''Gone from Danger'' is the twenty-third studio album (and twenty-fifth overall) by

Joan Baez Joan Chandos Baez (; born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. Her contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest and social justice. Baez has performed publicly for over 60 years, releasing more ...

, released in September 1997. Rather than relying on her own songwriting, Baez instead selected work by younger folk and rock artists to perform. She included

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' "If I Wrote You",

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's "Reunion Hill", and Betty Elders' "Crack in the Mirror", as well as two

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compositions. Around the time of the album's release, Baez confessed that she no longer found herself able to write songs, and felt more comfortable reverting to her original role, as an interpreter. The one track for which she receives credit, "Lily" (about a girlhood friend), was a poem written by Baez, to which Greenberg and Wilson added music. In addition to giving the young songwriters a career boost by recording their songs, Baez took two of them—Shindell and Williams—on tour with her in 1997 to support the album. Lohan had supported Baez on tour in the UK in June 1996. Initial limited editions of this album, available only at Borders bookstores in the US, included a bonus CD of two songs: Betty Elders' "Long Bed from Kenya" and a duet with

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's "Dangling Conversation", both of which were recorded live at the 1997

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. In 2009 a "Collector's Edition" of the original 10-track album was re-issued in a 2-CD set. The second disc features 11 tracks recorded live at Mountain Stage in August 1997, eight of which are from the original ''Gone From Danger'' album. The original songwriters join Joan on stage.

Track listing

# "No Mermaid" (

) - 4:22 # "Reunion Hill" (

) - 4:08 # "Crack in the Mirror" (Betty Elders) - 5:49 # "February" (Dar Williams) - 4:11 # "If I Wrote You" (

) - 4:46 # "Fishing" (

) - 3:28 # "Lily" (Joan Baez, Wally Wilson,

Kenny Greenberg Kenneth S. "Kenny" Greenberg is an American guitarist, songwriter, producer, and session musician. He is known for bringing a rock-and-roll sensibility to Nashville recording sessions. Biography Greenberg was born in Cleveland, Ohio but attend ...

) - 3:52 # "Who Do You Think I Am" (Sinéad Lohan]) - 4:02 # "Mercy Bound" (Mark Addison) - 4:51 # "Money for Floods" (Richard Shindell) - 3:32 Bonus disc, recorded live at Mountain Stage in August 1997, as part of the 2-CD reissue in 2009: # "If I Wrote You" (

) # "No Mermaid" (

) # "Reunion Hill" (

) # "Crack in the Mirror" (Betty Elders) # "Long Bed from Kenya" (Betty Elders) # "February" (Dar Williams) # "You're Aging Well" (Dar Williams) # "Fishing" (Richard Shindell) # "Money for Floods" (Richard Shindell) # "Who Do You Think I Am" (Sinéad Lohan) # " To Ramona" (

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)

Personnel

* Joan Baez - vocals, guitar, percussion * Richard Bennett - bouzouki, acoustic guitar, electric guitar * Dennis Bernside - keyboards * Jim Collins - backing vocals * Steve Conn - accordion *

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- drums, percussion *

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- percussion *

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- resonator guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lap steel guitar, pedal steel guitar * Betty Elders - guitar, vocals *

- resonator guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion * Jim Hoke - saxophone * Marabeth Jordan - backing vocals * Tim Lauer - harmonium, keyboards *

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- backing vocals * Greg Morrow - drums, percussion *

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- keyboards * Michael Rhodes - bass * Sharon Rice - backing vocals * Matt Rollings - keyboards * Joe Spivey - fiddle, mandolin *

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- bass *

- guitar, backing vocals * Wally Wilson - piano, percussion * Curtis Young - backing vocals {{Authority control 1997 albums Joan Baez albums Albums produced by Kenny Greenberg Albums produced by Wally Wilson