Posted by Fred Corcoran
on 11/3/2009, 1:38 am
From a website for "sing365.com"
The Reviews about Chilly Winds (page 1/1)
------ performed by Kingston Trio
A Collaboration of The Kingston Trio and the Mamas & Papas | Reviewer: Dick Dutson | 7/29/09
One of the prettiest songs John Stwewart ever wrote. He wrote it with John Phillips from the Mamas and Papas out on Sausalito bay one afternoon when he (John Stewart) was a member of the famed Kingston Trio in the 19060s. They'd borrowed a rowboat from Nick Reynolds (one of the other guys in The Kingston Trio) and rowed out about two miles in shorts and t-shirts to go fishing, not knowing the weather was about to change. About an hour later, the winds picked up and the temperature dropped considerably. At some point, one of them said, "Geez, these are really chilly winds." To which the other replied, "Hey, that's a great title for a song." Because they didn't have anything to write on, they ended up rowing over to The Kingston Trio's secretary's (Charlotte Larson) house and (according to Charlotte) wrote about 50 verses. The best recording of the song is on The Kingston Trio's College Concert album recorded live at UCLA in 1962.
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