Such a beautiful old soul. I met Kate thru her soon to be husband Don Coffin in 1971. Don and I had a music class together at Sonoma State College. He invited me to his beautiful Victorian house he shared with Kate in Sebastopol one night to jam. We sat in her kitchen by the old wood stove and sang and sang till the wee hours of the morning. I went back often to sing and play with her and Don. I treasure those moments. She was only 29 then but this was not her first time on the planet. I was mesmerized by her presence. One night I was at one of her gigs and she asked me up on stage to join her in a couple of songs we used to play on those nights in her kitchen. I will forever be grateful for that experience. She was just a struggling singer/songwriter in those days, but I'm so happy she broke thru to the public and became a success. Her star will forever shine bright in the Universe. RIP Sweet Kate.
I have loved Kate Wolf for many years and had the privelege of caring for her when she was ill-what an amazing grace filled women-God bless you always Kate.Gone way to early ...
Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello brings smile to your face!....
That's impressive. The Tibetan believe if you lived a life of compassion you will accept old age better. I bet Kate was very gracious when you took care of her
An acoustic guitar, a bass, 2 voices. No auto tune BS, meaningful lyrics. I'm a 46 yo French guy and I can't stop being nostalgic of a period that was over when I was born. Today's music is far, far from such a quality writing and composing.
It depends on what genre you listen, mainstream radiopop is plastic. But hardrock, heavy/power/black metal is the real thing. Hope someone will continue the heritage from the good old country/singer-songwriter-music such as Kate Wolf, Joan Baez, Cash, Kristofferson, Jennings, Nelson, George Jones fex 🙏
I found Kate’s music as my wife’s memory started to fade. Each day as took care of my wife, Kate’s music helped me cope. Now that my sweet wife is gone Kate’s music helps me remember. And shed my tears. My wife’s name was Kay. To love and be love is everything.
Ich lag mit Krebs im Hals im Kranken Haus.... und fand diesen Song von Kate Wolf.... es war phänomenal fast wie ein positiver Stich in mein Herz...... als ich dann noch raus fand das S I E an Krebs gestorben ist brach es mir mein Herz und gab mir gleichzeitig ..... den Willen... das zu überleben.... habe dann ohne Noten Kenntnisse geübt geübt geübt heute kann ich green Eyes selber spielen. Nein nicht in ihrer Qualität, aber mit Hochachtung vor IHR und mit Dankbarkeit an ihren Song..... unendlich dankbar 🙏🕯
Willy you are “bang on” , this song is what I will remember when sang me to sleep. Thanks 😊. I love Joan Baez , Simon &garfunkel , the eagles, in fact that I grew up in that generation of such a profusion of talent, I an 75 years old, ( God spares me a couple of months) it’s the music that can lift your stir it
Yes, Kate was 'the voice' for me.. we sounded so much the same.. I know we were somehow connected.. I met her about a year before she died.. I loved her like a sister...and still cry for her. She was and remains unique in her style.. no one sounds like Kate.. just Kate
I heard this song once before back around 1986 and it’s lyrics appealed to me instantly but I never heard it since I guess it was played at the time Kate passed away RIP but by chance It came up in You Tube mix and I can’t stop playing it all week. Kate must have been a woman who was soaking in love kindness caring and romance. I also learned she’s left this world far too soon back in December 10/1986 this brings me to tears every time I hear her sing this wonderful song. Long live your music Kate your children must be very proud of you 👏❤️
I agree. Went through a double barrel wife loss, many years apart and many years ago. I learned. about loss and there's no easy way, but future awaits us. Grief & Splender for all of us that, want it to come. More later.
I'm 60 years old and spent half a lifetime working on tour with all the big bands and I have never heard a song More poetic and mournful and meaningful than this one
Yes, memories of this song and album were with me and my daughters and their father on a logging camp in Alaska back in 1986. She moved my heart deeply at this time in my life, and I still love her so. So sorry she left us so soon being stricken with cancer.
November 4, 2021 marks a special day in my life. It is the day I first knew of Kate Wolf and heard her sing. The date also marks the day of this...my very first RUclips post. How I came across this "Kate Wolf-Green Eyes" RUclips video is a complete mystery; the video just appeared in the right-hand column of up-coming videos...was listened to...and DESERVED comment. I am now very conflicted. Since my early days of college in the 1960s, Joan Baez has always been my favorite female folk singer...especially Joan singing Bob Dylan songs. And then, today, for the very first time, I heard Kate Wolf sing "Green Eyes" with the voice of an angel. WOW! What a voice! So calming. So beautiful.
I’ve listened to her since I was a child. My mom played her records all the time. I’m 52 now. I’m not sure I can imagine my life growing up without us all singing her songs. Truly one of the most beautiful singer/songwriters to have existed. Close to Me, is the most heartbreaking and beautiful albums to ever have been made in my opinion! Welcome to the Kate Wolf fan club!!
I only discovered Kate Wolf a couple of months ago and was dismayed and saddened to discover that she is no longer with us. A wonderful talent with a beautiful voice, taken from us far too soon. ❤
I just discovered her a couple days ago, I received an autographed copy of her Big Blue Sky cd along with a lot of old music CDs, and she actually signs her name Kayte Wolf, and this is dated 8/11/02. I love the warmth of her voice.
Same thing happened to me last year. Just stumbled across this video while listening to other songs. I was blown away. Couldn't believe I'd never heard of her or this song. I probably listened to this song for several hours on repeat. The guitar is perfect and her voice is heavenly.
Amazed. At the younger generation that has just heard her for first time, and the ones that are singing her material. People still yearn for beautiful music like thist.
Wow. Where have I been? First time I've heard this lovely sweet voice. Passed at 44? My, what a tragedy. Thumbs down? Really. My God this world has become so damn cruel.
leeger777 no kidding I just found this. Then to find out she is gone. Example of parallel realities. She exists as if alive and well, perfect voice and evoking emotions....
This has really touched me Victor. I just lost my Mom, I was holding her hand as I saw her take her last breath. It was the greatest honor I've ever felt in my life. I hope the year has been kind to you in your grieving process as I hope mine will be as my year has just begun. As I play this song over again here's to you Kay and Jackie. You are still deeply loved.
