Judy Collins live 1968 { Berkshire Festival At Tanglewood }

[@Robnord1]

She was 29 at this event. I was 14, and didn't come to fully appreciate her music until I hit 20. I played her albums endlessly, and Love her still. Now 50 years later, listening to this slow and soulful rendition of _Suzanne_ gives me chills.

[@claudiagibsonmusic]

Amazing 57 years later. Her guitar playing was always underrated - consider there were no tuners or guitar techs back then - not even a guitar stand for her two instruments! She plays outside, perfectly tuned, pops on fingerpicks during her encore and sounds amazing. I recently read her autobiography, and she was going through a LOT back then - divorced mom of a young son, encroaching alcoholism, dealing with touring, recording, being a female in an industry run by men, and even trying to manage a bi-coastal love affair. And yet, the minute she got on that stage, it all melted away. A consummate musician and song interpreter, and later in life, a wonderful songwriter as well. I saw her as a young teen in California in the 70s, and she blew me away. Thank you Judy for a lifetime of inspiration!

[@2Hearts3]

Very well-said. Ditto. Love Judy🥰 Been listening to her since '60s.

[@billsmith5109]

She was playing her twelve string in concert last week.

[@Davidg1823]

I was there and was blown away. I've ben a fan for 55 years!

[@MrDLOC11]

Please put Judy in the Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame NOW!! She is essential

[@bobjoel6715]

My favorite “ 3 J “ ladies ! Judy,Joni, and Joan ! The best female folk singers that ever lived !! I’m my humble opinion…….

[@pamschmaling8838]

Right?!!

[@jacobmorris3664]

Odetta.

[@bklyncyclist]

One of the great vocalists of all time. My brother was a big fan back around then but I was too young to appreciate it but when I got older I realized how great a voice she had. Sweet Judy Blue Eyes indeed.

[@michaelvaladez6570]

I saw here in 1969 at Chico State at Acker Gym and she was wonderful..again in 2017...in Red Bluff Ca. at the State Theater and she hadn't lost anything about here stage presence vocals spot on....she just got better with age.

[@lisamoroney3036]

I met someone from Chico !

[@michaelvaladez6570]

​@@lisamoroney3036Who..?

[@lisamoroney3036]

@@michaelvaladez6570 you lol I have family there and not too often you meet someone from Chico.

[@elliotportner8020]

Judy stands for a period in the country for all to join united in peace health unity music and song with messages for all to cherish

[@Ileah]

As a freshman in college I ran around with a group of folks with guitars--we took them with us everywhere, and would find a nice spot to sit and just jam, usually outside--and Judy's music was one of our favorites. Now I'm 73, and I love her music no less than I did then. What a gift! ❤

[@1GameKeeper]

So beautiful such a great rendition i cried

[@joec1036]

I just cant seem to get enough of her singing. Loved her 50 years ago and still do.

[@philsooty61]

yeah she's real class

[@mykkie100]

I love that for which everything she stands. For me, even today, her eyes says it all.

[@daf827]

Judy Collins at Tanglewood. As far an artist and venue, you can’t do better than this, IMHO. I can see why Stephen Stills had such a crush on Judy that he was inspired to write “Suite Judy Blue Eyes.” Serious swoon ❤️

[@jimfreyler2944]

A gem of a tape. Judy at the top of her game here. I was lucky to see her several times in this period. Pure magic.

[@maryosia7267]

Still doing excellent love Judy Collins

[@leoracicot723]

I was here. I'd brought my friend, Dave McKean, to see her and though he was skeptical he'd like her, he ended up loving her and this concert. Just stumbled across this. Unforgettable!

[@noraluzcalugas2731]

Judy Collins✨🍋🌐🍵🫖🧬♀️🛡️🌞🎼🎥🍿🚭🎸Playing Guitar, Folk Singer, Lovely Ballads😊

[@patrickryan1515]

Hard to believe, Judy; you're now 81 years old. I hope you are well, and I thank you for all the joy your amazing talent has brought to me. Your ability to interpret so many composers' music is OUTSTANDING. Your connection with God, SUBLIME!

