LOVE this song! Allison Steele..."The Nightbird" "Wind," yes. But best listened to an a rainy, Brooklyn night enhanced by some smoke. Alone or with someone...makes no difference.
I fell in love with this song the moment I heard it on the radio in the 60s. To this very day it moves me to tears. The words are so deep and the tune so haunting.
Sounds as good to me as when it premiered in 1967. It was an underrated piece of music encompssing jazz as well as rock. Perhaps it's length worked against it. I'm 64 now and "Wind" remains a favorite piece of musical genius from my youth. Thank you Mr.Bruno.
Bob...when I first heard this as 16 yr old in 1967 in a suburb of Boston I couldn't believe there was a music like this. To this day It is always near me and turned on when I need to mellow out. Thanks.
In the mid 80s to early 90s a rock station in Connecticut would play jazz every Sunday morning. While the members of my church would listen to Christian and gospel music during their drive to church, I'd have to listen to jazz. One Sunday the DJ played this song. It was my first time hearing "Wind". It took me on a journey to another place spiritually and mentally. Today it still has the same effect on me.
At any moment of any day, I can play this tune in my brain and "listen" to it with just as a rewarding experience as audio. I think it will be playing as I fade to black- I hope in the distant future.
Hey, Bob. I remember one night, about 45-50 years ago, going to a bar in Brooklyn with my roommate, Vin Leary, and some other friends. I asked you to play "Wind" because you guys had just turned me on to it a week or so earlier and it had become my favorite song. In my memory, you were reluctant to play it, but I persisted and had one of the great musical experiences of my life, sitting about three feet away from you, listening to your solo version of your song, played as you wanted it played. That was the very moment I, truly, realized what phrasing meant.
I don't recall this scene ,Robert. I had a close friend coincidentally with the same name Vinny Leary. Vin was on a few of the " Fugs" sides. He became a recording engineer . We played a bit together and called out group "Storm".I never knew my Vinny ( haha) to ever have a room mate so I guess it wasn't him but I just came in TH-cam to try to repair what ever damage I did . I have to be careful . It all doesn't work for me consistently . I replied to a comment yesterday ,trying several times and I can't find it. I had no intention of deleting anything ,but.. gee. ANyway , it's true that I generally have been resistant to play "Wind" live . My experience with the tune doesn't go well . One time I was waiting to buy a six pack of beer in the mid-sixties ( now a days I'm a teetotaler ) and "Wind" came on the radio . When I got to the front of the line I asked the cashier what station that was and he said," Yea, it's getting kind of weird," and turned around and changed the station.. haha . I said ,"No, I like that song." He changed it back and I found out it was WHFS in Bthesda Md. I called when I got home and got the Dj ,who's radio name was "Murf the Surf" and Murf asked "Is this Bob Bruno's brother again?" He eventually recognized it was me and wanted me to come on the air for an interview but I could tell by his conversation that it was all heading down a path of asking about my old pal ,Jerry Jeff Walker . Anyway , I remain as obscure as possible.. haha haha Have a good day,Robert.
I first heard this song courtesy of WABX-FM in Detroit. I remember like it was yesterday. Late at night with lights dimmed and headphones on. Oh yeah!!!!! Thanks for giving us this gem.
Bob, your song is a masterpiece, one of those rare songs that stand out from all the rest. I used to perform it with my cover band back then, and still do from time to time when I am fortunate enough to have an eclectic audience. Thank you for bringing this special piece of music into the world.
Thank you Mr. Bruno for this wonderful song. I was 15 when I first heard in Detroit, probably on WABX. I absolutely loved it and it piqued my interest in Jazz, an interest that continues today. The song sounds as fresh now as it did when it first came out. In fact I heard it tonight on my iPod shuffle which brought me here. Such a beautiful song, thanks again Mr. Bruno.
For some reason this song came to me last night as I was trying to go to sleep and I just ow looked it up here. I'm so glad I did! I was only 12 years old when this song came out, but a true work of art is timeless. Every time I hear music like this, it brings me back to a much simpler time in my life. and that's always a good thing!
+Michaelangelo Di Nonno Alison was a decent woman . Jonathan Swartz was also a person who played this song every night. it had a calming affect and they both played it with "Nights in White Satin"many ,many times at one or two in the morning ,sometimes later.I can't remember the other fellow from WNEW. I think he used a one name moniker .. That guy was pretty popular as well.( Well, maybe it will come to me ,maybe not. I often woke up with a nightmare and found that the radio was still on . What woke me up was them playing "Wind" again. It's too bad that BMI never logged one playing of the song . It was embarrassing to go to them and say ,"but.. but.. " . Gee, do you think that was why FM was called "Underground Radio" ? This was even though FM broadcast was obviously better than Am had ever been in the past.
+robertmbruno Lamentably, the music "business" is a nightmare for artists. And NY radio is abismal; I stay on the left side of dial mostly. Glad to have caught some of the great programs and DJs in my youth just before everything went corporate. Wish I can awake from nightmares and have your tunes already playing ;^)
+robertmbruno The NYC DJ that I couldn't remember from Wnew was Scott Muni . The one name "Moniker" fellow that came to mind was "Surf" ,as in " Murf the Surf "who was on Wnew in Washington DC in the mid-seventies . Ah , it's nice to fill in the blanks sometimes.. haha.
robertmbruno - first heard it on WBCN in Boston in 1967 and to this day is my all time fav song. It will be played at my wake. Simply, the best rock song song ever written. Haunting. Countless times after a tense day at work I'd lie on the floor and blast this song to regenerate my mind. Thanks for this gem
This is one of the three or four songs that always takes me back to those days. I can actually recall in four cases exactly where I was and what I was doing when "Wind" came on the radio. One was as late as '74, owing to the longevity of it's FM airplay. I really never understood the song, but that never mattered. The creative lyrics just fit the creative melody. Like any great art, it moved me and I suppose there's no need to know why. I am grateful that it continues to move me all these years later. And I bet I'm the only person at the gym listening to it on a nearly daily basis (or at all)! I take an odd sort of pleasure in that. A long overdue Thank You to you, Bob.
Hey , "Mj", it's very nice of you to communicate this to me . While being obscure, I have sometimes had the pleasure of finding some personal notes that are personally moving to me . Like my paintings which I name but really are arbitrary in a way, the enjoyment of the design and the colors are for the viewer . I am not going to analyze the Wind song other than to say that love as a concept is also obscure, and a personal experience,maybe one of those illusions ,a magic that should not questioned too deeply. What you see is what is valid to you . Who am I to qualify your experience.