I heard of Kate wolf. This is the first time I am hearing her performance. I am sorry she passed away at age 44. I want to convey my condolences and express my heartfelt sympathy to her family, friends and relatives.
Yes I too am still listening in 2023. I am moved each and every time. Words can't express my sorrow at her passing even after all these years. Love and gratitude from Australia ❤❤❤
Listening in 2024. I had the privilege of meeting her in the early 80s as a child. Also remember my mom devastated when she died not that many years later.
Ooh, I lived near her in Sonoma County and loved her then, and into now. I have her old albums and cherish them. She's always been an angel. She still makes me cry
First time I have heard this beautiful song with such a amazing singer and band. I lost my 21 yr old daughter 9 years ago . And this song reminds so much of her. We all find comfort and solace in certain songs. And this song is one of those that means so much too so many on many different levels. God bless you for bringing this song to the world.
Same here Ian. Dont know how she slipped past my "radar" And how about that singing harmony with that Bass player. I am really so taken with her performance. Beautiful lady too.OHHH I just saw in one of the comments she dies in 86. Terrible loss. I guess that explains a lot, huh?
I must be addicted to KATE'S music. .because I can't stop listening to it. Her voice is beautiful and her lyrics are mesmerizing. She is quite unique with her musical talents.
Andrew Prokopis happened to me exactly the same way. Never heard of her before, I’m now hooked on all her songs, finding new ones every time I go digging, wonderful stuff.
No idea that she ever lived. Just heard her just now for the first time. She‘s so impressive... The good always go too young. But a part of her is still here. With us. Thanks for being with us.
I’m glad I stumbled onto this video. It’s the first I’ve heard of Kate Wolf and I can feel the U.S.A soul in her. Beautiful and calm. Just what we all need these days, it makes me want to visit 👏🏻👏🏻
Contigo irmão na mesma emoção.Espero que esta princesa e rainha esteja nas melhores casas celestiais, já que como um anjo em sua voz nos permitiu sentir um pedaço de seu paraíso. Sagrado seja teu destino nossa divina princesa.
This tune will follow me into eternity. What a songwriter, what a person. Many years after she left us she still is here. I do not believe in God, but let him/her watch over Kate’s soul.
Kate Wolf has been an enigma for me...everytime I find something I havent heard by her before it resonates for me in a way only one other artist ever has...I dont know how to give higher praise than that. Her music always touches me, nearly always moves me...another great loss of talent to the perils that life presents. Her appearance in my life at opportune moments speaks to a greater plan I dont understand or crazy happenstance. I have to wonder by what logic many others were allowed to live (myself included) and she was taken so early. Clearly a mystery and tragedy of chance or an act of a god I dont understand. But in spite of the confusion about her, I am absolutely soul bound to her music in a way that is in itself incomprehensible. And I will accept that and be grateful for it.
Had the pleasure and privilege of seeing her perform at Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, CA, way back in the day (early/middle 80s). So it was just before her tragic death in 1986. My friend and I went up to the stage after her performance to thank her for her music. She then graciously signed the album we had just bought. She told my friend, "Oh, you have such beautiful earrings!" My friend promptly took them off and gave them to Kate. Kate didn't want to accept them saying, "Oh, they are much too beautiful to give away." My friend said, "It's a small exchange for all the pleasure you've brought me with your music. Please. Take them. It would make me so happy." Kate smiled beautifully and put the earrings on there and then. A precious memory!
C'est au hasard que j'ai découvert cette merveilleuse artiste, depuis je ne cesse d'écouter ses nombreux titres. C'est juste magnifique, quel talent, quel artiste cette voix m'envoute. Vous êtes partie trop tôt Kate mais votre musique restera éternelle. 🙏
@@suzannelawson9215 I didn't know I went to listen to a few titles, her voice is a little higher than Kate Wolf's, she reminds me a bit of Joan Baez. It is true that in France we are far from familiar with the American folk repertoire of yesterday and today, which must be very rich. It's a great discovery!!! THANKS !! 🙏
u are so lucky i am so lucky too we need this calming voice to clam us through these fucken days hope u guys all here good and healthy from here in Syria with all pain but still we could enjoy beautiful songs
I listening to this at least once a day.The voice is so memorable and her lirics so poetic.Such a beautiful clear voice, soothing the soul.I love these songs, and I love Kate...from Chicago, Illinois. Greetings.
This album was recorded live at Austin City Limits in 1985, at the peak of Kate's career, not long before she was diagnosed with the leukemia that took her from us. I was lucky enough to see her at McCabe's in Santa Monica in the early 1980s, and lucky enough that she sang her all-time hit "Give Yourself to Love" and my fave, "The Trumpet Vine." Two warmer songs I never heard. When she passed, Garrison Keillor played her "Give Yourself to Love" and spoke a brief, moving tribute to her that left no eyes dry.
Her voice is so lovely, I felt so peaceful listening to this, but it's pretty sad Love her beautiful voice but have never heard about her What do you admire most about her?
Kates voice, is ethereal, haunting, and this beautiful ballad, is really her song. It just re-enforces the saying that it’s beautiful music makes the human spirit soar forever upwards.
Sad for me. I just discovered Kate Wolf today, and found out immediately that she is no longer with us. Same thing happened to last year with me with Eva Cassidy. Never knew about either of them, fell in love with their voices and arrangements and then ... gone! Weird. Thanks to Kennethrm3 for posting this!
A voice like Eva's comes along once a generation. Maybe. If w're lucky. The record industry completely missed the boat with Eva. She was not easily 'categorized' (too eclectic), so they never picked her up. Wht a goddamn shocking waste, no....?
7 years later. I discovered Kate Wolf too. Far, far to late. Beautifull!! We will remember her beautifull songs, performance because of RUclips! Thanks!
