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Joan Baez "Hickory Wind" Playboy After Dark, November 11, 1968.
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Joan Baez "Hickory Wind" Playboy After Dark, November 11, 1968.
The Byrds - Hickory Wind (1968) Gram Parsons / Bob Buchanan from: "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" (LP)
Country | Country Rock
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Personnel: Gram Parsons: Lead Vocals / Acoustic Guitar / Piano Lloyd Green: Pedal Steel Guitar John Hartford: Fiddle Roger McGuinn: Banjo / Backing Vocals Chris Hillman: Bass / Backing Vocals Kevin Kelley: Drums
Produced by Gary Usher
Recorded: @ Columbia Records' Studios in Nashville, Tennessee USA on March 9, 1968
Released: on August 30, 1968 Columbia Records
"Hickory Wind" is considered a signature song for Gram Parsons. It is considered such due to Gram Parsons' distinctive vocals and the song's central role in the pioneering of the country rock genre - Google AI
"Gram Parsons' greatest moment on record…" -'Sweetheart of the Rodeo' Legacy Edition Liner Notes
"Hickory Wind" is included in: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame "500 Songs that Shaped Rock"
Actually obsessed with this line change from the first time he recorded the song (around 1965-66) to the official version on Grievous Angel (1973). The idea of a mind who was “young” until she “grew” is ever present in his music and so very fascinating considering he never really got the change to grow old. Reminds me of “I started out younger, had most everything” from Hickory Wind as well but there are so many other examples.
“It's a hard way to find out that trouble is real
In a far away city, with a far away feel
But it makes me feel better each time it begins
Callin' me home, hickory wind”
- Gram Parsons, Hickory Wind
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