Spring Creek Basin Mustangs

It’s hard to believe, but some areas of Colorado have recently been in – and/or still are! – under fire weather advisories! That ol’ wind is no joke.

Mariah wasn’t super cooperative in showing off the wind that gave her her name (thanks, Roy!), but the flip of her tail and the streamers of her mane do it pretty well!

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“They Call The Wind Maria,” according to Wikipedia, “is an American popular song with lyrics written by Alan J. Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe for their 1951 Broadway musical, Paint Your Wagon, which is set in the California Gold Rush. Rufus Smith originally sang the song on Broadway, and Joseph Leader was the original singer in London’s West End. ^[1] It quickly became a runaway hit,^[2] and during the Korean War, the song was among the ‘popular music listened to by the troops.’^[3] Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra recorded the song in 1951, and it was among the ‘popular hit singles at the record stores’ that year.^[4] It has since become a standard, performed by many notable singers across several genres of popular music. A striking feature of the song in the original orchestration (also used in many cover versions), is a driving, staccato rhythm, played on the string instruments, that evokes a sense of restless motion.”

The song is inspirational in a number of ways. This website discusses the pronunciation of Maria/Mariah – which really had its start in a 1941 novel called “Storm” – and other fascinating info.