You’ve written a fascinating article about the story told in a great and important song. It was a bonus 5”record included inside Joan Baez’s double LP “Blessed Are”: on the sleeve it said that it was dedicated to the farm workers of the world, “May they soon cease to be victims.” (The B-side of the bonus record is “Maria Dolores”.)
I see that you link to her version in the article. If I may mention another meaningful rendition, Judy Collins’s (https://youtu.be/2KIIBzUYZZU?si=i94Qq47ySij99FFD) — which was on her third album — is also powerful.
Agreed! Thanks for sharing this lovely rendition. It’s powerful to think how broadly the song was meaningful to such a plethora of artists. It’s also intriguing to realize how many many equivalents of boxed sets we can fill with these recordings!
What a sad story. I'm surprised I've never heard it told before now. How often we make others "less than" ourselves by using terms like "deportee" or "illegal" to describe them even in death. RIP all those who died in the plane wreck at Los Gatos.
You’ve written a fascinating article about the story told in a great and important song. It was a bonus 5”record included inside Joan Baez’s double LP “Blessed Are”: on the sleeve it said that it was dedicated to the farm workers of the world, “May they soon cease to be victims.” (The B-side of the bonus record is “Maria Dolores”.)
I see that you link to her version in the article. If I may mention another meaningful rendition, Judy Collins’s (https://youtu.be/2KIIBzUYZZU?si=i94Qq47ySij99FFD) — which was on her third album — is also powerful.
Agreed! Thanks for sharing this lovely rendition. It’s powerful to think how broadly the song was meaningful to such a plethora of artists. It’s also intriguing to realize how many many equivalents of boxed sets we can fill with these recordings!
Great post, Angel- so interesting to learn about this tragedy.
What a sad story. I'm surprised I've never heard it told before now. How often we make others "less than" ourselves by using terms like "deportee" or "illegal" to describe them even in death. RIP all those who died in the plane wreck at Los Gatos.
Dehumanisation and exploitation go hand-in-hand. Thanks for this deeply poignant and timely essay, Angel.