"The Wind Blows Wild" - Kate Wolf

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  • čas přidán 1. 03. 2014
  • It was back in the late eighties, the Winter of '87. I was working as a Math and English teacher at Berkeley High School, and was very burned out and running on empty, having recently been forced to take a gun from a student - and I was pondering whether I even wanted to be a teacher anymore.
    It was a freezing late Winter afternoon, the red sun setting in a welter of clouds over the Golden Gate.
    I'd been buying groceries for my dinner at the Berkeley Cheese Board and at a little chicken shop there, and vegetables at that great produce market that used to be on the corner of Vine and Shattuck (maybe it still is).
    A frigid breeze was blowing off the bay, and as I lugged my groceries up the hill and threw them in the car, I decided I just had to have a cup of coffee at Peets.
    Just to keep going.
    I went in to Peets, and ordered a cup of French Roast, but I was so wiped out and my hands were shaking so badly, that when I pulled my money out, the coins just fell clattering all over the counter.
    Suddenly a voice to my left said to me:
    "Friend, you really need to take it easy."
    I turned and there was a bearded man standing there, his face all rosy and aglow and with the most beautiful smile on his face, a smile that just filled me with warmth and peace and happiness.
    I stammered, "Thank you!", and turned for just a second to grab my cup of coffee, but when I turned back to talk to the man, he was gone.
    There weren't many people in Peets at that moment, so a quick glance confirmed that he wasn't in the shop.
    I ducked out the door (Peets is right on the street corner at Vine and Walnut), and looked in both directions down both sidewalks, and they were empty except for papers blowing in that biting winter ocean wind. He was nowhere to be seen.
    And then it hit me.
    I had been talking to an angel.
    This song seems to resonate with the appearance and identity of that mysterious being who stepped in to a turning point in my life, a Rilkean angel telling me that I must change my life.
    But did I change my life?
    27 years later I am still haunted, still burned out more often than not, still a creature of stress and mystery and still fueled and running on empty with caffeine. A lonely single Dad raising a lonely only daughter.
    But you know, sometimes there are songs that go beyond feelings. There are songs that voyage out beyond thought. These songs put us in touch with our own lostness which is also our own divinity. They are rare, indeed, and they work their way into our hearts like the black and white ghosts of old angels.
    Such is "The Wind Blows Wild," which Wolf composed and recorded partially in a hospital room during her final days. It's about life, love and death and was written by Kate Wolf as she, herself, was dying.
    Kate died in 1986, at age 44, after a long battle with leukemia.
    She is buried at a small church cemetery in Goodyears Bar, California.
    My daughter Gabrielle and I went there, in the deep snow, in the Winter of 2004, not long after my Mom died. Kate was there, sleeping under the snow like the Yuba River that flowed by Goodyears Bar was sleeping under the ice.
    I encourage you all to go out and buy this album, and all of Kate's albums.
    I have no commercial interest in this song. If you want to own it, purchase it online or in a CD store. All of her albums are great. This is from her last, and is the title song.
    Buying it will support the perpetuation of great music everywhere, and Kate will be smiling from that quiet grave West of Weaverville in that little place on the Yuba River called Goodyears Bar. It should be deep in snow again right now. But Kate's great heart will be beating there for you, as it will always beat for me, as it beats on her albums - for we all share one Heart, and no snow or ice or fear or oppression will keep our one Heart from beating out a tune of Love and Fellowship into Forever.
    Buy "The Wind Blows Wild" on Amazon www.amazon.com/Wind-Blows-Wild...
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Komentáře • 180

  • @eamonwilson5297
    @eamonwilson5297 Před rokem +35

    This is the reason I love youtube.
    I discovered Kate Wolf a few years ago. Some of the most beautiful and poignant songs I have ever heard.
    I sang one of her songs at a friend's funeral.
    What a wonderful talent gone long before her time.

    • @beverlykennedy126
      @beverlykennedy126 Před 2 měsíci +1

      I just. Recently discovered Katie Wolf and her beautiful voice. She sure could sing. Gone way too soon, She was one of the very best folk singers as far as I’m concerned

  • @aileenputnam8733
    @aileenputnam8733 Před 3 lety +36

    Although Kate Wolf is now in her eternal home, my heart ad soul feel that she is sitting beside me every time I listen to her beautiful voice and lyrics. She 's wonderfully always here!!!

