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Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular MusicA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZLIND, Bob(b 25 Nov. '44, Baltimore MD) Singer- songwriter, acoustic guitarist. Moved to Chicago as a child, became a Bob Dylan fan; attended university in Colorado and won first prize in a hootenanny contest; sang in Denver club the Analyst; signed by World Pacific, prod. by Jack Nitzsche usually with Leon Russell on piano; he had a top five hit with 'Elusive Butterfly' '66, a love song subsequently covered by everybody from Carmen McRae to Dolly Parton. Minor two-sided hit in USA same year with 'Remember The Rain'/'Truly Julie's Blues'. Debut LP Don't Be Concerned '66 also charted (titled after hook line of 'Butterfly' lyric), incl. another minor masterpiece in 'Cheryl's Goin' Home', the original A side of 'Butterfly'. Photograph Of Feeling was also on WP; his last session there was prod. by Mac Davis, who quibbled with Lind over lyrics on 'Goodbye Neon Lies' and he retired to Santa Fe for a while. The Elusive Bob Lind '68 came out on Verve/Folkways, an unauthorized release of an early tape with the songs mistitled; Lind said, 'They cheated me.' Since There Were Circles '71 on Capitol had guests Doug Dillard and Gene Clark. He was popular on tour but had gone out of fashion, though his songs continued to be covered. A book of his lyrics was published '71; he wrote short stories and plays (The Sculptor, prod. in LA, won a prize), wrote novel East Of The Holyland about the Denver folk scene of the mid-'60s. |