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Farewell Angelina" is a song written by
Bob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet and painter who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was, at first, an informal chronicler and then an apparently reluctant figurehead of social unrest...
in the middle 1960s, but most famous in the hands of
Joan BaezJoan Chandos Baez is a folk singer and songwriter known for her highly individual vocal style...
.
Written in the middle 1960s, the song was planned to be included on
Another Side of Bob DylanAnother Side of Bob Dylan is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's fourth studio album, released in August 1964 by Columbia Records.Consistent with its title, the album marks a shift away from the more overt, issue-oriented folk music that Dylan had previously been gravitating toward, dominating his...
and again for
Bringing It All Back HomeBringing It All Back Home is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's fifth studio album, released in March 1965 by Columbia Records.The album is divided into an electric and an acoustic side. On side one of the original LP, Dylan is backed by an electric rock and roll band - a move that further alienated him...
but failed to make the cut. Baez made the song the lead track of her 1965
album of the same name"Farewell, Angelina" was a 1965 album by Joan Baez. The album represented a further shift from the strictly traditional folk music with which Baez began her career in that, for the first time, she included electric backup in the form of Bruce Langhorne's electric guitar . Additional musicians...
. Baez' version, though only about half as long as Dylan's recording, was very similar in structure and showed her moving away from pure
folk musicThe term folk music originated in the 19th century as a term for musical folklore. It has been defined in several ways; as music transmitted by word of mouth, music of the lower classes, music with no known composer...
with the use of string bass accompaniment.
"
Farewell Angelina" is a song written by
Bob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet and painter who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was, at first, an informal chronicler and then an apparently reluctant figurehead of social unrest...
in the middle 1960s, but most famous in the hands of
Joan BaezJoan Chandos Baez is a folk singer and songwriter known for her highly individual vocal style...
.
Written in the middle 1960s, the song was planned to be included on
Another Side of Bob DylanAnother Side of Bob Dylan is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's fourth studio album, released in August 1964 by Columbia Records.Consistent with its title, the album marks a shift away from the more overt, issue-oriented folk music that Dylan had previously been gravitating toward, dominating his...
and again for
Bringing It All Back HomeBringing It All Back Home is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's fifth studio album, released in March 1965 by Columbia Records.The album is divided into an electric and an acoustic side. On side one of the original LP, Dylan is backed by an electric rock and roll band - a move that further alienated him...
but failed to make the cut. Baez made the song the lead track of her 1965
album of the same name"Farewell, Angelina" was a 1965 album by Joan Baez. The album represented a further shift from the strictly traditional folk music with which Baez began her career in that, for the first time, she included electric backup in the form of Bruce Langhorne's electric guitar . Additional musicians...
. Baez' version, though only about half as long as Dylan's recording, was very similar in structure and showed her moving away from pure
folk musicThe term folk music originated in the 19th century as a term for musical folklore. It has been defined in several ways; as music transmitted by word of mouth, music of the lower classes, music with no known composer...
with the use of string bass accompaniment. Dylan's original recording of "Farewell Angelina" was eventually issued in 1991 on
The Bootleg Series.
Although "Farewell Angelina" is basically a simple folk love song, some critics have questioned the meaning of some of the more obscure lyrics like "The Jack and the Queen have forsaked the courtyard / Fifty-two gypsies now file past the guards".
In more modern times "Farewell Angelina" has remained a continuous part of Joan Baez' concert repertoire, being recorded twice for live albums during the 1980s. The song has also been recorded by the
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(on
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),
John MellencampJohn Mellencamp, previously known by the stage names Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is a Grammy-winning American rock singer-songwriter, musician, painter and occasional actor known for his rootsy, organic brand of heartland rock that is infused with catchy pop hooks and...
(on
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) ,
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,
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, Danny Carnahan's Wake The Dead, and Danu's When All is Said and Done. German and French versions of the song have been recorded by
Nana MouskouriNana Mouskouri , born as Ioanna Mouskouri on October 13, 1934, in Chania, Crete, Greece, is a singer who is confirmed to have sold over 200 million records worldwide in a career spanning over five decades, making her one of the world's best-selling female recording artists of all time. She was...
. A rare acoustic version was recorded by
Jeff BuckleyJeffrey Scott Buckley , raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was the son of Tim Buckley, also a musician...
in the early 1990s.