At the age of 8 or 9, she began lessons with Mrs Louise Powell (who also played by ear and helped her to develop this ability as well as teaching her to read music).
They formed a band together called "Love Era" which toured Texas, California, New Mexico and Colorado with different formations (mostly 4-piece groups where Judy was played Hammond B3) from 1970 to 1984.
Judy Blair went to the Caribbean[1] (St. Martin / St. Maarten) in 1986 where she stayed a couple of years working with a band called "Tropix".
[1] As she was spending more time focusing on writing and composing music, she recorded and published 4 albums[1][4][5] which all include some of her original material.
In Spain at the Autumn Jazz Festival in Castilla with Alvin Queen (drums) and Reggie Johnson (bass), also in Leon, Valladolid, Reus, Palencia.
She was invited by Gary to play in Woking, England alongside himself, Eric Clapton[1][2] & band which included Andy Fairweather Low and Dave Bronze in 2009 & 2011 (New Year's Eve).
[9][10][11] She played in duo (vocals, piano) with the late Serge Oustiakine (bass) at Albas Jazz in the Lot earlier in 2013 (June).
[4][5][13] On May 7, 2014, she teamed up with François Bréant (composer, keyboard player, vocalist & producer) to play for charity again for the Rotary Club of Cahors.