Man, you did something here that spiked the punch for sure! -- excellent, excellent work. Gram had the "easties" along 395 and the Southern Sierras by the whiskers. and you seem to have gotten that, if you catch my meaning. Tribute is a state of mind, but not for those who hit the road, time and time again...
Man, you did something here that spiked the punch for sure! -- excellent, excellent work. Gram had the "easties" along 395 and the Southern Sierras by the whiskers. and you seem to have gotten that, if you catch my meaning. Tribute is a state of mind, but not for those who hit the road, time and time again...
Man, you did something here that spiked the punch for sure! -- excellent, excellent work. Gram had the "easties" along 395 and the Southern Sierras by the whiskers. and you seem to have gotten that, if you catch my meaning. Tribute is a state of mind, but not for those who hit the road, time and time again...
It's important for people to know this was NOT a cover. This is the original recording of the song. The Stones may have written it, but they followed Gram's musical interpretation of the tune very, very closely when they did their own cover the next year.
Respect your opinion Fudge, but that's just how I hear it....Of course Keith, Mick and the boys have other talents that Gram didn't have and never claimed to have. He has his stuff though and a depth, and he does what he does the best.....
Keith may have the rock n roll snarling attitude, but he has never, ever, had the deep down feeling and soul....just listen and let your heart tell you....
This is an awesome cover version. One can actually understand the lyrics this time around ;) But I agree the lyrics were as if they were meant for Gram. He sung with so much conviction I scarcely think a song of another he couldn't approve upon.
@mysteria31 You're out of your mind. Keith & Mick wrote Honky Tonk Woman and Mick wrote Wild Horses while he was in Australia filming Ned Kelly in the summer of 1969. He wrote it for Marianne Faithful. Now, what evidence, what shred of proof, do you have for your assertion that Parsons wrote either of those songs? Tell me, PLEASE !!!!!!!!
one of the truly GREAT song writers,and singers.where is the justice,he dies early and courtney love lives on too make bad records.thanks billy corgin.
It's been rumored that Gram & Keith actually wrote the song .... this was released prior to the Stones version, some say as a nod to Gram for not getting writing credit. The song sure seems made for Gram, it's every bit as good as the Stones version.
this is fat!!!!thats what we said in the summer of 95 when something was cool, when jerry garcia died,on the way to woodstock 25, my summer of love with the rainbow tribe, we were just leaveing a gathering in ittaca, on or way to bethel,,it was magic,it wat a FAT summer,oh, and i love gram,in my mind he will always be 27, and just beautiful<33333
Although i do like the original by The Stones, I really think this surpassses it. It's going to be our first dance at the wedding! Very romantic song xxx
LOL, Paupersdream don't be silly. I know this version is by GP. I meant I prefer it to The stones' version. The Stones is the one most people will have heard and people usually prefer the more well known version. I'm glad 2x peeps knew where I was coming from !!!!
Thank you, thank you! Finially found this on youtube! Hautingly beautiful rendition of this song. Wonderful compilation of images, especially of Jtree. Wonderful job : )
Mick Jagger stated in an interview that the song was written well after his break-up with Faithful. Stop writing shit as if you were an authority on WHO wrote WHAT WHEN and WHERE. Nobody truly knows the truth about the song. So enjoy it instead of repeating what somoene wrote in some stupid bbok designed to get gullable idiots to act like they know what they are talking about. LOSERS!!!
Actually this song was written by Keith Richards & Mick Jagger about the late band member Brian Jones, & hard partying which ultimately resulted in his death & dismissal from the band which took place not long before his sudden "drowning". This is & will always be my alltime favorite Stones tune.
