Molly Drake - How Wild The Wind Blows

An acorn carries an oak tree
Sleeping but for a little while;
Winter lies in the arms of spring
As a mother carries her child
...And never knows
How wild the wind blows
A thought carries a universe
A seed carries a field of grain
Love lies in the arms of change
As a joy carries a pain
And noone knows
How wild the wind blows
The mother of British singer/songwriter Nick Drake, Molly Drake was never a recording artist during her lifetime. She died at the age of 77 in 1993, nearly 20 years after her son's passing. At the time Nick Drake's cult was already substantial, but had yet to grow to such large proportions as it would within a decade. However, until the 2000 Nick Drake documentary A Skin Too Few, it wasn't known that his mother might have wielded a substantial influence upon his music, as that film included a couple of recordings of Molly Drake that bore some eerie resemblance to her son in style. A couple of recordings of her playing (on piano) and singing her own compositions, "Try to Remember" and "Poor Mum," appear on the 2007 Nick Drake compilation Family Tree.

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[Raymantico]

she was lovely...passed on her gifts to Nick

[mattgouette]

Absolutely astounding. I can't even call it great track, because that would cheapen it. This is a piece of art, a piece of history. We'll never hear her voice again, the voices of those birds singing, or even those same chiming church bells. Amazing...

[silentslip]

Makes me wish they'd done a song or two together.

[VolkersJohan]

It seems Molly and Nick were both very sensitive people. But oh boy, what a moving songs both recorded!

[CMaxCooper]

How the wind blows the beautiful souls.

[timjmoran]

Assuming this is Nick Drakes' Mother... I recently heard on a radio Doc

on Nick Drake( could be found, most likely @ NPR--- Resound( that is the name

of the show- broadcast 3.26..) that she was a major influence on Nick.. and you

can DEFinitely hear that here!!! Lovely tune.

[RobertWilsonMusic]

This is so beautiful.

[kylabotting]

i love how you can hear the birds and church bells ringing in the background..beautiful!

[waynealarsen]

Like Pink Moon this song is too short. strange how the sound quality picks up after the first few seconds. this song is beautiful.

[jr002q2044]

haunting an deeply beautiful. thanx 4 sharing x