This evening, I knew, would be a major highlight of 2013, for me, anyway! I was quite excited - Collins is someone I had always wanted to hear in concert and I couldn't wait to hear her exquisite voice. Thanks ever so Jennifer DeChant and board member (and fellow thespian) Thom Watson! I had the good fortune of having been contacted by the Church's executive director the day of the show, November 22, asking if I was interested in a comp ticket that had become available for the sold out show. Stephen Stills wrote the song about Collins, during their breakup. I would soon be seeing “sweet” Judy Blue Eyes herself on the stage of the historic Bath venue. Misty-eyed, I could see the Chocolate Church's marquee coming into view. ![]() As soon as “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” began, the women in our merry group sang along and cried together. The last concert I went to in Connecticut before moving to Maine in 1988 was Crosby, Stills & Nash. Recalling Dylan and Joan Baez singing “Blowin’ in the Wind” together still makes my eyes well up. Seeing Bob Dylan in 1975 in the Rolling Thunder Revue Tour is still my reigning all-time favorite, and best wedding present ever. There are some musical artists whose impact on our soul is forever imprinted on our psyche. ![]() As I was driving to the Chocolate Church Arts Center for the Judy Collins concert, I found myself remembering past concerts by artists whose music and lyrics had made an indelible impression.
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