Sweet Judy Blue Eyes My Life in Music |
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| Author:
| Collins, Judy |
| Read by:
| Collins, Judy |
| ISBN: | 978-0-307-94132-9 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2011 |
| Publisher: | Random House Audio Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | RH Audio |
| Book Format: | CD-Audio |
| List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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A vivid, highly evocative memoir of one of the reigning icons of folk music, highlighting the decade of the ’60s, when hits like “Both Sides Now” catapulted her to international fame.
Sweet Judy Blue Eyesis the deeply personal, honest, and revealing memoir of folk legend and relentlessly creative spirit Judy Collins. In it, she talks about her alcoholism, her lasting love affair with Stephen Stills, her friendships with Joan Baez, Richard and Mimi...
More DescriptionA vivid, highly evocative memoir of one of the reigning icons of folk music, highlighting the decade of the ’60s, when hits like “Both Sides Now” catapulted her to international fame.
Sweet Judy Blue Eyesis the deeply personal, honest, and revealing memoir of folk legend and relentlessly creative spirit Judy Collins. In it, she talks about her alcoholism, her lasting love affair with Stephen Stills, her friendships with Joan Baez, Richard and Mimi Fariña, David Crosby, and Leonard Cohen and, above all, the music that helped define a decade and a generation’s sound track.
Sweet Judy Blue Eyesinvites the reader into the parties that peppered Laurel Canyon and into the recording studio so we see how cuts evolved take after take, while it sets an array of amazing musical talent against the backdrop of one of the most turbulent decades of twentieth-century America.
Beautifully written, richly textured, and sharply insightful,Sweet Judy Blue Eyesis an unforgettable chronicle of the folk renaissance in America.
From the Hardcover edition.