![]() ![]() How could I not read Judy Collins’s memoir Sweet Judy Blue Eyes? Stephen Stills vividly captured the passion and pain of their love affair in his joyful, yet plaintive epic song. Each time I hear this song, I feel I missed the best part of a generation. It is "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes", first performed by Crosby, Stills and Nash on Augat Yasgur’s farm, two weeks before I was born. It never fails to transport me to a time beyond my memory, a place that now fades into American mythology: California, late 1960's. It has always been one of my favorite songs. ![]() The sweet chords in E pour forth from Stephen Stills's guitar, sounding like early morning California sunshine feels: warm and flirtatious, dancing on an ocean breeze as it kisses you awake. Sweet Judy Blue Eyes: My Life in Music by Judy Collins
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