Joan Baez diffuses right wing protest at Idaho concert.

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33. Welcome to DU, AikenYankee!

Glad you're here! Well, many of us here probably have a little jealousy to swallow - what a memory for mountain grammy! The Newport Folk Festival! Two of 'em. And Paul Butterfield. And Dylan - MAN... some of that jealousy is certainly mine!

We get many wonderful stories like this from fellow DUers. Many of them have amazing experiences and they share - in many cases quite lyrically, too, and we are thoroughly enriched by them. I love reading these! It's a real treasury we have here. The older ones among us are wonderful sources of living history. I contribute a minor bit of broadcast journalism experience back in the day when I was still working. So many DUers went through Vietnam (either protesting or drafted into combat), lived through ten Presidents or more, multiple natural disasters and other cataclysms, loves, losses and more. I particularly like reading through recollections of historical moments - "where were you when ______" and so forth. We gain so much from this - including knowledge, perspective, the benefit of other people's research, and the benefit of other people's VERY sharp eyes. I swear - people around here spot the most startling and illuminating things!