Well, according to Tony Sanchez in his book, "Up and Down With the Rolling Stones," Marianne Faithful was upset over Brian's death and that was one of the contributing factors to her suicide attempt in Australia while there with Mick to film "Ned Kelly," which she never did act in because of her pill overdose. Now, Sanchez claims that this is a love song from Mick to Marianne, and it was sparked by her comment on emerging from a coma. She said, "Wild horses couldn't drag me away."
when i was a child in the early 70's i was abused by my father as was my siblings. this was one song that kept me there for my mother who was also abused. gram will never know what this song did for me but i thank him for his message. god speed gram and thank you!
this is the best one singing this song i have heard, wished he was still around, but still love this folk-rock touch he has got!! RIP GP........213 boys
This song was written by Mick Jagger when he was in Australia filming Ned Kelly. Marianne Faithful was to star in the film with him but she ODed on sleeping pills and almost died. When she awoke from her coma Mick was at her bedside and she told him that wild horses couldn't drag her away and that comment inspired him to write the song.
Be careful with "urban legends". Mick Jagger was very careful with the image of the Stones. He wanted writing credits to belong to Keith Richards and himself; exclusively. My money is on Gram Parsons writing this song.
I remember hearing this the other way around... that Mick woke up from the OD and spoke the chorus to Marianne when next he saw her, although I could be misremembering what I read. Stupid human brain.
Read Tony Sanchez's book "Up and Down With the Rolling Stones." He was friends with both Keith (he actually worked for Keith as a personal assistant/drug purveyor for several years) and Marianne Faithful. Marianne told him the story of what happened in Austrialia. Also: Mick would never attempt suicide or OD on downers (as Mairanne did). Please. He's way too narcissistic.
The comment at the end is priceless to I would love to do that as well. Well ride big trucks down the middle of the sunshine state parkway someday... see you then brother... (yeah wild horses makes for better lyrics)
Wow, I used to hate this song for personal reasons. Now that I know the GP connection it gives so much more life and love into a song that by far outshadows my trivial spite for it. I listen with new ears. Thank You
Gram did not write Wild Horses although he was the inspiration for the song. Wild Horses was actually written by Keith Richards and Mick Jagger (it is widely held that the song was originally written for Gram to sing, an idea that was refused by the record label). The Rolling Stones did allow Gram to record the song before the Stones themselves had recorded it.
Gram, forever young and forever amazing. Your talent has astounded me since we had classes together at Winter Haven High. Your voice never fails to move me -- after all these years. Forever young!
thanks for posting this lovely video...i saw Grams in 1973 in Austin, Texas at the Armadillo World Headquarters, i was about 14 or 15 yrs old, growing up in Austin, Texas, when the state was beautiful and the music the finest....
great video, dont think it matters who wrote the song, I'm not too keen on the Mick Taylor solo either. Grams version kinda grows on you and I prefer it now. Think Keef uses some open tunings on the stones version, that was probably his idea. Its ended up being used on UK soap opera Hollyoaks, could rekindle some interest in the song. I like to sing it, as its good for harmonies. May post a version.
According to Gram's girlfriend Sam, Gram wrote this song and gave it to Keith as a birthday present. Whether or not her testimony is factual, Wild Horses is definitely in Gram Parsons' style.
Yeah, and Gram sat down at a piano one nite and wrote "Country Honk" exactly the way it ended up on Let It Bleed! Nashville my ass! The Stones got their country-inflected stuff from none other than Gram Parsons.
They screwed Ry Cooder too.
Sucked both guys clean dry without even one word of thank you! Not even a damned "Thanks G.P." on any of their albums..
What a Bitch. And the Stones even went as far as to ask the Great Roy Buchannon to join the Stones as a rhythm guitarist...........!
What about all the country songs on Beggers Banquet long before Richards hooked up with Gram Parsons? Still I like the influence Gram had on the Stones in the early seventies.
@mysteria31 You're out of your mind. Keith & Mick wrote Honky Tonk Woman and Mick wrote Wild Horses while he was in Australia filming Ned Kelly in the summer of 1969. He wrote it for Marianne Faithful. Now, what evidence, what shred of proof, do you have for your assertion that Parsons wrote either of those songs? Tell me, PLEASE !!!!!!!!
@JeffRebornNow Well, If you had correctly read my post and not jumped to conclusions like some irate child you would have seen that I said "Country Honk" was written on piano, note for note exactly the way it ended up on "Let It Bleed"
Take your blinders off. Fans sometimes feel their idols can do no wrong. It's a sign of immaturity to believe such a thing..
