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| Ain't Nothin' But the Blues |
| 1964 |
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| Woman Blue |
| 1965 |
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| Nevada Jukebox |
| 1972 |
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| The Big Sky Mudflaps |
| 1973 |
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| Judy Roderick & The Forbears |
| 1983 |
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Below are some comments and stories about Judy Roderick from friends and family. If you have a
comment or story to tell, please go to our contact page.
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| 09/17/04 |
Judy's is a voice best heard above the softest of arrangements. That rare, goosebumpingly beautiful voice
that freezes you still and takes you somewhere so pure and true. Pamela Ryder played a benefit for the Buffalo
Olmsted Parks Conservancy and performed Judy's "Denver to Dallas." There were about 1200 people there and [she]
talked a bit about Judy being an unsung hero of the time before belting it out. I swear, conversations stopped
when she wailed "takes a whole lot of love to satisfy his soul!" It was breathtaking!
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- Seamus G. Buffalo, NY (music critic) |
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| 06/28/03 |
If you have not heard the Judy Roderick Woman Blue cd, it's absolutely astounding. She was one of
the first women of her generation to attempt country blues and some really kinda jazzy blues. What
set Judy apart from other blues artists of the time was her sense of taste and her ability to hit
the note squarely where you wanted it to be…and at the same time she could give you chills. Every
time you heard her singing it'd bring a tear to your eye or give you chills running up and down
your spine…because she was so tapped into something very profound. So if you guys haven't heard
that album, its a great piece of work. Not only was she a magnificent singer, but as a person, she
was without equal.
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- Artie Traum Bearsville, NY (musician) |
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| 06/14/03 |
A beauty, ahead of her time! I was in love with this album in the mid 60's, when I was Young & Impressionable. The
LP disappeared during some move at some time in my life, and I was very excited to learn it had come out in CD recently.
Judy Roderick was a student at Colorado University when she recorded this album, along with a couple of
brilliant side musicians. While, 30 years later, some of the songs seem politically incorrect -- she's a
"white girl" singing "Black & Blue", for example, and those old blues tunes do tend to be somewhat
misogynistic in nature -- the brilliance of the late Ms. Roderick's surprisingly mature voice, and the
passion of her performance makes this more than simply a musical sample of 60's coffeehouse folk; it's
a real treasure and she will never be duplicated. It's hard to believe that she was only 22 or so when
it was recorded, it is so simply sophisticated and moving.
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- Bonny H. , NM |
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| 03/15/04 |
. . . my initial reaction to her singing was where did these sort of sassy but slightly dark
emotion-based vocals come from? I mean here was this skinny kind of feisty best friend pal . . . coming
out with these bluesy sounds that you would expect would come from someone more grounded in heartache
or deprivation.
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- Susan E. (childhood playmate) |
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| 12/28/04 |
My first husband, Ronnie "B" (Burgess), played drums with Judy for a while in Boulder. I went to all the rehearsals and gigs with them,
including Jamie [Kibben] on piano and Phil on bass. I was a 19 year old aspiring musician myself and Judy was very supportive of me,
even letting me sing sometimes. I loved her voice and her work ethic and songwriting. I still sing "face out in the crowd" at
my gigs (giving her credit, of course). She was a generous "musician's musician" and sorely missed.
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- Ginger L. , CO |
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