Totally beautiful soulful voice projecting kindness and honesty. I play all tracks in my workshop all day and the place becomes quiet and work becomes a pleasure. RIP wonderful woman
Meine Frau hat mich auf sie aufmerksam gemacht. So eine wunderbare, warme Stimme. Es geht direkt ins Herz ❤ Nur schade, dass ich sie nicht schon vor Jahren gehört habe, soetwas lief leider nie im deutschen Radio. Aber, das ist das gute und positive an der heutigen Zeit, ermöglicht das Netz einen solch phantastische Künstler auch besser spät, als nie, zu entdecken
I found Kate Wolf through Nancy Griffith Videos and fell in love b/c my wife, Yvonne has Green Eyes and she said Everything I wanted to say. I have a Southern Rock Band ~ Southern Revolution Band; with my Son ~ Shane and my Daughter ~ Corina. I'm 67 yrs. old and I think Kate Wolf is 2nd to None in the Music Business~ God Bless Her! Wish I could of known her years ago ...
I'm walking the same path, watching small pieces of my wife's memories and cognitive abilities slip through our fingers. We listen to Kate and find solace there. Even as her beautiful eyes miss more and more.
On another Kate Wolfe rabbit hole after Nanci's passing. A number of years ago (thinking about it it's probably nearly 30!) I was at an Eric Bogle concert in London...and got him to sign the cover of Poets Heart (written about him by Kate). God she was so good
I heard her on WNPR (National Public Radio) for the first time tonight here in northern Indiana, and found her voice so haunting and lyrics poetic I was amazed at such talent and artistry - the song stayed with me all night until I could get home and look her up - Her words speak volumes to me and now I find that she has gone, but she did leave a legacy in her recordings - some great stuff -
King Perkins I found her on a compilation CD a friend made about 7 years ago. Couldn't find her name for awhile. Finally found her, only to find she lives on only in song. I love you Kate Wolf.
Don't understand how people with such talent don't get played on radio stations. Same applies to people like Suzanne Vega, Loudon Wainwright III , Sandy Denny, Kate Rusby, Kate and Anmna McGarrgle, Richard and Linda Thompson. The list goes on.
I heard this song and read Victors words and I shed tears My wife passed away in May.Kate has a beautiful voice and the words meant so much to me bringing back vivid memories.Thank you Kate and all the best to you Victor
I just love how peaceful her voice sounds So touching, and her voice is so lovely wow this is pretty sad But have never heard about her before, Who's she?
Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello brings smile to your face!....
Lovely greeting from Finland. Just lately I found this beautiful singer and the song of Kate Wolf. Although I have travelled around the world and heard many many singers I never happened to hear her beautiful voice before. Best luck and God's blessing to Kate Wolf! further more!
She was such a beautiful person, I was so blessed to have known her, she never wanted to make it big, when she passed on I was in Alaska and friends sent me clips from the newspapers in San Francisco and Nevada City Calif. what a loss, she was a genuine angel on earth.
You were truly blessed So sorry for your loss But that’s how we often realize our blessings is through our losses God Bless you &!Kate & all those who love her music
Kate Wolf wrote so many awesome songs. This is one of my favourites. Still hard to believe she has been gone for so many years. I wish there had been a cure for her, she died way too young. Extremely talented lady.
It astonishes me, as a very recent inductee to Kate's music, that she is not better known, certainly here in the U.K.. I have been searching for anything I can find and have even identified and purchased 5 Vinyl L.P's, there is comparatively little available this side of the water. I have made it my mission to get her a little better known here to the extent that I sang Green Eyes at my Folk club last night with the endorsement that my fellow club members check out how it sounds when sung by an Angels voice. She has harpooned me and it is a joyful pain. I am looking to attend her Anniversary Concert next January just to be near some of those who will have known her. I guess it is never too late to discover great music.
I listen to a lot of female singer-songwriters but this is the first time I have heard Kate Wolf. Lovely voice and a fine song. So sad that she died so young. I will definitely listen to more of her songs.
Hi ,I've been a fan of Emmylou since first seeing her on The Old Grey Whistle Test mid 70s, got all her studio albums since not until 2007 when a box set Songbird Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems came out to celebrate Emmys 60th birthday, one gem was Kate's Love Still Remains, Emmy recorded it for the album Treasures Left Behind. Remembering Kate Wolf , the first I heard of Kate , AJ Lee sings Here in California , she is just 20 a beautiful voice, from Tracy California there are videos of both AJ and Molly Tuttle from Palo Alto on RUclips ,Molly is IBMA guitar player of the year 2017 and 2018
I think she might have had the slight misfortune to become better known in the late '70s around the time punk was surfacing and the baby was thrown out with the bathwater.I was going to folk clubs regularly at the time and knew of her but didn't actually hear her-which is a shame going by what we have here.
Quelle douceur, quelle grâce, quelle âme délicieuse ! Cette voix si pure et sans effets, légèrement voilée, murmurée, presque rêvée me touche autant que celle d'Eva Cassidy. Découverte ce matin seulement grâce à vous, elle m'accompagnera désormais. Mille merci !
I listen to this at least once a day. So wonderful hearing a beautiful voice not being squelched by instrumentation. This is music as it should be. Story telling at its best.
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
I just heard this song, casually, for the first time. I found the music so wonderful, his voice, his smile, his look ... so I started reading the comments, which should necessarily be excellent. But the first thing I read was very cruel and heartbreakingly painful: Kate Wolf is no longer with us, at least physically ...; perhaps a being too beautiful for this world plagued with miseries, and God will have wanted to take her somewhere more worthy. I write this while I listen to it and water the keyboard with my tears. Kate, how I would have liked to have met you before! ... May God bless you forever!
@@cashopa Yes same here, and like the guy above, though I don't have so much time for it since having to busk 🎻 in Veliko Turnovo, 7-10 years ago, I have always loved those Irish trad. Jigs and reels. Hard to believe the years that have flown, and that she died so young, but anyway - we "met" at last thank RUclips and it's Uploaders ! I hope One day sanity will return to this Earth, and give room for some Music !!
