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Doug Beaumier Member From: Northampton, MA |
posted 30 April 2002 09:49 PM
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Does anyone have the music for this Gram Parsons song... Hickory Wind? The lyrics, chords, guitar tab, and MP3 are all available on line, but I'm looking for a copy of the sheet music... if any was ever made available. I've searched the databases of 3 libraries and found no song books with this song. I've also searched several of the on line sheet music sites. Maybe this song was never available in sheet music? ...I thought I might get lucky here. I'll pay for a copy, or buy a book, or whatever. Hickory Wind was on the classic Byrds album Sweetheart of the Rodeo and I think it was also on GP's Grievous Angel ------------------ |
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Kenny Davis Member From: Great State of Oklahoma |
posted 01 May 2002 09:46 AM
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Doug - I just checked with Byron Berline, and he doesn't know of any sheet music for the song. I thought I'd ask him, as he included it on his "Tribute to Clark/Parsons" cd. |
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chas smith Member From: Encino, CA, USA |
posted 01 May 2002 10:04 AM
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There's an especially beautiful version by Emmy Lou Harris on her album 'Blue Kentucky Girl'. I have the Warner Bros LP from 1979 and the liner notes have the words. |
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Doug Beaumier Member From: Northampton, MA |
posted 01 May 2002 10:04 AM
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Thanks Kenny Yes, Emmy Lou Harris has a nice version. The lyrics and chords are on the gramparsons.com site: http://www.gramparsons.com/tab/tab_css.php?lyric=hicko [This message was edited by Doug Beaumier on 01 May 2002 at 10:14 AM.] |
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CHIP FOSSA Member From: Monson, MA 01057 U.S.A. |
posted 01 May 2002 11:24 AM
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Doug, looks like a good time to get BIAB or TablEdit out and write your own score. Heck, I'm sure you know the song inside out and upside down. Maybe get 6 or 7 folks together to come up with notation, and then pick the best from each. I know I would have trouble with the little subtlties, like dotted notes etc. We all could come close, and then you could fine tune it.You know how to write in real notation, right? It's a great song. I never get sick of it. |
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Doug Beaumier Member From: Northampton, MA |
posted 01 May 2002 08:30 PM
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Hi Chip, Yes, I can play the song and write it on TE... It's a simple melody, but I've heard at least 3 versions of the song and the melody is not exactly the same in each version. The differences are slight, but I was hoping to get the sheet music to nail down the exact melody. Maybe I"ll just go with The Byrds version. ------------------ |
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Boomer Member From: Brentwood, TN USA |
posted 04 May 2002 06:33 PM
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If you can't find the sheet music to "Hickory Wind", you might try the sheet music to "Satisfied Mind". Sounds to me like Gram took liberties with this melody. Best, Boomer |
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Bobby Lee Sysop From: Cloverdale, North California, USA |
posted 05 May 2002 08:30 AM
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I doubt that Gram ever wrote down the music. If sheet music exists, it is probably a music company's transcription from a popular recording (most likely The Byrds version). You're at least as likely to get it right as the music company's scribe, so follow your ears. ------------------ |
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Donny Hinson Member From: Balto., Md. U.S.A. |
posted 05 May 2002 10:02 AM
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If it was copyrighted, there oughta be a lead-sheet somewhere, I would think. By the way, just what is a "Hickory Wind"? The song doesn't explain the term. |
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Chris Forbes Member From: Beltsville, MD, USA |
posted 05 May 2002 10:15 AM
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The wind going through Hickory trees? |
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CHIP FOSSA Member From: Monson, MA 01057 U.S.A. |
posted 05 May 2002 01:54 PM
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Yup. That's it. "The wind in the pines" (Hickory). |
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Donny Hinson Member From: Balto., Md. U.S.A. |
posted 06 May 2002 02:39 PM
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Hmmmm, but the hickory isn't a conifer (pine tree). It's actually akin to the Walnut, and has leaves.  The old Johnny Horton song "Whispering Pines" is probably a better metaphor, because the wind makes a kind of "swooshing" sound (that's an onomatopoeia) blowing through the needles...as opposed to wind blowing through leaves, which makes a kind of "rustling" sound. No matter, I had thought that the reference might be to the smell of Hickory burning carried on the wind. Burning Hickory has a very distinctive aroma, that's why it's used for smoking meat. But, the song doesn't elaborate. Oh well, enough useless trivia for now. |
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