I had
always liked a lot of Jesse Winchester’s material, but remember being
frustrated many years ago because the domestic Best-Of compilation didn’t
include this song, despite it being one of only two songs he ever did that
cracked the U.S. Hot 100 chart (albeit only very briefly). I was delighted one
day when, browsing through the bins of a now-defunct used CD store in Silver
Spring, I found a 25-track imported compilation that did include “Nothing But a
Breeze,” as well as my other favorites by him. I brought the jewel box to the
counter and paid for the CD, not knowing that this was one of those places that
kept the actual CDs behind the counter. Naturally I was unpleasantly surprised
when I got home to find nothing but an empty box, and highly irritated that,
despite a couple of calls to the shop, I had to drive back down to the store to
pick up the actual CD. (I never went back there again.) It was well worth the
wait, however, and as far as I know is still the only Jesse Winchester
collection containing this classic.
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