[@larciabella]

and she looks great.Saw her the other night.She cut her hair short too.

[@patrickryan1515]

@@larciabella Thanks for the good news.

[@seangage9088]

An amazing and highly talented lady with a heavenly voice!

[@ToledoWingNut]

When I listen to Judy singing “In My Life”, I’ve taken to closing my eyes and picturing friends and lovers from my life, many from decades ago. I see them as I remember them. Some are dead and some are living, and thinking back brings me a melancholy-tinged joy.

[@robertgodhard3248]

She , Judith , and Mary.

[@Jeff-jg7jh]

You remember them as lovers. They have done more work.

[@Xaxtarr_Neonraven]

Something's lost and something's gained in living everyday. 🎼🎶🎵♥️

[@vsibirsky]

Just watched a Judy Collins concert filmed in 2022. I suppose this is why this video showed up as a recommendation. THIS is the Judy Collins in 1968 I knew and loved.... for a lifetime. I appreciate that she is still performing now but this is young magic!

[@snorkellisab]

Judy Blue Eyes = great musician and person.

[@junglejan9999]

That same year, just after Wildflowers came out, I saw her in concert. Heavenly.

[@lkronquist]

Been a fan ever since the days of Hootenanny, 1964 probably --- and I had a chance to meet her briefly backstage, thanks to her childhood friend, Marcia, after a Seattle concert in the late 1960's. Unfortunately, I was so stunned by her beauty --- those big blue eyes (!) --- that I was literally speechless. If I had been able, I probably would have asked her about her guitar work on "Suzanne," which has always mesmerized me. You can hear it here on this video, but on the original Elektra album, it is enhanced by one or two additional acoustic guitars, and is endlessly enchanting.

[@davidnash4231]

Didn't all of us just fall in love with her? That beautiful voice and lovely face. It hit me and I was forever lost and taken far away. Still a huge fan.

[@thewordofgord]

you are so right david!

[@markthompson4804]

I’ve followed Judy from the beginning She is an American Icon!

[@cliffevans9858]

Up until a few years ago she was appearing kinda frequently at bookstores to sing and sign autographs. I met her three times

[@TheJewellian]

54 years later she sang in the UK last summer!

[@suzannelawson9215]

Wonderful concert! My favorite songs in this concert are, "Suzanne" and "In My Life." Judy's voice, soaring crystal clear and what a vocal range she has. First time I was going to see her was in the late 1970's. My boyfriend had surprised me with tickets at the Universal Amphitheater in the Los Angeles area. As he drove there and approached the road that takes you up the hill to the amphitheater, the large marquee said, "JUDY COLLINS CONCERT TONIGHT CANCELLED." I was extremely disappointed and found out later she was sick. It was not rescheduled. I don't remember now but I guess my boyfriend must have gotten a refund. They were for very good seats and close to the stage. Then around the mid- 1980's, I won two tickets on the radio to see Judy at the Greek Theater in L.A. Not with that boyfriend anymore so went with a neighbor in my apt. building. She liked Judy Collins a lot. That was a great concert at an outdoor venue in Griffith Park. The tickets were maybe half way back on the side and I brought a pair of binoculars so that helped. The the last time I saw Judy Collins was at a book signing at what was a mostly children's book store in the San Fernando Valley. So not really a concert although I think she sang a few songs that night. Judy was there to speak about and sign her new book that had recently been released. So of course, got to meet her and had her sign the book. Wasn't overly crowded as it may not have been advertised that much being that it waa being held in a children's book shop and not a concert.

[@twistoffate4791]

Thank you for sharing. I love stories like yours!!

[@ceetepscesu2413]

I love her voice, She put her vocal signature singing all kind of songs from Leonard Cohen to The Beatles. Marvelous😍

[@johnnyjensen6067]

Love her voice and music. She is one of the greats in music!

