Last summer at Newport Folk Festival there were many surprises but there was one that topped em all- a collaborative cover of Crosby Stills and Nash’s “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes.”
The participants included Robin Pecknold (Fleet Foxes), Eric D. Johnson (Fruit Bats), James Mercer (The Shins), Chris Funk (The Decemberists), Jason Isbell, John Stirratt (Wilco), Benmont Tench (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), and Janet Weiss (Quasi, ex-Sleater-Kinney). Towards the middle of the songs, they brought out Steven Still’s song inspiration – Judy Collins. After the performance, Judy said to the crowd, “The first time he sang that to me, I said, ‘it’s a beautiful song… but it’s not gonna get me back.’ Check out the just-released pro-shot video below..
