"Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)" Joan Baez - 2017 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

[@catfishdance]

Joan Baez is a part of my life, her voice, her words, her commitment to the most profound causes is a beacon. Her voice is fading, but not her message and fire. Her voice was always like a bell, even just hearing her speak was a pleasure.

[@thorstenczub6576]

She fought the dark, and gave all of us power and love.

[@ThePeaceableKingdom]

"Her voice is fading, but not her message and fire." Aye!

[@vdavis4785]

Joan is a legend and has never wavered in her pursuit of peace and justice. This song's lyrics are by Woody Guthrie, but the music is actually by Martin Hoffman. There is a wonderful book called "All They Will Call You" that has more information about the plane wreck and the families affected by it. Author is Tim Z. Hernandez.

[@Tony-dk9sx]

Always relevant, always singing out for justice. Love you, Joan!

[@geraldwhitworth8002]

Nothing like a Woody Guthrie song to plant your feet solid on the ground and point you in the right direction. Great version by Joan Baez who carries the same embers in her heart as Woody.

[@cjcurtis8944]

Well said

[@donaldloehr4300]

Two extraordinary muscians from my era and, as you so well put it, "plant you feet on the ground and point you in the right direction". Peace, Brother.

[@ttrain45]

this song is still strong today as it was back then.

[@lucasflanders8557]

The moral compass of a nation. A living legend whose message we need to take to heart.

[@renaudrichard6417]

Quel magnifique métaphore à propos de Joan ! Merci !

[@MerleHeidi]

We need to take the message created by Woody Guthrie to heart.

[@pfhanley1963]

As tough as 2020 has been the planters and pickers have kept us fed, that may be the most heroic story of the year.

[@donaldloehr4300]

They do the jobs most Americans would never consider doing, especially for the wages they're paid for doing them. My thanks and gratitude to them.

[@maryangeladouglas]

Joan Baez sang most beautifully with so much nuance and feeling classical folk songs, like the Child ballads and so many more. And the song she sang Deportees of course was a deeply felt folk song she always sang, including in this performance most beautifully. She loaded every note of every song she ever sang with a fervent pathos that truly for the most part cannot be found in rock and roll at all. Though she was never a rocker I still applaud her getting another award JUST BECAUSE. But I will never forget her matchless lyricism. Who ever could.She sang Bob Dylan it is true but she turned the Dylan songs into searing angelic anthems. She really is a category all by herself. I will remember her singing forever. Incredibly miraculously unforgettably sung, an eternal a passionate and pure reverberation with a range of glory transmitted from earth to Heaven and back again.. I know Im not the only one who feels this way about her gift. May her voice echo through all the ages exactly as it was. And is,

[@sheylaramirez3007]

My great grandfather and his brother where on that plane. ☹ they all finally have a proper tomb stone and have all the names on it in Fresno ca.

[@ttrain45]

That is awesome! Woodie Guthrie did this song, then The Highwaymen, and a multitude of others (soooo many), until finally not too many years ago they tracked down relatives and gave so many closure on what happened to their grand and great grand fathers and mothers.

[@BastDG]

Well - Joanie did it long before the Highwaymen - but the amazing think is that (per Wiki), the first recording was apparently done by Dave Guard - both with the Kingston Trio and another group. Almost 10 years before Joanie (though I suspect she was singing it long before she recorded it). It's so sad that so many 50's and 60's "revolutionary" songs are once again speaking to people.

[@jdbird1989]

@Lily Tv sorry for your loss. :( All the lives lost was very heartbreaking and tragic.

[@iankemp8535]

@@ttrain45 great song by the great woody Guthrie never to be forgotten How we would all love to have Woodie Gutherie today. Joan interpretation is so moving god bless.

[@aaronrodriquez3815]

That’s finally a long awaited honor to these hard workers ....thank heavens for Woody Guthrie for helping to bring this to light

[@ednabenson8187]

The timing of this could not be more perfect because nothing has really changed. We just can't find a way to live in peace and to accept one another's differences until that changes we will always be unrest and inequality. It starts in your own house and your own heart

[@terrencewildman1732]

My cousin and I went camping in the hills west of Coalinga, CA last December, and our route took us up Los Gatos Creek Road. On a return trip this week, we found the monument placed across the road from the impact site in 2023 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the disaster; a piece of sacred ground in the foothills of the Coast Ranges.

[@TheMauriciobabilonia]

Gracias ❤️ Va mi corazón a todos ellos. Dios los tiene en un lugar muy especial.