Sure, it's always up to the listener, the viewer, the reader, whatever. In my end of the entertainment biz, I just come up with something and then put it out there. Maybe they'll like it; maybe they won't. And just maybe it hits them in a very special way that I hadn't anticipated. Why bother questioning it? No two answers you'll get are ever alike, so there's not a whole lot to learn from those answers. As long as any of us keep doing what we think is right, we can enjoy the reactions, knowing that we impacted someone somehow. Anyway, I'm glad to see you're still creating music. I listened to your take on "Gimme Shelter" yesterday. I loved it, but it's so far removed from the original song, you could have given it a name unto itself. I'll catch up on your others soon. I have a feeling I'm going to really enjoy them! And, yes, your paintings are certainly interesting. Just not the kind of stuff that I pay a lot of attention to. Keep well, Bob, and thanks for your note. - MJ
I remember many afternoons and evenings with tune on my college FM station - It is just one of those that sticks with you over time (and I have had a lot of it)..It is a lot of fun to read the notes that so many people have added over time. So thanks to Mr. Bruno for an excellent, timeless piece. I can only wish you the best - and my thanks - for the long-lasting enjoyment.
Thank you for the nice thoughts.I also have enjoyed the comments over the last seven years from uploads of "Wind" other people , strangers I never met. I tried not to comment on those uploads so as to not roil the waters of "Tube". I met a few people by Emails . One person wondered if I was still alive in 2009. I did contact him , a lawyer that lived in Jersey at the time. I think ,therefor I am , that is I think I am .. All the best to you and yours,C.A. Strong.
A uniquely beautiful song that was "adopted" by Boston's music-underground youth of the 1960's. We heard it played so often on both WBZ-AM (Dick Summer) and WBCN-FM. "Wind"s" musical composition and lyrics are as emotive and engaging now as then. Thanks for creating one of life's little treasures, Bob Bruno!
Thank you, Dave. We took a job outside of Boston as the" Lost Sea Dreamers".The first night there we were asked to play a dance called the "Hully Gully". We had no idea what that was at that time.( It cold be danced to a tune called "Alley Cat"). We played original tunes and some covers but we weren't meant for that particular club. We were fired before the end of the night . One of our guitars was stolen and in a rare case the police got it back before we left town the next morning . We were able to book another club in Boston called the "Circus" or something of the sort. People there were nice to us and we stayed for a little bit , maybe a month, before we went home to NYC. I think that that particular contact had a lot to do with why WBZ recognized the "Circus Maximus" even though we didn't use that name at the time. Eventually we got involved with the "Electric Circus". We had a thing for circuses I guess. Long before,in Houston Texas (1966),I had called Pete Troutner(our tambourine man and main harmonizer) the first clown of the Circus Maximus when we broke into a friends house for her through the skylight. Instead of taking the name "Electric Circus" as the owners of that place directed , I am glad we didn't do that marriage thing when we changed our name as the house band gig at the Electric Circus didn't go on forever. We did play "Wind" in the Boston "Circus", but ,as a band we rarely played it at the Electric Circus. I did sell myself to the Circus after our "Maximus" was defunct. I recited angry poetry while pacing the stage to electronic music by Morton Subotnick and once a night I played "Wind" as a solo accompanying myself with my organ.Here on TH-cam I have enjoyed the personal comments here and on other uploads of our original version from '67. This is the only place I respond as I don't want to affect the other people's uploads or try to gain attention claiming some limelight on a dim ,obscure little tune recognized by a few. Hey , thanks again, Dave .
Thanks, Bob, for the interesting backstory on playing in Boston during your pre-Maximus era. We have just relocated from Boston to Sedona, AZ, which has a vibrant scene for both visual arts and music,, as you may know. If you ever find yourself here doing a jazz gig or the like, I'll be in the audience! But, no Hully Gully! Best, Dave
I will write more about my ancient feelings for this particular tune, which I heard back in '67 in Michigan...it was and is a very special piece of art and emotion..thank you for the visuals....
I lived in Provincetown in 1968, and probably first heard this on WBZ. Yeah - Dick Summer. As the street parade goes, I started a conversation with a guy walking next to me. He eventually said he was in Circus Maximus. I could picture the cover, but not place him. I said 'where are you on the album cover?' He said upper left, and then I knew who he was. The round-faced guy! Funny how the mind works. (he looked different in profile) Thanks for your comments on this iconic song. What a long strange trip...
Gary White played the bass for us. Gary was a front man playing guitar for a group in Houston Texas when we met him . He moved North and became the bass with us assuming a quieter roll next to Jerry and me. Gary wrote some great tunes ."Long ,Long Time"went number one for Linda Ronstadt . He sang it for me many times sitting on his living room floor . His ability was a personal talent and it seemed like the song was communicating directly to me though the lyric obviously are about a past lover. Gary lives in LA and has flourished as a tuba player in the recording studios and local orchestras.
• • • CHUM-FM in Toronto, formerly a classical-music station, repositioned as an album-prog station in the summer of 1968, often played WIND, which I liked a whole lot. I remembered CIRCUS MAXIMUS, but that's about it, except for Jerry Jeff Walker. • • • After a half century of not hearing the piece, I snooped around online and was able to put some of the pieces together, including the fact that this is your baby. • • • Thanx for the upload, RM BRUNO. I'm listening. • BUDAPEST • 2019 APRIL 23 • • 22·44 • •
I use to leave my radio on while I slept in High School and would wake up when "Wind" came on, it always hit me in a very emotional way, a beautiful song. Thanks Bob.
i ordered "Circus Maximus" from a "record club" in 1967. i was 13 years old. a number of the tracks i remember well and liked a lot - Travelin' Around, Short-Haired Fathers, Chess Game, etc., but "Wind" was the prize. this track was so out of sync and so completely in sync with everything that was going on that year that it was a personal exercise in cognitive dissonance. i loved it. but i wasn't sure what to do with it. interesting, i tended to put in the same category as The Door's "Light My Fire" and "The End", 1967. they were all so opiated and otherworldly to my new-teen ears that i really just thought this is what rock would always be - i knew it was all new, '67, and how could it get any better? i did realize that "Wind" was a one-off of some sort and i knew it was jazz in some regard although i knew little about that at that age. it was a gorgeous piece of music - sophisticated, knowing, seductive, beautifully structured. i listen to it today and it's just as good. i'm just older and have heard a lot more, that's all.
haha luv it! "from a "record club" in 1967"... You too dude?...haha..."12 vinyl records for the price of 1"...lol Psst! I ripped them off 3 or 4 times....sssh!...lol
Owned a record store in College Park, Md in the late 1970s. Bob Bruno was a customer and we had several very nice chats about his life in music up to that point. Very nice guy; down to earth, yet justly proud of his accomplishments. Glad to see that you're still around and about. Who knows where the time goes?
I was searching for a way to purchase this song online (conclusion: the whole CD on Amazon) and eventually ended up on your page. I, like many others, have loved this song since the 60's, thanks to FM radio in Philadelphia. Anyway, thank you for this song and for combining it with your great artwork. This was eight and a half minutes of pure bliss this morning!
