Kate Wolf, what artists she sang about?

Subject: Kate Wolf: artists and music she sang about?
From: GUEST,Kees
Date: 10 Aug 02 - 05:29 AM

Kate Wolf for sure is one of the best voices ever in folk music. Her lyrics often deal with music and artists.
Her fantastic song Poet's Heart is about Eric Bogle, I guess.
And See Here She Said, to me defenitly one of her best songs, is for Judy Mayhan as the notes on the album say.
The Boy From Oklahoma is about Woody Guthrie.
Any more examples?

Listening to All He Ever Saw Was You, I wondered whom Kate sang about. "He was bigger than his songs". Who is He? Anybody knows?

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Subject: RE: Kate Wolf, what artists she sang about?
From: John Hardly
Date: 10 Aug 02 - 09:35 AM

Stan Rogers

Subject: RE: Kate Wolf, what artists she sang about?
From: GUEST,Max Wolf
Date: 10 Aug 02 - 09:57 AM

Your guess that "Poet's Heart" was about Eric Bogle is partly correct. The first verse is about him. Other verses are about Utah Phillips and Judy Mayhan.

Please visit us at www.katewolf.com.

Max Wolf

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Subject: RE: Kate Wolf, what artists she sang about?
From: GUEST,Max Wolf
Date: 10 Aug 02 - 10:14 AM

And yes, "All He Ever Saw Was You" was about Stan Rogers. "Boy From Oklahoma," sung by Kate, was about Woody Guthrie, but it was written by Willis Alan Ramsey.

Max Wolf

Subject: RE: Kate Wolf, what artists she sang about?
From: Lane
Date: 10 Aug 02 - 10:33 AM

Max,

How fine to see you here - thank you. It is so wonderful that you and the others are keeping this music going - its so wonderful.

Lane

Subject: RE: Kate Wolf, what artists she sang about?
From: GUEST,Kees
Date: 10 Aug 02 - 01:53 PM

Thank you, Max, for answering. Great!
I know the fantastic homepage the family has made. There is so much info on it, sorry if I missed about Stan Rogers.
It features a "song of the month", but alas last month seems to have lasted two years now... Is it possible to recycle the first songs of the month on the site?

And are there plans to release the remaining songs Kate recorded? I wouldn't mind inferior sound quality. Kate's voice makes each demo as a release worthwile. For instance, I love to hear her sing Peace Carol, song of the month 2½ years ago, though the sound quality might be poor.
I'm sure I'm not the only one dying to hear the leftovers and remaining demo's of Kate's unknown songs!

I must confess that I'm not familiar with Stan Rogers, shame in Mudcatland I guess. But I'm gonna check him out now. I originally guessed that "All he ever ..." was about Gil Turner ("Bigger" than his music seems in some way appropiate).

Subject: RE: Kate Wolf, what artists she sang about?
From: open mike
Date: 10 Aug 02 - 03:47 PM

hello max-did you see the previous thread about kate? I go by open mike here, but ny mane is Laurel. I sent a cross word puzzle i made featuring Kate at the festival--did you get a chance to see it?

Subject: RE: Kate Wolf, what artists she sang about?
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Aug 02 - 02:14 PM

And who was the person in "Trumpet Vine", who sat, holding a guitar?

it reminded me of other times
you had come before
and brought a song
or just walked in
through the kitchen door

Subject: RE: Kate Wolf, what artists she sang about?
From: WyoWoman
Date: 11 Aug 02 - 02:29 PM

I love "Cornflower Blue" so much. Reminds me of my children's father when we first met and his blue eyes hooked my womanly heart ... I was at a jam yesterday, as a matter of fact, and afterward sat around noodling with another musician. I sang two of Kate Wolf's songs("Two-Way Waltz" and "Here in California") that he had never heard and he sang two of Stan Rogers' that I had never heard ("Lies" (?) and another one I can't remember right now). But I've decided I HAVE to have some Stan Rogers in my life for absolutely certain.

I wish I had a time machine and could go back and hear Kate perform.

WyoWoman

Subject: RE: Kate Wolf, what artists she sang about?
From: Midchuck
Date: 11 Aug 02 - 02:48 PM

The news had come by some time back, when a rider stopped to say,
Big North, young Kate, and the Goody boy had up and passed away
Leaving me and darling Rosie and our kind to carry on....

- The Year of '88 (Christopher Shaw)

Knew the song for years before I figured out what that line was about.

Peter.

Subject: RE: Kate Wolf, what artists she sang about?
From: BH
Date: 11 Aug 02 - 08:07 PM

And---the interesting thing about Eric Bogle is this. When I had the pleasure of recording an interview with him a few years back he spoke of his love for Kate Wolf and her music---and as he said---I paraphrase---I never met her and was a latecomer to her music. Only after she passed on. He had some other truly witty and touching things to say on the subject.

Bill Hahn

Subject: RE: Kate Wolf, what artists she sang about?
From: MAG
Date: 11 Aug 02 - 08:50 PM

The reference to Stan Rogers is from his love song to his wife, "Honey, all I ever see is you."