  • @bobmasters1678
    @bobmasters1678 Před 2 lety +46

    Kate Wolf spirit still lives on in her music - very profound if you'll take the time to listen

  • @MaskAJim
    @MaskAJim Před 2 lety +54

    I have just discovered this so wonderful singer, just fall in love with her music. Wow!

    • @nicodawg8231
      @nicodawg8231 Před 2 lety +4

      Me too. This song, “Across the Great Divide”, and “Green Eyes” are my 3 favorites so far.

    • @hogcaller
      @hogcaller Před rokem +4

      REST IN PEACE KATE !!! 😢

  • @j.b.9581
    @j.b.9581 Před 2 lety +23

    Rest well Kate. Your songs lift and heal . . . you probably know that.
    The video accompanying this song gives me chills all over . . maybe it's Kate's singing . . or both!!

  • @shambalahall2146
    @shambalahall2146 Před 5 lety +66

    I just recently discovered Kate Wolf's music, and it truly is inspiring.. .it seems that these folks never stay here on earth with us long enough . . .

  • @birdlynn417
    @birdlynn417 Před 10 měsíci +9

    What a beautiful write up someone wrote above; the introduction to this album. Very beautifully written, and I appreciated reading your memory and thoughts very much. Thank you. 🧡

  • @ronlapre6161
    @ronlapre6161 Před 5 lety +102

    In '86 I lived for 5 years in Sedona and Jerome was one of my all-time favorite towns, spent at least one day a week there. I loved that little town and almost moved there and was about to rent the green house right in the last bend, but about a month before it became available it burnt down. I am 81 now and living in Spain and recently came across Kate and immediately fell in love with her singing. When I heard Old Jerome and saw all the familiar pictures of that town, tears streamed down my cheeks. Now there is not a day that goes by without listening to Kate. I love that beautiful woman.

    • @laurenlabarre7709
      @laurenlabarre7709 Před 3 lety +6

      As a Artist, I raised my family in Jerome.. I remember when Kate came to Jerome to visit another folk singer Katie Lee-- That's when she wrote her song Jerome, that captured the essence of that remarkable town, always Home to me..And our official Town song..

    • @KR-kf7fy
      @KR-kf7fy Před 3 lety +3

      Jesus loves you !

    • @marvindockery4377
      @marvindockery4377 Před 2 lety +4

      I was there in 92.
      The wind blows down from Jerome most nights, and back duringthe day.

    • @xnuyawka59
      @xnuyawka59 Před 2 lety +5

      We visited Jerome while on a trip to Sedona. Loved the little town. I just discovered Kate’s music last year while listening to Pandora on my hikes in Torrey Pines Nature Reserve in San Diego. Now I’m in love with her music. 💝 🎸

    • @gmcb1711
      @gmcb1711 Před 2 lety +1

      Sounds Beautiful Thank you

  • @maxine-charliemaxcaulfield
    @maxine-charliemaxcaulfield Před 4 lety +14

    I love Kate Wolf's voice and music....so sad she passed away so young 😥

  • @artiglesias9317
    @artiglesias9317 Před 3 lety +4

    So many years ago I drove north from San Simeon along
    Highway #1. As night fell a storm from the Pacific ripped the coast, this experience was never forgotten for these moments which lasted for hours along Big Sur in the darkness, and narrow roadway of Highway #1 with wind swept rain; instilled an insight as to how temporal and fleeting life is.
    Wondering all the while if one turn will be missed, while longing to see those of great value in my life once again somewhere beyond the storm.
    Many Years years later I entered those same waters to bring a person ashore from the surf, with full knowledge of how unforgiving the waters of Big Sur are, the coldness of the water will never be forgotten; for once again what mattered most in life was crystal clear. "The Wind Blows Wild".

  • @RobertDress-dq9pc
    @RobertDress-dq9pc Před 4 měsíci +1

    My heart is ripped in half. The hollows of my path echo the cries of my past. And some how, the beauty and awe of this world brings me back to my pallet. The work on my pallet finds it way to the horizon again.

  • @MrRiggsinn
    @MrRiggsinn Před rokem +7

    filmed at my home on the Oregon coast...very nice and matched to Kate Wolf

  • @raymondvarney2223
    @raymondvarney2223 Před 7 lety +107

    Roughly 11 years after this photo was taken, I had to put my sweet Samatha to sleep today. I'm sitting here with my headphones on listening to my favorite folks sing so I won't have to go to sleep myself. Thank God for Kate, Emmylou, John Prine, John Denver to keep me company tonight.

