'When I was singing this song before I knew where it came from, I just understood that it was powerful.' Judy Collins talks re-releasing her historic version of 'Amazing Grace' 50 years later, as well as life in quarantine
to discuss the single, its historical significance and what she’s been up to in quarantine.Lucky to be in a beautiful place with all my books and toys and cats and husband, so it’s not as bad as it might be. Besides that, we take a walk every three or four days — masks, gloves — and go to the park when there are not so many people there.Sort of. They’re so happy. We’re enjoying being at home. I’ve tried for years to figure out a way to get two months off in the summer.
The next day, he called me and said, “I think we should record that.” We wound up going to St. Paul’s [Chapel] on the campus of Columbia University. A beautiful little cathedral with incredible sound and that’s where we recorded it. It became a huge hit.I figured that this song is something that can be very healing for people to hear and sing. I said, “Let’s try to raise money for the World Health Organization.
On this re-released version, what do you think the chorus adds to the song that wasn’t already there?
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