[@homolgus1]

A song of great power it will live forever

[@iankemp8535]

Great song by a great man Beautifully sung by Joan marvellous just what is needed

[@judekessey7913]

Joan Baez - At College 1975 I followed B.Dylan and played his songs on my guitar during breaks ... Then found your music - I still frequently listen to 'Diamonds &Rust', your co-sing 'Before The Deluge' wi Jackson Browne... With much love from Borneo & Keep Well ✌🙌🌏💫

[@elisabethhaller6944]

❤🎵🎶🎵 Bravo Joan🎵🎶 🎵❤ Ich bin schon über 50 Jahre ein grosser Joan Baez Fan. Man kann einfach nie genug von ihren so wunderschönen Lieder kriegen. ❤ Joan ist so eine tolle Frau. ❤ Was die Frau in ihrem Leben alles geleistet hat.... Einfach bewundernswert. ❤ Danke liebe Joan ❤

[@carlosbernasconi4965]

All men are born equal. Let the American dream come true again.

[@nedludd7622]

As George Carlin said, It is called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.

[@dennisbean7336]

Joan is fantastic

[@jacklondon8211]

grand respect a cette grande qui à été de tous les combats.....ont t aiment Joan

[@davidgathern4358]

About bloody time

[@mariamesserli6491]

Immer aktuell many thanks to Woody! ❤😂😢 and all the interprets of this great song

[@jj8526]

Lovely cover and great guitar picking...👏👏☘☘

[@neilembo55]

Now that's what you call a class act

[@lapinfurax615]

Excellent !!! Joan Baez is forever !

[@liamingrouille9702]

I found this on a 7" along with Maria Delores in very good condition while i was taking out the garbage at work (I work part-time at a vinyl warehouse/shop). I think the value was too low to bother selling in the store or we couldn't receive it, either way, one man's trash is another man's treasure. I didn't even know what it was until I played it and I'm happy I saved it because, it belongs in my collection.

[@tomtom2ization]

It's happening today!!!

[@LuisLopes-ih4or]

Respect !

[@franciscoandrade2456]

O my god I'm Mexican a macho man but this song make me cry that's the price that we have to pay for try to live a better life

[@TheKASOT]

@THESATURNSSC1 "My country" Thesatyrbssc1 Your country? You are full of it, It belongs to me. Noe you and your kind. Go back to where you came from, kiddo! We don't want your kind here.

[@icook1723]

I am not, but still cry at "Both sides of the river, we died just the same."

[@rebecca1894]

Ignore the despicable posts here. I am so happy they have finally been acknowledged. I welcome you to my country, which we stole from indigenous peoples. These people do not speak for everyone and should be ashamed.

[@jakecrisci7264]

Wish I could’ve been there. I was born in the 80s.

[@hermanneberle4300]

we should fight instead pay for a better life ! all together now ! letzte chance für die menschheit

[@crawlingonmusic]

Living legend

[@MLampner]

I always loved her version from the 70s, but while her voice is not as sweet or as strong as it once was the raw power of her emotion more than makes up for that. Wonderful.

[@larrysmith647]

Beautiful and very meaningful song--Joan Baez was very generous in sharing the microphone with the other artists, seeing as how it was SHE who made this song famous, way back in 1972-- goes to show that she really doesn't have a "Ham" bone in her body.

[@nbenefiel]

Larry Smith woody Guthrie made this song famous before Joan was even born.

[@beechnut79]

Joan was born in 1941. The event didn’t occur until seven years later, 72 years to the day.

[@donaldloehr4300]

Joan Baez is a Lady and a humanitarian. Thank you @catfishdance for your comment - I thoroughly agree with you.

[@robertwinfield364]

I love Joan Baez. I love Judas Priest. Thank you MUSIC for extending my taste 😊

[@joeyyy771]

Beautiful

[@robynkulp6946]

Let us never forget those deported!!! Thanks for remembering them!!!

[@anthonyfoutch3152]

Thanks Woody.

[@GuitarlosCarlos]

YOUR STILL THE BEST JOAN ~ CARLOS GUITARLOS 90042

[@MerleHeidi]

How about mentioning in your introductory information that Woody Guthrie wrote the song lyrics and Marty Hoffman wrote the music? Give credit to the political dedication and artistic imagination of the artists who created the song. I love Joan Baez, her vision ,her artistry, and I'm glad you posted this video.

[@kikenobel8724]

Soy un admirador de BD, y por cierto y lógica también de Joan Baez. Ella es mi cantante femenina favorita. No pude verla en chile, cuando el dictador prohibió que se presentara en un concierto público. Sin embargo y arriesgando su vida ofreció solo para algunos afortunados, un espectáculo privado en una Iglesia (Santa Gemita). Preciosa dama y artista.