  • @bogdan7996
    @bogdan7996 Před rokem +4

    I love the fresh wind that blows in my face. Be it in the mountains, or by the sea. Without wind, nature would stand still, the heat more and more unbearable and this beautiful song would not exist.

  • @shonabrowne6324
    @shonabrowne6324 Před 4 měsíci +2

    What a beautiful story written above; beautifully written. Thank you for the story, and Kate's beautiful song.

  • @laurabadger9113
    @laurabadger9113 Před rokem +2

    This is the first time I've heard of Kate Wolf...such beauty and richness in her voice.

  • @bruceh024
    @bruceh024 Před 4 lety +65

    I woke up to the sound of the wind blowing wild
    Crying like a warning in the night
    Crying like a warning in the night
    If you would save a friend, if you would serve your own
    Rise up in the morning with the light
    Rise up in the morning with the light

    CHORUS 1:
    Rise up in the morning and hear the sisters call
    The brothers are standing at the door
    They say one spirit leads you, they say that all must go
    The wind blows wild on the shore
    Now listen to the sound of the years going down
    It's fifty blowing in the wind
    Fifty years blowing in the wind

    The memories just fade into a bright parade
    How many times did you see him?
    How many times did you see him?

    CHORUS 2:
    Did you see him? He was there to wave to you
    All those times you've needed him before
    You say this one shall lead you, he knows we all must go
    The wind blows wild on the shore
    BRIDGE:
    Nobody's fool, everybody's clown
    A riddle when there is no better answer
    Tripping like through a dream like Mister Tambourine
    Dancing on a sea of laughter
    Dancing on a sea of laughter
    CHORUS 2:
    Did you see him? He was there to wave to you
    All those times you've needed him before
    You say this one shall lead you, he knows we all must go
    The wind blows wild on the shore
    Now listen to the sound of the wind blowing wild
    Crying like a warning in the night
    Crying like a warning in the night
    If you would save a friend, if you would serve your own
    Rise up in the morning with the light
    Rise up in the morning with the light

    CHORUS 1:
    Rise up in the morning and hear the sisters call
    The brothers are standing at the door
    You know one spirit leads you, you know we all must go
    The wind blows wild on the shore
    OUTRO:
    Did you see him? He was there to wave to you

  • @colmnelson2990
    @colmnelson2990 Před 2 lety +6

    Such a beautiful thought provoking song.❤️

  • @buailebawns2162
    @buailebawns2162 Před 7 lety +6

    Kate is buried in Goodyear's Bar Cemetery Sierra County California. Her grave memorial says "KATE WOLF FOWLER Jan 27.1942 - Dec 10 1986 + Give yourself to love. You can see a photo at : www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7716652 If you are passing through Goodyear's Bar, "call in at the cemetery and thank Kate for the beautiful music she gave us. Close your eyes and imagine Kate singing "The Wind Blows Wild" to you.

  • @ethnicmusiclover
    @ethnicmusiclover Před 2 lety +3

    The Above story is One of my favoriet posts I have seen in a long time. After my angel bride passed Dec 2015, music has been very powerful to me. Brianna Lea Pruett's more than anything and especailly after Brianna took her own life at 32. Music has found its way to me over the last 7 plus years in amazing ways. I started making a series of Music DVDs the last couple months Called Music on the Road to the Soul. 7 I have made. Prine, T. Van Zandt, S. Earl, E. Harris and many such artists make their way onto these DVDs. Brianna inspired me to start it in first place. Kate I have heard of for over 30 years and never heard a song at least knowing who it was. When I decided to put a couple Kate Wolf songs on the 6th DVD I had no idea what an impact her music would have on me. The 7th and last to date I put three of her songs. I had never put more than 2 of any artist thus far. A couple days later I made a DVD of her music. I watched it 3 days in a row and that is all I watched those three days before bed. I have written long notes like this over the last three days but it h as been a while. Hope it was not over long. Kates music helps heal.

  • @michaelcraig9449
    @michaelcraig9449 Před 4 lety +13

    This is so great! Sorry to hear she is gone.. We need great music like this!! The music lives forever.

  • @jamesfennen4683
    @jamesfennen4683 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Her voice & video haunt my soul. RIP Kate Wolf

  • @sandyj9346
    @sandyj9346 Před 5 lety +4

    The first time I heard Kate Wolf sing was at a Folk Festival in Santa Rosa, CA. LOVE HER EVER SINCE.

