Judy Collins
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I am very grateful to Shaye Areheart, who saw what this book could be and had faith in the story I wanted to tell. You have been a part of Sweet Judy Blue Eyes from the first, and I thank you.
Thanks to my agent, Susan Raihofer, who has been enthusiastic all along about Sweet Judy Blue Eyes, even when I wavered. Your belief helped me take the book in the direction it had to go, and it gave me courage all the way along, with your enthusiasm and your fine editing of the original material, and your ability to laugh! That laughter did a lot to ease the occasional frustrations that are bound to arise when you are working on a project for many years!
David Sobel was upbeat, cheerful, and professional during many months over many long distances as I toured in the United States and overseas and we worked together on the first drafts of Sweet Judy Blue Eyes. Thank you for introducing me to digital editing; I will never go any other way!
Thanks to Tina Constable, the publisher of Crown Archetype. You rock in the publishing world, doing it the old-fashioned way, with care and attention and commitment. Thank you!
Thanks to Domenica Alioto for all your help with the photos as well as all the important details that have gone into bringing this book to publication.
Thanks to Mary Choteborsky, for all your help.
Thanks to Barbara Sturman for the lovely inner book design, and for finding me the most elegant of dingbats!
In the years I have spent writing this memoir, I have reached out to many people I had not seen or spoken to for years, as well as many friends with whom I have been in close touch over the decades. Friendships have been renewed and refreshed and, in some cases, brought to a new level of intimacy.
My thanks to Fred Weintraub for your humor and stories about the many people we both knew in the old days, some who are gone and some who are still here. And, as we found each other again, after forty-five years, thanks for welcoming Louis and me into your home and letting us get to know you and your wonderful wife, Jackie. I treasure the renewal of an old and trusted companion on this social and musical journey.
Special thanks to Loretta Barrett, for always being there.
Jac Holzman has been so much a part of my life for fifty years, and I thank him for his constancy and for providing a model of professional and personal integrity that has made all the difference in my recording life as well as in my understanding of friendship. You were amazing, and still are.
Thanks to my family—to my mother, Marjorie, and father, Chuck; to my son, Clark: gone but never forgotten. And to my sister, Holly Ann; my brothers Denver John, David, and Michael; as well as my granddaughter, Hollis.
Thanks to my friends, who love and support me in the dark as well as the bright places on the journey.
My gratitude and thanks to Katherine De Paul, who has run my business, making it all look easy, for nearly seventeen years now. Your support and professionalism is a guide and an assurance that all will be done with care and attention to detail. You amaze me every day with your ability to wear many hats and be exceptionally effective in each and every one. I salute you as the “major doma” who keeps all the wheels oiled in this career I have always called a circus. You are amazing
Additional thanks to Lorna Owen, Alan Silverman, Arif Mardin, Russ Walden, George Williamson, John Haeny, Susan Cheever, Scott Bercu, Peter Shukat, Jonas Herbsman, Lisa Napfel, Ken Waissman, Emily Goldstein, Gloria Grossman, John Smith, Erica Jong, Julia Cameron, Emma Lively, Murial Lloyd, Ron Gallen, Maria, Robert Hall and the Hall Family, Jane Cecil, Barbara Quinn, Doris Dallow, Penny Schwartz, Suzanne Seeley, Molly Jong Fast, Pia Lindstrom, David Braun, Eugene Kokot, Scott Morris, Kenny Di Camilla, Charlie Rothschild, Jerry Mundis, Peter Yarrow, Charles Nurnberg, Jeremy Nurnberg, Charles Koppleman, Gary Klein, Josh Rifkin, Danny Fields, Rachmaninoff, Coco Chanel, and Tom Wolfe.
And thanks to my audiences over all of these more than fifty years. You have bought my records and CDs, come to my shows, written letters to me, and lifted me from the sometimes grueling effects of travel into the warmth of your appreciation. You give me wings.
Always, I thank my beloved husband and partner of thirty-three years, Louis Nelson. You are my special angel, sent by the spirits that guide me. I am grateful for all the years we have had together, and for your understanding and humor, your generosity in sharing me with the public, and your letting the past be a part of our present, at least some of the time.
I love you.
Discography
1. A Maid of Constant Sorrow
Elektra, November 1961. Produced by Jac Holzman. 1. Maid of Constant Sorrow. 2. The Prickilie Bush. 3. Wild Mountain Thyme. 4. Tim Evans. 5. Sailor’s Life. 6. Bold Fenian Men. 7. Wars of Germany. 8. O Daddy Be Gay. 9. I Know Where I’m Going. 10. John Riley. 11. Pretty Saro. 12. The Rising of the Moon.