+David Wood Thank you, Dave . Modern technology has helped me individually communicate with people over time and space like you . I suppose it occurs across the spectrum but I don't know about the "spectrum'. . haha , I do know there is some gratification in realizing people like you,people who might have similar feelings about the lyric and mood of this ancient song,(oh brother!)This was never a hit song and the obscure nature of it playing after midnight consistently on "Underground Radio"brought no returns to me over the many years . It wasn't typical of the "Circus Maximus" presentations in the few years we were together. The sales from the albums might buy me a beer if I weren't a teetotaler . If you like the song download it from TH-cam. My upload here is pretty clean . Sbrit uploaded the entire two records . I might have mentioned a fellow named "Zooden" in the past who uploaded it around 2007. Zooden has since been banished under the pretense of copyright problems . The Internet is yet another "Underground Radio" deal and my own music is questioned by Google ,claimed by other people, and I don't fool with them,I delete uploads that bring problems. Robots are evil and must be destroyed.. haha , Then again ,we are in the age of international conglomerates who have changed our country into an oligarchy . One of the on line copyright people have claimed " Pachelbel's - Canon In D" endorsed by Google and TH-cam and Pascebell hardly noticed(Born in 1653 and Died: March 3, 1706) .The point of this claim is to get the input of the advertising that a lot of people attach to the videos. When they claim videos they can then attach what they will. My videos have no attachments except for one which was disputed that I occasionally take out of the closet to share.Hey , even the big boys get screwed by the bigger boys,for instance McCartney,Lennon , Fogarty,John McKay,the Platters, or almost all of the fifties groups, and don't forget Elvis , so roll over Pascebell and tell Tchaikovsky the news. Hey , all that jazz aside, Thanks again , Dave.
Bob, I stumbled across this listening to Deep Tracks on SiriusXM. I hadn't heard it in decades and it brought back so many memories. What an awesome song! Thanks so much for posting it here on TH-cam. Definitely ahead of its time and as good today as it was back in '67!
Good to know Deep Tracks is still playing it. The last time I heard the song before yesterday was over a decade ago, back when DirecTV had a contract with XM. Deep Tracks was all the stuff I listened to in high school and summers home from college on WNEW-FM in New York City (sigh). Turned out that back then one of the DJs on Deep Tracks was the brother of WNEW-FM's program director (so I was going "AHA!"). Only DirecTV got cheap and replaced XM with "Sonic Tap" which is basically muzak (whoever programmed their "Deep Tracks" equivalent was inordinately fond of the Velvet Underground, The Nazz, and Strawberry Alarm Clock -- with an occasion hearing of something by Love -- which is all very well BUT.... Let's hear more, okay? And we have FIOS now with "Music Choice" -- a different set of muzak. :-( And both systems have playlists which are wide but shallow. As opposed to WNEW-FM's which was "Whatever the Hell we feel like playing...." I got into an argument once with a DJ in a club about whether they actually had a playlist or not; I said "Not" and the DJ said "They do -- every station has a playlist; it's just they have a way bigger one than anyone else does...." And (sniffle) last Thanksgiving driving down to NYC from the Boston area I discovered to my absolute horror that the station had switched formats and was now "Adult Contemporary" -- I don't even know what that means but it can't be good.... And someone WBZ in Boston, which has been news/talk for at LEAST 25 years because I moved to the Boston area in 1993 for a few years. The nearest equivalent here in Pittsburgh is WDVE which is owned by iHeart Radio so you KNOW there's a playlist.... :-(
I probably was one of the ones posting on your last upload that this song has been one of my all time favorite compositions of all time. Oddly, I still can't put my finger on "why?" It just is!!!
Best song about the wind EVER! ;) Seriously, this has been a top favorite tune over the decades since I heard it on the radio. This song belongs in the ranks of the best songs from it's time. It is soothing, inspiring, and soaring like the wind, abstract yet concise! I bought a copy on cassette just before cars went with cd, and eventually got a digital copy to take it's place. The song has been a long time cherished memory! I didn't realize you performed so much of the song. I think the keyboards on their own would have made a fascinating song! Maybe you could try isolating them and see what it sounds like.
In 1967 I was 13-14 years old, and this song BLEW ME AWAY (pun and all). I've spent a life in music and I still point to this as a great, timeless composition. Bob, did you play the piano in this?
Yes,Doug,I played the piano solo,the twelve string solo, and sang my song.It was not typical of our Circus Maximus presentation. We did play it live back then but I rarely had a piano to use. The Vanguard studio had a nice ,well tuned Steinway. I wasn't in practice and just got into ,improvising it as I still do. The recording process for bands like us was tedious and contrived.I was not happy with our product,in fact, I tried time and again to get the recording of our audition tape from the company without success. The last time i tried was in 2011.Our regular playing was raucous and included my guitar solos without thought to the time of our cuts.We also played our show running songs into one another with musical transitions. When we recorded our material we shortened and changed the forms which was not really the way we played. I think that "Wind" remained loose,looser than the rest even though I overdubbed the solos. The eight minute format was pretty much the way we played it live. Thanks for sending me a message ,Doug.
Bob, thanks so much for taking the time to reply. I just charted Wind out (after 50 years!) and am adding it to my own repertoire. From your work with Circus Maximus on, you must have some astounding (and crazy, and ugly) stories to tell about this business we call music. BTW, I have a chords-plus-lyrics chart now that looks better than what I found on the web. If you're interested in it, I'll be happy and honored to send it your way. I don't see an email address on your web site, but you can find mine on my web site: www.TheCoyote.org
Gee, I love to hear variations on the theme . It really hasn't been done very much , that is ,it isn't overexposed. There is a little trick in the thing in that there is an extended Em chord which includes the ninth , an F#, which isn't really in the Dm mode. it was part of the two repetitive guitar parts that I taught the men to play which extended as well as limited the improvisation at one place.I don't think I want to open my address here at this time,Doug . Here is a page that exposes a current address as well as more Bob Bruno than you will probable ever need( haha) : outofthebox.synthasite.com/
I often listened to Allison . I did a live solo recording on my camcorder in 2007 and added the stringed bass in 2011 which you mht find amusing . th-cam.com/video/dfaBoFB2bAs/w-d-xo.html&spfreload=10
Well, Pete , I am semi - alive here . I added a stringed bass to the 2009 camcorder recording. The 2009 is also still available on the Tube but I liked it with the added bass.It's still kind of naked. th-cam.com/video/dfaBoFB2bAs/w-d-xo.html
That's exactly how I heard this beautiful haunting song...so many years ago WNEW FM 102.7 greatest DJs. Our beloved Pete Fornatale passed away in 2012. Thanks Robert Bruno.....
You are welcome ,SeaLisa . It was nice of you to comment here.I am in still touch with Mike Fornatele ,Pete's cousin. Mike is a guitarist - singer with the group "The Left Bank" , and a talented fellow .
