The Stills & Collins version is performed at around the same tempo as the original. It was originally released n the Manassas album in 1970. The albums next track is a remake of the legendary Stephen Stills song “So Begin’s the Task.” The song is one of the most beautiful songs Stephen Sill had ever written. The Travelling Wilburys themselves were a band that had featured a mixture of aging and semi aging rock and roll legends with Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne. The Stills & Collins album opens with a remake of the Traveling Wilburys’ tune “Handle With Care.” It’s an interesting choice when you think about it. Judy Collins hit all the high notes effortlessly while still maintaining that angelic folk voice that sold millions of records in the 1960’s and 70’s. Nonetheless, Judy Collins still sounds like she did in the 1960’s. Stephen Still’s riffs throughout the CD are worth the price of the album alone. While Stephen Stills may sound horse on many of the songs, his guitar playing still sounds like vintage Crosby Stills and Nash.

The Stills & Collins album is a mixture of covers and some new material. So, it became apparent that the Stills Collins CD was indeed a collaboration between the two legendary artists. There was a story published many years ago over how Stephen Stills had written the song as an attempt to get back together with Judy Collins after the two had just ended very short-lived romance. Then it hit me that Stephen Stills had once wrote the song “Suite Judy Blue Eyes,” about Judy Collins. When classic rock fans first hear the last name Collins they tend to think of the legendary blues guitarist Albert Collins or Alan Collins who was one of the founding members of Lynyrd Skynyrd. The Stills & Collins logo on the cover did not feature the legendary artist’s first names. I was very curious when I had first seen this CD in a used record store recently. A few months ago, classic rock fans were shocked to find that Stephen Stills and Judy Collins had just released an album they recorded together entitled Stills & Collins.

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