The Blogging fro A to Z Challenge has ended, but I will have a retrospective post on Thursday.
In the meantime, I wanted to take it easy for a few days, but the music world had other plans.
Singer Naomi Judd died yesterday at the age of 76. Her family singing duo, The Judds, was supposed to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of fame today. Instead, fans everywhere mourn her passing.
Judd's struggle with mental illness was made public in 2016, and the family's death announcement made note of that. We still have so far to go in treating these illnesses, and in removing the stigma around these illnesses.
Between 1984 and 1991, The Judds (Naomi and her daughter Wynonna) posted twenty top 10 hits, including 14 #1 hits.. They broke up in 1991 due to Naomi's diagnosis of hepatitis C, forcing Naomi Judd's retirement from active performance. Wynonna continued as a solo performer. There were reunion tours in 2000 and 2010. Another reunion tour was supposed to start in September of 2020, but it is not to be.
Here are a couple of their hits.
From 1985, "Have Mercy".
From 1990, "Love Can Build a Bridge", released after Naomi Judd made her Hepatitis C diagnosis public.
RIP Naomi Judd. May you finally be at peace.
If you like music, join with other music lovers each Sunday/Monday for "Music Moves Me". My post will be going up on Monday.
...I hope that her mental illness isn't what I think that it could be!
ReplyDeleteI was shocked to hear this yesterday.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a big fan of country music, but I did like the Judd. Mental illness has came a long ways, but it still need to come a lot more.
ReplyDeleteCoffee is on and stay safe
Any liver disease is profoundly depressing. It's not primarily a "mental illness"; it's a physical disease that has emotional effects. If she had a public life with chronic liver disease for most of 30 years, she was One. Tough. Mother.
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