There are few songs that make you see times from your past like this song does. Fragments of Memories burst forth. A time in the forest in winter by the Lake Michigan shoreline. Driving a back road to pick up my girlfriend. Its all here
Thank you,Mr Wilson, this is a beautiful idea , a memory stirred gently. My memories of encounters with the "Wind" are more like nightmares. Sometimes I went to sleep with the radio on when I lived in NYC . I was occasionally awakened by my song being played and perhaps this brought me out of a dream that I wouldn't have noticed had I stayed asleep.Of course most of the dreams were forgotten very quickly yet I would wake up remembering for a while as the song played on mocking my terror. This kind of event happened in daylight as well. Once I was waiting in line to buy something when "Wind" came on the radio they had on. When I eventually got to the front of the line I asked ,"What is that station?" The guy turned around and changed it ,saying ,"..Yea, it's getting kind of weird." .. . I quickly told him that I liked that song and he changed it back for me. I didn't mention that it was me performing the thing but I stayed a few minutes lurking until the end and left without any more questions.
Would love to buy this song, don't have a vinyl player. Would have to be iTunes. Ah well, will have to keep coming to TH-cam for it. Thank you for this beautiful song.
Dear Bob, this is indeed an honor! - and so good to know you that you are well . I certainly didn't mean to offend you with the LSD reference - please forgive my ignorance. Also, without getting too maudlin, just wanted to thank you for one of the most beautiful and timeless songs ever recorded. Take good care my friend. Warmest regards, Patrick
Pat , I get a lot of "LSD" references in response to my composite paintings which are featured in these slide presentations and the paintings , my music , and the lyrics do not point to the subject of drug use. I would rather not respond with denials but any directed reference becomes a sort of advertisement or a rumor. I didn't agree with the Reagan era "Just say no" campaign for this very reason as the television effect probably endorsed and promoted drug use more than it inhibited it. Repeating gossip has a similar effect , that is the truth doesn't matter in repetition and what is left is the innuendo which is what people remember. My sloppy little recordings here , the composite computer paintings I am occasionally putting behind my music, and my participation on TH-cam were never intended to bring inadvertent attention to this obtuse subject. But, as I watch videos ,I know that my response ,my impressions may also not be as directed . If there is beauty , certainly it is in the eye of the beholder. I name each of my paintings but naming abstract visions could be seen as arbitrary still the directed characterization can affect the viewer and I have been swayed by titles of other abstract painters. The tales and adventures of the "Lost Sea Dreamers" I occasionally share with my contacts, people on Facebook ,and remember with my old friend ,Jerry Jeff Walker, but we don't dwell upon the past , an era so far gone and obscure like the wind. The "Wind" is obscure and remembered by a just few people. It has been gratifying through the uploads of others , strangers to me ,to realize that a few people enjoyed that 1967 "Circus Maximus" production. I don't comment on those "Wind" videos so as to not roil the waters but I have enjoyed the many warm comments I have found over the last ten years or so.
"Lost Sea Dreamers"- almost as obvious as "Lucy" - although, I doubt even L&M could have come up with a more simple and structured arrangement for such a haunting lyric and melody - Bob Bruno, hope you are well !
Almost ?.. haha , Well, the stodgy "Vanguard" label didn't think it was "almost" in that era. We used that name before the Beatles "Lucy" came out a year or so later. Several of us , Jerry, Pete , a local drummer , (who's name I can't recall right now) , and me entertained ourselves by playing a game once to come up with a name and ,generally, we all rejected the outcome and didn't like the game or the name ,"The Four Unhappy Frogs" . Ah, that time is long gone just like this moment is gone and everything is gone too quickly. You can't go back. At the time our first recording came out we were the house band at the "Electric Circus",doing a couple sets a night with the other bands that came and went( "Sly" ,the Chambers Brothers",The Seeds"etc etc.)I had described Pete as first clown of the Circus Maximus because one day we had to break into a friends apartment in Houston as she had lost her key. I pushed Pete up over the door where he opened the window there and let all in.Being the house band brought the "Circus" motif back into the imagination. The nightclub wanted us to use their name ,"The Electric Circus" which was a good name but it felt too much like getting married and selling out. I don't recall typing the name "Lost Sea Dreamers" in the comments of this video. I don't understand why you brought that subject up here? The poetry of the song is not related at all though the allusiveness of a definition of love continues ,like the poetry,with an indefinite meaning,hopefully,defined only by the listeners individual experiences. "The more you learn the less you know.."has become more poignant to me as I have gained so many more years . It is hard to believe I wrote that when I was a young man ( ..some windy stuff there..)
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I remember this tune from the late 60's. We had KSJO and KSAN in the Bay Area then. Album rock, so called, but many tunes played by the DJs were actually more like this tune: jazz! This isn't a rock and roll tune. Blood, Sweat, and Tears weren't playing rock and roll either, but jazz and blues and maybe some R and B.
Yes, Heidi , this song was recorded in 1967. I sang my song ,overdubbing the piano and the guitar solos . "Wind" was played more than any of the other cuts from our first album but it wasn't typical of our band's repertoire .
I painted with acrylics starting this style in about 1965. Very few of the original paintings exist anymore but the basic photographs of them have made it possible for me to continue amending them . There are thousands of variations and the slides are all composites of my original acrylics. As the seconds fly by the individual paintings are exhibited many times in series that makes them appear to change colors and lines . I still sometimes get the same feeling I did when I painted with a brush inside the dimensions , in the nooks and crannies of the illusion of depths. The designs are inspired by a repetitive childhood dream, a nightmare that would wake me as a little boy. Here is an explanation on a page from one of my sites : bobbruno.yolasite.com/the-recurring-dream.php
Wow this so cool....your audio visual work....with the most underrated song of the sixties. Most underrated love life story ...mannah for the soul.. takes you there like no other...you just keep it up Bruno..let us know when you go see Fur Peace?
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Used to listen to this song -- back in the day - on WNEW-FM 102.7 - out of New York City ... back when FM radio was magic ... as is this song ...
Me too. Pete Fornatale and Alison Steele. Can't believe they're both gone. And I agree -- Back when FM radio was magic.
LOVE this song! Allison Steele..."The Nightbird" "Wind," yes. But best listened to an a rainy, Brooklyn night enhanced by some smoke. Alone or with someone...makes no difference.
I fell in love with this song the moment I heard it on the radio in the 60s. To this very day it moves me to tears. The words are so deep and the tune so haunting.
Sounds as good to me as when it premiered in 1967. It was an underrated piece of music encompssing jazz as well as rock. Perhaps it's length worked against it. I'm 64 now and "Wind" remains a favorite piece of musical genius from my youth. Thank you Mr.Bruno.
Bob...when I first heard this as 16 yr old in 1967 in a suburb of Boston I couldn't believe there was a music like this. To this day It is always near me and turned on when I need to mellow out. Thanks.
one of the best songs to have come out of the sixties. haunting.
In the mid 80s to early 90s a rock station in Connecticut would play jazz every Sunday morning. While the members of my church would listen to Christian and gospel music during their drive to church, I'd have to listen to jazz. One Sunday the DJ played this song. It was my first time hearing "Wind". It took me on a journey to another place spiritually and mentally. Today it still has the same effect on me.
50 years...congrats! This track has haunted me since then.. a true classic.
