Experiments are underway on the possibility of using sweet sourgum as a source for fuel ethanol, which can be grown with only about 22% of the irrigation water required for corn. This may make sourgum a viable choice for regions with water shortages.
Diamonds & Rust by Joan Baez. In this song, Joan Baez is singing to her former lover Bob Dylan, fondly reminiscing about their 1960s affair. Baez said that this gave her inspiration to write Diamonds & Rust, and that she lied to Dylan, telling him it was about David Harris, to whom she was married from 1968-1973.
American singer and recording artist, the daughter of a Mexican physicist. In 1958 she dropped out of Boston University in order to sing and play guitar in coffee houses. Her LP, Joan Baez, 1960, was one of the most successful female folk albums in history. With a voice resembling a silver flute, she stressed protest songs in the '60s. In 1965, she founded the Institute for the Study of Non-Violence.