Let The Wind Carry Me

from Still by Larry Mindel

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My grandfather left his home in a tiny rural village in Europe at the turn of the last century, for a better life in England. Let The Wind Carry Me imagines him (or someone very like him) as they raise a family, and make a life in a new, strange, modern world in a new land.

For the full story (and photos) please go to the blog on my website www.larrymindel.com

By buying my music, you are donating to Long Covid research, and helping support groups. All money you spend (net of basic costs) goes on to Long Covid causes. I appreciate your contribution. Thank you!

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Miri's on the rainy quayside
Miri takes my hand
We take a final moment
To breathe in our land
And we set sail tonight
With an unborn baby on a stormy sea
She speaks to us silently
Let the wind carry me

I’ve worked hard and I speak the language now
Miri mops my brow
At weekends we take the time out
To see where we are now
And our daughter goes to college
Greta knows so much more than we
She tells us so gently
Let the wind carry me
Let the wind, let the wind
Let the wind carry me

I doze and look across the garden
Miri speaks for me
They take a final photo
We are of a world that used to be
Greta's children are on a swing
Strong and easy, laughing and free
They cry as they go so high
Let the wind carry me
Let the wind, let the wind
Let the wind carry me

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from Still, released November 11, 2022
Written by Larry Mindel

Played by Larry Mindel (vocals), Alastair Gavin (piano, keyboards), Joao Silva (strings), PJ Ciarla (drums) and Matteo Galesi (bass, all other instruments)

Produced, arranged and mixed by Matteo Galesi

Recorded at Cowshed Studios and elsewhere in London, Islay and Barcelona. Remastered from the original single

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Larry Mindel London, UK

Larry has been living with Long Covid throughout 2022.

Proceeds go to Long Covid causes.

Larry Mindel makes music for the ages that draws on folk and jazz traditions.

Geographic and human landscapes come together - in Antarctica, a wetlands in New Zealand, the Australian outback, the lowlands of Suffolk, the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides.... ... more

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