They Call The Wind Maria by The Kingston Trio

[YeahRightInc]

I would have sworn on the Hungry i album that I read Nick Reynolds sang the lead and played percussion on this song at that show. Am I remembering this wrong?

[CompVid101]

@YeahRightInc - actually, Reynolds is the only one NOT singing on this cut. Nick had a great and flexible voice - but three notes in, this is (and was on hungry i) none other than the inimitable voice of Bob Shane, arguably the best individual voice to come out of the pop-folk era. You Can hear John Stewart here singing behind Bob; on hungry i, it was Dave Guard. But the lead on both albums was certainly Shane. Nick is rockin' those bongos, though.

[ed1cat1]

What an awesome performance. To all of those folk purist snobs who diss the KT, I don't give a crap about political messages, social comment or Dylanesque hipness . I'm into the MUSIC. Musicanship, great voices, harmony, showmanship. These guys had it in spades and as evidenced by this clip, Bob Shane had one of the truly great voices of our time. So underrated because these guys decided that they wanted to make a good living at this.

[CompVid101]

@ed1cat1 - couldn't agree more, edcate!

[tokjct]

Many years ago, back in '59, when I was a student at Johns Hopkins and a Phi Sig, I had a guitar, and I knew about seven or eight chords. I had a fond affection for the Kingston Trio, amongst the folk groups of the day. One of their songs was Mariah and I adopted it as my theme song. (Sorry, folks, but that's how I always spelled it.) I must have sung it in the "House" and out hundreds of times...and my Goucher sweetheart of those days, Helen, sometimes would join me in a duet of the song.

[Sayaswift]

^_^ This makes me smile. My dad would sing this to me as a little girl. I was named after my great grandmother who spelled it Maria. But my mom spelled it with an "h" so people wouldn't call me Ma-ree-a (Maria) :P

[52sunnyd]

 oh just enjoy the song.

[thehistorywatcher]

This is, by far, the best version of this song.

[RiceMariah]

The correct spelling is Mariah, not Maria. I should know. My name is Mariah and the name has been in my family for over 100 years.

[CompVid101]

@RiceMariah - Sorry, but you don't and your wrong on 2 counts. First, in England the name Maria was traditionally pronounced with a long i, Mar-Eye-ah. Second and more importantly, the song by Lerner and Loewe from their musical "Paint Your Wagon" is copyrighted and published as "Maria," as here. Google any site - L&L, the musical itself, Wikipedia, any of the Kingston trio albums it appears on, including this one - you will see "Maria" everywhere for this song.

[HS3rdYear]

@CompVid101 It's still pronounced; "Muh-rye-ah". In iambic pantameter in Shakespeare's Tweltfh Night, it's spelled Maria and pronounced "Muh-rye-ah". :P

[CompVid101]

@HS3rdYear - which is exactly what I say above.

[7855waldo]

@CompVid101 - What idiot would "Google" or use any of these irresponsible rumornets to prove a fact?

Buy a dictionary and reference books, wise up. 

[sensei48]

@7855waldo -Fool. Find the copyright info, printed sheet music, anything you want off of the internet. It was, is, and will be "Maria."

[7855waldo]

@sensei48 - The plethora of unreliable narrratives coming at us from all directions. In the street or the blogospheres, there are no editors, no proofreaders and no fact-checkers..."

In your case, this warning is "pearls before swine."

[sensei48]

@7855waldo - OK, enough levity. You're right, of course, about the unreliability of much of what's on the web - but of course, that has always been so in the era of mass media, including newspapers and books in the prior era. The point of a liberal education (and of course, this is a term that does not relate to politics) is to refine the ability to judge just what information is reliable and what is not.

[sensei48]

@7855waldo -However, having said that, you misread my previous reply. I was urging you to seek non-internet sources - "off of the web" as opposed to on it - to confirm the accuracy of the spelling in question. Commercially-printed music and recordings are licensed from copyright - and you will find in every case that the spelling is "Maria." And for the sake of disclosure, this is video is my upload, CompVid101 being one of my other channels.

[7855waldo]

@sensei48 - Thanks for your observations, well received and appreciated.

One small point - I never had an opinion about the spelling of the name. I think either way is just fine, the main thing is, it's a wonderful song.

[CompVid101]

@7855waldo - that, of course, is the whole point, waldo!

[Musicalfall]

@RiceMariah I know it sucks x.X I want a song that is pronoucned right

[Dulcimerbreezes]

This was the first version I ever heard of Maria, so it'll always be my favorite. It's been many years since I've heard it. Oh, what good memories hearing the Kingston Trio invokes!

[Rudimentarypenis]

I like the version on "Paint your Wagon," much more... even though I'm in love with the Kingston Trio.

[csdenison]

Why is the fire Joe?

[FuzzyElf]

@csdenison Well, they couldn't very well call it "TESS," now, could they? I mean, that's rain. :D

[tineaversicolor86]

The proper spelling of this classic song is Maria.

[CompVid101]

@tineaversicolor86 - right you are and thanks for mentioning that. But I believe that gamerinc12 has left the building...

[djl1098]

Alan and his boys did a great job with this one, Jim. I don't have it yet, but am encouraged to make haste after hearing tnis.

[CompVid101]

Right, Dave! Let me say I don't think you'll be disappointed. I was never a huge fan of KT live albums other than Hungry i - but this Flashback knocked my socks off in every way.

[tjduhon]

Absolutely just got better with age. Great song, great music, great voices.

[Michael5191949]

Classic! Excellent! Bob Shane just got better with age.

[DEATHMAJOR]

No one better than the Kingston Trio.

[Mizz3itch]

i was named after this song :) <3

[CompVid101]

Excellent taste on your part, I'd say. :) How could she resist it?

[gamerinc12]

you spelled her name wrong tho. its Mariah. not maria :)

[ronetteloverz]

or future ex-wife