Song of the Week 21: The Wayward Wind

Another song from the Western Writers of America’s Top 100 Western Songs, “The Wayward Wind” was composed by Stanley Lebowsky with lyrics by Herb Newman. The biggest recordings were by Tex Ritter and Gogi Grant in 1956, but versions are documented by Jimmy Young, Shirley Bassey, Sam Cooke, The Everly Brothers, Gene Vincent, The Beatles, Patsy Cline, Frank Ifield, Sylvia, Neil Young, and more.

Our cover version relies mostly on the Gogi Grant arrangement but replacing strings and horns with guitar and organ. It adheres to our feeling that “if it wasn’t included in a western movie, it should have been.”