[@paulhoughton5164]

Sublime! Judy has always had the voice and material that connects with me. Been listening for 40+ years now and will continue to do so for sure.

[@teresatynan6424]

A legend Judy is, such clarity in her voice.

[@kevinarnold8092]

Last year, at 84, she wrote the beautiful “When I was a girl in Colorado;” see her next week in Sacramento.

[@gilberthewko4439]

Unbelievable talent which we just don’t see anymore their all disappearing . Real singing , no instruments to drown out talent or to try and enhance it. Always found it so amazing people have the ability today to master the instruments , but peoples talents have almost disappeared . Any new talent is here today and quickly gone tomorrow .

[@derek5168]

Magic performance Magic atmosphere and magic stage presence of spiritual musical brilliance

[@wwonka52]

I saw her here last year after 3 years dealing with Covid cancellations, and a hurricane warning canceled the show the day of performance. Still amazingly beautiful. (She has short hair now)

[@wolfwind1]

Judy, so gorgeous, so ethereally beautiful, and that soaring crystal voice, and excellent musicianship. This is an incredible video. Whoever uploaded this I am so grateful to you. Seeing her at the time of this concert is a generous gift. Heartrending! I wish it was another 2 hours. In 1968 I was seven years old and my first Judy Collins record was three years into the future when I discovered my sister's copy of Who Knows Where The Time Goes and fell in love.

[@ceciliacoelho7741]

Hello, B T! Could you explain the phrase "three years in the future", please? Thanks, Cecilia (from Brazil)

[@wolfwind1]

@@ceciliacoelho7741 I found my sister's album of Who Knows Where The Time Goes when I was 10 years old. 7+3

[@ceciliacoelho7741]

@@wolfwind1 OMG! I would never think of constructing a phrase like that! It seems that the more I learn the less I know, LOL. Thank you!

[@trukdivad]

I'm having trouble breathing. Judy is ethereal.

[@Pachelbel_PaperDarts]

Judy's interpretation of "In My Life" is so pure and heartfelt. Thanks for sharing. Mary O'Hara's version is just as exquisite in phrasing but Judy's voice can soar with such effortless beauty.

[@axelboldt5101]

how She touch my Heart Thank you soo much Judy Collins

[@Xaxtarr_Neonraven]

Always great to hear Richard and Mimi Fariña's Hard Lovin' Loser! 😊🙏. Wow!!

[@jansmith6229]

I've been listening to her since this era and have seen her whenever I can including just last year here in Portland. I love seeing her with such energy of her youth.

[@yokokjt]

Thank you for posting this concert. I am a big fan of Judy Collins. She is one of the greatest singers and artists.✴️

[@michaelgregory2231]

Utterly gorgeous music! Tanglewood is most memorable among the venues I've played as a musician. The first time I played there, Aerosmith vocalist, Steven Tyler and his family were front row center.

[@douglaslloyd5959]

There just isn’t music like this now.

[@MrButtonpresser]

Excellent, such good sound quality too.

[@wwonka52]

Seeing her at this venue in 4 days. saw her two years ago there. Fantastic time. .She has nice short hair now

[@karmenjazbec7743]

YEAH BRAVO JUDY

[@ryandariushwood225]

That Leonard Cohen song that begins at 10:01 is some of her best and most controlled singing ever!

[@mariadelcarmeamat3264]

Hermosa cancio'n .Siento nostalgia de aquellos tiempos .....

[@bobmarchetti8878]

So beautiful and talented

[@bryantaulbee2689]

Wow, Judy really shines here, probably at her vocal peak. She took on a rocky/bluesy style during this period and did it very well, but didn't stick with it very long.

[@wwonka52]

oh no. she's still excellent at 81 and now again in 4 days i'll see her at same place. Check out her last album. "Spellbound" strong great voice. bill here

[@teamlotus13]

Absolutely right. Saw her a couple days ago. At 84, she is still at her “vocal peak”. Don’t miss any chance to see and hear this truly remarkable lady.