Thanks for the good word,Drutim. I like your uploads and intend to look in again later. A fascinating mystery there for me .
At any moment of any day, I can play this tune in my brain and "listen" to it with just as a rewarding experience as audio. I think it will be playing as I fade to black- I hope in the distant future.
Hey, Bob. I remember one night, about 45-50 years ago, going to a bar in Brooklyn with my roommate, Vin Leary, and some other friends. I asked you to play "Wind" because you guys had just turned me on to it a week or so earlier and it had become my favorite song. In my memory, you were reluctant to play it, but I persisted and had one of the great musical experiences of my life, sitting about three feet away from you, listening to your solo version of your song, played as you wanted it played. That was the very moment I, truly, realized what phrasing meant.
I don't recall this scene ,Robert. I had a close friend coincidentally with the same name Vinny Leary. Vin was on a few of the " Fugs" sides. He became a recording engineer . We played a bit together and called out group "Storm".I never knew my Vinny ( haha) to ever have a room mate so I guess it wasn't him but I just came in TH-cam to try to repair what ever damage I did . I have to be careful . It all doesn't work for me consistently . I replied to a comment yesterday ,trying several times and I can't find it. I had no intention of deleting anything ,but.. gee. ANyway , it's true that I generally have been resistant to play "Wind" live . My experience with the tune doesn't go well . One time I was waiting to buy a six pack of beer in the mid-sixties ( now a days I'm a teetotaler ) and "Wind" came on the radio . When I got to the front of the line I asked the cashier what station that was and he said," Yea, it's getting kind of weird," and turned around and changed the station.. haha . I said ,"No, I like that song." He changed it back and I found out it was WHFS in Bthesda Md. I called when I got home and got the Dj ,who's radio name was "Murf the Surf" and Murf asked "Is this Bob Bruno's brother again?" He eventually recognized it was me and wanted me to come on the air for an interview but I could tell by his conversation that it was all heading down a path of asking about my old pal ,Jerry Jeff Walker . Anyway , I remain as obscure as possible.. haha haha Have a good day,Robert.
None other than Mel Torme loved this tune and used it on one of his shows. Kudos don’t get better than that!
I first heard this song courtesy of WABX-FM in Detroit. I remember like it was yesterday. Late at night with lights dimmed and headphones on. Oh yeah!!!!! Thanks for giving us this gem.
My first time was from Detroit, too. WDET 101.9 FM, about 15 yrs. ago. "Gem" is the same word I'd use to describe it, also.
I remember WABX and the song. I lived in Lapeer at the time
Same here. Living in Northwest Detroit at the time. I made a cassette off the radio I listened to for years.
Bob, your song is a masterpiece, one of those rare songs that stand out from all the rest. I used to perform it with my cover band back then, and still do from time to time when I am fortunate enough to have an eclectic audience. Thank you for bringing this special piece of music into the world.
Thank you Mr. Bruno for this wonderful song. I was 15 when I first heard in Detroit, probably on WABX. I absolutely loved it and it piqued my interest in Jazz, an interest that continues today. The song sounds as fresh now as it did when it first came out. In fact I heard it tonight on my iPod shuffle which brought me here. Such a beautiful song, thanks again Mr. Bruno.
For some reason this song came to me last night as I was trying to go to sleep and I just ow looked it up here. I'm so glad I did! I was only 12 years old when this song came out, but a true work of art is timeless. Every time I hear music like this, it brings me back to a much simpler time in my life. and that's always a good thing!
Sweet video.... eye candy projected onto vaulted ceilings, Koss Pro/4AA ear goggles snuggly caressing the skull.... flashback to Alison Steele, the Nightbird on WNEW FM...
Pure gold!
+Michaelangelo Di Nonno Alison was a decent woman . Jonathan Swartz was also a person who played this song every night. it had a calming affect and they both played it with "Nights in White Satin"many ,many times at one or two in the morning ,sometimes later.I can't remember the other fellow from WNEW. I think he used a one name moniker .. That guy was pretty popular as well.( Well, maybe it will come to me ,maybe not. I often woke up with a nightmare and found that the radio was still on . What woke me up was them playing "Wind" again. It's too bad that BMI never logged one playing of the song . It was embarrassing to go to them and say ,"but.. but.. " . Gee, do you think that was why FM was called "Underground Radio" ? This was even though FM broadcast was obviously better than Am had ever been in the past.
+robertmbruno Lamentably, the music "business" is a nightmare for artists.
And NY radio is abismal; I stay on the left side of dial mostly. Glad to have caught some of the great programs and DJs in my youth just before everything went corporate.
Wish I can awake from nightmares and have your tunes already playing ;^)
+robertmbruno The NYC DJ that I couldn't remember from Wnew was Scott Muni . The one name "Moniker" fellow that came to mind was "Surf" ,as in " Murf the Surf "who was on Wnew in Washington DC in the mid-seventies . Ah , it's nice to fill in the blanks sometimes.. haha.
+robertmbruno "Scottso" is dearly missed... he was a great DJ with an awesome voice. Vin Scelsa's "idiot's Delight" was another FM facvorite of mine.
robertmbruno - first heard it on WBCN in Boston in 1967 and to this day is my all time fav song. It will be played at my wake. Simply, the best rock song song ever written. Haunting. Countless times after a tense day at work I'd lie on the floor and blast this song to regenerate my mind. Thanks for this gem
LOVE this song, LOVE the wind - literally THANK YOU Bob Bruno xo
Thank you , Earth Mum . Keep on keepin' on !
This is one of the three or four songs that always takes me back to those days. I can actually recall in four cases exactly where I was and what I was doing when "Wind" came on the radio. One was as late as '74, owing to the longevity of it's FM airplay. I really never understood the song, but that never mattered. The creative lyrics just fit the creative melody. Like any great art, it moved me and I suppose there's no need to know why. I am grateful that it continues to move me all these years later. And I bet I'm the only person at the gym listening to it on a nearly daily basis (or at all)! I take an odd sort of pleasure in that. A long overdue Thank You to you, Bob.
Hey , "Mj", it's very nice of you to communicate this to me . While being obscure, I have sometimes had the pleasure of finding some personal notes that are personally moving to me . Like my paintings which I name but really are arbitrary in a way, the enjoyment of the design and the colors are for the viewer . I am not going to analyze the Wind song other than to say that love as a concept is also obscure, and a personal experience,maybe one of those illusions ,a magic that should not questioned too deeply. What you see is what is valid to you . Who am I to qualify your experience.