  • @Suninitib
    @Suninitib Před 10 měsíci +3

    Thank you for posting this. I am working my way through two Kat Wolf song books. I bought this CD recently but it’s not on Apple Music so really appreciate your posting. It’s such a beautiful song. Every one that I learn becomes my favourite for a while. But think this might remain my favourite now I’ve learnt it. Thanks also for you introduction. 🥰

  • @davidrowgo1097
    @davidrowgo1097 Před 8 lety +17

    I have and always will love this lady and her music...

  • @margacult
    @margacult Před 5 lety +12

    The first time i hear Kate Wolf singing. I love these songs, can´t stop listening.

    • @AleMadison
      @AleMadison Před 4 lety

      I'm feeling exactly the same way!

  • @justpaulette
    @justpaulette Před 4 lety +5

    Acceptance. Thankfulness. Celebration. In the midst of her own personal storm.

  • @docben1541
    @docben1541 Před 5 lety +5

    R.i.p.Kate Wolf.You are in our heart forever.

  • @markluebbers5781
    @markluebbers5781 Před 4 lety +4

    Love Kate and her songs.....

  • @aliceottermusic
    @aliceottermusic Před 8 lety +29

    beautiful story. I am a longtime Kate fan myself. thank you for posting this.

    • @arsalmonar
      @arsalmonar Před 8 lety +7

      Also love Kate Wolf and what a beautiful intro and tribute by eurydicejones
      I also find it very cosmic and fitting that Alice would be the second person to comment here...
      Indeed a small world.
      For, I was introduced to Kate Wolf by a lover and teacher in Humboldt County sometime before Kate passed.
      Around the same time, I was introduced to Alice Dimicele, another beautiful and passionate musican devoted to raising awareness about our natural world and its wonders.
      That heartbeat of love and fellowship (as the author above posted) brought Marshall (BIRD) Jett from the Potato House of SUNY New Paltz to a yurt on the campus of HSU to be my close and life long friend.
      That same love brought Alice Dimicele and Clan Dyken and Darryl Cherney and Judi Bari and myself to Redwood Summer... to the march and the festival, the dance, the protest and the prison and eventually to a protected Headwaters Forest Reserve.
      It brought my long lost friend, Bill Murray back in to my life and to this link.
      Thank You all of my angels
      Give Yourself to Love~
      KW

  • @Analyticalinadream
    @Analyticalinadream Před 6 lety +21

    It has been almost four years since you wrote the above story. I hope that you and your daughter's lives are not as lonely anymore. Sometimes it is not about changing your life, but learning that this is what life is and we need to accept the beauty and the love when we have those opportunities. My best friend died Tuesday and she loved Kate Wolf's music. I've been listening to it all morning. We traveled a lot of miles together across the Great Divide, both coasts and all corners of the Continental U.S. I will miss her, but so glad for the memories I have. I also am raising a daughter alone, and I know we have to cherish the moments that are good, especially when things are not so good.

  • @robjontay5052
    @robjontay5052 Před 5 lety +17

    The pure depth of her voice is uncommonly fabulous. I hear so many singer- songwriters in her voice and playing. Her true art inspires new art. Bless you and your family always....thank you.

  • @patrickdelahanty6700
    @patrickdelahanty6700 Před 4 lety +7

    She is quite an artist and wonderful person. The music speaks, I believe, because it is truly poetry in sound. And the author of the piece above writes very beautifully and captures a moment so clearly. I am listening to all Kate's songs as the coronavirus ravages the population of peoples around our globe. It is comforting to think that crisis will end, but this music hopefully lives forever.

  • @BoopShooBee
    @BoopShooBee Před 3 lety +3

    Thank you for your story, and thank you to Kate Wolf for this song.

  • @mesquiteguy121
    @mesquiteguy121 Před 4 lety +12

    The First Time I watched and listened to the video. The SECOND Time I sat back. Closed my eyes and just listened. Almost wanted to cry. Such a pure soul, a pure singer, such a tragic loss for us. Who truly know how to enjoy real music. Fortunate for her that she didn't have to stick around to witness the way this world has become.

  • @marnellkent3682
    @marnellkent3682 Před 6 lety +7

    I believe Kate Wolf singing Medicine Wheel changed my life. At such a low point in life I was still able to dance to this. Thank you for sharing and the video.

    • @marnellkent3682
      @marnellkent3682 Před 6 lety +1

      wanted to add that the most amazing camping and swimming experience I've had is on the Yuba River near Nevada City. Amazing to me she is buried near there. She must have loved it too. I have been somewhat obsessed with knowing more about Kate since first hearing her sing. She was an angel, perhaps.

