Don't Make Promises

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There has always been speculation about Joan Baez's prescient knowledge of Tim Hardin songs, especially “The Lady Came From Baltimore” and the one she re-titled “If You Were a Carpenter.” She recorded both on the Joan Baez album in 1967 with baroque arranger Peter Schickele – within weeks of their appearance on Hardin’s second LP. She didn’t know him personally, but his influence on the Greenwich Village scene was so immeasurably profound that it’s no wonder she discovered his songs. “Don’t Make Promises” was the first track on his first album, from 1966.