Bob Lind - Elusive Butterfly (1965) 4K

Bob Lind performing “Elusive Butterfly“, released originally in 1965. It reached #5 on the UK Singles Chart and #5 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Bob Lind wrote this song, where he sees himself as a butterfly hunter. He is looking for romance, but he finds it as elusive as butterflies are to capture. Lind did a lot of traveling as a kid and ended up playing folk music around Denver when he flunked out of Western State College. He wrote “Elusive Butterfly“ as the sun was coming up after staying up all night, and says the song is about “the magic of the quest, the thrill of searching, even when that which is sought is hard to see.“ After signing a deal with Metro Music, Sonny Bono was assigned to work with Lind, but got busy and passed him off to Jack Nitzsche, who was known for his work with The Rolling Stones. “Elusive Butterfly“ was one of the first songs they recorded, and Nitzsche came up with an innovative string arrangement, making this one of th