I have tears in my eyes, watching Bob and his Butterfly. A video to be treasured. Your butterfly has stopped the time back to that magic moment in 1966, end of summer. Be sure, your butterfly will always be flying...
What a beautiful song. I played it the other day not knowing what it was - until i heard it! Im 58 and live in England and definitely remember hearing this as a kid but not heard it since. Cant stop playing it and could also imagine Glen Campbell covering it.
I had the pleasure of watching Bob Lind perform at the Glendale Icehouse back in 1967. In the audience was Neil Young. He was invited on stage and the two performed a song . What an evening.
Wow! I have been wanting to sing Bob Lind's 'Butterfly of Love' for a long time at karaoke. I have always loved that song since my High School Days. I'm not a professional singer but, hey, nobody's on a label at karaoke, and nobody paid to get in. 😄 Bob you are a GREAT person, entertainer, and professional!!!
Thanks to Amazon Music that bought lots of past music so beautiful that I had never heard of even though it was in my time. This is one of the best and I listened to it every morning. Never my love was my second most favorite.
Wow! How special! Butterfly was sheer 60's poetry! Didn't know his writing was so prolific. Wikipedia: Robert Neale Lind (born November 25, 1942) is an American folk-music singer-lyricist, who helped define the 1960s folk rock movement in the U.S. and UK.[1] Lind is well known for his transatlantic hit record, "Elusive Butterfly",[2] which reached number 5 on both the US and UK charts in 1966. Many musicians have recorded songs by Lind, who continues to write, record and perform.
Back in the days before internet, and long after Bob Lind's initial popularity had faded, I hand wrote him a letter to express my appreciation for those first four album releases of his in the 60's that meant so much to me. I received back a handwritten letter, which I still have somewhere, in which he thanked me for my response to his music but in which he said that he was so much prouder of the music he was writing at that time for the likes of Richie Haven, and that the music he wrote in the 60's didn't mean as much to him anymore. That disappointed me so much to learn that it meant more to me than it did to him! But it didn't change my attitude toward that wonderful poetry and beautiful arrangements on those 60's albums. In fact, I still play them to this day, and they still mean as much to me as ever.
Thank you, I have listened to this on AM Radio.....it was all we had back in the 60's. Bob Lind is a Brilliant Song Writer .... I always remember this song when I feel I need comforting... Thank you,, Mr. Bob Lind . For you are beautiful! ♥️🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🇬🇧
Odd how a song comes to mind after 50 years and not hearing it. I was thinking about my sweetheart whom I lost in June and this song came to mind. Not that it had an special memory but, what the song did, was remind me of love lost and any thoughts of sharing such deep love again will forever remain elusive . God Bless