2. Golden Apples of the Sun
Elektra, July 1962. Produced by Jac Holzman. 1. Golden Apples of the Sun. 2. Bonnie Ship the Diamond. 3. Little Brown Dog. 4. Twelve Gates to the City. 5. Christ Child Lullaby. 6. Great Selchie of Shule Skerry. 7. Tell Me Who I’ll Marry. 8. Fannerio. 9. Crow on the Cradle. 10. Lark in the Morning. 11. Sing Hallelujah. 12. Shule Aroon.
3. Judy Collins 3
Elektra, 1963. Produced by Mark Abramson and Jac Holzman. 1. Anathea. 2. Bullgine Run. 3. Farewell. 4. Hey, Nelly Nelly. 5. Ten O’Clock and All Is Well. 6. The Dove. 7. Masters of War. 8. In the Hills of Shiloh. 9. The Bells of Rhymney. 10. Deportee. 11. Settle Down. 12. Come Away Melinda. 13. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season).
4. The Judy Collins Concert
Elektra, July 1964. Produced by Mark Abramson. 1. Winter Sky. 2. The Last Thing on My Mind. 3. Tear Down the Walls. 4. Bonnie Boy Is Young. 5. Me and My Uncle. 6. Wild Rippling Water. 7. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll. 8. My Ramblin’ Boy. 9. Red-Winged Blackbird. 10. Coal Tattoo. 11. Cruel Mother. 12. Bottle of Wine. 13. Medgar Evers Lullaby. 14. Hey, Nelly Nelly.
5. Judy Collins Fifth Album
Elektra, 1965. Produced by Jac Holzman. 1. Pack Up Your Sorrows. 2. The Coming of the Roads. 3. So Early, Early in the Spring. 4. Tomorrow Is a Long Time. 5. Daddy You’ve Been on My Mind. 6. Thirsty Boots. 7. Mr. Tambourine Man. 8. Lord Gregory. 9. In the Heat of the Summer. 10. Early Morning Rain. 11. Carry It On. 12. It Isn’t Nice.
6. In My Life
Elektra, 1966. Produced by Mark Abramson. 1. Tom Thumb’s Blues. 2. Hard Lovin’ Loser. 3. Pirate Jenny. 4. Suzanne. 5. La Colombe. 6. Marat/Sade. 7. I Think It’s Going to Rain Today. 8. Sunny Goodge Street. 9. Liverpool Lullaby. 10. Dress Rehearsal Rag. 11. In My Life.
7. Wildflowers
Elektra, 1967. Produced by Mark Abramson. 1. Michael from Mountains. 2. Since You Asked. 3. Sisters of Mercy. 4. Priests. 5. A Ballata of Francesco Landini: Lasso! di Donna. 6. Both Sides Now. 7. La Chanson des Vieux Amants. 8. Sky Fell. 9. Albatross. 10. Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye.
8. Who Knows Where the Time Goes
Elektra, 1968. Produced by David Anderle. 1. Hello, Hooray. 2. Story of Isaac. 3. My Father. 4. Someday Soon. 5. Who Knows Where the Time Goes. 6. Poor Immigrant. 7. First Boy I Loved. 8. Bird on the Wire. 9. Pretty Polly.
9. Recollections
Elektra, 1969. Produced by Mark Abramson. 1. Pack Up Your Sorrows. 2. Tomorrow Is a Long Time. 3. Early Morning Rain. 4. Anathea. 5. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season). 6. Daddy You’ve Been on My Mind. 7. Mr. Tambourine Man. 8. Winter Sky. 9. The Last Thing on My Mind. 10. The Bells of Rhymney. 11. Farewell (Fare Thee Well).
10. Whales and Nightingales
Elektra, 1970. Produced by Mark Abramson. 1. Song for David. 2. Sons Of. 3. The Patriot Game. 4. Prothalamium. 5. Oh, Had I a Golden Thread. 6. Gene’s Song. 7. Farewell to Tarwathie. 8. Time Passes Slowly. 9. Marieke. 10. Nightingale I. 11. Nightingale II. 12. Simple Gifts. 13. Amazing Grace.
