Joan Baez Picture and Photo Gallery:

Using her music as an agent for social change, Joan Baez was one of the leading folk singers of the 60s and 70s and continues to be a cultural and social influence to this day. Born January 9, 1941 in Staten Island, New York, Baez moved with her parents to Belmont, Massachusetts when she was a young girl, and it wasn't long before she picked up a guitar and gave her first folk performances at clubs in the Boston-area.