Desert Wind

I wrote this one over thirty years ago. I still like to play it. It’s called Desert Wind and I wrote it after the first time I visited Israel.

One day I took a walk through the mountains in my heart

I heard the sound of the desert wind

Calling, calling home to me

I recorded this song on the Up in the Bronx and Down in LA CD, the one that accompanies the celebrated Up in the Bronx novel.

Author: Bumba

Shown on a recent visit to the Big Apple, Bumba has written two literary novels and has recorded two CD soundtrack albums to accompany them. Check it out on Bumba Books.

21 thoughts on “Desert Wind”

  2. Beautiful. I have a thing for places, and knowing that a piece of art has as its inspiration some location often adds an extra layer of poignancy for me. Are those your photos, and if so where were they taken? Yes, I know, Israel, but it’s a big country. (Actually, maybe that should read ‘county,’ but it’s still big enough).

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    1. Those are photographs of the Negev that I took from Google. Thank you for your comment, which was very kind. I was referring to the Negev but had nophotos myself.

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  6. Love the pitch bends on the harmonica…

    But your song “Revolution” from the 70’s was prescient… Chase Manhattan… a little revolution (well, almost prescient–didn’t the ‘occupy’ thingy just fizzle out?)

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    1. Thanks for listening/visiting. Chase Manhattan owned half of New York City back then and the Rockefeller family personally owned much of the rest. Now Chase seems to own even more! They used to have an ad “you have a friend at Chase Manhattan”.

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