    • @docben1541
      @docben1541 Před 5 lety

      An angel !!!

  • @DreamWeaver2020
    @DreamWeaver2020 Před 9 lety +65

    I think Kate knew the magic she had and knew life is transitory and tenuous. She understood her gift and her responsibility to tell the truth no matter how painful.
    I knew a Poet like Kate he wrote from a transcendent place of beauty and truth and although he didn’t intend his poems to be sad they were by nature so.
    But oh so deep and in touch with some great mystery just like Kate.

  • @utube4619
    @utube4619 Před rokem +2

    So haunting a song!

  • @raulkalinowski1203
    @raulkalinowski1203 Před 3 lety +3

    Thanks for sharing. So, even though I lived far away, I had the opportunity to meet them and appreciate their excellent work.

  • @markschafer1828
    @markschafer1828 Před 4 lety +4

    This....and your Sweet story lonely Sir..Bless You and Gabriella.
    RIP My Sweetest Sweet Teresa...you be there waiting for me..i'm biding my time here longing..Pining to oncd again be with you❤💔❤

  • @sliverpete
    @sliverpete Před 2 lety +3

    Love Kate was introduced to her by a very old friend whom these days I see little. He has certainly been a Angel in my life. I loved your story and wondered what way it turned out ?

  • @harmoniabalanza
    @harmoniabalanza Před 8 lety +44

    Your story is as beautiful as this song. I wept reading it. So many of us feel the same...
    Reading Rilke keeps the angels around us.

  • @ligialewis2182
    @ligialewis2182 Před 6 lety +4

    I remember seeing Hugh Romney ( well before he became Wavy Gravy ) reciting his passionate poetry at the old Gaslight Cafe in Greenwich Village way back in the late 50's and early 60's . It's a gas bein' old and rememberin' things . Kate was , and always be , a gift to humanity.
    George Lewis, SR.

  • @joannadorothy
    @joannadorothy Před 5 lety +10

    Your story touches my heart as much as Kate Wolf's music . Thank you for sharing. This story of yours and Kate's music resonate with me well right now facing the loss of the great love of my life. Much love . Blessings.

    • @maggielarkin9314
      @maggielarkin9314 Před 2 lety +2

      I know it's two years later Jo-Anna but I hope you're doing ok ?.....and that you got through that great loss of yours...much love from Ireland...

    • @malcolmhope6196
      @malcolmhope6196 Před rokem

      I know how awful grief can be and the truth is that you never really get through it. the best you can expect is to be able to face the world in a more settled way.

  • @goodgrieflouise3145
    @goodgrieflouise3145 Před 4 lety +4

    What a wonderful story and beautiful song. Thanks for posting.

  • @avicohen3035
    @avicohen3035 Před 2 lety +1

    I shouldn't have read the description.
    So sad. Only kate wolf can make me cry like a child. I am drowning in sadness.

  • @sudarshanbadoni6643
    @sudarshanbadoni6643 Před rokem +2

    The words, calming vibrational voice and quest of something beyond all combined making this song mystic and special so appealing as beyond words. Thanks for that upload to UTUBE.

  • @charleschurch8379
    @charleschurch8379 Před rokem +4

    Dear Sir.... I was deeply touched by this song, in combination with your moving and haunting testimony. My heart goes out to you. Reading your testimony, I cannot help but say.... while we certainly have lostness, yet we have no divinity. There is One divine being, and I so deeply pray that the infinite comforts and peace of the gospel revealed in the bible would lift and encourage you in all your burdens. God bless you.

  • @michaelsmith6294
    @michaelsmith6294 Před rokem +2

    This is my favorite Kate Wolf song. With Give Yourself to Love as my second favorite. And like @eurydicejones, I'm a teacher battling burnout 35 years later.

  • @catwurdack3870
    @catwurdack3870 Před 7 lety +10

    Thank you for this beautiful story and Kate Wolf's song.

  • @rontzicat9605
    @rontzicat9605 Před 3 lety +3

    Maybe you are the Angel for me at a difficult moment in my life, pouring out your heart in the story from the description. I ask of everyone listening to this song to read. I hope you are well and happy. I've been listening to Kate's songs for a while but I just discovered this one, early this morning as I was drinking my coffee. Some coincidence, right ?