11. Living
Elektra, 1971. Produced by Mark Abramson. 1. Joan of Arc. 2. Four Strong Winds. 3. Vietnam Love Song. 4. Innisfree. 5. Song for Judith (Open the Door). 6. All Things Are Quite Si
lent. 7. Easy Times. 8. Chelsea Morning. 9. Blue Raincoat. 10. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues.
12. Colors of the Day
Elektra, 1972. All songs produced by Mark Abramson, except “Someday Soon,” “Sons Of,” “Who Knows Where the Time Goes,” and “My Father,” produced by David Anderle. 1. Someday Soon. 2. Since You Asked. 3. Both Sides Now. 4. Sons Of. 5. Suzanne. 6. Farewell to Tarwathie. 7. Who Knows Where the Times Goes. 8. Sunny Goodge Street. 9. My Father. 10. Albatross. 11. In My Life. 12. Amazing Grace.
13. True Stories and Other Dreams
Elektra, 1973. Produced by Mark Abramson and Judy Collins. 1. Cook with Honey. 2. So Begins the Task. 3. Fisherman’s Song. 4. The Dealer (Down and Losin’). 5. Secret Gardens. 6. Holly Ann. 7. The Hostage. 8. Song for Martin. 9. Che.
14. Judith
Elektra, 1975. Produced by Arif Mardin. 1. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. 2. Angel, Spread Your Wings. 3. Houses. 4. The Lovin’ of the Game. 5. Song for Duke. 6. Send in the Clowns. 7. Salt of the Earth. 8. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? 9. City of New Orleans. 10. I’ll Be Seeing You. 11. Pirate Ships. 12. Born to the Breed.
15. Bread and Roses
Collector’s Choice, 1976. Produced by Arif Mardin. 1. Bread and Roses. 2. Everything Must Change. 3. Special Delivery. 4. Out of Control. 5. Plegaria a un Labrador (Prayer to a Laborer). 6. Come Down in Time. 7. Spanish Is the Loving Tongue. 8. I Didn’t Know About You. 9. Take This Longing. 10. Love Hurts. 11. Marjorie. 12. King David.
16. So Early in the Spring
Elektra, 1977. Produced by Mark Abramson, Judy Collins, David Anderle, Arif Mardin, Jac Holzman, and Ann Purtill. 1. Pretty Polly. 2. So Early, Early in the Spring. 3. Pretty Saro. 4. Golden Apples of the Sun. 5. Bonnie Ship the Diamond. 6. Farewell to Tarwathie. 7. The Hostage. 8. La Colombe. 9. Coal Tattoo. 10. Carry It On. 11. Bread and Roses. 12. Marat/Sade. 13. Special Delivery. 14. The Lovin’ of the Game. 15. Both Sides Now. 16. Marieke. 17. Send in the Clowns. 18. Bird on the Wire. 19. Since You’ve Asked. 20. Born to the Breed. 21. My Father. 22. Holly Ann. 23. Houses. 24. Secret Gardens.
17. Hard Times for Lovers
Elektra, 1979. Produced by Gary Klein. 1. Hard Times for Lovers. 2. Marie. 3. Happy End. 4. Desperado. 5. I Remember Sky. 6. Starmaker. 7. Dorothy. 8. I’ll Never Say Goodbye (theme from the movie The Promise). 9. Through the Eyes of Love (theme from the movie Ice Castles). 10. Where or When.
18. Running for My Life
Elektra, 1980. Produced by Judy Collins. 1. Running for My Life. 2. Bright Morning Star. 3. Green Finch and Linnet Bird. 4. Marieke. 5. Pretty Women. 6. Almost Free. 7. I Could Really Show You Around. 8. I’ve Done Enough Dyin’ Today. 9. Anyone Would Love You. 10. The Rainbow Connection. 11. This Is the Day. 12. Wedding Song.
19. Times of Our Lives
Elektra, 1982. All songs produced by Lewis Hahn and Judy Collins, except “Great Expectations” and “It’s Gonna Be One of Those Nights,” which were produced by Lewis Hahn, Arif Mardin, and Judy Collins.
1. Great Expectations. 2. The Rest of Your Life. 3. Grandaddy. 4. It’s Gonna Be One of Those Nights. 5. Memory. 6. Sun Son. 7. Mama Mama. 8. Drink a Round to Ireland. 9. Angel on My Side. 10. Don’t Say Goodbye Love.
