Never heard of Kate Wolf until about 2016, but about the same year she published this song was heading west from Prescott to LA and saw the small sign on the highway pointing up the hill. All it said was "Ghost Town" so out curiosity turned right and drove up to check it out. Was struck by the beauty of the location and the sadness of what the once-thriving town had become. Glad to know some still live there and can easily imagine, as Kate said, once you live there you'll never really go. Something about it stayed with me all these years and was floored when I first heard Kate sing this beautiful song about my favorite old 'ghost town', Old Jerome.
Kate Wolf passed away far too young in 1986, leaving us with many of her musical treasures, in no small part thanks to her family and former bandmates. I still remember announcing the sad news of her death on my radio program at WBAA.
Another one by Kate I'd not yet heard. Jerome was a town worth seeing, btw. 2015, in my backyard and finally got there. We continue push on to see sights we've yet to see in my beautiful state. Retirement is grand. AZ Gold. Voting for a new gov in 2026. 🇱🇷
As a Artist I raised my family in Jerome Az. -- Kate visited Jerome, and wrote this very true, Beautiful song... Jerome lives within our hearts forever, and never forgotten... No place like HOME ~
Great Song. Great Pictures. Living just over the hill in Prescott, I have had the privilege of performing this song on the crooked stairs of rough cut stone underneath young Ailanthus Trees. It is in my set of songs I perform at folk festivals around Arizona. Such a Peaceful place. Thanks for preserving this great lady's work.
There are so many songs to discover and so much to like about Kate Wolf's music. Some recommendations are "Close to You", "Leggett Serenade", "Give Yourself To Love", "Cornflower Blue", "Amazed To Find", "All He Ever Saw Was You", "Harmony", "Streets of Calgary" and many more too numerous to list.
@@PS109VanBurenHigh, thank you very much for your recommenditons. I've been listening to her almost all day again and again. And there was not one song I didn't like. I'm very glad I stumbled over her music today. ♥♥♥
Wonderlijk dat ik deze fantastische artieste in de jaren zeventig volledig heb gemist. Dankzij veel op TH-cam in de afgelopen Corona periode heb ik haar gelukkig nu wel ontdekt. Blij mee!
Thanks for posting this, it's nice. I liked the pictures of Jerome, I live nearby. It is a pretty little old Western town and the people are nice too, many are artists and musicians. Kate's music is a gift to all of us. In ancient Greece, gods were immortal , men were not. A man could become immortal. If he performed great deeds, they could be told and retold in songs and stories. As long as the stories and the songs continued, they would live.
I love your comment. Thanks for posting it. I've uploaded many of Kate's songs. A relatively unknown one is titled "Although I've Gone Away," recorded in 1981. The lyrics however easily lead one to imagine it was her very last song.
I discovered Kate back when I only played harmonica then I listened to the metaphors amongst the melody and I was a Wolfie …it’s the Kate version of a Deadhead as I followed the ripples she fluttered into my soul . Last year I took up the guitar and my fingers are calloused enough to glide through Old Jerome I first got all her vinyl I could find then the interview A love story wallah Cleopatra stories .
Another great Kate Wolf song. I live on the other side of Mingus Mtn. from Jerome. It's now a little art community, tourist destination. It reminds me of Sausalito but instead of looking out over San Francisco Bay it looks out over the Verde Valley and Sedona in the distance. Kudos on the nice photo montage.
One of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. Remember being in Jerome a few times and emailing with Katie Lee who lived there though never met her. Just received Kate Wolf's album The WInd Blows Wild yesterday, released after she had passed in 1986. That she wrote this after meeting Katie Lee is amazing. Kate Wolf is a treasure in music and the universe.
Had a friend whose grandfather had mined copper in Jerome. Used to drive up from Phoenix for a day of peace. If you find an old house key in the graveyard, it might be one I threw away there.
Wonderful Jerome Song ! Kate Wolf with her unfinished life was a wonderful folksinger ! I do appreciate this old traditionell music unbelievable .May she R.I. P. First Lady of my Generation ! Big German Respect !
This is truly a wonderful song, but I am curious as to when it was written. Was Jerome, by that time, already rediscovered and "coming back" or was it still in serious decline?
According to www.katewolf.com/lyrics, the song was published in 1983. The town's low point was in the late fifties when its population dropped to about 100. It started to slowly come back in the 1960s by appealing to tourists. According to the demographics in Jerome's Wikipedia article, the town's population when this song was published was in the low 400s. Today it is about 540. Its economy is probably about 99% tourism: winery tasting rooms, gift shops, galleries, hotels and bed and breakfasts, and cafes and coffee shops. We were there just last week. Had lots of fun. The museum at Jerome State Park is fantastic.
Never heard of Kate Wolf until about 2016, but about the same year she published this song was heading west from Prescott to LA and saw the small sign on the highway pointing up the hill. All it said was "Ghost Town" so out curiosity turned right and drove up to check it out. Was struck by the beauty of the location and the sadness of what the once-thriving town had become. Glad to know some still live there and can easily imagine, as Kate said, once you live there you'll never really go. Something about it stayed with me all these years and was floored when I first heard Kate sing this beautiful song about my favorite old 'ghost town', Old Jerome.
Kate Wolf passed away far too young in 1986, leaving us with many of her musical treasures, in no small part thanks to her family and former bandmates. I still remember announcing the sad news of her death on my radio program at WBAA.
She don't have to shout out loud to voice her message . That is beauty of art . Thanks Kate , may you rest in peace .
