Her original 1967 recording of Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" (not the re-recording she did some time later) has always been high on my list of all time favorite popular recordings.
Best regards,
-- Al
Best regards,
-- Al
Judy Collins
Last evening. Jimmy Webb opened great songwriter not a great singer. Judy at 71 or so can still amaze with the voice of a generation. Talked about being at Albert grossman's house in Woodstock for a party young bob was there and in the middle of the night she heard sounds from a room in the basement and got up to investigate and she heard him composing mr tambourine man. Chilling. Then of course she sang it. Her latest disc bohemian I think is the title is just great.
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I have seen her multiple times recently including in the front row at this wonderful new venue this Fall. Shalin Liu She sang Farewell to Tarwathie complete with the whale songs with that background looking much like the picture. The person who recorded the whale songs lives just a few miles away for Shain Liu. Awesome concert. She is one of the few of that era who has maintained a lot of her voice. I cannot wait for her to return. Personally I like Paradise better than Bohemian, but both are fine albums. Jimmy Webb wrote Gauguin for Paradise. He also wrote Campo de Encino on Bohemian. At this time of year we like her Christmas album, All on a Wintry Night. I recently picked up her first albums, A Maid of Constant Sorrow and Golden Apples of the Golden Sun. They really show how much folk music changed in the early 60's. Her book Sweet Judy Blue Eyes : My Life In Music provides a great insight into her life and into the folk music scene of the time. Highly recommended for people who really appreciate her and folk music of the 60s and 70's. But, as she always says, if you say you remember the 60's you were not really there. |
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