5/19/2023 0 Comments Stephen stills judy collinsTambourine Man”, Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne”, and Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” before the original songwriters and made the songs classics before the composers released their own versions. To hear Collins interpret a song whether self-penned or by another author, makes it sui generis. But there was something about Collins’ song that troubled her so deeply that she could not continue singing without feeling false. Now Simone was a supremely talented musician who usually could handle folk, rock, and jazz with equal aplomb. She felt alienated from the white middle-class concerns of Collins’ youth. ![]() ![]() There’s an excellent live Nina Simone recording where the High Priestess of Soul tries to sing Judy Collins’ beautiful self-penned ode, “My Father”.
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