Byrds, The - Hickory Wind Lyrics

The perfect country song

GOOD GOD!!!!!

The man that introduced us to Country Rock

Actually it was Neil Young

My man's got it made, he's gone far beyond the pain and we who must remain go on living just the same--Bernie Leadon

Country at its best

Gram Parsons completely ruined up the Byrds!

I Listen to this every sunday

In South Carolina there are many tall pines
I remember the oak tree that we used to climb
But now when I'm lonesome, I always pretend
That I'm getting the feel of hickory wind
I started out younger at most everything
All the riches and pleasures, what else could life bring?
But it makes me feel better each time it begins
Callin' me home, hickory wind
It's 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
Keeps callin' me home, hickory wind
Bob Buchanan / Gram Parsons

I'm hearing impaired so it is hard to understand every word. Beautiful song. Came here AFTER hearing Mo Pitney's version. Thanks for posting.

Great job archiving this lost treasure! Vinyl doesn't last forever. This is music from before I was born, thanks.

Remix Edit For Your Listening Pleasure: https://youtu.be/BeZBVsWcreU

does anyone really know who sings the passionate high harmony on this masterpiece? Terry Melcher?, Kevin Kelley? I know it's not Roger or Chris. It's a very unusual voice but great.

Stan Wollmers ... Joking? It’s Roger and Chris!

Stan Wollmers emmylou harris

@Sw1 Moco Nope; that was later.

Emmylou Harris on harmony?

No, not yet.This was before they met. This is one/some of the guys in the band.

this is what country should sound like no that pop shit

One of the top 5 albums of the late 60s

What is a hickory wind?

Oh a song

Wind blowing thru a nut bearing hickory tree?

Gram's life was a true Tennesse Williams play, and his voice is so haunting+beautiful, no one will ever come close to him, his soul burst thru in every song!

No it was not release Williams

I'm not even a country freak, but this is one of my favorite recordings

A fine song

Gram always wanted to play at the Grand Ole Opry, and he got to play this song that he wrote for his grandmother and she was in the audience wow he must have been in 7th Heaven

R.I.P. mr. Parson, you''ll always be remember in so many hearts. Thank you for the music you left behind for us

Nothing compares . A breathtaking Record . Album. performance . MAGIC .

That pedal steel pulls my heartstrings every time

Remember this ?

I was at Fillmore East, NYC at this tour. 5th. row center orchestra and man they blew the roof off!

Its a hard way to find out that trouble is real in a far away city with a far away feel

It interests me a lot that a group of "hippies" in a rock and roll band came together and made one of the most pure and beautiful country records ever made Nashville is full of a bunch of fakes
People who listen to country come from all backgrounds of life and the people that make the best records are just the people that love the music
Nothing more than that
Gram parsons was one of the artists in the 60's and 70's that made country youthful and energized and new and it sounded fresh again with many different acts.
Thank god he exists cause it's so good

vinnie McClung gram was a southern gentleman

birds disbanded except Hillman, added Gram, and a new sound captured in Sweetheart. very controversial, but it  worked. This came after the masterpiece no one heard - Notorious Byrd Brothers, one of the 10 greatest albums rock albums ever IMO. Sweetheart was also wonderful, but utterly different to their previous sound. Then the energy went through Crosby who founded CSN. This is one perspective.

Roy Posner You're forgetting McGuinn.

Gram's voice with the steel guitar make this a very special !

Don't forget Chris. It wouldn't be the same without his harmony.

beautiful!!!

hot burrito also

best Ever!! ♥♡♥

Somebody didn't like this?? Gram's song & his voice!

Truly awesome.

My favourite Gram Parsons song. I have sung this many times (with no-one listening!) and might give it a go if I was ever asked to perform it at a karaoke. Goes very deep.

Go for it!

I'm really getting into Gram Parsons. The youthful country acts of today's age could have learned a lot from him. Case in point, this masterpiece. What a lovely, beautiful song!

this is heartbreaking...so beautiful...

The write up on this song is fantastic.

Seems like the greatest of the Gram Parsons songs.

This is REAL, GOOD country. Unlike the drivel the Nashville establishment(which is as a contemptible group of people as ever there was) has pushed, sanctioned and otherwise foisted on the people.

Can you imagine that when the Byrds did appear at the Grand Ol' Opry during the 60's they were dismissed as "Hippies"?!

Well said. Nashville,Rhinestone Cowboy-junk

Why dont they make music like this anymore?...

+jake greene Gram Parsons being dead has something to do with it, I would imagine.

cause the country singers today don't know what real country is anymore

Old Chevys On The Foothills because it takes talent, soul and some pain.

It’s easier to make a cheap movie or album than it is to make one that takes passion, time and skill.

rubber soul thanks for including the excellent history

gram :()

Beautiful country waltz.  Thanks, Gram.

what a masterpiece.

lumaz71 one of my all time favorite albums, since it came out.

love this song.. 

"Wasn't Born to Follow" is probably the best song by the Byrds. It infuses great psychedelic effects with the simple folk riffs which influenced alot of psych music and was especially characteristic of the byrds. The harmonies and great guitar playing by mcguinn and the band do justice to King's beautiful poetry.

best country song ever made

+HatchY I agree with you--no "country music artist" ever composed and performed a song as good as this one

@Kelly Guthrie y'all can't be serious.

Lived this song out in the Navy 1966 before going overseas hard wat to find out Great Song Great Musician Artist just to much he said she said about anything you comment about but I Love Gram Parsons Music and that lotas of younger generations please keep the Music Alive ...ol man way down in TX jd

Thanks, buddy. This song is magically beautiful.

nice...brings back all the times hitchin thru dillon south carolina and stuff- south of the border, gettin stranded, gettin a semi driver all the way to jacksonville....wish i coulda hung out with graham!...i too, am a wandering preppie!

"Wasn't Born To Follow" was, for the record, written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin and by nobody in the Byrds, though they certainly did credit to the song. Wouldn't recommend waxing too eloquent about it's "psychedelic roots". ;-)

The Byrds was an astonishing band. I loathed them for turning country when I was 17. Hated this album back then - was this the psychedelic group who had just stunned me with "Wasn't Born to Follow" ? Country was for old folks in nursing homes. Now I love this album. I am now officially old - fuck it :)

the Wiki article is a bit shite but its a great song!

jim