Such a beautiful old soul. I met Kate thru her soon to be husband Don Coffin in 1971. Don and I had a music class together at Sonoma State College. He invited me to his beautiful Victorian house he shared with Kate in Sebastopol one night to jam. We sat in her kitchen by the old wood stove and sang and sang till the wee hours of the morning. I went back often to sing and play with her and Don. I treasure those moments. She was only 29 then but this was not her first time on the planet. I was mesmerized by her presence. One night I was at one of her gigs and she asked me up on stage to join her in a couple of songs we used to play on those nights in her kitchen. I will forever be grateful for that experience. She was just a struggling singer/songwriter in those days, but I'm so happy she broke thru to the public and became a success. Her star will forever shine bright in the Universe. RIP Sweet Kate.
Your comment "not the first time on this planet" was interesting.
Thank you for sharing this! Precious memories!
Your words paint a wonderful picture, and insight into her life. Why are so many such as she taken so early? Thank you for your post on this site.
Kate's sweetness and soul transpires in her beautiful songs...
Yes
I have loved Kate Wolf for many years and had the privelege of caring for her when she was ill-what an amazing grace filled women-God bless you always Kate.Gone way to early ...
Did you care for her at UCSF in her final days back in 1986 Bryn?
Sounds like my story with my Joyce
Im in tears now 2023..... wow.......
Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello brings smile to your face!....
That's impressive. The Tibetan believe if you lived a life of compassion you will accept old age better. I bet Kate was very gracious when you took care of her
An acoustic guitar, a bass, 2 voices. No auto tune BS, meaningful lyrics. I'm a 46 yo French guy and I can't stop being nostalgic of a period that was over when I was born. Today's music is far, far from such a quality writing and composing.
I have been playing and singing since I was 12 same heart and soul there are some of us still here praise GOD
It depends on what genre you listen, mainstream radiopop is plastic. But hardrock, heavy/power/black metal is the real thing. Hope someone will continue the heritage from the good old country/singer-songwriter-music such as Kate Wolf, Joan Baez, Cash, Kristofferson, Jennings, Nelson, George Jones fex 🙏
Every now and again you find someone doing this still but you are right, a lost time.
That's a truly romantic song and a pretty lady.
T’as raison
I found Kate’s music as my wife’s memory started to fade. Each day as took care of my wife, Kate’s music helped me cope. Now that my sweet wife is gone Kate’s music helps me remember. And shed my tears. My wife’s name was Kay. To love and be love is everything.
Victor Vogelsang beautiful
Tis better to have loved and lost than never love at all. Hang in there Victor
Kate Wolf's music heals your soul.
How wonderful to honor your beloved Kay this way.
ann am fois
Ich lag mit Krebs im Hals im Kranken Haus.... und fand diesen Song von Kate Wolf.... es war phänomenal fast wie ein positiver Stich in mein Herz...... als ich dann noch raus fand das S I E an Krebs gestorben ist brach es mir mein Herz und gab mir gleichzeitig ..... den Willen... das zu überleben.... habe dann ohne Noten Kenntnisse geübt geübt geübt heute kann ich green Eyes selber spielen.
Nein nicht in ihrer Qualität, aber mit Hochachtung vor IHR und mit Dankbarkeit an ihren Song..... unendlich dankbar 🙏🕯
It is 2024 and I am here. It is lovely
So I know who I am and what itis
Ich höre es auch immer wieder gerne.❤😢
who are you
Green eyes ... belong to few nations. My green eyes drive me nuts as we are not good on strong winds. However, GOOD on other stuff which compensates.
So am I…
Writing from across the pond: France…
Kate Wolf had - in my opinion - the most soulful, soothing voice in this world.
Willy you are “bang on” , this song is what I will remember when sang me to sleep. Thanks 😊. I love Joan Baez , Simon &garfunkel , the eagles, in fact that I grew up in that generation of such a profusion of talent, I an 75 years old, ( God spares me a couple of months) it’s the music that can lift your stir it
The music gives you such a spiritual lift you feel that you can cope with anything.
Amen to that!! Outrageously beautiful
Yes, Kate was 'the voice' for me.. we sounded so much the same.. I know we were somehow connected.. I met her about a year before she died.. I loved her like a sister...and still cry for her. She was and remains unique in her style.. no one sounds like Kate.. just Kate
I heard this song once before back around 1986 and it’s lyrics appealed to me instantly but I never heard it since I guess it was played at the time Kate passed away RIP but by chance It came up in You Tube mix and I can’t stop playing it all week. Kate must have been a woman who was soaking in love kindness caring and romance. I also learned she’s left this world far too soon back in December 10/1986 this brings me to tears every time I hear her sing this wonderful song. Long live your music Kate your children must be very proud of you 👏❤️
Best 5 minutes 13 seconds ever spent. What a musician. Love this so much.
She's summat else beautiful!!
Love that song.
I agree.
Went through a double barrel wife loss, many years apart and many years ago. I learned. about loss and there's no easy way, but future awaits us. Grief & Splender for all of us that, want it to come.
More later.
How could Anyone not LOVE this Incredible Woman! TEN BIG GOLDEN STARS!
Listening in 2024. Timeless. So beautiful and poignant.
I grew up in the 70s. I've only heard this song for the first time this year, in 2022. How is that possible? It's extraordinary.
Coucou mon chéri d amour 🧡
Me too, how have I never heard of this beautiful voice till now ❤
Time has come...
I'm 60 years old and spent half a lifetime working on tour with all the big bands and I have never heard a song More poetic and mournful and meaningful than this one
Bai fato,,, esti, buna, rau, de, tot, ❤❤❤
Ik ook, ouwe pik...
Tout comme vous, cette voix, cette chanson me touchent énormément. Salutations Françaises. R. I. P Kate
بعضی از آهنگها یاداور خیلی از حقایق زندگیست.
🙏🕯🙏
Yes, memories of this song and album were with me and my daughters and their father on a logging camp in Alaska back in 1986. She moved my heart deeply at this time in my life, and I still love her so. So sorry she left us so soon being stricken with cancer.
November 4, 2021 marks a special day in my life. It is the day I first knew of Kate Wolf and heard her sing. The date also marks the day of this...my very first RUclips post. How I came across this "Kate Wolf-Green Eyes" RUclips video is a complete mystery; the video just appeared in the right-hand column of up-coming videos...was listened to...and DESERVED comment.
