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10 Nov 01 - 05:01 PM (#589851) Subject: YIPPEE !!! I'm off to see Judy Collins ! From: Murray MacLeod Since Harpgirl made me envious by announcing that she was going to see Bryan Bowers, I am pleased to return the favor by announcing that my SO has bought me a surprise ticket for the concert tonight in Sunrise, FL featuring Judy Collins (YESS !) Janis Ian (YOU GO GIRL!!) Richie Havens (RIGHT ON !!) and the MASTER HIMSELF, Roger McGuinn !!! AM I excited ? You better believe it. But I'd still like to see Bryan Bowers as well ..... Heading up there right now . Murray |
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10 Nov 01 - 05:12 PM (#589859) Subject: RE: BS: YIPPEE !!! I'm off to see Judy Collins ! From: SINSULL Enjoy, Murray! |
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10 Nov 01 - 05:17 PM (#589861) Subject: RE: BS: YIPPEE !!! I'm off to see Judy Collins ! From: 53 have a great time. BOB |
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10 Nov 01 - 06:53 PM (#589920) Subject: RE: BS: YIPPEE !!! I'm off to see Judy Collins ! From: DonMeixner Saw the tour this summer at The New York State Fair. With Tom Paxton and Richie Havens, only Havens had to cancel. So We had to put up with Tom Paxton an hour and ten in one show and 45 minutes in the other. Gosh darn the luck! But I'd like to have seen Richie Havens too. Great show. Have fun Don |
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10 Nov 01 - 07:22 PM (#589938) Subject: RE: BS: YIPPEE !!! I'm off to see Judy Collins ! From: Bat Goddess Haven't seen Judy Collins on stage since a free concert (paid for by Schlitz Brewing Company) in Milwaukee, circa 1967. She put on a great show! Bat Goddess |
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10 Nov 01 - 07:42 PM (#589954) Subject: RE: BS: YIPPEE !!! I'm off to see Judy Collins ! From: Mudlark Jealous aint in it! I last saw JC in person in the 60's too...as an act, and also as part of the audience for a TV show she was doing...for some reason I've now forgotten she was made to retake Pretty Polly about 5 times and did it differently, and beautifully, each time. |
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10 Nov 01 - 10:25 PM (#590076) Subject: RE: BS: YIPPEE !!! I'm off to see Judy Collins ! From: GUEST,faswilli2 murray, by now you have been there for 2 hours. If you haven't seen Janis Ian in a few years boy will you be shocked! Bet she steals the show tonight. let us know. bill. |
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10 Nov 01 - 10:30 PM (#590083) Subject: RE: BS: YIPPEE !!! I'm off to see Judy Collins ! From: catspaw49 Lemmee know if Guinn's head popped off form all the bobbing up and down huh? Sounds like a good night Murray so........ Good Night Murray. Spaw |
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11 Nov 01 - 07:47 PM (#590465) Subject: RE: BS: YIPPEE !!! I'm off to see Judy Collins ! From: Tattie Bogle Does she ever tour in the UK now? saw her on more than one occasion in the 60's/early 70's, notably in the Royal Albert Hall in London. Felt the same level of YIPPEE!! at seeing Tom Paxton in Edinburgh last week! Tattie B |
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11 Nov 01 - 08:42 PM (#590502) Subject: RE: BS: YIPPEE !!! I'm off to see Judy Collins ! From: GUEST,leeneia Sorry to have to add a negative note, but I used to be fan of Judy Collins. Then I went to hear her sing at the University of Kansas in Lawrence (this was quite a few years ago, 15 maybe.) The damn concert was so loud it was over the threshhold of pain. People were yelling from the floor for the sound to be turned down, but to no avail. We talked to the sound man during the intermission, and he said he couldn't do anything, that the problem was on stage. I wanted so much to stay. I put plugs of wet toilet paper in my ears. I stood with my back to a pillar. Nothing helped - it hurt! Finally, we left. As we crossed the parking lot, we heard her voice, huge and totally unnatural, all around us. (We could have saved the price of admission.) It sounded as if a Judy Collins as large as a skyscraper was towering over us, singing. I am no longer a fan.
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12 Nov 01 - 06:57 AM (#590687) Subject: RE: BS: YIPPEE !!! I'm off to see Judy Collins ! From: Murray MacLeod Well, the concert was magical, one I will remember for a long time. I had never seen Judy Collins live before so I guess I was exoecting to see a plump middle aged woman in a long "all enveloping" dress. I was amazed to see this foxy chick in a black velvet catsuit and six inch stillettos come stalking out on stage, looking like she had been working out all her life. WOW ! The music? Oh, I can't remember anything about the music .....Only kidding. She did a couple of songs starting off with "Both Sides Now" and then handed the stage over to Janis Ian. I had in fact seen Janis Ian three years ago at Newport Folk Fest when I was totally amazed by her, so I knew what to expect this time round and she didn't disappoint. Her guitar playing btw is amazing. Sure she uses a lot of sophisticated electronics, but she is GOOD. She did "At 17" and "Society's Child" in her set, and announced that for her final number she would do a singalong folk song. I guess everybody thought she would do "Kumbaya" or "This Land is Your Land" but she launched into "These Boots are made for Walking". Great stuff. Richie Havens followed her, I had never seen him live before but he was mesmerizing. How he gets that guitar sound with that thumb fretting technique I xan't imagine. He ended his set with "Freedom" and while strumming the final chords with hummingbird-like rapidity he climbed off his stool and executed a Van Halen type leap in the air, which was as impressive as it was unexpected. The Bossman followed him on and did all his great somgs, "Chestnut Mare", !Tambourine Man", "So You Wanna be a Rock'n Roll Star", and a mindblowing version of "Eight Miles High" where he played an unbelieveable intro on his Martin 12 string. I have seen McGuinn live a couple of times before, but never realized what a really fine guitarist he is. His voice of course was still as sublime as ever. And he didn't nod his head once!! He must have been reading Spaw's posts. But he HAS grown a beard, which I found a little confusing ......... Judy Collins then came on for her main set and treated us all to a consummate performance, the highlight of which, for me at any rate, was her tribute to New York, an achingly beautiful acapella rendition of "Give My Regards to Broadway". It almost had me in tears, and that is no easy feat. "Amaxing Grace" and "Send in the Clowns "were in there as wel. of course. All four came on to end the concert with a beautiful "Let it Be", to end a memorable event. And apart from the music, what I will remember is how imcredibly fit and healthy these performers looked. I always though the touring lifestyle was supposed to be debilitating, but they all looked twenty years younger than their real age Incredible. They must work out big time to look like that. Im off to the gym now before it's too late ....... Murray |