Joan Baez - "Gulf Winds" (1976)

By 1976's Gulf Winds, Joan Baez basically sounded like a poor woman's Joni Mitchell. This is something of a shame, since Baez was of course, one of the pioneering, if not the pioneering female singer/songwriter of the folk/rock era of the early 1960s. I know Baez by reputation primarily, so I will assume that she was a lot better in the 60s than what she shows on this album, which has all the hallmarks of bad singer/songwriter music. Little melody, lots of acoustic guitar, 'meaningful' lyrics, and boring singing. I suppose nearly every musical artist produces a bad album if they keep recording long enough, so I won't scrutinize Baez too much for this one. Blue bin!