A prodigy on piano, Collins studied in Denver with the famed orchestral conductor Antonia Brico (in 1974, the singer produced an Oscar-nominated documentary about her mentor titled Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman). Her father was a radio vocalist in the '30s and '40s, and young Judy would sometimes play the piano and sing Tin Pan Alley standards. Collins made her debut in 1961 with the album Maid of Constant Sorrow, but her elegance has always made her more than a folk singer.
She had another Mitchell-penned hit, "Both Sides Now," and has done interpretive justice to works by Leonard Cohen ("Suzanne"), Stephen Sondheim ("Send in the Clowns") and Bob Dylan (her Dylan covers album). It's Collins's cool, crystalline soprano and her gift for finding the heart of so many songs written by her peers. Of course it's not those famous blue eyes - someone once dubbed them "marble sky" - that have fueled Collins's 35-year career or the 28 albums she's released, including Shameless, due on July 18, the same day she performs at Wolf Trap.
Condition: Like New, Country/Region of Manufacture: United States, Type: Hardcover, Special Attributes: Signed, Subject: Music, ISBN: 9780307717344, Book Title: Sweet Judy Blue Eyes : My Life in Music, Item Length: 9.5in., Publisher: Crown/Archetype, Publication Year: 2011, Format: Hardcover, Language: English, Item Height: 1.3in., Author: Judy Collins, Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Music, Topic: Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional, Composers & Musicians, General, Item Width: 6.4in.Judy Collins has been immortalized in a hit song - former and apparently forlorn lover Stephen Stills's "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" - and in the White House, where First Daughter Chelsea Clinton is testimony to her parents' love for Collins's hit version of "Chelsea Morning" (actually written by Joni Mitchell). Fast shipping and friendly customer service from dedicated bookseller. Quality Book in Fine Condition, Clean copy, minimal to no signs of use, Pages are clean and unmarked, binding is tight and square. Item: 144387030841 SIGNED by Judy Collins - Sweet Judy Blue Eyes My Life In Music HC/DJ 1st/1st VG+. Location: Elk Grove Village, Illinois, US,
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