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The Byrds

Hickory Wind

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1968
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  • 1965
  • 1964
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“Hickory Wind” is a song written by country rock pioneer Gram Parsons and former International Submarine Band member Bob Buchanan. The song was written on a train ride the pair took from Florida to Los Angeles in early 1968, and first appeared on The Byrds’ Sweetheart of the Rodeo album. Despite Buchanan’s input, “Hickory Wind” is generally considered to be Parsons’ signature song. Parsons’ decision to play “Hickory Wind” instead of the planned Merle Haggard cover “Life in Prison” during The Byrds’ performance at the Grand Ole Opry on March 15, 1968 “pissed off the country music establishment” The song features the noted session musicians Lloyd Green on pedal steel guitar and John Hartford on fiddle. The song was re-recorded for Parsons’ 1974 album,... Read on...

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