Favorite Gram Parsons Song

[FlashHarry]

Poll question: Favorite Gram Parsons Song

[MrBenchley]

1. What a genius Gram was....

I settled on Hickory Wind, but Grievous Angel and $1,000 Wedding were close...

And what's the one that goes "Oh my land is like a wild goose..."?

In my hour of darkness
In my hour of need
Good lord grant me vision
Good lord grant me speed....

I also love some of the stuff he did with the Flying Burrito Brothers...

A man came around
Tried to clean up this town
His ideas made some people mad
But he trusted his crowd
And he spoke right out loud
And they lost the best friend they had
This old earthquake's gonna leave me in the poorhouse
I feel like the whole town's insane
On the 33rd floor
That gold-plated door
Won't keep out the Lord's burning rain...

[greendog]

2. It's hard to have one favorite

I chose "Return of the Grievous Angel" but "Sin City" is another great one. "The Streets of Baltimore" always makes me smile. Great songwriter.

[FlashHarry]

3. I almost put 'Baltimore' on there, but it's not an original.

It was written by Tompall Glaser and Harlan Howard. Great tune, though.

[supernova]

15. Is that the one Nils Lofgren did?

If so I still remember than song so many years later.

[newyawker99]

14. Congrats greendog!! 200 posts

:toast:

[argyl]

4. Put "Return of the Grievous Angel" first but "Christine's Tune"

is a close second. Sneaky Pete Klenow's steel playing on that tune will flay your flesh down to the nerve endings.Really hot.

[FlashHarry]

7. Which record?

I don't remember that one. To be honest, I haven't listened to the Burritos in a while. Most of my GP stuff is on my computer (aside from GP/Grievous Angel)

[argyl]

13. It's on The Burrito Brothers "Gilded Palace of Sin".

xx

[mitchum]

5. "In My Hour of Darkness"...

and I suspect "Wild Horses"

[FlashHarry]

6. Kick

[peekaloo]

8. "Cecil just drove down the wrong road"

I grew up near Winter Haven and that's the way one of his relatives once described his tragic life.

"In My Hour of Darkness", indeed.

[FlashHarry]

9. Wow. What was the name of his family?

The Sniveleys, or something? Weren't they pretty well-off? I heard he got a trust fund up until he died.

[peekaloo]

10. I think his mom was a Sniveley

but his dad's name was Connor, I believe. Parsons was his step dad....they were well off....citrus industry......hmmmm think I'll look for a Ben Hill Griffin connection (KKKatherine Harris' grandpappy).

By most accounts young Gram was a snooty lil' bastard because of the family money.

[FlashHarry]

11. Cecil Ingram Connor III

That's it! Ingram or 'Gram.

[Fenris]

12. In My Hour of Darkness

RIP GP