Experiments are underway on the possibility of using sweet sourgum as a source for fuel ethanol, which can be grown with only about 22% of the irrigation water required for corn. This may make sourgum a viable choice for regions with water shortages.
Diamonds & Rust by Joan Baez. In this song, Joan Baez is singing to her former lover Bob Dylan, fondly reminiscing about their 1960s affair. Baez said that this gave her inspiration to write Diamonds & Rust, and that she lied to Dylan, telling him it was about David Harris, to whom she was married from 1968-1973.
Incarceration, however, worked out pretty well for Baez: while in the jail, she met fellow anti-draft activist and future husband David Harris. In the midst of their greatest mainstream success, Free Bird rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd were shaken by tragedy when three members and their road manager died in a plane crash.