Jeremy Wind Biography
Jeremy Wind, AKA Charles Stewart Richey, originally from Louisiana, is a resident of Pike County, Pa. He lives and works in a log cabin on the top of a mountain, wedged between the Lackawaxen and Delaware Rivers. He is well known as an actor and published composer of music and literature.
He was a recording artist on EPIC Records in the late sixties. His work with actor-writer David Hess for Unicorn Productions helped influence the next generation of pop composers and performers with songs like "Canticles To Jello", "After The Rain" and "Sunshine Path".
In the late sixties he worked for the CBS Television Network on the production staff of the Captain Kangaroo Show. After leaving CBS in 1970, he co-founded Hunterdon Farm with internationally celebrated Olympic equestrian George H. Morris. Hunterdon quickly became the top riding academy in the United States and was a favorite with international Olympic riders.
While presiding over Hunterdon, Jeremy was active as a commercial television actor in New York and Los Angeles. To his credit are many well known network commercials. He starred in ads with Dom DeLuise, Jack Nickolas and many others.
In 1977 Jeremy starred in Leonard Sillman's cabaret production, "The Best of New Faces" at the Ballroom in New York City. He is featured in the book The Golden Age of New York Cabaret, Intimate Nights, by James Gavin.
Jeremy Wind is best known for composing the music for "The Cold Light Of Day", "Molly Barr", "Mrs. Perkins' Flowers", "Save The Children", "One Perfect Day", "Do You Wonder" and "Poppies".
"Poppies" was recorded on RCA Records by jazz icon Nina Simone. It was the single from the album, Emergency Ward, which included only two other works; George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" and David Nelson's "Today Is A Killer."
"Poppies" is also featured on the double CD, The Very Best of Nina Simone: Sugar in My Bowl. Jeremy collaborated with lyricist Lennie Bleecher during this period. "Poppies" was also featured in a renowned jazz ballet choreographed by the late Alvin Ailey, entitled "Love Songs".
Jeremy now spends his time trout fishing, snowboarding and mountain biking in rural Pennsylvania. He, of course, is still composing music and is at work on his auto biography, entitled, "Just Passing Through:".
As Charles Stewart Richey, he is a self-educated expert on how to cure acid reflux disease by natural means and has written an extensive report entitled, REFLUX GONE FOREVER, Natural Acid Reflux Remedies. The eBook of this work has been very successful and is sold internationally.