Another one by Kate I'd not yet heard. Jerome was a town worth seeing, btw. 2015, in my backyard and finally got there. We continue push on to see sights we've yet to see in my beautiful state. Retirement is grand. AZ Gold.
Voting for a new gov in 2026. 🇱🇷
As a Artist I raised my family in Jerome Az. -- Kate visited Jerome, and wrote this very true, Beautiful song... Jerome lives within our hearts forever, and never forgotten... No place like HOME ~
We will always miss you, Kate. Thanks for all you gave while you journeyed here with us.
wat een vrouw heb haar helaas nooit ontmoet,ze is een geweldige vrouw geweest heb haar gemist,hou van haar nu
A great song
First time I've heard it. Awesome
Beautiful voice
Great Song. Great Pictures. Living just over the hill in Prescott, I have had the privilege of performing this song on the crooked stairs of rough cut stone underneath young Ailanthus Trees. It is in my set of songs I perform at folk festivals around Arizona. Such a Peaceful place. Thanks for preserving this great lady's work.
Thank you for your thanks. I appreciate it very much. Nice to hear about your performance at folk festivals.
Lovely! I just got to know Kate Wolf's music today. Sure she's sadly missed.
There are so many songs to discover and so much to like about Kate Wolf's music. Some recommendations are "Close to You", "Leggett Serenade", "Give Yourself To Love", "Cornflower Blue", "Amazed To Find", "All He Ever Saw Was You", "Harmony", "Streets of Calgary" and many more too numerous to list.
@@PS109VanBurenHigh, thank you very much for your recommenditons. I've been listening to her almost all day again and again. And there was not one song I didn't like. I'm very glad I stumbled over her music today. ♥♥♥
Wonderlijk dat ik deze fantastische artieste in de jaren zeventig volledig heb gemist. Dankzij veel op TH-cam in de afgelopen Corona periode heb ik haar gelukkig nu wel ontdekt. Blij mee!
Thank you for commenting. Het is niet te laat om haar nu te ontdekken.
Thanks for posting this, it's nice. I liked the pictures of Jerome, I live nearby. It is a pretty little old Western town and the people are nice too, many are artists and musicians. Kate's music is a gift to all of us. In ancient Greece, gods were immortal , men were not. A man could become immortal. If he performed great deeds, they could be told and retold in songs and stories. As long as the stories and the songs continued, they would live.
I love your comment. Thanks for posting it. I've uploaded many of Kate's songs. A relatively unknown one is titled "Although I've Gone Away," recorded in 1981. The lyrics however easily lead one to imagine it was her very last song.
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I discovered Kate back when I only played harmonica then I listened to the metaphors amongst the melody and I was a Wolfie …it’s the Kate version of a Deadhead as I followed the ripples she fluttered into
my soul . Last year I took up the guitar and my fingers are calloused enough to glide through Old Jerome
I first got all her vinyl I could find then the interview A love story wallah Cleopatra stories .
Incredible. Kate Wolf is up there on the top with Eva Cassidy, Leonard Cohen, Emmylou Harris and Dylan.
And Joan Baez of course. And Simon & Garfunkel.
Beautiful... oh why did God take this lovely poetic woman away from us so soon?
I think he takes is favorites home first.
That's for sure. When I heard, in 1987, that she was referred to as the "late Kate Wolf" I could not believe it.
A beautiful song by a beautiful girl.
I live in the valley down below and look up at Old Jerome just to make sure it's still there.
Une voix divine
Love the video, gives the song context. Thank you.
Thank you for the feedback.
Echt mooi dit lied
Another great Kate Wolf song. I live on the other side of Mingus Mtn. from Jerome. It's now a little art community, tourist destination. It reminds me of Sausalito but instead of looking out over San Francisco Bay it looks out over the Verde Valley and Sedona in the distance.
Kudos on the nice photo montage.
Great kate...R.I.P
One of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. Remember being in Jerome a few times and emailing with Katie Lee who lived there though never met her. Just received Kate Wolf's album The WInd Blows Wild yesterday, released after she had passed in 1986. That she wrote this after meeting Katie Lee is amazing. Kate Wolf is a treasure in music and the universe.
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Too wonderful !
Hannelore Antes Germany
Had a friend whose grandfather had mined copper in Jerome. Used to drive up from Phoenix for a day of peace. If you find an old house key in the graveyard, it might be one I threw away there.
Hi Joe just checking in to see if you are all safe and well ?
Yes, I am, my wife and I both. Thanks. I'm glad to know you are too. Hope you made it to N.Y. and back just in time - and had a great trip.
Wonderful Jerome Song ! Kate Wolf with her unfinished life was a wonderful folksinger ! I do appreciate
this old traditionell
music unbelievable .May she R.I. P.
First Lady of my Generation !
Big German Respect !
If I was a 'selfish' God, I would take Kate first among all others.
This is truly a wonderful song, but I am curious as to when it was written. Was Jerome, by that time, already rediscovered and "coming back" or was it still in serious decline?
According to www.katewolf.com/lyrics, the song was published in 1983. The town's low point was in the late fifties when its population dropped to about 100. It started to slowly come back in the 1960s by appealing to tourists. According to the demographics in Jerome's Wikipedia article, the town's population when this song was published was in the low 400s. Today it is about 540. Its economy is probably about 99% tourism: winery tasting rooms, gift shops, galleries, hotels and bed and breakfasts, and cafes and coffee shops.
We were there just last week. Had lots of fun. The museum at Jerome State Park is fantastic.
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voy
If this is the first time you've heard Kate Wolf, try listening to this beautiful song, too: th-cam.com/video/xFQoGQPS1nM/w-d-xo.html