![]() ![]() Most Collins fans know her hauntingly lyrical song "My Father" and assume it must be an accurate portrait of the man who "always promised us that we would live in France" while "we lived in Ohio then, he worked in the mine." Many of her compositions seem to be autobiographical at first glance, but a closer examination reveals they're more likely to resemble the title of her 1973 album, True Stories and Other Dreams. It puts you in a different place where you're free to let your feelings flow."Īnd that's something she's been doing for 50 years now, both as a singer and a songwriter. ![]() The lady still knows how to enthrall an audience, with a voice that sounds like lace-making set to music, and nowhere was that more evident than in her rendition of "Send in the Clowns." She performed with eyes tightly shut until the final line when she opened them in all their aqua splendour to sing, "Well, maybe next year."Īfter the concert ended, the autographs were signed and the guests had gone, she unwound on a sofa in one of the offices and talked about why she sang it that way. Yesterday, she performed an hour-long live concert broadcast on Classical 96.3 FM and AM 740. ![]() Yes, "Judy Blue Eyes" is in Toronto, finishing a two-night gig at Hugh's Room tonight. Judy Collins looks at you and her eyes are still as azure as they were when Stephen Stills immortalized them in song 40 years ago. ![]()
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