PUNCHMAGAZINE.COM 121 tinyurl.com/3fdz92ja onliness, give me your tomorrow.” “We knew we had recorded beautiful moments, casual moments,” David reflects. Fueled by his quest for a new sound, Earl thrived in the years that followed. This boundarycrossing artist would go on to win multiple Grammys and be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He and his sons, performing together as The Revue, would be recognized as pioneers of the country-rock genre. At the age of 79, Earl would be presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As for David, that East Coast guy now lives in Santa Cruz. In recent years, the filmmaker created a YouTube channel, where he’s connected with new audiences by releasing old clips from his past projects. Even at 83—months after surviving a stroke—he continues posting videos twice a day. “It’s a wonderful community,” David says. “I read almost all the comments.” His more than 1 million subscribers would suggest that the feeling is mutual. And how about our local legend Joan? Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the now Woodside-based protest singer is still pouring herself into music and political activism at the age of 84. Recently, she was honored at the 30th anniversary of the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund in San Francisco, performing alongside a dazzling lineup that included Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal and Emmylou Harris. Working the stage, she shook a tambourine during one tune and sang alongside Jackson Browne on a piano bench for another. She closed the evening with a rousing performance of “Diamonds and Rust,” with her grown son Gabriel playing percussion. PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF: RAPH PH / DAVID HOFFMAN / DAVID BERRY ABOVE (clockwise): Joan Baez sings at Royal Albert Hall in London; Earl Scruggs and his son Gary perform at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in 2011; (left) David Hoffman now lives in Santa Cruz and runs a popular YouTube account.
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