Bob Lind
Bob Lind | |
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Birth name | Robert Neale Lind |
Born | World Pacific Records | November 25, 1942
Website | boblind |
Robert Neale Lind (born November 25, 1942) is an American
Early life
Lind was born in Baltimore, Maryland. His parents divorced when he was five, and his mother remarried; his stepfather was in the Air Force, and the family travelled for some years before settling in Denver, Colorado. He became interested in folk music while a student at Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado, and abandoned his studies to become a musician.[3]
Career
In 1965, Lind signed a recording contract with
To date, Lind's compositions have been eventually covered by more than 200 artists. including
Plagued by drug and alcohol problems, Lind gained a reputation in the business for being "hard to work with." In 1969, Lind severed ties with World Pacific. Three years later, Capitol Records released Since There Were Circles, an album that was well received by critics, but not commercially successful. Lind dropped out of the music industry for a number of years.[8] He was a friend of the writer Charles Bukowski's, who turned him into the character Dinky Summers in his 1978 novel Women and other writings.[9] He has been clean and sober since July 1977.[10][11]
In 1988, he moved to Florida. He wrote five novels, an award-winning play, and a screenplay, Refuge, which won the Florida Screenwriters' Competition in 1991.[12] In October of 2019, his short play “A Good Night” won a place in the Delray Beach Playwright’s Festival.[13] And in May of 2023, another of his one-acts, “Spain,” enjoyed a successful run along with seven other winning plays as part of The Curtain Call Playhouse’s Short Play Festival in 2023.[14]
For eight years, he was a staff writer at the supermarket
Lind returned to music in 2004, when at the urging of his friend Arlo Guthrie, he played the Guthrie Center in Becket, Massachusetts.[17] Since then Lind has been touring.
Lind established an official website in 2006. That same year,
The British band Pulp have a song named after him: "Bob Lind (The Only Way Is Down)", from their album, We Love Life; the song itself follows a similar musical structure to Lind's hit "Elusive Butterfly".[18] A Lind recording, "Cool Summer" was also included on the compilation album, The Trip, compiled by Pulp's Jarvis Cocker and Steve Mackey.
In 2009, filmmaker Paul Surratt completed a concert/documentary DVD called Bob Lind: Perspective.[19]
In October 2012, 41 years after the release of his last studio album, Lind issued a critically acclaimed[20] CD of new music: Finding You Again, produced by veteran rock guitarist Jamie Hoover of the Spongetones and released by Ace Records.
In November 2013, Lind was inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame, along with Judy Collins, The Serendipity Singers, and Chris Daniels.[21] Lind was inducted into the Maryland Entertainment Hall of Fame on November 17, 2019.[22]
In July 2016, Ace Records released a new album of new songs, entitled Magellan Was Wrong.
On October 13, 2023, Lind received his first European production as a playwright when his trilogy, The Road Plays (three one-act plays running as a single evening), was presented at the New English American Theatre in Stuttgart, Germany).[27]
On February 3, 2024, Lind headlined the South Florida Folk & Acoustic Festival, closing Saturday night's main stage performances with a strong encore.[28][29]
Discography
Singles
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Record Label | B-side | Album | |
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US | UK
[30] | |||||
1965 | "Elusive Butterfly" | 5 | 5 | World Pacific Records | "Cheryl's Goin' Home" | Don't Be Concerned |
1966 | "Remember the Rain" | 64 | 46 | "Truly Julie's Blues (I'll Be There)" (BB #65) | Photographs of Feeling | |
"Hey Nellie Nellie" | – | – | Verve Folkways Records | "Wandering" | The Elusive Bob Lind | |
"I Just Let It Take Me" | 123 | – | World Pacific Records | "We've Never Spoken" | Photographs of Feeling | |
"San Francisco Woman" | 135 | – | "Oh Babe Take Me Home" | |||
"White Snow" | – | – | Verve Folkways Records | "Black Night" | The Elusive Bob Lind | |
1967 | "It's Just My Love" | – | – | World Pacific Records | "Goodtime Special" | |
"Goodbye Neon Lies" | – | – | "We May Have Touched" | |||
1971 | "She Can Get Along" | – | – | Capitol Records | "Theme from the Music Box" | Since There Were Circles |
Albums