No need for the bitterness dude, but please, if you're going to make such explicit statements then show some evidence. I've heard Sneaky Pete brought Wild Horses to the Burritos after doing the pedal steel on the Stones' version. That recording was in the can for years before it was released, meanwhile the Burritos used it in their sets.
One man's robbery is another man's collaboration, so why not let those concerned do the bitching?
@mysteria31.....Please!!...So I guess the Stones owe all their success to Gram Parsons now, is that it?....Good lord, take a xanex, already!...And gee whiz, how in the hell did the Stones ever make it, without the genius rhythm guitar of Roy Buchannon??!!!...Just imagine how successful they actually could have become...There's no telling how far they could have taken this music thingy.
I knew people would say that. Keith didn't kill anyone. He was the same age as Gram. They were both very young. Keith is just lucky he didn't die at 26.
Keith Richards & Gram parsons were soul borthers, theres a pic of them together in a Gram's documentary film "Fallen Angel" you can clearly see they loved each other very much. Death is not the end..
actually richards wrote it as a tribute to parsons keith has been quoted as a huge burritto brothers and parsons fan many a time and when solo plays some of parsons songs parsons grew up just a little way from where i live and has never been given half the credit he deserves
nope. keef wrote this about his girl. and jagger rewrote the lyrics. And mick taylor is the one who has nvr been given half the credit. still love parsons tho.
actully there is a bootleg instrumental version of just patrsons and richards on guitars and they both wrote the chords and keith has said parsons was a big influence on the lyrics and the burrito brothers released the song first on there second album in 69 stiky fingers did not come out till 70 or 71
This is the correct history of song. Keith wrote it and Mick rewrote it. Mick Taylor played on it. People give Taylor too much credit and Richards not enough in my opinion. Taylor could play the hell out of a guitar, but it is Richards who is behind some of the greatest rock songs every written. Gram does a nice version here.
Yep, but it was Keef who didn't give credit on this album. Taylor and Jagger wrote, for instance, moonlight mile, and taylor got no credit. Keef was and is a great songwriter, but during that period was a bit damaged. And, honestly, on how many of you favorite stones albums was Taylor playing guitar while keef was trying to score smack?
look for a recording of gram and keith muscle schoal studios nov 69 ang they both came up with the chords together no lyrics and gram wrote no lyrics but was a influence a cowriter if you want to say even though he got no credit anyways grams playing the chords keith was just doing the solo when they played
...uh...anyone know who wrote the damn song....??I thought Parsons wrote it and gave it to Mick...then the Eagles copied everything they did from it....
Keith Richards wrote it, Mick Jagger rewrote the lyrics. Parsons/FBBros recorded it in 1970 and then the Stones's version came out in 1971 on "Sticky Fingers."
best cover of a great song ever. can argue over the vocals, more emotion in this more harshness with the stones (and thats good), but mick taylor's the kicker for me. awesome awesome sound on the cover, but mick taylor and keith together well... greatest cover ever but not better.
back in 1990's just after hurricane andrew passed thru new orleans my ex and i flew down and the first place i had to go was grams grave... it was submerged under water and i felt we had to do something... i checked with mgt and they gave us shovels and we carved a guiter around the flower vase and filled it with white rock... i was about 3 ft across... we placed a dozen roses in the vase and cried... never to be forgotten... Gram... Michael Poe...
yup i love horse but i also love working on displays so please have a look at my video The Display its really funny you will love it and have a look at my horse videos i thinking you all will love them
I love Gram's version of Wild Horses. There's something about his voice that really makes this song stand out from the Stones version. You can hear the 'pain' in his voice.
I feel that Jagger's voice and the Stones' collective voices, in places, are too harsh for the song. So, some places in their version are emotionally poignant, and others places are just totally lacking in emotion. It doesn't make a consistent emotional connection. I really hate the Stones' chorus in the song.
(I wonder what Johnny Cash could have done with this song though)
That's ok blondie - I "think" I may have gotten it... I just think B.Buttons is such a great song & you do a really good job no matter what clips if any you have - post, post, post, even a blank sceen, idont have these Lp's so it's all welcome!;)
Thank you thank you thank you. What a sweatheart and such a loss. No musci like this anymore, I don't even listen to the shit they make anymore, it's such a farce. You made me so happy by bringing back childhood memories, Thank you again. MORE! (Please!)