  • @tomasjoconnel5367
    @tomasjoconnel5367 Před 11 měsíci +2

    very moving words you have written above. Lonely are the brave x

  • @dand4692
    @dand4692 Před 2 lety +6

    I woke up to the sound of the wind blowing wild
    Crying like a warning in the night
    Crying like a warning in the night
    If you would save a friend
    If you would serve your own
    Rise up in the morning with the light
    Rise up in the morning with the light
    Rise up in the morning and hear the sisters call
    The brothers are standing at the door
    They say one spirit leads you
    They say it all must go
    The wind blows wild on the shore
    Now listen to the sound of the years going down
    It's fifty blowing in the wind
    Fifty years blowing in the wind
    The memories just fade into a bright parade
    How many times did you see him?
    How many times did you see him?
    Did you see him?
    He was there to wave to you
    All those times you've needed him before
    You say this one shall lead you,
    He knows we all must go
    The wind blows wild on the shore
    Nobody's fool
    Everybody's clown
    A riddle when there is no better answer
    Tripping like through a dream like Mister Tambourine
    Dancing on a sea of laughter
    Dancing on a sea of laughter
    Did you see him?
    He was there to wave to you
    All those times you've needed him before
    You say this one shall lead you
    He knows we all must go
    The wind blows wild on the shore
    Now listen to the sound of the wind blowing wild
    Crying like a warning in the night
    Crying like a warning in the night
    If you would save a friend
    If you would serve your own
    Rise up in the morning with the light
    Rise up in the morning with the light
    Rise up in the morning and hear the sisters call
    The brothers are standing at the door
    You know one spirit leads you
    You know we all must go
    The wind blows wild on the shore
    Did you see him?
    He was there to wave to you
    lyricstranslate.com

  • @davidbishop9715
    @davidbishop9715 Před 3 lety +3

    Beautiful song and an inspiring story. Thank you.

  • @georgekallin1
    @georgekallin1 Před 6 lety +6

    if only we could have a video of Kate singing this song live

  • @pepecherin2341
    @pepecherin2341 Před 4 lety +5

    .----------kATE, SIEMPRE PERMANECERAS VIVA EN MI MENTE Y CORAZON, ERES PURA ESPIRITUALIDAD,, GRACIAS POR TU LEGADO.---------

    • @S.Germain.Jr25
      @S.Germain.Jr25 Před 3 lety +1

      Faz muita falta, grande artista, uma grande intérprete da música folk
      ♥️😢

  • @teunislubbers2264
    @teunislubbers2264 Před 6 měsíci

    Today one day for Christmas days it rains and the wind blows very hard
    And I listen Kate song the wind blows wild
    She is always there ,never forget Kate with her beautiful voce
    RIP Kate

  • @fretfix1
    @fretfix1 Před rokem +2

    Two words...No words.

  • @akhan5871
    @akhan5871 Před 10 lety +9

    beautiful-always in love with kate wolf--thank you-arthur

  • @kimstavad8655
    @kimstavad8655 Před rokem +1

    So beautyful, Kate Wolf was very special, what a loss

  • @DougM63
    @DougM63 Před 4 lety +3

    Excellent vid and music. Heard kate in my early 20s. She changed my taste for music. Beautiful windy footage.

  • @robocepeck1814
    @robocepeck1814 Před rokem +2

    Perfect

  • @NaturaLy50
    @NaturaLy50 Před 5 lety +8

    What a powerful sharing. Truly touching, Yes, we've all been there. We take what comfort we can find in those moments that come to us, like this song.

  • @marthacain1468
    @marthacain1468 Před 5 lety +1

    The poetess of song, we loved & lost but not without~a kiss, dearest~ Katy

  • @gmbc1944
    @gmbc1944 Před 3 lety +3

    Divine !

  • @michelleboulade3398
    @michelleboulade3398 Před 3 lety +5

    triste ,mélancolique...mais tellement beau merci kate thank 's

  • @afatherwhomisseshischildre5121

    Wow Sir. Your story is as moving as the music. Really, beautiful.

  • @rebeccahooper7968
    @rebeccahooper7968 Před 4 lety +6

    what a beautiful story x thank you for sharing
    only just discovering this haunting voice

  • @zendog8592
    @zendog8592 Před 4 lety +3

    Beautiful

  • @rickbarkman9062
    @rickbarkman9062 Před 2 lety +1

    I heard this song relaxing in my jucuzi sun going down have just reconnected with a friend I haven't seen for 50 years l was moved.