20. Home Again
Elektra, 1984. Produced by Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen. 1. Only You. 2. Sweetheart on Parade. 3. Everybody Works in China. 4. Yellow Kimono. 5. From Where I Stand. 6. Home Again (with T. G. Sheppard). 7. Shoot First. 8. Don’t Say Love. 9. Dream On. 10. The Best Is Yet to Come.
21. Amazing Grace
Telstar, 1985. Produced by Tony Britten, Keith Grant, and Judy Collins.
1. Amazing Grace. 2. Day by Day. 3. Bridge over Troubled Water. 4. I Don’t Know How to Love Him. 5. Both Sides Now. 6. Abide with Me. 7. Just a Closer Walk with Thee. 8. When You Wish upon a Star. 9. A Child Is Born. 10. The Rose. 11. Day at a Time. 12. Oh Happy Day. 13. Morning Has Broken. 14. Send in the Clowns. 15. The Lord Is My Shepherd. 16. Jerusalem.
22. Trust Your Heart
Gold Castle Records, 1987. Overall U.S. production by Judy Collins.
1. Trust Your Heart. 2. Amazing Grace. 3. Jerusalem. 4. Day by Day. 5. The Life You Dream. 6. The Rose. 7. Moonfall. 8. Morning Has Broken. 9. When a Child Is Born. 10. When You Wish upon a Star.
23. Sanity and Grace
Delta, 1989. Produced by Judy Collins, Rupert Holmes, Keith Grant, and Tony Britten.
1. History. 2. Lovin’ and Leavin’. 3. Sanity and Grace. 4. Daughters of Time. 5. Born to the Breed. 6. Moonfall. 7. Morning Has Broken. 8. When a Child Is Born. 9. Jerusalem. 10. The Life You Dream.
24. Fires of Eden
Sony, 1991. Produced by Judy Collins. 1. The Blizzard. 2. Fortune of Soldiers. 3. Test of Time. 4. Fires of Eden. 5. Home Before Dark. 6. The Air That I Breathe. 7. City of Cities. 8. Dreaming. 9. Queen of the Night. 10. From a Distance. 11. The Blizzard (reprise).
25. Judy Collins Sings Dylan … Just Like a Woman Geffen, 1993. Produced by Judy Collins and Alan Silverman. 1. Like a Rolling Stone. 2. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue. 3. Simple Twist of Fate. 4. Sweetheart Like You. 5. Gotta Serve Somebody. 6. Dark Eyes. 7. Love Minus Zero/No Limit. 8. Just Like a Woman. 9. I Believe in You. 10. With God on Our Side. 11. Bob Dylan’s Dream.
26. Come Rejoice! A Judy Collins Christmas
Wildflower/Rhino/Mesa, 1994. Produced by Judy Collins and Alan Silverman.
1. I’ll Be Home for Christmas. 2. Away in a Manger. 3. Joy to the World. 4. Song for Sarajevo. 5. Cherry Tree Carol. 6. Good King Wenceslas. 7. All on a Wintry Night. 8. Come Rejoice.
9. Little Road to Bethlehem. 10. Silent Night. 11. A Christmas Carol. 12. Charlie and the Bells Medley: White Christmas/Happy New Year. 13. Let It Snow. 14. Amazing Grace.
27. Shameless
Atlantic, 1995. Produced by Judy Collins and Alan Silverman. 1. Bright Morning Stars. 2. Melody. 3. Mountain Girl. 4. Shameless. 5. Risk. 6. Bard of My Heart. 7. Wheel Rolling. 8. Lily of the Valley. 9. Let’s Pretend. 10. Song for Sarajevo. 11. Wind, Water, Fire and Stone. 12. Kerry Dancers. 13. Raised on Rock and Roll.
28. Voices
Solo, 1996. Produced by Judy Collins and Alan Silverman. 1. Since You’ve Asked. 2. My Father. 3. Albatross. 4. Weaver Song (Holly Ann). 5. Secret Gardens. 6. Houses. 7. Open the Door. 8. Born to the Breed. 9. Trust Your Heart. 10. The Life You Dream. 11. The Blizzard. 12. Sailor’s Life. 13. Voices.
29. Christmas at the Biltmore Estate
Elektra, 1996. Produced by Judy Collins.
1. Joy to the World. 2. Silver Bells. 3. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town. 4. Jingle Bells. 5. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing. 6. What Child Is This? 7. The Twelve Days of Christmas. 8. Come Rejoice. 9. The Holly and the Ivy. 10. All on a Wintry Night. 11. The First Noel. 12. I Saw Three Ships. 13. The Night Before Christmas. 14. O Come, All Ye Faithful.