To mjk450 - If it comes to believing Keith or Gram, I'll go for Gram - & as far as the rich & famous bit, it didn't stop the Stones from plagiarizing other works from time to time. gururasbob
i am a recovering drug addict... trust me, it is a disease that never leaves your body.... i wish he could have gotten help b4 his death.. what a tragedy and senseless way to die... R.I.P my friend
it's so sad when a great talent is done in by drugs or drink... I loved the Byrds and Gram Parsons remains a substantial musical influence for me. RIP, friend...
I've talked with Gram many times in my thoughts and dreams,kinda like the best friend you never had when you were a child,it was hard to give him up....
the stones gave him the song before they recorded it on the proviso that he not releas eit as a single ps kieth said grams death was a silly mistake as gram had been off drugs for a while and made the mistake of taking the same amounts as he used to when his body stiill had a tolerence
the difference between keith richards and your junkie ex best friend is he had the money and fame not to have to lie and con and steal and got treated better just make sure you can confirm what keith says and bill wyman did at least on the wildhorses bit
People say they wish Parsons could have beat his addiction, etc.. etc... and yeah, his life would have been saved. People don't realise what kind of effect drugs have on an artistic person's writing abilities in the earlier stages of their addiction. If it wasn't for drugs, we wouldn't have amazing music.
that is very true, it's just unfotunate/sad that he couldn't/wouldn't control himself. Dying at such a young age is tragic, but it may have been his destiny, at the very least he left an amazing legacy & will be remembered forever by people who appreciate his genius
dtumahtsew, have you ever had heroin with morphine mixed with tequila? I mean since your English, why don't you try it out and see if you can handle it?
Gram Parsons wrote "Wild Horses". The Stones stole it from the MS he left lying on a floor in a London hotel room after a night of over-use of recreational substances. This from a CBC radio interview with Gram years ago.
I was stuck in the superdome durring katrina and met this cat who was obsessed with gram parsons. talked on and on about how he met gram's family, been up to the house, jammed with his sister, etc. kept me entertained for hours.
Original is much better than the Stones version. Still loving Gram after all these years. Talking about a Gram appreciation campout for hardcore Gram fans in the future up in the Ozarks.
Yeh the Stones might have "given" Gram this song, but his version is better than theirs. Anyone heard Keith Richard doing Sin City? ps, I'm a big Stones fan, but still miss Gram, as does Emmylou.
This tribute really captures the soul of the man I knew. I knew Gram in 1964 when he was in high school at Bolles in Florida and I was at the "sister" boarding school across town. There was a time when I could not hear this song without crying, but this is just such a really beautiful well-done tribute. Thanks, Blondiegirl.
John Phillips & Gram were both Southern Boys & great friends way back in mid-60s Greenwich Village. " Gram`s Tune" on John's last Album " Phillips 66" fingers " cockney gangsters prtending to be dying saints with electric guitars "
... but they stole every note in his head , they treated him like he had died & that was long before he was dead " JP really knew because he was burned the the same way by the same gangsters.
Hey you - I LOVE Grams music - check out a couple of my own crap 'country' performances - click my name and watch my vids x - lovely to see a girl with such great taste x
I always wondered if the Stones introduced Gram to the hard stuff. It would be so like Mick Jagger to destroy everything he ever touched. See Marianne Faithful for details!
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Man, you did something here that spiked the punch for sure! -- excellent, excellent work. Gram had the "easties" along 395 and the Southern Sierras by the whiskers. and you seem to have gotten that, if you catch my meaning. Tribute is a state of mind, but not for those who hit the road, time and time again...
chilesteve 1 year ago
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Man, you did something here that spiked the punch for sure! -- excellent, excellent work. Gram had the "easties" along 395 and the Southern Sierras by the whiskers. and you seem to have gotten that, if you catch my meaning. Tribute is a state of mind, but not for those who hit the road, time and time again...
chilesteve 1 year ago
Man, you did something here that spiked the punch for sure! -- excellent, excellent work. Gram had the "easties" along 395 and the Southern Sierras by the whiskers. and you seem to have gotten that, if you catch my meaning. Tribute is a state of mind, but not for those who hit the road, time and time again...
chilesteve 1 year ago
@chilesteve Thanks so much for your kind comments. :)
Blondiegrrl 1 year ago
makes me want to cry .........
hairyaireylivecouk 1 year ago
my girl said she could fall in love to this song...... hope she was talkin' bout' me!!
