Joan Baez Falls From Treehouse

Paramedics rushed Joan Baez to the hospital on Wednesday after she fell climbing down from the treehouse behind her Woodside, Calif., home.

The 69-year-old folk singer-songwriter was treated and released from Stanford Hospital that day, having only suffered minor injuries, according to San Jose Mercury News (via RollingStone.com).

Nancy Lutzow, who runs Baez’s productions company, told the paper that Baez was “resting comfortably” on Thursday.

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Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, Burgos, Spain

During the summer Baez often sleeps in the wall-less treehouse, which is located 20 feet high in an oak tree.

“I like to see the sky and the stars,” Baez told U.K. newspaper The Independent during a 2008 interview, in which she explained the treehouse is more of a platform. “Sometimes the birds are flying so close to my head I can feel the wind. Those things are heaven to me.”

Next year Baez is scheduled to perform a round of dates through France with gigs scheduled March 25-April 9.

Click here for the San Jose Mercury News story.

Click here for The Independent story.

Click here for the Rolling Stone story.