Rod Stewart & Ron Wood Mandolin Wind

Rod Stewart composed this ballad, sung from the point of view of an aging farmer who has survived the worst winter in 14 years. The farmer pays tribute to his loyal wife, who stayed by his side throughout that winter and all the others. The subject matter is rather distant from Stewart's real life, but the song still holds a place in his heart. "I love this song to death," he wrote in his Storyteller compilation. "I believe it to be one of my finest efforts, written in Muswell Hill, North London, in 1969 - a long, long way away from the buffalo and Great Plains of America that the song depicts. It just shows you what a little imagination can do when writing songs. Acoustic guitar by Martin Quittenton deserves merit." This one done with his long time Friend Ronny Wood for MTV back in 1993.