[@miguelcortes9674]

Suecia

[@miguelcortes9674]

Santa Gemita en Ave Special al LADO de casa de my abuelita.Suecia Ave.

[@4dukesnideer4]

What praise could be laid at Joan's feet that is not already there?

[@rbernard6685]

I have sent many e-mails to The Kennedy Center asking What are you waiting for? One of the greatest moments in my life was walking into a small church in the East Village during a Viet Nam protest in NYC and in the center of that church stood Joan Baez and Country Joe singing anti war songs. I still tremble when I relive that moment. How few people are aware that Baez's father said no to the Manhattan Project. He was a scientific genius. And Trump wants to build walls. Where are we America.

[@nedludd7622]

This is so sad and beautiful. I have listened to it several times in a row. Arlo and Emmylou have a great duo version of this too. Look up the Braceros Program. The evil U.S. imported workers during the war and turned face to expel them.

[@dennisbean7336]

Beautiful but so sad 😭

[@mikeymichael9991]

The old social justice warriors of socialism , communism , ...they still around , bless their hearts ..

[@douglasschnabel4480]

As are the fascists,... bless your heart, too.

[@fusteriamoveis6182]

Immortal!!

[@DianaFogarty]

No one does It better…..

[@gldsmith61]

She has gotten prettier with age.

[@nedludd7622]

All of you may be interested in the three albums of Billy Bragg with Wilco called "Mermaid Avenue". They are of previously unrecorded Woody Guthrie songs.

[@lizreinhold]

I took in 2 families from Peru since I was a child I think how terrible we treat others we don't understand or get to know. Sad!

[@dishwasher9]

I came across this searching up wreck it ralph rick roll and this song is actually not bad

[@apache7924]

Questa è l, america chei piace

[@monkeyface6139]

Tom Joad is the moral compass.

[@eulen50]

Esta canción no es de Plane Wreck at Los Gatos, aunque también la interpretaban, es de Woody Guthrie.

[@nedludd7622]

?

[@hermanneberle4300]

equal rights - wordwide !

[@sdb6757]

I’ve written a new verse: The Bible it says, we must love our neighbor By refusing the stranger, you’re refusing the Lord The big orange idiota says I’m a rapist and murderer They claim to be Christian what blind Pharisees

[@cjcurtis8944]

Brava! Bravisimo!

[@apache7924]

Questa

[@hermanneberle4300]

die deutsche version von gerd schinkel heißt : geh, flüchtling, geh ! überall hör ich nur.......

[@sdb6757]

A song for 2025.

[@luizafonso4131]

Jesus e Maria, Jesus and Mary.

[@anthonyfoutch3152]

Joan is in her 70s but sounds like she did in her 20s.

[@sammietabor]

Where o' where can you hide the bodies, babies and mothers. They used a big bull dozier, pored the dirt on while we were still trying to breathe...

[@sammietabor]

109,000 immigrant have been removed... ???????

[@markrevelle1]

great song, but done far better by Julie Felix

[@kopates7233]

Democracias

[@jamesvignali6074]

For hundreds of years. For thousands of years. For tens of thousands of years. For hundreds of thousands of years. For a couple million years men have stared into the fire and played with their toys while the women did all the work and I see no reason to change things now.

[@oldnewenglander]

Woody Guthrie's last great song. And, of course, it is not rock & roll at all.

[@ericroxdsl]

As I understand it, in this era of worldwide terrorism and $trillion deficits: US deportation policy is focused exclusively upon illegal immigrants who are convicted VIOLENT CRIMINALS - not the vast majority of illegal aliens who are otherwise innocent. I say "Yes" - this IS the best way to protect our orchards (and families and way of life). Isn't there better poetry or song to empathize with sincere immigrants, without setting up fallacious and scary 'straw dogs'?

[@prospero7867]

Then you don't understand it.

[@clarissaolivares5504]

Do you at all understand the meaning about the song??? It was written about s real life plane crash where laborers were in a plane crash but largely forgotten

[@CHlEFFIN]

N Eric Johnson You are an idiot, first of all. Second of all, an artist has the LIBERTY and the FREEDOM to write about ANYTHING they want... arrogant old fool.

[@jimbenvenuti2291]

"US deportation policy is focused exclusively upon illegal immigrants who are convicted VIOLENT CRIMINALS " That is a lie, the only people who spew that ugliness are Trump and the Infowars/Breitbart/Fox News echo chamber.

[@BastDG]

A plane crash that happened in 1948.