President Obama singing “Amazing Grace” in Charleston, South Carolina, June 26, 2015. This may be a wire service photo, but credit was stripped off.
Joan Baez says she’s made her last album, maybe will stop touring soon.
But she’s still speaking out for good, for equality, for civil rights, against violence.
Here’s a sharp animated video made for a song Baez released this year, “The President Sang Amazing Grace.” We once had a president who would do that. Atlantic Magazine highlights a few outstanding films, and this is one.
Details from YouTube’s listing:
“I was driving when I heard ‘The President Sang Amazing Grace,’” Joan Baez told The Atlantic, “and I had to pull over to make sure I heard whose song it was because I knew I had to sing it.” The 77-year-old folk legend included the song in her final album, Whistle Down The Wind, released in early March. Originally written and performed by Zoe Mulford following the 2015 mass shooting in a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, Baez’s rendition of “The President Sang Amazing Grace” has been animated in a powerful new video. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/ind… “The President Sang Amazing Grace” is performed by Joan Baez, written by Zoe Mulford, and animated in this video by Jeff Scher. It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
Shake of the old scrub brush to Joan Baez on Twitter (@JoanCBaez).
Millard Fillmore's Bathtub 
Doesn’t know the words, can’t carry a tune, doesn’t know the story, wouldn’t approve of the saving of the wretch.
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Very moving – thanks for sharing! I remember hearing him at that church. Do you think our present president knows the words to “Amazing Grace?” Just wondering.
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Wow. Just wow. Thank you for sharing that video.
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