I am now very conflicted. Since my early days of college in the 1960s, Joan Baez has always been my favorite female folk singer...especially Joan singing Bob Dylan songs. And then, today, for the very first time, I heard Kate Wolf sing "Green Eyes" with the voice of an angel.
WOW! What a voice! So calming. So beautiful.
What a beautiful voice! She pours her soul in every tune... 💖So thankful for her timeless legacy. This world needs desperately more artists like her.
I agree, Claudia
Thank goodness for u tube.without l would never have discovered this beutiful Singer.
I’ve listened to her since I was a child. My mom played her records all the time. I’m 52 now. I’m not sure I can imagine my life growing up without us all singing her songs. Truly one of the most beautiful singer/songwriters to have existed. Close to Me, is the most heartbreaking and beautiful albums to ever have been made in my opinion! Welcome to the Kate Wolf fan club!!
She is a treasured jewel. Love her music.
I only discovered Kate Wolf a couple of months ago and was dismayed and saddened to discover that she is no longer with us. A wonderful talent with a beautiful voice, taken from us far too soon. ❤
I just discovered her a couple days ago, I received an autographed copy of her Big Blue Sky cd along with a lot of old music CDs, and she actually signs her name Kayte Wolf, and this is dated 8/11/02. I love the warmth of her voice.
She was absolutley beautiful song tress
This lady has a special style.
What do you mean taken so soon??????
@@kathausler7682 she died too young 😢
I just discovered Kate Wolf at 38. One of the most beautiful voices I have heard.
THIS IS LITERALLY TAKING MY BREATH AWAY...OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
How is it that I've never heard of Kate Wolf? Clearly I've been missing out on an angel. What a beautiful voice!!! SUCH a pretty song.
Same thing happened to me last year. Just stumbled across this video while listening to other songs. I was blown away. Couldn't believe I'd never heard of her or this song. I probably listened to this song for several hours on repeat. The guitar is perfect and her voice is heavenly.
Glad I'm not the only one. Thrilled we found her Sam!@@samgunderson
There be truth in that, think she is from Woodstock era... try some song from that era, Joni Mitchell just maybe .
Me to, discovered her about 3 years ago. I listen to Kate when I'm working because I lose myself in her voice - angelic.
I just discovered her three weeks ago and I haven't stopped listening. So pure.
Amazed. At the younger generation that has just heard her for first time, and the ones that are singing her material. People still yearn for beautiful music like thist.
Music has healed my soul many many times. How could I have never heard of Kate wolf! She doesn’t have glitz and fireworks. Her voice is the magic!
I concur
The best music I heard for many years
today it is my first time listening,and I lovew her
Just recently discovered her.I love her blinking green eyes. 😍
Me too, I've never heard her before.
Green eyes is such a beautiful song and we had the privilege of hearing Kate singing it at our Folk Club In Cramlington.
Would love to have heard her in the flesh. A fellow Cramlingtonite
J'ai découvert Kate il y a quelques semaines sur RUclips.. Depuis, je l'écoute tous les jours...
Wow. Where have I been? First time I've heard this lovely sweet voice. Passed at 44? My, what a tragedy. Thumbs down? Really. My God this world has become so damn cruel.
Some people just have no taste, that or a "tin ear". This song is a masterpiece.
Kate and her music were a gift to all of us.
never ever from me.........
I love RUclips. To find gems like these that I never heard before. Just incredible music.
Absolutely agree with you !!!
leeger777 no kidding I just found this. Then to find out she is gone. Example of parallel realities. She exists as if alive and well, perfect voice and evoking emotions....
It s true
Same here - my music base is endless now...all these wonderful artists who are not in the mainstream....and should be...XXOOXX
This has really touched me Victor. I just lost my Mom, I was holding her hand as I saw her take her last breath. It was the greatest honor I've ever felt in my life. I hope the year has been kind to you in your grieving process as I hope mine will be as my year has just begun.
As I play this song over again here's to you Kay and Jackie. You are still deeply loved.
One day you will meet again. 💖
Never heard of this beautiful lady before, sadness, beauty, prayer to her! Thank for your beautiful songs🥰
She died of cancer. Her children have brought her music back.
She passed mamy years ago from a system failure WHAT AN INCREDIBLE LOSS!!
Bella, muy bella canción, amo esto🌷🙏🏼❤
I know right. I'm 50, and I've never heard this song before finding it on YT this year. How is that possible? It's so beautiful.
Which lady?
I heard of Kate wolf. This is the first time I am hearing her performance. I am sorry she passed away at age 44. I want to convey my condolences and express my heartfelt sympathy to her family, friends and relatives.
I'm still listening in 2023.This is one of the most beautiful love songs ever.Totally beautiful soulful voice. RIP Kate Folf ( 1942- 1986)...
Kate Wolf
Yes I too am still listening in 2023. I am moved each and every time. Words can't express my sorrow at her passing even after all these years. Love and gratitude from Australia ❤❤❤
Por fin supe 😢el año en que nos dejó. Lamento no averla conocido antes. Desde el valle del Anáhuac México.
Too young to go x 😢
Listening in 2024. I had the privilege of meeting her in the early 80s as a child. Also remember my mom devastated when she died not that many years later.
RIP Kate, just 44 when she passed, I'd never heard one of your songs before yet I miss you after hearing just this one.
She doesn't look health here for her age.
my first time to know her music last night. i have luck.
Just discovered her now in 2020.....such a loss.
Ooh, I lived near her in Sonoma County and loved her then, and into now. I have her old albums and cherish them. She's always been an angel. She still makes me cry
@@L2352wd Je viens aussi juste de la découvrir. 02/2021. Elle est décédée trop jeune. Quelle perte effectivement.
A beautiful song. Crystal clear voice, terrific melody and chords sequence, velvet harmony, profound lyrics, resulting in magical piece of music.
First time I have heard this beautiful song with such a amazing singer and band. I lost my 21 yr old daughter 9 years ago . And this song reminds so much of her. We all find comfort and solace in certain songs. And this song is one of those that means so much too so many on many different levels.
