![]() ![]() She stopped taking piano lessons, started performing in clubs in Colorado, and eventually moved to New York City, where she played in folk clubs like Gerde’s Folk City. Although she was still playing the classical music on the piano, Collins had given her heart to the songs of Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie that she was learning to play on the guitar. ![]() When she was nine, Collins started taking piano lessons, and she played her first public performance when she was 13, playing Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos.Ī few years later, when she was 15, Collins heard “The Gypsy Rover” and “Barbara Allen” on the radio, and asked her father if he would find her a guitar. Collin’s father, who was blind, played the piano, sang, and hosted a radio show. Her mother was a gifted musician, who played piano and sang, but gave that up when she met Collin’s father. ![]() Collins grew up surrounded by all styles of music from Mozart to Cole Porter and folk music from around the world. Judy Collins was born on May 1, 1939, in Seattle, Washington, but she moved with her family to Denver, Colorado, when she was 10. ![]()
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