Music history is full of stories of rich loves, explosive breakups and emotional odes penned to fellow artists. There is perhaps no one emotion quite as inspiring as love.
At its best, it’s a joy like no other that seems to inspire songwriters endlessly. At its worst, heartbreak is just as good of a motivation as anything else. However, when it comes to Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, their mutual inspiration was vivid, and their relationship status was far less clear.
Baez and Dylan are two of music’s most influential duos. In the early 1960s, they emerged as folk’s new wonder kids, using their artistry to spread awareness and tackle social and political injustices. For years, they travelled around the festival circuit, singing duets and getting closer and closer.
But then, by the mid-1960s, a rift pulled the pair apart. It was never quite as simple as a classic breakup or heartbreak. As their relationship was always interlinked with their music, being collaborative in life, love, and art, their seeming split could never be separated from their work. For years, even decades, to follow, both sides seemed to address one another in their music.
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