The Nashville establishment hasn't gotten over it. That incident, pot leaf Nudie jacket, Gram being Gram. He's Not in the Country Music H.O.F. Emmylou put the guitar he gave her in her display.
Sweetness Personified… uplifting to know his daughter honored him in such a loving manner… I played this album in a precious time that I can’t forget 💜💜💜
I admire him for bucking the system and playing this at the Opry... I worked very hard of the Blues and Country, and I did it so well. Patrons at the many bars I played, wanted common covers. I'd tell them that that music was too hard, and get back to my tunes. I'm an artist, not a human jukebox... Yeah, a few places didn't hire me back, but others did, appreciative of my song choices and skills. I'm old and crabby now... and still play the obscure gems I dig up. I should learn this tune...
"Hickory Wind" is a beautiful song and perhaps Gram's finest and most enduring composition. His recording of this song with the Byrds is great, but his duet with Emmylou helps take the song to new heights.
Gram had an appreciation, love, and reverence for traditional country music that far out weighs what is shown by the current Nashville music establishment. They are too busy trying to sound popish to gain listeners. This cycle has happened before. History doesn't repeat itself but it does often rhyme.
Gram's only daughter opened a sobriety center in Austin named Hickory Wind specializing in helping musicians. Alcoholism ripped two generations out of that family .
Do they acknowledge heroin/opioid addiction ? Addiction is Addiction. Something AA refused soo many because they don't understand that. Bless her ❤️ heart
@@joshjuanfifarek7382 I usually suggest to focus on recovery and not talk about the substances we used. We all have to work the 12 Steps and develop a Spiritual belief to recover. Ones' recovery support friends can be of all different types of substances users. Many today used everything as like I did. Take care,
@@joshjuanfifarek7382 really..? not where I live. in Canada, small towns and cities don't have NA, so all are welcome a AA. even in the places where they do have NA, many "drug addict" prefer AA - for obvious reasons. and again, they're completely welcome at AA. I'd like to know where you got the idea that they're not acknowledged. got a link..?
@@joshjuanfifarek7382 I will be 23 years sober on May 4 of this year, but my journey in AA began in April of 1970. I was in and out of AA for years. Attitudes about accepting drug addicted people into the rooms have changed drastically over the past 50 years. However, I believe it's a regional 'thing'. Most groups in most areas no longer have an issue with it, but there will always be exceptions. The program is not a 'one size fits all' deal, and AA has very few rules, outside of the 12 Traditions. Please don't allow the prejudices of some to color your view of the larger Fellowship. Most important of all, 'keep coming back'- your life depends on it.
Gram doesn’t get the credit he deserves for his contributions to music. He,through his friendship with Keith Richards,influenced The Rolling Stone’s, and you have already talked of his importance in Emmylou music.While Waylon Willie and the other “outlaw” artists were pushing country towards the freedom of rock music Gram was taking folk rock closer to country
in the late 1960's and early 1970's I hung out a lot at The Palomino Club in North Hollywood especially when Gram, Emmy and the Burrito Brothers were playing. I was so honored to hang with Gram back stage once. Damn, what a historic time to live in. I once dated one of the female waitresses there. Hooking up with Del Shannon and Brian Hyland there was a mind blower. "HICKORY WIND" what a memory blast! ❤❤❤❤❤
I was a Sophomore in college the year Gram passed, and I discovered him, the Byrds, the FBBs, and Emmylou around that time but after his passing. Their duets saved my soul more times than I can count and I still miss him for how his music positively affected my life. Gram's and Emmylou's relationship was always so intriguing to me. I felt she must have tried to save him but in the end she could not overcome his addictions. And I'm sure there was at least a great fondness for one another if not love. There had to be - you can just hear it in their singing together. His music was life changing for her, for me, and countless other fans.
This performance sounded very "country:. Emmylou Harris harmony was very distinctive and beautiful. I am glad you picked this song P.J. I have never heard Gram Parsons voice. Wonderful reaction P.J.
