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 Eyes is the deeply personal, honest, and revealing memoir of folk legend and relentlessly creative spirit Judy Collins. Watch footage of many of these tunes below.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. The Man covered the Kinks’ “Strangers,” Hozier and Lake Street Dive teamed up on Sly & The Family Stone’s “Everyday People,” and Tench and Goldsmith fronted a run through Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall.” Or maybe you’d perk up even more urgently at news of Carlile and Segarra covering Seeger’s “If I Had A Hammer” with members of Preservation Hall Jazz Band? A large group including Staples, Isbell, and Hozier also did Pete Seeger’s “Keep Your Eyes On The Prize,” while the Decemberists’ Colin Meloy and the Milk Carton Kids closed out the event with Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land.” Members of Portgual. Collins and Pecknold then led a run through the Byrds’ “Turn! Turn! Turn!” After performing John Lennon’s “Instant Karma! (We All Shine On),” Pecknold welcomed the Shins’ James Mercer and Casey Foubert, and Fruit Bats’ Eric Johnson for a run through Crosby, Stills, & Nash’s “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes.” The song’s namesake, Judy Collins, emerged near the end to help them finish out the cover. They backed up performers including Trey Anastasio, Brandi Carlile, Mavis Staples, Jason Isbell, Hozier, and Hurray For The Riff Raff’s Alynda Segarra.ĭepending on your Muppets interest level, perhaps the most intriguing part of the set centered on Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold.
But much more transpired during the set.Īs JamBase points out, the house band for “I Had A Song” comprised Weiss, Wilco bassist John Stirratt, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench, Decemberists guitarist Chris Funk, and Dawes singer-guitarist Taylor Goldsmith.
That’s how we got Kermit The Frog performing “Rainbow Connection” with My Morning Jacket’s Jim James and erstwhile Sleater-Kinney drummer Janet Weiss. This year’s Newport Folk Festival was quite eventful! Not only did country supergroup the Highwomen make their official debut performance, the fest ended with an all-star event called “I Had A Song” featuring a number of big names covering some of the best tunes ever.
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