Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust (Live - 1975] “Diamonds & Rust” is a song written, composed, and performed by Joan Baez. It was written in November 1974 and released in 1975. In the song, Baez recounts an out-of-the-blue phone call from an old lover, which sends her a decade back in time, to a “crummy” hotel in Greenwich Village in about 1964 or 1965. She recalls giving him a pair of cufflinks, and surmises that memories bring “diamonds and rust”. Baez has said the lyrics refer to her relationship

On Tuesday's "The Big Interview," I sit down with the reigning queen of folk music, Joan Baez. Baez became one of the leading activists of the 1960s and 70s. She rose to prominence after walking arm-in-arm with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the March on Washington, and later for spending 12 days in a bunker in Vietnam during the bombing of Hanoi. In this clip, Joan Baez explains why she thinks the political atmosphere today is the worst it’s ever been and warns of a serious move towards fas