(Review from allmusic, amazon)

With Blessed Are…, Joan Baez found herself with a hit single on the charts. That song, a cover of Robbie Robertson’s “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” is just one of the many surprises on Blessed Are…

Once again using some of Nashville’s finest pickers and songwriters, Baez runs the gamut of such influences as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Mickey Newberry, Jesse Winchester, Stevie Wonder and, of course, herself, while sounding nothing more than like Joan Baez always has. Great music, and a lot of it, too, for when it was released on vinyl, it was a double album with a special 7″ single included.

The pieces remind us of our own mortality in “Three Horses”, inspire us to common decency in “Blessed Are” and mourns the condition of human-kind in “Heaven Help Us All”. “Marie Flore” is a superficially wistful account of a chance meeting in a distant city, it is a metaphor for the brevity of life, the precious gift of every friendship and the profound emotional connection we could make with each other if we would choose to do so. This music is melodic and engaging, but carries messages about the very meaning of our lives as well.

Line-up:
- Joan Baez / Guitar, Vocals
with
- Norman Blake / Dobro, Guitar
- David Briggs / Keyboards
- Kenneth A. Buttrey / Drums
- Ed Logan / Saxophone
- Charlie McCoy / Harmonica
- Norbert Putnam / Bass
- Buddy Spicher / Violin
- Pete Wade / Guitar
- The Holladays / Singers

Track List:
CD1
01. Blessed Are… – 3:06
02. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – 3:26
03. The Salt of the Earth – 3:26
04. Three Horses – 7:07
05. The Brand New Tennessee Waltz – 3:11
06. Last Lonely, and Wretched – 3:46
07. Lincoln Freed Me Today (The Slave) – 3:25
08. Outside the Nashville City Limits – 3:25
09. San Francisco Mabel Joy – 4:27
10. When Time Is Stolen – 3:02
11. Heaven Help Us All – 3:36
12. Angeline – 3:41
13. Help Me Make It Through the Night – 3:02
CD2
01. Let It Be – 3:52
02. Put Your Hand in the Hand – 3:24
03. Gabriel and Me – 3:31
04. Milanese Waltz-Marie Flore – 5:59
05. The Hitchhiker’s Song – 4:23
06. The 33th of August – 3:46
07. Fifteen Months – 4:31
08. Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee) (Bonus) – 5:19
09. Maria Dolores (Bonus) – 3:26

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