Jun 9
gold dust & ghost calls: the story behind “diamonds & rust”
“Diamonds & Rust” feels like reading someone’s diary… and in a way, it is.
Joan Baez wrote it after a phone call from Bob Dylan that brought everything rushing back — the love, the distance, the memories that don’t quite fade.
For years she dodged the question, but later confirmed the truth: it was about him.
There’s something quietly devastating about revisiting a love that once felt like everything — only to see it clearly, years later.
Full story here:
Joan Baez wrote Diamonds and Rust about Bob Dylan. Here's the full story behind the song, from the 1974 phone call to the Rolling Thunder Re