Re: Judy Collins NJC

[William Chavez]

I think that whole tour was a real purging experience for her because not only did her son commit suicide but he was on of those sons that you continuously had to be on top of, trying to keep him well directed. The fact that I gave her flowers and asked her to sing a song she hadn't sung in twenty years is what probably will keep that night in her mind for awhile. I know it will be in mind forever. I asked her to sing it because I loved it, I think she decided to sing it because it was pertinent. She made it sound pertinent. The song ends with

"And I feel like something is being born, tells my soul not to mourn.",

That book singing she had a couple of years later was a book that largely dealt with her sons death. Not only did she do a remarkable job of discussing the important sections of the book and her pain but she would pause throughout the whole thing to sing snippets of songs that were pertinent to the pain. This woman is not afraid to open her mouth and sing with out even someone humming in the background. Her voice alone fills in all the spaces. She is nearly sixty!!
Will

From: "Blair Fraipont" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Judy Collins NJC
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 21:52:01 -0500

Will,
What an amazing story. I am not that big of a fan of hers and I now want to go out and get some of her material. I suppose a concert experience like that only happens once or twice a lifetime. And to top that, she remembered you at the book signing and her comment prove it wasn't just any ordinary night for her!
Thanks for sharing.
Blair
NP:The Fall of the WOrld's Own Optimist, AimeeMann




I had never seen anything like it. I ran into Judy

> several years later at a book signing and waited last to speak with her. I
> asked her about that night and she remembered being asked to sing the song
> and said "you were the guy who brought me the flowers?!?"(I hadn't even
> mentioned the flowers). She stated she really felt something cooking inside
> of her that night . It all came out. The big purge! I'm a softy but I don't
> let on to that, and my eyes were pretty watery. My friend and eye discuss
> this concert all the time. I went with the lady who had introduced me to
> Judy a couple of decades earlier. It made it so much more significant.
> Will
>

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