Sure, it's always up to the listener, the viewer, the reader, whatever. In my end of the entertainment biz, I just come up with something and then put it out there. Maybe they'll like it; maybe they won't. And just maybe it hits them in a very special way that I hadn't anticipated. Why bother questioning it? No two answers you'll get are ever alike, so there's not a whole lot to learn from those answers. As long as any of us keep doing what we think is right, we can enjoy the reactions, knowing that we impacted someone somehow. Anyway, I'm glad to see you're still creating music. I listened to your take on "Gimme Shelter" yesterday. I loved it, but it's so far removed from the original song, you could have given it a name unto itself. I'll catch up on your others soon. I have a feeling I'm going to really enjoy them! And, yes, your paintings are certainly interesting. Just not the kind of stuff that I pay a lot of attention to. Keep well, Bob, and thanks for your note. - MJ
I remember many afternoons and evenings with tune on my college FM station - It is just one of those that sticks with you over time (and I have had a lot of it)..It is a lot of fun to read the notes that so many people have added over time. So thanks to Mr. Bruno for an excellent, timeless piece. I can only wish you the best - and my thanks - for the long-lasting enjoyment.
Thank you for the nice thoughts.I also have enjoyed the comments over the last seven years from uploads of "Wind" other people , strangers I never met. I tried not to comment on those uploads so as to not roil the waters of "Tube". I met a few people by Emails . One person wondered if I was still alive in 2009. I did contact him , a lawyer that lived in Jersey at the time. I think ,therefor I am , that is I think I am .. All the best to you and yours,C.A. Strong.
A uniquely beautiful song that was "adopted" by Boston's music-underground youth of the 1960's. We heard it played so often on both WBZ-AM (Dick Summer) and WBCN-FM. "Wind"s" musical composition and lyrics are as emotive and engaging now as then. Thanks for creating one of life's little treasures, Bob Bruno!
Thank you, Dave. We took a job outside of Boston as the" Lost Sea Dreamers".The first night there we were asked to play a dance called the "Hully Gully". We had no idea what that was at that time.( It cold be danced to a tune called "Alley Cat"). We played original tunes and some covers but we weren't meant for that particular club. We were fired before the end of the night . One of our guitars was stolen and in a rare case the police got it back before we left town the next morning . We were able to book another club in Boston called the "Circus" or something of the sort. People there were nice to us and we stayed for a little bit , maybe a month, before we went home to NYC. I think that that particular contact had a lot to do with why WBZ recognized the "Circus Maximus" even though we didn't use that name at the time. Eventually we got involved with the "Electric Circus". We had a thing for circuses I guess. Long before,in Houston Texas (1966),I had called Pete Troutner(our tambourine man and main harmonizer) the first clown of the Circus Maximus when we broke into a friends house for her through the skylight. Instead of taking the name "Electric Circus" as the owners of that place directed , I am glad we didn't do that marriage thing when we changed our name as the house band gig at the Electric Circus didn't go on forever. We did play "Wind" in the Boston "Circus", but ,as a band we rarely played it at the Electric Circus. I did sell myself to the Circus after our "Maximus" was defunct. I recited angry poetry while pacing the stage to electronic music by Morton Subotnick and once a night I played "Wind" as a solo accompanying myself with my organ.Here on TH-cam I have enjoyed the personal comments here and on other uploads of our original version from '67. This is the only place I respond as I don't want to affect the other people's uploads or try to gain attention claiming some limelight on a dim ,obscure little tune recognized by a few. Hey , thanks again, Dave .
Thanks, Bob, for the interesting backstory on playing in Boston during your pre-Maximus era. We have just relocated from Boston to Sedona, AZ, which has a vibrant scene for both visual arts and music,, as you may know. If you ever find yourself here doing a jazz gig or the like, I'll be in the audience! But, no Hully Gully! Best, Dave
I will write more about my ancient feelings for this particular tune, which I heard back in '67 in Michigan...it was and is a very special piece of art and emotion..thank you for the visuals....
Yup, pure magic from times long gone...
Remember this song fondly from 1967 Saturday night "underground" radio show Jelly Pudding WEBN Cincinnati
I lived in Provincetown in 1968, and probably first heard this on WBZ. Yeah - Dick Summer. As the street parade goes, I started a conversation with a guy walking next to me. He eventually said he was in Circus Maximus. I could picture the cover, but not place him. I said 'where are you on the album cover?' He said upper left, and then I knew who he was. The round-faced guy! Funny how the mind works. (he looked different in profile)
Thanks for your comments on this iconic song. What a long strange trip...
Gary White played the bass for us. Gary was a front man playing guitar for a group in Houston Texas when we met him . He moved North and became the bass with us assuming a quieter roll next to Jerry and me. Gary wrote some great tunes ."Long ,Long Time"went number one for Linda Ronstadt . He sang it for me many times sitting on his living room floor . His ability was a personal talent and it seemed like the song was communicating directly to me though the lyric obviously are about a past lover. Gary lives in LA and has flourished as a tuba player in the recording studios and local orchestras.
thanks. I first heard this in Syracuse, NY in 67 from the University station. They played it once a night and you had to catch it.
• • • CHUM-FM in Toronto, formerly a classical-music station, repositioned as an album-prog station in the summer of 1968, often played WIND, which I liked a whole lot. I remembered CIRCUS MAXIMUS, but that's about it, except for Jerry Jeff Walker.
• • • After a half century of not hearing the piece, I snooped around online and was able to put some of the pieces together, including the fact that this is your baby.
• • • Thanx for the upload, RM BRUNO. I'm listening.
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I use to leave my radio on while I slept in High School and would wake up when "Wind" came on, it always hit me in a very emotional way, a beautiful song. Thanks Bob.
Another unforgettable memory from 1967...
i ordered "Circus Maximus" from a "record club" in 1967. i was 13 years old. a number of the tracks i remember well and liked a lot - Travelin' Around, Short-Haired Fathers, Chess Game, etc., but "Wind" was the prize. this track was so out of sync and so completely in sync with everything that was going on that year that it was a personal exercise in cognitive dissonance. i loved it. but i wasn't sure what to do with it. interesting, i tended to put in the same category as The Door's "Light My Fire" and "The End", 1967. they were all so opiated and otherworldly to my new-teen ears that i really just thought this is what rock would always be - i knew it was all new, '67, and how could it get any better? i did realize that "Wind" was a one-off of some sort and i knew it was jazz in some regard although i knew little about that at that age. it was a gorgeous piece of music - sophisticated, knowing, seductive, beautifully structured. i listen to it today and it's just as good. i'm just older and have heard a lot more, that's all.
haha luv it!
"from a "record club" in 1967"...
You too dude?...haha..."12 vinyl records for the price of 1"...lol
Psst! I ripped them off 3 or 4 times....sssh!...lol
Will always miss the amazing music of the 1960s
Owned a record store in College Park, Md in the late 1970s. Bob Bruno was a
customer and we had several very nice chats about his life in music up to that
point. Very nice guy; down to earth, yet justly proud of his accomplishments.
Glad to see that you're still around and about. Who knows where the time goes?
great Sandy Denny tune "who knows where the time goes"- fairport convention, another song from fm radio back then.
I was searching for a way to purchase this song online (conclusion: the whole CD on Amazon) and eventually ended up on your page. I, like many others, have loved this song since the 60's, thanks to FM radio in Philadelphia. Anyway, thank you for this song and for combining it with your great artwork. This was eight and a half minutes of pure bliss this morning!