Yes ! And influenced / was friends with the early incarnation of Poco. Of course, the Eagles remembered him with the song ‘My Man’ - written in honor of him
Thank you so much for this rare treat. I learned to love Gram Parsons in the 90's on the recommendation of a friend. Holy cow. Some of his songs are now, and have been imprinted on my musical soul ever since. He showed country, decades before it was ready, what it could be, and paid a price.
I remember 1968 when I heard this song on WKIX AM radio in Raleigh, NC.. I was moved by the feelings that I felt after listening… Still an all time favorite for this old man ❤ Thanks for covering!
This is my favorite version of Hickory Wind . With that beautiful pedal steel and the piano and those vocals makes me flashback to my childhood growing up in North Carolina.
Gram was that one real artist that had zero hells to give. And definitely his best work was with Emmylou. Although there's some great Flying Burrito Brothers tunes that he did, too. Just such a restless soul.
Thanks for your sharing about one of the all time legends of American music. Best Duet ever Emmy and Gram . Tammy and George close. But for me I have to hear some of Grams tunes often. I just wish more could have the appreciation. You sure did . Thanks
I saw Gram and Emmylou at the Tower Theater in Philadelphia in June of 1973. I couldn’t get any of my friends to go to listen to ‘that country shit’ as they called it. By September of that year, Gram died at Joshua Tree desert. Forty years later, my friends now loving that country shit asked me why I didn’t force them to go. I was pretty persuasive in those days, but I opted to go by myself.
This is what's beautiful about life! When music, or art of any kind, makes the hair on your neck stand up, and gives you a chill! Passion is what makes life beautiful, and you can hear it in both Gram and Emmy Lou!❤❤❤❤❤ Love it!
I had never heard this duet, but I’m a big fan of the Sweetheart of the Rodeo album by The Byrds. I love this version with Gram and Emmy Lou together. Wonderful! As great as The Byrds harmonies were, and they were fabulous, it’s hard to beat Emmy Lou Harris singing harmony with anyone. Thanks again, P.J.
A lit of country artists were influenced by and adopted his style of country music. They evolved country music with a rock style flavor to it and also grew their hair long. Almost all the male country singers these days have long hair! Thanks Gram. I hate the crewcut look myself... 😎👌🏻
How Cool is This Video, Emmy Lou Harris is The Coolest In Outlaw Music and Traditional Country,& what a lucky musician to play ,write & produce with Gram Parsons,.... DLR Springfield Illinois
Thank you for this tribute to Gram & Emmy …so many hours and miles spent driving tethered to the voice of the Grevious Angel in my youth in the 70’s. Still powerful as ever to listen to, if only I could get that album on vinyl. 😎
It was before my time so I didn't experience it real time and often fail to appreciate just how much blending and blurring of the lines between "genres" was going on at that time. American music always has been and likely always will be that way, afterall we are a culture of countless cultures all mashed together. Thanks for the reaction and reminding me of this fact PJ.
Yeah....timeless. Our parents raved about their music and we rave about stuff like this. I love both and everything else that is good. Thanks for putting it up buddy.
Thank you so much for sharing this information. Admittedly, I did not know much about Gram Parsons. But this informs me a bit more about his inspiration. I think we're all in pain. We just share so many things to forget about our pain.
The Byrds used a B bender on the live performance I saw, not a pedal steel. I saw them in Sedalia MO in 1969 and kept looking for the pedal steel I was hearing, but it wasn't there. I didn't know about B benders at the time. Blew my mind. Beautiful song. Thanks
One of the first albums I bought. And I am from Atlanta. Just the the best.... My paternal family is from Savannah and across the river into South Carolina...
You should follow this up with Emmylou's own haunting version of this song. One of my favorites. From her "Blue Kentucky Girl" album. There's also a great live performance by her.
