Mandolin Wind

Album: Every Picture Tells a Story (1971)
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: ROD STEWART
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 5

  • Rnmorton from West Chester PaThere is no music better than Rod's early tunes. This was always one of my favorites. He sang it live in Atlantic City in February 2025. He said it was the first time he had sang it on tour since 1999. He didn't explain why, but I'm glad he did it for us.
  • Ken Underhill from St. LouisI rank this song, along with Wichita Lineman by Glen Campbell as the two most evocative, heart-stirring tunes in the modern era. Gorgeous melodies, winsome, weary, beguiling voices and lyrics that pay tribute to the women who make their lives worth living. Both are songs for the ages...
  • Robert from Gurgaon, IndiaThanks for the history about the theme for Rod Stewart's Mandolin Wind but what is a "Mandolin Wind"?
  • Frobert from Santa Cruz, Ca"Failed relationship though the love remains". Boy howdy I got a few of these! Thats the stuff is made of. Wouldn't trade it.
  • Heather from Los Angeles, CaThis is a beautiful song. I had no idea that it was not a story about Stewart's own experience. I had thought it was about the same girl he sings about in "You wear it well". I guess it's because in "you wear it well" he mentions that the girl lives in Minnesota and Mandolin Wind is about struggling through a bitterly cold winter. Also both songs revolve around regret regarding a relationship. The love seems in the present tense in Mandolin Wind but by You Wear it well the relationship has failed although the love remains. Guess I got that wrong!
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