BDIDDY2526 1 year ago
It's important for people to know this was NOT a cover. This is the original recording of the song. The Stones may have written it, but they followed Gram's musical interpretation of the tune very, very closely when they did their own cover the next year.
boknowsbaseball 1 year ago
Respect your opinion Fudge, but that's just how I hear it....Of course Keith, Mick and the boys have other talents that Gram didn't have and never claimed to have. He has his stuff though and a depth, and he does what he does the best.....
katsongs 1 year ago
Keith may have the rock n roll snarling attitude, but he has never, ever, had the deep down feeling and soul....just listen and let your heart tell you....
katsongs 1 year ago
@katsongs False.
hotfudgemoney 1 year ago
I've gotta say, my dad lived not to far from Joshua Tree, and I found it to be the loneliness place I've ever seen. Even the Joshua Trees look sad.
Cyberella1000 1 year ago
Always wondered if Graham wrote this one but never got credit... it is his total his vibe..but I do not mean to dis Mick and The Boys..
v2vroth 1 year ago
This is an awesome cover version. One can actually understand the lyrics this time around ;) But I agree the lyrics were as if they were meant for Gram. He sung with so much conviction I scarcely think a song of another he couldn't approve upon.
BillyBogartShow 1 year ago
First and best recording of this song. Not written by Gram but he was the first to RECORD it, from what I've read.
judywatt 1 year ago
I wholehearedly agree with Mysteria.
mflicker 1 year ago
Sometimes things of Beauty make you cry soooooo hard & long. This is one of them, and I am SO glad I've re-discovered Gram :)
KickazzRedhead 1 year ago
I just downloaded this mp3 at mp3iffy. Check that site out - its sick. Google mp3iffy
NathanielAndrew100 1 year ago
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@mysteria31 You're out of your mind. Keith & Mick wrote Honky Tonk Woman and Mick wrote Wild Horses while he was in Australia filming Ned Kelly in the summer of 1969. He wrote it for Marianne Faithful. Now, what evidence, what shred of proof, do you have for your assertion that Parsons wrote either of those songs? Tell me, PLEASE !!!!!!!!
JeffRebornNow 1 year ago
one of the truly GREAT song writers,and singers.where is the justice,he dies early and courtney love lives on too make bad records.thanks billy corgin.
mercuryzeke 1 year ago
Thanks for this beautiful video. I wish he were still here.
BJane58 1 year ago
Love to you all. And that's all. Cheers to thee, blondy!
catbirdtree 1 year ago
Amazing video. I love Gram. This has to be one of the best tribute videos I've ever seen.
RussianDoll89 1 year ago
Beautiful- I've linked to it in my facebook page under Religious views. Thanks for posting.
kenzos15 1 year ago
sooooo good....
ThePinkfloyd51 1 year ago
at 6:48 thats keith Richards in the back bending over
Fillerup5 1 year ago
this song is really good magic
hushketty 1 year ago
My all time favorite version, what an enormous talent he was.
josgvis 1 year ago
beautiful video...
ferloma 1 year ago
Isn't that Leon Russell on piano?
basicaa 1 year ago
I love the early pix ... bring back a lot of memories from high school in Winter Haven with all the great Gram Parsons bands. Pacers, etc.
basicaa 1 year ago
It's been rumored that Gram & Keith actually wrote the song .... this was released prior to the Stones version, some say as a nod to Gram for not getting writing credit. The song sure seems made for Gram, it's every bit as good as the Stones version.
ceeceerider 1 year ago
You did a great job of this tribute...Thankyou!