[@Jonathan-o1q6q]

Very great singer

[@bogray49]

one of the best Colorado has produced

[@terryburns4866]

In the late 60s I came across this show on TV. I came in just in time to hear In My Life. Great. Then they brought out the Don Ellis Orchestra doing jazz. That was interesting.

[@wwonka52]

She was wonderful 8/30/24, 85 now

[@stacy2827]

Very beautiful lyrics. Such a beautiful voice. Hello im a new fan🥰💫❤

[@suzannelawson9215]

Remembering back to 1968. Was 13, 14 years old and heard Judy singing on a Los Angeles pop radio station; probably KHJ or KRLA. It was "Both Sides Now." Fell in love with her gorgeous voice and folk music and with my allowance or babysitting money bought Judy's "Wildflowers LP. (I still have it!) Used to play it on my parent's large console style record player/radio. Don't have that anymore. In those days "pop" radio stations were playing the Beach Boys, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones. Amid all the pop singer's and groups you would also hear folk too. Donovan singing "Catch the Wind", Peter, Paul & Mary singing "Puff the Magic Dragon" Joan Baez singing, "There But for Fortune", Dylan singing "Blowing in the Wind" and then you would hear the Monkee's singing one of their songs. It was a GREAT time in Los Angeles and all the music that was heard on the radio in those days!

[@1Daveable]

I am not sure she wrote very many of the lyrics

[@helmerrodriguez979]

JUDY COLLINS FOREVER

[@Quentin217]

I saw and heard one of her performances that very year, October, 1968, at the Chicago Opera House. It was everything that I imagined it would be. In those days there were airhead teenaged girls attending Beatles concerts who would scream their fool heads off so that the could not hear the performance. No so when Judy Collins took the stage. Everyone shut up like their were struck dumb. It was the same reaction in at the Auburn Performing Arts Center in Auburn, Washington in 1993 and Pier 51 in Seattle in 2001. On You Tube there is a recent performance by Judy Collins in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Alack, she is grown old. Back in '89 I read her autobiography which she wrote when she was only in her '50's. Before that, I had not thought of her personal life, but putatively if I had, I would have just imagined that she lived an ideal life with a nice family, home, and husband. Alack it was not so. She lived a very troubled life and did some made some really dumb mistakes and suffered greatly. I feel my life blessed in small part by the voice of Judy Collins. I have most of her albums collected since 1966.

[@taddyd1]

I love this era of JC, when she did the blues numbers and used her lower range more.

[@dwarslaeven4035]

Wonderful. I recently learned that she is a disciple of Yogananda and practices kriya yoga. Good for her.

[@robertlepper5460]

I think she is very underated as an artist. In the shadow perhaps of Joan Baez ( as a vocalist) and of Joni Mitchell who has the kudos of writing her own material.

[@rnr5682]

Judy has written some great songs also like song for Duke, since you asked, and many more

[@Brantendo64]

I’ll add another great song she’s written herself was “Nightingale” 1 and 2. Beautifully written. The first is my favorite Judy Collins song ever.

[@helmerrodriguez979]

Forever Judy Collins

[@fuldagermany]

I expected the video to be something recent and to see her come out with silver hair like I have now and apparently this is not a new concert being shown. Remember a lot of her songs and it says I remember Leonard Cohen had written some of the stuff she sang as well. She was always so soothing and comforting in her demeanor and her voice stellar.

