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Joan Baez as a guest star

posted 9 years ago by smileyking1975
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The only part I liked was right at the end when she sang, "Will the Circle Be Unbroken"? I like that version of the song, even though it was a more "folk" instead of "gospel" version. The song, "How Can I Keep From Singing"?, is like that, too. I like the Libera version of it, even though it's the gospel one and sad. With the gospel version of "will the circle be unbroken"?, who wants to hear about a hearse coming to take your mother away?

[–] smileyking1975 9 years ago

The sad version about someone's mother dying was first sung by The Carter Family. The very first version was written by a woman named Ada R. Habershom. There is a website called Subversive influence and the words to the songs are on it.