Lucinda Williams, Forever Young (Bob Dylan cover), live at The Masonic, February 8, 2025

Lucinda Williams plays a cover of the Bob Dylan song "Forever Young" live in concert before a sold-out crowd at The Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco, California on February 8, 2025. Forever Young originally appeared on Bob Dylan's fourteenth studio album Planet Waves (1974). Joan Baez released a cover as a single that same year. Lucinda Williams is a Grammy Award singer-songwriter from Lake Charles, Louisiana. Joining Williams onstage were Joe Henry (guitar), David Piltch (bass), Gabe Harris (drums), Greg Leisz (pedal steel guitar), and Jason Crosby (keyboards / fiddle). This was a special one-night benefit concert called Sweet Relief Presents: A Night To Honor Joan Baez. To donate to the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, visit https://www.sweetrelief.org/general-f.... ======================= Official Show Announcement: Sweet Relief Musicians Fund announces an upcoming benefit concert, celebrating the legacy of legendary folk singer Joan Baez, on February 8, at Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco. Confirmed performers include Joan Baez, Emmylou Harris, Hozier, Rosanne Cash, Margo Price, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Morello, Joe Henry, Lucinda Williams, Taj Mahal with surprise guests and additional performers to be announced shortly. Joan Baez has endured as a musical force of nature for over six decades, with an unwavering commitment to social activism and the arts. Her classic early 1960s folk recordings attracted a generation who carried songs like “House Of the Rising Sun” and “Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You” into the rock lexicon. She was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2017. Though Baez stopped touring in 2019, she has been the subject of the film, I Am The Noise, and has released a book of drawings, Am I Pretty When I Fly? and a book of poetry, When You See My Mother, Ask Her To Dance. Emmylou Harris shares “So happy to be a part of celebrating my dear friend Joan Baez!" Aric Steinberg, Executive Director at Sweet Relief Musicians Fund adds, “We’re beyond thrilled to celebrate 30 years of Sweet Relief while honoring the great Joan Baez and her amazing career. Joan has supported our charity for many years, and it’s a privilege to honor her this year alongside so many incredible artists. It will be a night to remember and I’m so grateful to Joan and all of the performers who will help ensure that our music community continues to have Sweet Relief as a resource for emergency financial assistance.” "Joan Baez is a mountain on our landscape, and has been for the entirety of my lifetime. As much as any artist I know, she has dismantled the wall between public artistry and personal conviction—investing each with the other, to create a body of work that, in the words of Woody Guthrie, "comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable.” Musical Director, Joe Henry, adds and continues, “What a singular honor, then, for all us to gather in honor of her—and to benefit the heroic organization Sweet Relief, that provides financial assistance to musicians in health crisis. Come February 8th at San Francisco's historic Masonic Auditorium —in her name, and in these wicked times— we will raise our voices as Joan has." The event is part of an ongoing series of shows presented by Sweet Relief Musicians Fund. It serves as a follow-up to 2024’s Ramblin’ Jack Elliott tribute which featured performances by Nathaniel Rateliff, Jackson Browne, John Oates, Mike Beck, and more. Surprise guests included Bobby Weir and Joan Baez. Sweet Relief Musicians Fund provides services and financial assistance for career musicians and music industry professionals. Grants are earmarked for medical and vital living expenses, including insurance premiums, prescriptions, medical treatment and operative procedures, housing costs, food costs, utilities, and other basic necessities. ================= Forever Young lyrics: May God bless and keep you always May your wishes all come true May you always do for others And let others do for you May you build a ladder to the stars And climb on every rung May you stay forever young Forever young, forever young May you stay forever young May you grow up to be righteous May you grow up to be true May you always know the truth And see the lights surrounding you May you always be courageous Stand upright and be strong May you stay forever young Forever young, forever young May you stay forever young May your hands always be busy May your feet always be swift May you have a strong foundation When the winds of changes shift May your heart always be joyful May your song always be sung May you stay forever young Forever young, forever young May you stay forever young Written by Bob Dylan ===================== #lucindawilliams #foreveryoung #bobdylan #dylan #bobdylancover #dylancover #bobdylansong #cover #coversong #coversongs #coverversion #guitar #guitarist #guitarsolo #live #music #livemusic #livecover #concert #concertvideo #sweetreliefconcert #charityconcert #benefitconcert #sanfrancisco