[@jvbryant]

LENOX There is no doubt that the program now known as the Tanglewood Popular Artist Series has presented some of the greatest names in rock, pop and jazz, including The Who, Bob Dylan, Santana and Miles Davis. There also is no doubt that in the beginning, the program gave Tanglewood administrators some prodigious headaches as they tried to deal with huge crowds, traffic jams, loud music and an audience considerably less sedentary than the music-lovers the BSO was accustomed to. It began innocently. In 1968, Tanglewood announced it would host a series of concerts on selected Tuesday evenings that would feature "contemporary music by contemporary groups." The series was called "Tuesday Tanglewood Trends," and Boston Symphony Orchestra music director Erich Leinsdorf said it was "significant and necessary" that the tastes of today's youth be represented at Tanglewood. Those first three shows, all held in July 1968, were fairly low-key: Judy Collins and the Modern Jazz Quartet on July 17, Ravi Shankar and his Festival from India on July 24, and The Association on July 31. Crowds were, according to Eagle files, "orderly and enthusiastic." The acts got more diverse in 1969. Janis Joplin opened the series that summer, on July 8, playing to a crowd of about 7,700 and doing two encores. Iron Butterfly was next, before about 7,500. The band's extended version of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" -- which included a 28-minute drum solo -- had the crowd pushing against the stage, making the small contingent of state troopers on hand nervous. Famed rock ‘n' roll promoter Bill Graham produced the final show that summer. www.berkshireeagle.com/archives/rock-in-the-shed/article_41dea32c-53fe-56c2-b822-c464b0378124.html

[@strtserctlmserc4484]

She is very diverse wow nature's song bird

[@nickbutter6559]

that's Michael Sahl on piano

[@wolfwind1]

@@rnr5682 Actually, Nick is correct. His name is Michael.

[@azzaz1]

...and Chris Ethridge on bass

[@helmerrodriguez979]

ONLY JUDY COLLINS

[@writereducator]

"She's touched your perfect body with her mind." I've always thought it should be the other way around. Maybe that's what's half-crazy about Suzanne.

[@eldergeektromeo9868]

Always....Judy Blue Eyes......

[@bretwalborn5582]

🎉🎉

[@roc2coffee]

I suspect Joni approved…a great cover !

[@tylerkessler4021]

Groovy

[@gwynenglishnielsen8596]

I would've loved to experience this! She is a one and only. If you are looking for unique, check out my EP "Heart Walk" on KZbin. Thanks!

[@heartwithnocompanion]

"Suzanne" was written by Leonard Cohen too. Judi didn't said it)

[@UAL320]

Joni hadn’t quite made it big yet….wonder if many here even knew she wrote the first song.

[@claritydreamsleeves541]

What's not beautiful about this?

[@francesdigiovanni6151]

JUDY JUDY JUDY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[@1Daveable]

was this a Joni Mitchell tribute show?

[@kevinkeegan6017]

I loved her music but, she had scary eyes.

[@Kekuahiwi]

Great hearing these fine old songs and great to see her and hear her voice in her youth. But "...only drowneding men...?" C'mon Judy. I'm bothered by singers who take liberties with the songwriter's lyrics to make a song more "personal for them" . The last line of the first chorus of Suzanne as written and sung by the composer is "...you've touched her perfect body with your mind." Rewriting John Lennon to "...all these places had their meaning..." instead of "moments" is just distracting. Sorry Judy

[@teamlotus13]

What a sorry comment. And so timely. You in your holier than thou attitude criticize her singing in 1968?!? And do some fact checking. If it weren’t for Judy Collins, neither you, or me, or anyone would have ever heard Leonard Cohan perform is songs. He was always extremely grateful to her for bringing him on to a stage for the first time.

[@GirGir183]

I wasn't too fond of this version of Suzanne.

[@davidvillanueva8171]

I love Judy Collins voice and her singing but I have to agree with you here. Her phrasing on this version of Suzanne is just a little too drawn out and precious.

[@pyrddaddy2579]

Oh come on, it’s like a dream 🥲

[@dakra137]

When you have listened to a recorded performance of a song hundreds of times, your brain expects exactly that every time. Any change of phrasing in any way whatsoever becomes irritating. The performance is already in your head. What you hear through your ears is there only to confirm what your brain anticipates.

[@helmerrodriguez9616]

ONLY JUDY COLLINS