He also eventually pissed off Roger McGuinn and Parson’s voice was taken off of the Sweetheart album. It was one of the first country rock albums, another sub genre worth a dive. The Flying Burrito Brothers, Poco, Michael Nessmith (Monkeys fame) , Buffalo Springfield, early Linda Ronstat and early Eagles among others.
I had heard that it was contract issues which made them take off Parson's voice. He was apparently still under contract to a different record company than the Byrds. Now I'm not sayin' he didn't piss off Roger McGuinn, but I think McGuinn respected Parsons enough that he wouldn't just take off his vocals out of spite. It was a very complicated relationship due to Parsons' addictions.
I admire him for bucking the system and playing this at the Opry... I worked very hard on the old Blues, Folk, and Country, and I did it so well. Patrons at the many bars I played, wanted common covers. I'd tell them that that music was too hard, then get back to my favorite tunes. I'm an artist, not a human jukebox... Yeah, a few places didn't hire me back, but others did, appreciative of my song choices and skills. I'm old and crabby now... and still play the obscure gems I dig up. I should learn this tune...
Thanks for featuring one of the greatest duo’s of all time & a truly masterpiece of a song! So beautiful “Hickory Wind” looking forward to checking out your channel. Cheer’s!
I have been listening to the Byrds this week, even more so since the announcement of David Crosby’s death yesterday. Included in my listening was the Sweet Heart of the Radio album. Parsons joining the Byrds significantly influenced the Byrds move toward country-rock from its origins as a rock band. I find Parsons, including Emmylou Harris, more suited for Americana-Roots genre than Country music. It’s the blending of folk-bluegrass- rock, without the slick Nashville sound - and this is especially true of ‘70’s Country music. I first saw Emmylou in concert in the mid-70’s soon after she formed her HotBand. She opened for Willie Nelson and Ricky Skaggs was played guitar-fiddle-and mandolin. Emmylou always had the best musicians in her bands, including Sam Bush (formerly of the progressive bluegrass band New Grass Revival) and Rodney Crowell. These singer/songwriter musicians transcend genres. And like Emmylou, these days, are rarely, if ever heard, on country music stations.
Okay, I love trains, have been fro SLC to Denver on the Zephyr, as well as shorter hops, but seriously -Florida to California would be 5-6 days on the dang thing. You'd have to write songs, just to stay sane. Love this song, love this version. Thank you.
Salute! And Thank You, for reintroducing me to Gramms work!! Using Lynyrd Skynyrd (I grew up on Southern Rock) as an example, my daddy used to say Rock n Roll would become Country. I said he had it backwards. Most all contemporary Country bands depend on an aggressive electric guitar. Gramm brought Emmy Lou into the spotlight, and her work with him in harmony, is as American Music as it gets!! It stands on it own, in my book.
I wish so badly gram had recorded more songs before his sad untimely death ? He was so good it's incredible to think where his talent may have taken him,R.I.P. gram,sorely missed
I have never heard this. I LOVE IT!! I might add this to my repertoire for jam sessions. Makes me think of Magnolia Wind, one of my favorite Guy Clark songs.
I love this song Hickory Winds, as well as Magnolia Wind. Both of these songs get in my head and get stuck there all day. I find them very beautiful with the lyrics and the tune of the songs. I also enjoy listening to Gillian Welch and David Rollins sing Hickory Winds.
Gram wrote Hickory Wind” for his grandmother. You may enjoy listening to his last interview. I love his music. The Stones let him record “Wild Horses” before they themselves recorded it.❤
Gram certainly did a helluva lot more authentic and natural version of Horses than Jagger, who couldn't find the right type of character he wanted to be heard performing it so he settled on the laughable Girl With The Faraway Eyes character of several years later.
An excellent song made even better by the tasteful addition of Emmy Lou Harris. (Another good one was written by Shel Silverstein, but performed exquisitely by two Irish singers - Ronnie Drew and Eleanor Shanley. Wow!)
I was living in L.A. when Parsons' friends took the hearse out to Joshua Tree for a proper ceremony. There was a brooding hilarity behind the event, but wicked sad all the same.