+David Wood Thank you, Dave . Modern technology has helped me individually communicate with people over time and space like you . I suppose it occurs across the spectrum but I don't know about the "spectrum'. . haha , I do know there is some gratification in realizing people like you,people who might have similar feelings about the lyric and mood of this ancient song,(oh brother!)This was never a hit song and the obscure nature of it playing after midnight consistently on "Underground Radio"brought no returns to me over the many years . It wasn't typical of the "Circus Maximus" presentations in the few years we were together. The sales from the albums might buy me a beer if I weren't a teetotaler . If you like the song download it from TH-cam. My upload here is pretty clean . Sbrit uploaded the entire two records . I might have mentioned a fellow named "Zooden" in the past who uploaded it around 2007. Zooden has since been banished under the pretense of copyright problems . The Internet is yet another "Underground Radio" deal and my own music is questioned by Google ,claimed by other people, and I don't fool with them,I delete uploads that bring problems. Robots are evil and must be destroyed.. haha , Then again ,we are in the age of international conglomerates who have changed our country into an oligarchy . One of the on line copyright people have claimed " Pachelbel's - Canon In D" endorsed by Google and TH-cam and Pascebell hardly noticed(Born in 1653 and Died: March 3, 1706) .The point of this claim is to get the input of the advertising that a lot of people attach to the videos. When they claim videos they can then attach what they will. My videos have no attachments except for one which was disputed that I occasionally take out of the closet to share.Hey , even the big boys get screwed by the bigger boys,for instance McCartney,Lennon , Fogarty,John McKay,the Platters, or almost all of the fifties groups, and don't forget Elvis , so roll over Pascebell and tell Tchaikovsky the news. Hey , all that jazz aside, Thanks again , Dave.
Bob, I stumbled across this listening to Deep Tracks on SiriusXM. I hadn't heard it in decades and it brought back so many memories. What an awesome song! Thanks so much for posting it here on TH-cam. Definitely ahead of its time and as good today as it was back in '67!
Good to know Deep Tracks is still playing it. The last time I heard the song before yesterday was over a decade ago, back when DirecTV had a contract with XM. Deep Tracks was all the stuff I listened to in high school and summers home from college on WNEW-FM in New York City (sigh). Turned out that back then one of the DJs on Deep Tracks was the brother of WNEW-FM's program director (so I was going "AHA!"). Only DirecTV got cheap and replaced XM with "Sonic Tap" which is basically muzak (whoever programmed their "Deep Tracks" equivalent was inordinately fond of the Velvet Underground, The Nazz, and Strawberry Alarm Clock -- with an occasion hearing of something by Love -- which is all very well BUT.... Let's hear more, okay? And we have FIOS now with "Music Choice" -- a different set of muzak. :-( And both systems have playlists which are wide but shallow. As opposed to WNEW-FM's which was "Whatever the Hell we feel like playing...." I got into an argument once with a DJ in a club about whether they actually had a playlist or not; I said "Not" and the DJ said "They do -- every station has a playlist; it's just they have a way bigger one than anyone else does...." And (sniffle) last Thanksgiving driving down to NYC from the Boston area I discovered to my absolute horror that the station had switched formats and was now "Adult Contemporary" -- I don't even know what that means but it can't be good.... And someone WBZ in Boston, which has been news/talk for at LEAST 25 years because I moved to the Boston area in 1993 for a few years. The nearest equivalent here in Pittsburgh is WDVE which is owned by iHeart Radio so you KNOW there's a playlist.... :-(
I played the constantly in the mid 1980s when I was living in Greenwich Village and had it on vinyl.
First heard this many years ago, in the 70s if not the 60s. Just as great now as then. Mesmerising song.
it is exactly that, mesmerizing!
Amazing song from my past. Love this song in such a special,personal way.Truly a gem.
" You pack your dreams and move away , decide to eat and live by day and leave the night..."
Just so fine....
where the wind blows love is the wind who knows the wind
I probably was one of the ones posting on your last upload that this song has been one of my all time favorite compositions of all time. Oddly, I still can't put my finger on "why?" It just is!!!
Best song about the wind EVER! ;) Seriously, this has been a top favorite tune over the decades since I heard it on the radio. This song belongs in the ranks of the best songs from it's time. It is soothing, inspiring, and soaring like the wind, abstract yet concise! I bought a copy on cassette just before cars went with cd, and eventually got a digital copy to take it's place. The song has been a long time cherished memory! I didn't realize you performed so much of the song. I think the keyboards on their own would have made a fascinating song! Maybe you could try isolating them and see what it sounds like.
LOL I LOVE TH-cam THANKS for makin my day today sure warms me up in minnesota
In 1967 I was 13-14 years old, and this song BLEW ME AWAY (pun and all). I've spent a life in music and I still point to this as a great, timeless composition. Bob, did you play the piano in this?
Yes,Doug,I played the piano solo,the twelve string solo, and sang my song.It was not typical of our Circus Maximus presentation. We did play it live back then but I rarely had a piano to use. The Vanguard studio had a nice ,well tuned Steinway. I wasn't in practice and just got into ,improvising it as I still do. The recording process for bands like us was tedious and contrived.I was not happy with our product,in fact, I tried time and again to get the recording of our audition tape from the company without success. The last time i tried was in 2011.Our regular playing was raucous and included my guitar solos without thought to the time of our cuts.We also played our show running songs into one another with musical transitions. When we recorded our material we shortened and changed the forms which was not really the way we played. I think that "Wind" remained loose,looser than the rest even though I overdubbed the solos. The eight minute format was pretty much the way we played it live.
Thanks for sending me a message ,Doug.
Bob, thanks so much for taking the time to reply. I just charted Wind out (after 50 years!) and am adding it to my own repertoire. From your work with Circus Maximus on, you must have some astounding (and crazy, and ugly) stories to tell about this business we call music. BTW, I have a chords-plus-lyrics chart now that looks better than what I found on the web. If you're interested in it, I'll be happy and honored to send it your way. I don't see an email address on your web site, but you can find mine on my web site: www.TheCoyote.org
Gee, I love to hear variations on the theme . It really hasn't
been done very much , that is ,it isn't overexposed. There is a little trick in the thing in that there is an extended Em chord which includes the ninth , an F#, which isn't really in the Dm mode. it was part of the two repetitive guitar parts that I taught the men to play which extended as well as limited the improvisation at one place.I don't think I want to open my address here at this time,Doug . Here is a page that exposes a current address as well as more Bob Bruno than you will probable ever need( haha) : outofthebox.synthasite.com/
great work
I've loved this song since I heard it on late night NY freeform radio on Alison Steele's WNEW show. Nice job! Since I can't find any live versions.