  • @sandyj9346
    @sandyj9346 Před 5 lety +4

    RIP Kate

  • @howardnelson2942
    @howardnelson2942 Před 3 lety +1

    Sweetness is forever; sweet hearts beat forevermore.

  • @mwj5368
    @mwj5368 Před 7 lety +7

    Wow! Eurydicejones you are a fantastic literary writer! Read his writing about this song and life by clicking "Show More". I was very moved by your writing and also hearing this song with a lump in my throat. You are a man of deep perception, compassion, and spiritual resonance. I wonder where you could publish what you wrote! Thanks too for sharing this video of a windy coast. I use to back in '68 live in that area. I never knew about Kate and discovered her here at CZcams. Eurydicejones you are a wordsmith extraordinaire!

  • @jackcrane7853
    @jackcrane7853 Před 2 lety +2

    Sandy Denny, Joni Mitchell, Kate Wolf, Jaqui Mcshee and you gotta LOT of music

  • @LynetteDiazMusic
    @LynetteDiazMusic Před 4 lety +4

    Thank you for this! Magical and Divine..

  • @RvdM
    @RvdM Před 7 lety +5

    thanks for sharing, both the music and your story. Greetings from Utrecht (NL).

  • @tonyatemcor
    @tonyatemcor Před rokem +1

    Didn't know she'd gone, but she lives on in her music .

    • @birdlynn417
      @birdlynn417 Před 10 měsíci

      Yes, it was even more deeply moving for me at this time because when I was introduced to her back in 1986, she was dying at this time. Her songs are embedded in my heart and soul forever.

  • @lookyhereinNJ
    @lookyhereinNJ Před 7 lety +6

    eurydicejones, your words introducing this Kate Wolf composition are so inspiring! Your daughter is so lucky to have you as father... a sensitivive and truly caring person. I just discovered Kate Wolf and lucky to have read your so soulful works. Wish you the very best and live the spirit man! Peace.

  • @Lazariuk
    @Lazariuk Před rokem +1

    I looked through all the comments and not one has commented on who she is singing about. Doesn’t anyone care? Do you think she is a liar and that he doesn’t exist.
    Her song directly to him is “Close To You”

  • @maxbien2382
    @maxbien2382 Před 7 lety +6

    I MISS KATE ONLY MET HER THROUGH HER BEAUTIFUL VOICE AND STORIES AND SONGS, SHES VERY KIND GENITAL SISTER THAT SHARES TO ALL NO MATTER TO ALL SHE'S BEAUTIFUL, LIKE A SISTER IV'E NEVER HAD

    • @katharinascharlowski3877
      @katharinascharlowski3877 Před 3 lety

      This wondeful sad song, came to me some ways ago, when i First knew Green eyes the songs from Kate Wolf i wasn't informed about her at all, nur as I received the Song I KNEW. With my best thoughts and Wishes to you and Blessings
      Katharina Scgarlowski from Freiburg Germany, in the Moment in psychiatric hospital for Loves Reason. Zfp, k.scharlowski@gmx.de
      IT's 6th of August, 2020 6.18 Uhr FINE Morning after a Night wakening

    • @lisabeam4354
      @lisabeam4354 Před rokem

      ITS NOT GENITAL SISTER. MAX. IT MIGHT BE GENTLE SISTER. LOOK UP GENITAL. Anyway. Sorry.
      Waste of time..

  • @Ira108
    @Ira108 Před 5 lety +4

    Thanks for sharing your story. I'm a big Kate Wolf fan and I particularly love this song, although I'm a long way from figuring it out.

  • @andrewhayes305
    @andrewhayes305 Před 6 lety +3

    This is a beautiful song 🇨🇮

  • @moveitsamovie
    @moveitsamovie Před 4 lety +2

    Thank you! ♥♥♥

  • @wildbillchristiansen993
    @wildbillchristiansen993 Před rokem +2

    My Wilderness
    BIG SUR

  • @ginadaniels3981
    @ginadaniels3981 Před 10 lety +15

    Your story is very inspiring and very well written. You could be a story teller, an author, playwright, or something. You drew me in and I wanted keep reading. Thanks

  • @artiglesias9317
    @artiglesias9317 Před 3 lety +1

    I know so well the chill of the frigid winds which blow across the bay from the west, and how very unforgettable they are. Most especially when there seems so little hope in the present, perhaps it then when truths are learned which serve as a compass to where there is peace. The truths and beauty in Kate Wolf's songs are so very residual, and light the way ahead beautifully. If I ever get back to the Sierras I will drive Highway #49 to Goodyear's Bar where Kate is in peace, I am sure her spirit lives on in the hearts of those her music touches with beauty and truth.