Ahizmeh 1 year ago
Great song great version!
i love it! 5 stars
imaStonesGirl1 1 year ago
I like this version, the song suits his voice well, nice cover.
Check out the amazing Sarah Billington singing this song she's only 15
philbill43 1 year ago
Susan Boyle has a beautiful voice, but I love Gram's version. He could sing a sad song like no other. What a complicated, artistic, beautiful man.
May his soul rest in peace with the angels.
musiceduce 2 years ago 5
I totally agree with your statement. Gram was a true artist with a true passion for his work.
CharlotteAnne66 1 year ago
this is fat!!!!thats what we said in the summer of 95 when something was cool, when jerry garcia died,on the way to woodstock 25, my summer of love with the rainbow tribe, we were just leaveing a gathering in ittaca, on or way to bethel,,it was magic,it wat a FAT summer,oh, and i love gram,in my mind he will always be 27, and just beautiful<33333
hushketty 2 years ago
GREAT!!
jayhawks69 2 years ago
I don't know which version I like better?
That's rare.
septip123 2 years ago
Although i do like the original by The Stones, I really think this surpassses it. It's going to be our first dance at the wedding! Very romantic song xxx
moob45 2 years ago
This song gets me every time. Is there any better than GP? So great.
austntexan 2 years ago
merry christmas in summerland gream, tell, jan warner hi for me,,
hushketty 2 years ago
LOL, Paupersdream don't be silly. I know this version is by GP. I meant I prefer it to The stones' version. The Stones is the one most people will have heard and people usually prefer the more well known version. I'm glad 2x peeps knew where I was coming from !!!!
Mrsjessywessybessy 2 years ago
I like the stones version and this one equally.
Mick has lots of snarl & Gram has lots of sadness.
DeccaQuinne 2 years ago 6
I think he means he likes gram's version better than the stones cut. that's a tough one.
orangerooster73 2 years ago
I think I like Grams version better
Mrsjessywessybessy 2 years ago 4
You ARE kidding, right? This IS Gram's version...
paupersdream 2 years ago
what a beautiful tribute. *tear
MsMeatcake 2 years ago
a beautiful video with stirring emotion for a beautiful angel...
missbabydoll187 2 years ago
listen to gram parsons for instant karma
sandysuicide 2 years ago
RIP Gram... 36 years ago today he passed asleep unto the angels...
bayportmullet 2 years ago
Its so nice to have this version!!! Thanks !!
SuperAngelfire 2 years ago
So was it a flying burrito or flying brothers?
Oglenthorne 2 years ago
Thank you, thank you! Finially found this on youtube! Hautingly beautiful rendition of this song. Wonderful compilation of images, especially of Jtree. Wonderful job : )
smknchub 2 years ago
Mick Jagger stated in an interview that the song was written well after his break-up with Faithful. Stop writing shit as if you were an authority on WHO wrote WHAT WHEN and WHERE. Nobody truly knows the truth about the song. So enjoy it instead of repeating what somoene wrote in some stupid bbok designed to get gullable idiots to act like they know what they are talking about. LOSERS!!!
bbmtge 3 years ago
Wow! Great tribute. Hope you dont mind but I've added a link to here from the online tribute set up for Gram at the UK site Lasting Tribute.
Beertr1x 3 years ago
I certainly don't mind. Thanks so much!
Blondiegrrl 3 years ago
very moving gram parsons tribute...almost had me in tears...very very good
missbabydoll187 2 years ago 2
good song!
RattlerMan33 3 years ago
great song to bad it ended the way it did
georgie1234abc 3 years ago
LOVE IT!!! THANKS!!!!
billiam77 3 years ago
You're a drunken looney old hippie. Shut up. You make no coherent sense.
JeffRebornNow 3 years ago
They took you down and left a few for your memory.
They new you for just a short while but what well remain will last for the rest of time, for the few left for your memory!