I often listened to Allison . I did a live solo recording on my camcorder in 2007 and added the stringed bass in 2011 which you mht find amusing . th-cam.com/video/dfaBoFB2bAs/w-d-xo.html&spfreload=10
Pete Fornatelle would play Wind a lot xo
Well, Pete , I am semi - alive here . I added a stringed bass to the 2009 camcorder recording. The 2009 is also still available on the Tube but I liked it with the added bass.It's still kind of naked. th-cam.com/video/dfaBoFB2bAs/w-d-xo.html
That's exactly how I heard this beautiful haunting song...so many years ago WNEW FM 102.7 greatest DJs. Our beloved Pete Fornatale passed away in 2012. Thanks Robert Bruno.....
You are welcome ,SeaLisa . It was nice of you to comment here.I am in still touch with Mike Fornatele ,Pete's cousin. Mike is a guitarist - singer with the group "The Left Bank" , and a talented fellow .
There are few songs that make you see times from your past like this song does. Fragments of Memories burst forth. A time in the forest in winter by the Lake Michigan shoreline. Driving a back road to pick up my girlfriend. Its all here
Thank you,Mr Wilson, this is a beautiful idea , a memory stirred gently. My memories of encounters with the "Wind" are more like nightmares. Sometimes I went to sleep with the radio on when I lived in NYC . I was occasionally awakened by my song being played and perhaps this brought me out of a dream that I wouldn't have noticed had I stayed asleep.Of course most of the dreams were forgotten very quickly yet I would wake up remembering for a while as the song played on mocking my terror. This kind of event happened in daylight as well. Once I was waiting in line to buy something when "Wind" came on the radio they had on. When I eventually got to the front of the line I asked ,"What is that station?" The guy turned around and changed it ,saying ,"..Yea, it's getting kind of weird." .. . I quickly told him that I liked that song and he changed it back for me. I didn't mention that it was me performing the thing but I stayed a few minutes lurking until the end and left without any more questions.
I can see that it could evoke all kinds of emotions. Mine were just wonderful ones. We are all different but the same under the skin
Just doesn't get better then this...
Would love to buy this song, don't have a vinyl player. Would have to be iTunes. Ah well, will have to keep coming to TH-cam for it. Thank you for this beautiful song.
You can download convert anything on TH-cam in total as a Mp4 or just the music ,an Mp3 .
Dear Bob, this is indeed an honor! - and so good to know you that you are well . I certainly didn't mean to offend you with the LSD reference - please forgive my ignorance. Also, without getting too maudlin, just wanted to thank you for one of the most beautiful and timeless songs ever recorded. Take good care my friend. Warmest regards, Patrick
Pat , I get a lot of "LSD" references in response to my composite paintings which are featured in these slide presentations and the paintings , my music , and the lyrics do not point to the subject of drug use. I would rather not respond with denials but any directed reference becomes a sort of advertisement or a rumor. I didn't agree with the Reagan era "Just say no" campaign for this very reason as the television effect probably endorsed and promoted drug use more than it inhibited it. Repeating gossip has a similar effect , that is the truth doesn't matter in repetition and what is left is the innuendo which is what people remember. My sloppy little recordings here , the composite computer paintings I am occasionally putting behind my music, and my participation on TH-cam were never intended to bring inadvertent attention to this obtuse subject. But, as I watch videos ,I know that my response ,my impressions may also not be as directed . If there is beauty , certainly it is in the eye of the beholder. I name each of my paintings but naming abstract visions could be seen as arbitrary still the directed characterization can affect the viewer and I have been swayed by titles of other abstract painters. The tales and adventures of the "Lost Sea Dreamers" I occasionally share with my contacts, people on Facebook ,and remember with my old friend ,Jerry Jeff Walker, but we don't dwell upon the past , an era so far gone and obscure like the wind. The "Wind" is obscure and remembered by a just few people. It has been gratifying through the uploads of others , strangers to me ,to realize that a few people enjoyed that 1967 "Circus Maximus" production. I don't comment on those "Wind" videos so as to not roil the waters but I have enjoyed the many warm comments I have found over the last ten years or so.
"Lost Sea Dreamers"- almost as obvious as "Lucy" - although, I doubt even L&M could have come up with a more simple and structured arrangement for such a haunting lyric and melody - Bob Bruno, hope you are well !
Almost ?.. haha , Well, the stodgy "Vanguard" label didn't think it was "almost" in that era. We used that name before the Beatles "Lucy" came out a year or so later. Several of us , Jerry, Pete , a local drummer , (who's name I can't recall right now) , and me entertained ourselves by playing a game once to come up with a name and ,generally, we all rejected the outcome and didn't like the game or the name ,"The Four Unhappy Frogs" . Ah, that time is long gone just like this moment is gone and everything is gone too quickly. You can't go back. At the time our first recording came out we were the house band at the "Electric Circus",doing a couple sets a night with the other bands that came and went( "Sly" ,the Chambers Brothers",The Seeds"etc etc.)I had described Pete as first clown of the Circus Maximus because one day we had to break into a friends apartment in Houston as she had lost her key. I pushed Pete up over the door where he opened the window there and let all in.Being the house band brought the "Circus" motif back into the imagination. The nightclub wanted us to use their name ,"The Electric Circus" which was a good name but it felt too much like getting married and selling out. I don't recall typing the name "Lost Sea Dreamers" in the comments of this video. I don't understand why you brought that subject up here? The poetry of the song is not related at all though the allusiveness of a definition of love continues ,like the poetry,with an indefinite meaning,hopefully,defined only by the listeners individual experiences. "The more you learn the less you know.."has become more poignant to me as I have gained so many more years . It is hard to believe I wrote that when I was a young man ( ..some windy stuff there..)
I remember this tune from the late 60's. We had KSJO and KSAN in the Bay Area then. Album rock, so called, but many tunes played by the DJs were actually more like this tune: jazz! This isn't a rock and roll tune. Blood, Sweat, and Tears weren't playing rock and roll either, but jazz and blues and maybe some R and B.
Mr. Bruno, forgive my ignorance, but do you play piano on this lovely song?
Yes, Heidi , this song was recorded in 1967. I sang my song ,overdubbing the piano and the guitar solos . "Wind" was played more than any of the other cuts from our first album but it wasn't typical of our band's repertoire .
who's art work?
I painted with acrylics starting this style in about 1965. Very few of the original paintings exist anymore but the basic photographs of them have made it possible for me to continue amending them . There are thousands of variations and the slides are all composites of my original acrylics. As the seconds fly by the individual paintings are exhibited many times in series that makes them appear to change colors and lines . I still sometimes get the same feeling I did when I painted with a brush inside the dimensions , in the nooks and crannies of the illusion of depths. The designs are inspired by a repetitive childhood dream, a nightmare that would wake me as a little boy. Here is an explanation on a page from one of my sites : bobbruno.yolasite.com/the-recurring-dream.php
Wow this so cool....your audio visual work....with the most underrated song of the sixties. Most underrated love life story ...mannah for the soul.. takes you there like no other...you just keep it up Bruno..let us know when you go see Fur Peace?
Brunos work what you see what you hear. Bravo! Thank you.