Flashback: Joan Baez Pleads With Bob Dylan Via Song

By the fall of 1972 Bob Dylan had been living largely outside of the public eye for six very long years. There hadn't been a new studio album since 1970's New Morning, giving his fans little more to chew on a handful of fresh tracks for Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II and the "George Jackson" single the following year. The Vietnam War was winding down by this point, but the protest movement was still going strong and they longed for a leader of Dylan's stature. The fact he moved away from topi