30. Forever: An Anthology
Elektra, 1997. Produced by Judy Collins, David Anderle, Mark Abramson, Arif Mardin, Jac Holzman, Lewis Hahn, and Gary Klein.
CD #1: 1. Someday Soon. 2. Who Knows Where the Time Goes. 3. Chelsea Morning. 4. Suzanne. 5. Born to the Breed. 6. Maid of Constant Sorrow. 7. Since You Asked. 8. Bread and Roses. 9. In the Hills of Shiloh. 10. City of New Orleans. 11. The Fallow Way. 12. Grandaddy. 13. My Father. 14. La Chanson des Vieux Amants. 15. In My Life. 16. Marat/Sade. 17. Send in the Clowns.
CD #2: 1. Both Sides Now. 2. Desperado. 3. Master of War. 4. Fisherman’s Song. 5. So Early, Early in the Spring. 6. First Boy I Loved. 7. Albatross. 8. Hard Lovin’ Loser. 9. In the Heat of the Summer. 10. Pirate Jenny. 11. Turn! Turn! Turn! 12. Salt of the Earth. 13. Farewell to Tarwathie. 14. Spanish Is the Loving Tongue. 15. Nothing Lasts Forever. 16. Walls (We Are Not Forgotten). 17. Bird on a Wire. 18. Amazing Grace.
31. Both Sides Now
OnQ Music, 1998. Produced by Judy Collins and Alan Silverman. CLASSIC FOLK: 1. The Times They Are A-Changin’. 2. Barbara Allen. 3. Both Sides Now. 4. Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair. 5. Plaisir d’Amour. 6. Morning Has Broken. 7. Cat’s in the Cradle. 8. Leavin’ on a Jet Pl
ane/Take Me Home Country Road. 9. Loch Lomond. 10. Let It Be. 11. Blowin’ in the Wind.
12. Amazing Grace.
CLASSIC BROADWAY: 1. Don’t Cry for Me Argentina. 2. How Are Things in Glocca Morra? 3. My Heart Stood Still. 4. I’ve Grown Accustomed to His Face. 5. Embraceable You. 6. Bewitched. 7. Till There Was You. 8. Younger than Springtime. 9. I Can’t Get Started. 10. They Say It’s Wonderful. 11. My Funny Valentine. 12. Send in the Clowns.
32. Live at Wolf Trap
Wildflower, 1999. Produced by Judy Collins. 1. Someday Soon. 2. Mountain Girl. 3. Both Sides Now. 4. City of New Orleans. 5. Gypsy Rover. 6. She Moves Through the Fair. 7. My Funny Valentine. 8. Kerry Dancers. 9. Danny Boy. 10. My Father. 11. Bird on a Wire. 12. Send in the Clowns. 13. Amazing Grace. 14. Beyond the Sky. 15. Who Knows Where the Time Goes.
33. All on a Wintry Night
Wildflower, 2000. Produced by Judy Collins.
1. I’ll Be Home for Christmas. 2. Come Rejoice. 3. Away in a Manger. 4. Joy to the World. 5. In the Bleak Midwinter. 6. Song for Sarajevo (I Dream of Peace). 7. Good King Wenceslas. 8. All on a Wintry Night. 9. Let It Snow. 10. Silent Night. 11. A Christmas Carol. 12. Cherry Tree Carol. 13. The Blizzard. 14. The Wexford Carol.
34. Judy Collins Wildflower Festival
Wildflower, 2003. Produced by Judy Collins. 1. Cat’s in the Cradle. 2. Kingdom Come. 3. Silly Little Diddle (Tom Rush). 4. Wings of Angels. 5. Close the Door Lightly (Eric Andersen). 6. Blue River (Eric Andersen). 7. Someday Soon. 8. St. James Infirmary (Arlo Guthrie). 9. Mooses Come Walking (Arlo Guthrie). 10. Home Before Dark. 11. Open the Door. 12. City of New Orleans. 13. Thirsty Boots. 14. Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
35. Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy
Elektra, 2004. Produced by Judy Collins.
1. Democracy. 2. Suzanne. 3. A Thousand Kisses Deep. 4. Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye. 5. Dress Rehearsal Rag. 6. Priests. 7. Night Comes On. 8. Sister of Mercy. 9. Story of Isaac. 10. Bird on the Wire. 11. Famous Blue Raincoat. 12. Joan of Arc. 13. Take This Longing.
36. Portrait of an American Girl