Help: wildwood flower sung by natalie merchant?

Subject: wildwood flower by merchant
From: GUEST,winterhorse290
Date: 09 Aug 00 - 07:51 PM

i,ve heard natalie merchant sing wildwood flower on one of the music tv channels, but can,t find it on any cd did i dream this or is it real? alos, does anybody know if she ever did any bluegrass or highlonesome stuff

Subject: RE: Help: wildwood flower by merchant
From: Quincy
Date: 09 Aug 00 - 08:41 PM

Well Winterhorse, I don't really know much about Natalie Merchant but I just looked her up and found that when she left the band 10,000 Maniacs in 1992 she was replaced by Mary Ramsay.
Now the afore-mentioned Maniacs and Mary Ramsay sang "Wildwood Flower" but it is not on any of Natalie Merchant's albums (not that I can find anyway!!) The site I found this information on is as follows......
http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=natalie+merchant

Sorry if I'm telling you what you already know...

best wishes, Yvonne

Subject: RE: Help: wildwood flower by merchant
From: GUEST,winterhorse
Date: 09 Aug 00 - 09:14 PM

thank,s yvonne, maybe it was mary i heard and was just wishin. she has a wonderful voice, but miss merchant must have an old soul, lots of pain and dark memories there. guess that,s why i hope to find her doin folk and maybe old mountian music. i,ll just keep on alookin, fair well, sweet lady

Subject: RE: Help: wildwood flower by merchant
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Aug 04 - 01:39 AM

You can find this song on the 10,000 maniacs CD single 'You Happy Puppet'. It'll be hard to find, but it does exist.

Subject: RE: Help: wildwood flower by merchant
From: Nerd
Date: 25 Aug 04 - 12:08 PM

Natalie Merchant recently released a CD of mostly old folk songs. It's on limited release only for the time being. It's called The House Carpenter's Daughter.

Subject: RE: Help: wildwood flower by merchant
From: Nerd
Date: 25 Aug 04 - 12:13 PM

Just to be clear, Wildwood Flower is not on the CD I mentioned above. But it IS on the new 2CD set

10,000 Maniacs Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure, & Unknown Recordings

This is a collection of their b-sides, outtakes, etc. So that's why it's getting airplay, as this double CD is a recent release.

Subject: RE: Help: wildwood flower by merchant
From: Nerd
Date: 25 Aug 04 - 12:14 PM

Oh, and to be even clearer, the version on Campfire Songs would have Natalie, not Mary, on vocals.