God bless you for bringing this song to the world.
never heard Kate before. What an amazing voice.
Ian Dickinson
Listen to her words. Listen to Nina Gerber.
Ian Dickinson not just a voice or performer but with the 'heart of a poet,' she writes the best lyrics.
Same here Ian. Dont know how she slipped past my "radar" And how about that singing harmony with that Bass player. I am really so taken with her performance. Beautiful lady too.OHHH I just saw in one of the comments she dies in 86. Terrible loss. I guess that explains a lot, huh?
Me neither. I think I must Lead a sheltered life. I will definitely look for more of her singing.
I must be addicted to KATE'S music. .because I can't stop listening to it. Her voice is beautiful and her lyrics are mesmerizing. She is quite unique with her musical talents.
Yes , so it is !
Such a beautiful voice
Rest in peace thank you for leaving us so much beautiful music
did you hear her start this song....that perfect tone, perfect voice....she got me on the first word
Andrew Prokopis happened to me exactly the same way. Never heard of her before, I’m now hooked on all her songs, finding new ones every time I go digging, wonderful stuff.
@@philgillmartin5053 She had me at the first note she played on the Guitar
nice voice and harmony - either it's very fine production quality or those are some fine guitars too, very nice tone. glad to find this.
@@philgillmartin5053 Me too!
i felt just the same
No idea that she ever lived. Just heard her just now for the first time. She‘s so impressive... The good always go too young. But a part of her is still here. With us. Thanks for being with us.
Probably Kate was just keeping on...
She had cancer and continued to perform till her end.
What a true performer. 💪
Her music is deep meaningful, sorry not English speaking but want to say she is wonderful
Tres Bien!🇲🇫
Dale yes her music is very pretty
@@anneoboyle8447 wonderfully French, Anne, At a recent music meeting a friend friend sing this in French...It was amazing
Message recieved.
You say everything, my friend.
I’m glad I stumbled onto this video. It’s the first I’ve heard of Kate Wolf and I can feel the U.S.A soul in her.
Beautiful and calm.
Just what we all need these days, it makes me want to visit 👏🏻👏🏻
10 years this has been posted..how many times has it haunted me...how many times have I returned to listen...
I agree with everyone's comments about Kate but just want to put in a word for that guy's beautiful harmonies...
Ford James...
@@nighthawk77 Thanks Nighthawk
Who else has to cry while listening? Beautiful.
it came close
Me 😢
She always touches my heart
Contigo irmão na mesma emoção.Espero que esta princesa e rainha esteja nas melhores casas celestiais, já que como um anjo em sua voz nos permitiu sentir um pedaço de seu paraíso. Sagrado seja teu destino nossa divina princesa.
Me too
Kate, wherever you are now I just wanted to tell you, your angelic voice is like a warm blanket that comforts me....
This tune will follow me into eternity. What a songwriter, what a person. Many years after she left us she still is here. I do not believe in God, but let him/her watch over Kate’s soul.
I am just discovering this angel who was taken way too soon. The words are piercing. Thank you Kate for this gift you left for us.
Ive just discovered her now. Similar to joan Baez
Kate Wolf has been an enigma for me...everytime I find something I havent heard by her before it resonates for me in a way only one other artist ever has...I dont know how to give higher praise than that. Her music always touches me, nearly always moves me...another great loss of talent to the perils that life presents. Her appearance in my life at opportune moments speaks to a greater plan I dont understand or crazy happenstance. I have to wonder by what logic many others were allowed to live (myself included) and she was taken so early. Clearly a mystery and tragedy of chance or an act of a god I dont understand. But in spite of the confusion about her, I am absolutely soul bound to her music in a way that is in itself incomprehensible. And I will accept that and be grateful for it.
Like they say,"The good they die young". Maybe some day we will know why, but it won't be on this earth.
That was beautifully written
So well said
I listen to this over and over again her voice so beautiful.....
I do so !
Had the pleasure and privilege of seeing her perform at Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, CA, way back in the day (early/middle 80s). So it was just before her tragic death in 1986. My friend and I went up to the stage after her performance to thank her for her music. She then graciously signed the album we had just bought. She told my friend, "Oh, you have such beautiful earrings!" My friend promptly took them off and gave them to Kate. Kate didn't want to accept them saying, "Oh, they are much too beautiful to give away." My friend said, "It's a small exchange for all the pleasure you've brought me with your music. Please. Take them. It would make me so happy." Kate smiled beautifully and put the earrings on there and then. A precious memory!
Magic
What a lovely memory!
Beautiful.
WHat a memory. That is when life is the best. Former strangers exchanging love.
A beautiful story thank you
Love Kate's voice and "Green Eyes".
Wife passed away almost 15 years ago. Regret not knowing of Kate then. Beautiful voice.
C'est au hasard que j'ai découvert cette merveilleuse artiste, depuis je ne cesse d'écouter ses nombreux titres. C'est juste magnifique, quel talent, quel artiste cette voix m'envoute. Vous êtes partie trop tôt Kate mais votre musique restera éternelle. 🙏
Je suis d' accord. Dans quel pays habitez-vous?
@@kenwodlinger4220 Bonjour,
J'habite en France en Bourgogne dans le département de la Saône et Loire.
@@rogerchetail398 - that's a truly beautiful part of France - and what you wrote is also beautiful.
Have you ever listened to the wonderful music of the late British folk singer, Sandy Denny?
@@suzannelawson9215
I didn't know I went to listen to a few titles, her voice is a little higher than Kate Wolf's, she reminds me a bit of Joan Baez.
It is true that in France we are far from familiar with the American folk repertoire of yesterday and today, which must be very rich.
It's a great discovery!!! THANKS !! 🙏
Not only could her singing get a statue choked up, she definitely had a way with that guitar. Rest in Eternal Peace, sweet one.
Just found her music this morning.... a lost treasure!
