WILDWOOD WEED
"Wildwood Weed" is a 1974 hit song written Don Bowman and recorded by Jim Stafford. The song is a story about farmers who take a sudden interest in a common wildflower on their farm, and soon discover and enjoy its hallucinogenic and mind-altering properties after one of them begins to chew on one. They begin to cultivate the plant in earnest; however, federal agents raid their property and destroy their crop. Nevertheless, the men are undeterred by the destruction of their plants as they have saved a supply of seeds which was overlooked by the agents. "Wildwood Weed" reached number seven on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number three on the Canadian pop singles chart. (More from Wikipedia)
One of the songs, "Wildwood Flower" has perhaps the loveliest melody in all of country music. At the time, I knew the song only by reputation, and mainly because of "Wildwood Weed" (1974) – which is basically about marijuana – a #7 hit song by Jim Stafford that mentions the song: "The name of this song is 'The Wildwood Flower' / Now 'The Wildwood Flower' is an old country classic / It gained a whole new popularity / The song isn't any more popular / But the flower is doin' real good". The song "Wildwood Weed" was written and originally recorded way back in 1964 by country singer and comedian Don Bowman.
(February 2015)