Year | Album | Billboard 200 | Record Label |
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1966 | Don't Be Concerned | 148 | World Pacific Records |
Photographs of Feeling | – | ||
The Elusive Bob Lind | – | Verve Folkways Records | |
1971 | Since There Were Circles | – | Capitol Records |
2006 | Live at The Luna Star Cafe | – | self-released |
2012 | Finding You Again | – | Big Beat Records |
2016 | Magellan Was Wrong | – | Big Beat Records |
2022 | Something Worse Than Loneliness | – | Ace Records |
DVDs
- Bob Lind: Perspective – Research Video (2009)
References
- ^ "Bob Lind's music helped define 'Folk Rock'". SouthFloridaFunTimes.com. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
- ^ Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 40 – Ballad in Plain D: Bob Dylan. [1966] : UNT Digital Library" (audio). Pop Chronicles. Digital.library.unt.edu. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
- ^ Steve Thorn (May 2012). "BOB LIND: No Longer so Elusive in 2012". San Diego Troubadour. Archived from the original on May 3, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
- ^ "Val Doonican". 45-rpm.org.uk. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
- ^ "Retro Charts". everyHit.com. March 1, 2000. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
- ^ "Bob Lind songs covered by other artists". Boblind.com. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
- ^ "Bob Lind of 'Elusive Butterfly' fame is elusive no more". goldminemag.com. January 22, 2015. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
- ^ [1] Archived December 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Bob Lind's favorite Links". Bob Lind Official Website. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ^ "Bob Lind of 'Elusive Butterfly' fame is elusive no more". Goldmine. January 22, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
- ^ "Happy Birthday Bob Lind". Testify. November 25, 2007. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
- ^ "In Appreciation of… Bob Lind". Mr Douglas Anderson. May 1, 2010. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
- ^ "Dispatch From Day 1 Of The Delray Beach Playhouse's Playwright Festival". South Florida Theatre Magazine. October 27, 2019. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
- ^ ""Another thank you to more friends and supporters last night at the Charlotte Burrie Center in Pompano Beach...."". Curtain Call Playhouse Facebook Page. May 14, 2023. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
- ^ "All the News That Seemed Unfit to Print". Washingtonpost.com. August 7, 2007. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
- ^ "An Interview with the Former 'Weekly World News' Editor Who Created Bat Boy". Vice.com. September 3, 2014. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
- ^ "Interview with Bob Lind | Tending The Pale Bloom". Palebloomsandbeyond.wordpress.com. March 7, 2010. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
- ^ "Bob Lind (The Only Way Is Down) – Pulp | Listen, Appearances, Song Review". AllMusic. October 2, 2001. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
- ^ "Bob Lind Perspective (DVD)". Boblind.com. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
- ^ "Bob Lind – Finding You Again". Goofin Records. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
- ^ Solomon, Jon (November 6, 2013). "The Colorado Music Hall of Fame's class of 2013". Blogs.westword.com. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
- ^ "The Maryland Entertainment Hall of Fame". Facebook. November 2, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
- ^ "Music – Bob Lind online". Retrieved August 3, 2016.
- ^ "Bob Lind – Magellan Was Wrong – Ace Records". Retrieved August 3, 2016.
- ^ Torn, Luke. ""Bob Lind: Something Worse Than Loneliness"". UNCUT. No. April 2022.
- ^ von Tersch, Gary. "Bob Lind: Something Worse Than Loneliness". Shindig!. No. 125.
- ^ "THE ROAD PLAYS by Bob Lind". New English American Theatre. NEAT. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
- ^ "Festival 2024". Broward Folk Club. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
- ^ Good Times Long Island (February 3, 2024). "Bob Lind - Elusive Butterfly" (video). You Tube. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
South Florida Folk and Acoustic Music Festival 2/3/2024
- ^ "Bob Lind". The Official Chart Company.
External links
- Official website
- Bob Lind appreciation website
- Spectropop's Bob Lind page has album and touring information.