Aye every now and then
Welcome to the voice of an angel.
indeed just heard her everything about this song is awesome the music the voice the lyrics the style
u are so lucky i am so lucky too we need this calming voice to clam us through these fucken days hope u guys all here good and healthy from here in Syria with all pain but still we could enjoy beautiful songs
Me too
I listening to this at least once a day.The voice is so memorable and her lirics so poetic.Such a beautiful clear voice, soothing the soul.I love these songs, and I love Kate...from Chicago, Illinois. Greetings.
This album was recorded live at Austin City Limits in 1985, at the peak of Kate's career, not long before she was diagnosed with the leukemia that took her from us. I was lucky enough to see her at McCabe's in Santa Monica in the early 1980s, and lucky enough that she sang her all-time hit "Give Yourself to Love" and my fave, "The Trumpet Vine." Two warmer songs I never heard. When she passed, Garrison Keillor played her "Give Yourself to Love" and spoke a brief, moving tribute to her that left no eyes dry.
Her voice is so lovely, I felt so peaceful listening to this, but it's pretty sad
Love her beautiful voice but have never heard about her
What do you admire most about her?
Kates voice, is ethereal, haunting, and this beautiful ballad, is really her song. It just re-enforces the saying that it’s beautiful music makes the human spirit soar forever upwards.
❤❤❤❤
Je ne sais pas pourquoi je suis sous le choc d'une très grande émotion chaque fois que j'écoute cette chanson...
Moi je sais pourquoi mon chéri d amour
Je me sent le meme chose.
Moi aussi!❤
This lady could really sing. A massive talent. Such a shame we had to lose her so early. I miss her!!
This is one of the most beautiful love songs ever.
It is so unbelievable great to hear with my 78 years such a great voice. Guess it's the best I've ever heard maybe in my whole life.
this kind of warm voice will soothe many hearts
Sad for me. I just discovered Kate Wolf today, and found out immediately that she is no longer with us. Same thing happened to last year with me with Eva Cassidy. Never knew about either of them, fell in love with their voices and arrangements and then ... gone! Weird. Thanks to Kennethrm3 for posting this!
A voice like Eva's comes along once a generation. Maybe. If w're lucky. The record industry completely missed the boat with Eva. She was not easily 'categorized' (too eclectic), so they never picked her up. Wht a goddamn shocking waste, no....?
Same here, and we aren't the only ones. Odd that.
That's what happened to me today. Sad and beautiful. I needed this, though.
Same here. So sad.
7 years later. I discovered Kate Wolf too. Far, far to late. Beautifull!! We will remember her beautifull songs, performance because of RUclips! Thanks!
Totally beautiful soulful voice projecting kindness and honesty. I play all tracks in my workshop all day and the place becomes quiet and work becomes a pleasure. RIP wonderful woman
Meine Frau hat mich auf sie aufmerksam gemacht. So eine wunderbare, warme Stimme. Es geht direkt ins Herz ❤
Nur schade, dass ich sie nicht schon vor Jahren gehört habe, soetwas lief leider nie im deutschen Radio.
Aber, das ist das gute und positive an der heutigen Zeit, ermöglicht das Netz einen solch phantastische Künstler auch besser spät, als nie, zu entdecken
Who else is listening in 2023? Such beautiful voice& music..
From Sweden God Night
me...
November ‘23. 37 years since Kate passed.
I did, several times, love that song
And me…….
I found Kate Wolf through Nancy Griffith Videos and fell in love b/c my wife, Yvonne has Green Eyes and she said Everything I wanted to say. I have a Southern Rock Band ~ Southern Revolution Band; with my Son ~ Shane and my Daughter ~ Corina. I'm 67 yrs. old and I think Kate Wolf is 2nd to None in the Music Business~ God Bless Her! Wish I could of known her years ago ...
Kate was versatile, deep feeling and unique. Touched many hearts through her songs, music and voice . Gifted.
I have never heard of this lady before, this song is sheer beauty, it is a bright shining diamond of a song, what a voice it is stunning
par hasard j'ai découvert cette chanteuse , hélas disparue depuis longtemps, on se laisse bercer par sa voix , sa musique , ses mélodies, du bonheur!
I'm walking the same path, watching small pieces of my wife's memories and cognitive abilities slip through our fingers. We listen to Kate and find solace there. Even as her beautiful eyes miss more and more.
My heart goes to you- both.
I feel your love and devotion and it moves me to tears.
I have a brain injury, early dementia may be my fate.
So sorry. God bless her and you.
On another Kate Wolfe rabbit hole after Nanci's passing. A number of years ago (thinking about it it's probably nearly 30!) I was at an Eric Bogle concert in London...and got him to sign the cover of Poets Heart (written about him by Kate). God she was so good
I heard her on WNPR (National Public Radio) for the first time tonight here in northern Indiana, and found her voice so haunting and lyrics poetic I was amazed at such talent and artistry - the song stayed with me all night until I could get home and look her up - Her words speak volumes to me and now I find that she has gone, but she did leave a legacy in her recordings - some great stuff -
King Perkins I found her on a compilation CD a friend made about 7 years ago. Couldn't find her name for awhile. Finally found her, only to find she lives on only in song. I love you Kate Wolf.
This song is so beautiful I can't stand it. It hurts.
I can't listen without tears, why? it just touches me deep. Beautiful.
I am feeling like you !
Don't understand how people with such talent don't get played on radio stations. Same applies to people like Suzanne Vega, Loudon Wainwright III , Sandy Denny, Kate Rusby, Kate and Anmna McGarrgle, Richard and Linda Thompson. The list goes on.
Like Garrison Keillor once said about her: "Ah, that voice." She was a wonderful and gifted performer. Rest in Peace, Kate.
Everything about the Late Ms. Wolf was beautiful and perfect. Like Eva Cassidy , Amy Winehouse and Karen Carpenter she never gets old.
I heard this song and read Victors words and I shed tears My wife passed away in May.Kate has a beautiful voice and the words meant so much to me bringing back vivid memories.Thank you Kate and all the best to you Victor
I'm very sorry for your sadness.
The world lost a truly beautiful singer and person. Her voice makes my heart ache.
She is new to me. Her voice captivates the sad times in life. For those of us who know the pain loss brings.
I just love how peaceful her voice sounds
So touching, and her voice is so lovely wow this is pretty sad
But have never heard about her before,
Who's she?
Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello brings smile to your face!....
Look!!!!!
The good old days!
No mobile phones up in the air recording, but every one watching, enjoying the concert!
And no hollorin' and idiots screaming just to be heard..
Amen to that- -simple and pure🙏
Lovely greeting from Finland. Just lately I found this beautiful singer and the song of Kate Wolf. Although I have travelled around the world and heard many many singers I never happened to hear her beautiful voice before. Best luck and God's blessing to Kate Wolf! further more!
One of the most beautiful live performances of a beautiful song by a beautiful lady taken too soon.
A great singer appears to effortlessly achieve perfection. Kate certainly had this gift. RIP
One of the most beautiful songs ever. Beautifully performed. She was taken from us far too soon.
This popped up on my screen somehow after a stressful day and now I feel as if I had walked in a gentle spring rain. Kate Wolf is a treasure.
She was such a beautiful person, I was so blessed to have known her, she never wanted to make it big, when she passed on I was in Alaska and friends sent me clips from the newspapers in San Francisco and Nevada City Calif. what a loss, she was a genuine angel on earth.
I've never heard of her till right now! Makes it much more special to me honestly. I will treasure this moment always.
Who is the guitarist singing with her in this song?
@@marilynmacdoald3944 Ford James is the bass player singing some of the chorus with Kate
Joni estoy contigo Kate es un angel un regalo para disfrute de nuestro planeta Tierra. Un saludo sesde España en Granada Cherin La Alpujarra.
You were truly blessed So sorry for your loss But that’s how we often realize our blessings is through our losses God Bless you &!Kate & all those who love her music
Kate Wolf wrote so many awesome songs. This is one of my favourites.
Still hard to believe she has been gone for so many years. I wish there had been a cure for her, she died way too young. Extremely talented lady.
My husband and I have always loved her music. Gone way too soon. We used to say she and John Denver would have been so good together.
It astonishes me, as a very recent inductee to Kate's music, that she is not better known, certainly here in the U.K.. I have been searching for anything I can find and have even identified and purchased 5 Vinyl L.P's, there is comparatively little available this side of the water. I have made it my mission to get her a little better known here to the extent that I sang Green Eyes at my Folk club last night with the endorsement that my fellow club members check out how it sounds when sung by an Angels voice. She has harpooned me and it is a joyful pain. I am looking to attend her Anniversary Concert next January just to be near some of those who will have known her. I guess it is never too late to discover great music.
thanks Kevin ! she's new to me tonight
Kevin Penney m r,this. By y::::::::’
I listen to a lot of female singer-songwriters but this is the first time I have heard Kate Wolf. Lovely voice and a fine song. So sad that she died so young. I will definitely listen to more of her songs.
Hi ,I've been a fan of Emmylou since first seeing her on The Old Grey Whistle Test mid 70s, got all her studio albums since not until 2007 when a box set Songbird Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems came out to celebrate Emmys 60th birthday, one gem was Kate's Love Still Remains, Emmy recorded it for the album Treasures Left Behind. Remembering Kate Wolf , the first I heard of Kate , AJ Lee sings Here in California , she is just 20 a beautiful voice, from Tracy California there are videos of both AJ and Molly Tuttle from Palo Alto on RUclips ,Molly is IBMA guitar player of the year 2017 and 2018
I think she might have had the slight misfortune to become better known in the late '70s around the time punk was surfacing and the baby was thrown out with the bathwater.I was going to folk clubs regularly at the time and knew of her but didn't actually hear her-which is a shame going by what we have here.
this isn't just a music, this is dreaming, living, hoping, feeling....and, and, and.....
I have only discovered this gem now. Absolutely love her music and I was saddened when I learned she had died so young.
My very first time to hear of her only to find out that she's gone. A beautiful discovery. Rest in peace Kate.
Quelle douceur, quelle grâce, quelle âme délicieuse ! Cette voix si pure et sans effets, légèrement voilée, murmurée, presque rêvée me touche autant que celle d'Eva Cassidy. Découverte ce matin seulement grâce à vous, elle m'accompagnera désormais. Mille merci !
L'écouter à chaque fois et un saut au paradis.sublime voix et quel talent!
I listen to this at least once a day. So wonderful hearing a beautiful voice not being squelched by instrumentation. This is music as it should be. Story telling at its best.
why people like kate had to go so soon...? Just look at her face into her eyes while listen to her outstanding singing.. can't hold my tears
Reiffan, me ocurrio lo mismo...no pude contener las lagrimas, que tristeza su partida, y apenas hoy se de ella, gracias Kate......
the good die young
I just heard this for the first time. It made me hella cry. Im glad its not just me.
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Gorgeous harmony between these two, thank you for posting this great music.
I just heard this song, casually, for the first time. I found the music so wonderful, his voice, his smile, his look ... so I started reading the comments, which should necessarily be excellent. But the first thing I read was very cruel and heartbreakingly painful: Kate Wolf is no longer with us, at least physically ...; perhaps a being too beautiful for this world plagued with miseries, and God will have wanted to take her somewhere more worthy. I write this while I listen to it and water the keyboard with my tears. Kate, how I would have liked to have met you before! ... May God bless you forever!
What a beautiful song, beautiful music, beautiful words, beautiful woman.
This song is unbelievably gorgeous and so beautiful. Cannot stop listening to it and singing it. Just added it to my répertoire.
Me too
How did I miss this wonderful voice over the years? Glad I lived long enough to finally find it. In so many voices, some are uniquely special.
That makes about 4 of us and I've been here only 5 minutes. Very odd !
@@gerardvaughan1847 Count me in today. Funny how that happens. How happy to have run across this lovely lady singing this sweet song.
@@cashopa
Yes same here, and like the guy above, though I don't have so much time for it since having to busk 🎻 in Veliko Turnovo, 7-10 years ago, I have always loved those Irish trad. Jigs and reels. Hard to believe the years that have flown, and that she died so young, but anyway - we "met" at last thank RUclips and it's Uploaders !
I hope One day sanity will return to this Earth, and give room for some Music !!