    • @stephencopas3063
      @stephencopas3063 Před 3 lety

      What is the meaning to this song: a god song or simply about a person. Regardless, I love it. Anyone know?

    • @artiglesias9317
      @artiglesias9317 Před 3 lety

      ​@@stephencopas3063 Stephen..So many years ago I drove north from San Sinemon along Highway #1. As night fell a storm from the Pacific ripped the coast, this experience was never forgotten for these moments which lasted for hours along Big Sur in the darkness, and narrow roadway of Highway #1 with wind swept rain; instilled an insight as to how temporal and fleeting life is.
      Wondering all the while if one turn will be missed, while longing to see those of great value in my life once again somewhere beyond the storm.
      Many Years years later I entered those same waters to bring a person ashore from the surf, with full knowledge of how unforgiving the waters of Big Sur are, the coldness of the water will never be forgotten; for once again what mattered most in life was crystal clear. "The Wind Blows Wild".

  • @pouponcrazycat5987
    @pouponcrazycat5987 Před 7 lety +9

    im so saddened she passed in 1987 I think... I fell in love with her music a month after she passed... I am so sickened by this. so sad... but her music goes on so does her spirit.

  • @heathsavage4852
    @heathsavage4852 Před 5 lety +3

    I have no doubt that you met an angel. Wow. Beautiful.

  • @rickardagren935
    @rickardagren935 Před 2 lety +1

    Beautiful Mrs Wolf // RAa

  • @ruffmike24
    @ruffmike24 Před 10 lety +4

    Wonderful essay. Kate was an inspirational person that continues to touch many.

  • @felixgelukonstantinescu4751

    i am writing a book on Kate Wolf out of her songs and videos.

  • @ashan12
    @ashan12 Před 4 lety +2

    Grande e sfortunata!!!

  • @owensmith4303
    @owensmith4303 Před 2 lety +2

    wow good new riders style like long black vail

  • @ReaganCreado
    @ReaganCreado Před 3 lety +2

    So beautifully said and told, both your story and Kate's are both very deep 😍. I just listened to the song and read your story at 4am on a rainy night by the sea in Mumbai and it really does resonate so much 🙏🏽

  • @grassic
    @grassic Před 8 lety +14

    I believe Kate Wolf wrote this for the 50th birthday of her friend Wavy Gravy (Hugh Romney) as she was dying in hospital. He is the clown mentioned in the song.

    • @zekem9851
      @zekem9851 Před 7 lety +3

      Yes and Kate told Wavy Gravy the the verse on "Save a friend" was a play on words. Wavy Gravy helped found the Sea Foundation.

    • @toucanne
      @toucanne Před 4 lety

      Because she didn't make it to 50 herself... :-(

  • @leotridentum6437
    @leotridentum6437 Před 4 lety +4

    Thank you for your story. It brought tears to my eyes, especially when you mentioned the angel. It was indeed an angel, for I have seen him too -- decades ago when my car was stuck in a riverbed --- in the mud that looked like solid ground before I tried to cross through it. Nobody around except me and some friends in the car --- in the middle of nowhere --- then an elderly man with a high-powered pick up truck offered to pull me out of the mud. I thanked him --- he smiled. I turned around to start my car and my friends were helping me to brush off the mud that had soaked into my tires. Then, I turned around to say "thank you" again to the man and he was gone --- no truck, no tracks --- no proof that he was even there to help me except for the fact that my car was fine and I was able to get home again. None of us saw him leave --- he was just gone and we all had the same impression that he was an angel sent by God in our time of need.

  • @tedmanley6146
    @tedmanley6146 Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you!

  • @homerecorder50
    @homerecorder50 Před 2 lety +2

    who dislikes such a song ?

    • @gisleineleite6122
      @gisleineleite6122 Před 2 lety

      They don't have ears ... The only reason ... 😞

    • @homerecorder50
      @homerecorder50 Před 2 lety +1

      @@gisleineleite6122 yes - this MUST be the reason - else i would have no explaination at all.

  • @slyeung6562
    @slyeung6562 Před 9 měsíci

    Amazing !

  • @sidneiA1
    @sidneiA1 Před rokem +1

    aprendi a gostar, fique triste em saber que ela não esta entre nos... lamento