard

[@jimmyj1969]

A home recording, yet sounds like a studio one! What a voice!

[@joycefolsom130]

what a lovely voice

[@marioGRrr]

Lyrics Joan Baez "Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word" (originally by Bob Dylan) Seems like only yesterday I left my mind behind Down in the Gypsy Cafe With a friend of a friend of mine She sat with a baby heavy on her knee Yet spoke of life most free from slavery With eyes that showed no trace of misery A phrase in connection first with she occurred That love is just a four-letter word Outside a rattling store-front window Cats meowed to the break of day Me, I kept my mouth shut To you I had no words to say My experience was limited and underfed You were talking while I hid To the one who was the father of your kid You probably didn't think I did, but I heard You say that love is just a four-letter word I said goodbye unnoticed Pushed towards things in my own games Drifting in and out of lifetimes Unmentionable by name Searching for my double, looking for Complete evaporation to the core Though I tried and failed at finding any door I must have thought that there was nothing more Absurd than that love is just a four-letter word Though I never knew just what you meant When you were speaking to your man I can only think in terms of me And now I understand After waking enough times to think I see The Holy Kiss that's supposed to last eternity Blow up in smoke, its destiny Falls on strangers, travels free Yes, I know now, traps are only set by me And I do not really need to be Assured that love is just a four-letter word Strange it is to be beside you Many years and tables turned You'd probably not believe me If I told you all I've learned And it is very, very weird indeed To hear words like forever plead Those ships run through my mind, I cannot cheat It's like looking in the teacher's face complete I can say nothing to you but repeat what I heard That love is just a four-letter word

[@Wuei108]

The banjo sounds fantastic.

[@reallyrarestuff]

RIP Randy

[@RoccoFlamefart]

Damn, did Randy pass?

[@buidseach]

One of my all time favorite albums :)

[@juanaguero8355]

Que grande Joan ,.la vi en el Luna cuando vino !

[@jeremyreagan9085]

O Joan and Earl such a beautiful version of this song why did not these two play more often together? Joan you have always been an inspiration to this folk singer love your music and activism and I am blessed to have lived in your time and to learn from your example of humanity and caring.

[@svsugvcarter]

Amazing footage. Thank you!