Dexz9 3 years ago
Actually this song was written by Keith Richards & Mick Jagger about the late band member Brian Jones, & hard partying which ultimately resulted in his death & dismissal from the band which took place not long before his sudden "drowning". This is & will always be my alltime favorite Stones tune.
indytxreed 3 years ago
Well, according to Tony Sanchez in his book, "Up and Down With the Rolling Stones," Marianne Faithful was upset over Brian's death and that was one of the contributing factors to her suicide attempt in Australia while there with Mick to film "Ned Kelly," which she never did act in because of her pill overdose. Now, Sanchez claims that this is a love song from Mick to Marianne, and it was sparked by her comment on emerging from a coma. She said, "Wild horses couldn't drag me away."
JeffRebornNow 3 years ago 2
I wouldn't beleive everything in print about who wrote what. Because I was there.... And so was Brian, Jimi, John, Mick, Keith, and Gram!
Dexz9 3 years ago
I had the chance to meet Gram Parsons once, a short time before his death. He was very nice and unpretentious....just a regular guy. R.I.P.
f9qo 3 years ago
Beautifully done!
kashmir149 3 years ago
Bob Dylan never did this song. Would be great though. Love this version as well. But no one can beat the stones whit this one.
TheFreewheeling 3 years ago
when i was a child in the early 70's i was abused by my father as was my siblings. this was one song that kept me there for my mother who was also abused. gram will never know what this song did for me but i thank him for his message. god speed gram and thank you!
oning5 3 years ago 2
Did Bob Dylan sing this song? That would be wonderful if he has, I'd love to hear it. Anybody know?
TechsysPete 3 years ago
this is the best one singing this song i have heard, wished he was still around, but still love this folk-rock touch he has got!! RIP GP........213 boys
smokedup213 3 years ago
I have never heard GP sing this song. MY sincerest thanks for posting...GP...wish he was here.
bbmtge 3 years ago
This song was written by Mick Jagger when he was in Australia filming Ned Kelly. Marianne Faithful was to star in the film with him but she ODed on sleeping pills and almost died. When she awoke from her coma Mick was at her bedside and she told him that wild horses couldn't drag her away and that comment inspired him to write the song.
JeffRebornNow 3 years ago
Be careful with "urban legends". Mick Jagger was very careful with the image of the Stones. He wanted writing credits to belong to Keith Richards and himself; exclusively. My money is on Gram Parsons writing this song.
bbmtge 3 years ago
I remember hearing this the other way around... that Mick woke up from the OD and spoke the chorus to Marianne when next he saw her, although I could be misremembering what I read. Stupid human brain.
TechsysPete 3 years ago
Read Tony Sanchez's book "Up and Down With the Rolling Stones." He was friends with both Keith (he actually worked for Keith as a personal assistant/drug purveyor for several years) and Marianne Faithful. Marianne told him the story of what happened in Austrialia. Also: Mick would never attempt suicide or OD on downers (as Mairanne did). Please. He's way too narcissistic.
JeffRebornNow 3 years ago
The comment at the end is priceless to I would love to do that as well. Well ride big trucks down the middle of the sunshine state parkway someday... see you then brother... (yeah wild horses makes for better lyrics)
joeafish 3 years ago
Wow, I used to hate this song for personal reasons. Now that I know the GP connection it gives so much more life and love into a song that by far outshadows my trivial spite for it. I listen with new ears. Thank You
joeafish 3 years ago
I don't care who wrote it. Gram sang it far better then Mick did that's for sure, he made the song is own.
ZombieEaterz 3 years ago
Rumors were that the Stones stole it from Gram;it seems like Grams words and he has the emotions that fit the song; but he didn't
get copyrights and perhaps Keith Richards
and Mick Jaggers did?
lovinitdfp 3 years ago
From the Gram Parsons Homepage FAQ:
Gram did not write Wild Horses although he was the inspiration for the song. Wild Horses was actually written by Keith Richards and Mick Jagger (it is widely held that the song was originally written for Gram to sing, an idea that was refused by the record label). The Rolling Stones did allow Gram to record the song before the Stones themselves had recorded it.
averellwalton 3 years ago
Parsons actually wrote the song but jagger and richards took credit for it
lovinitdfp 3 years ago
RIP may your voice never be forgotten or lost in this world.
PENWESTERN 3 years ago
Gram, forever young and forever amazing. Your talent has astounded me since we had classes together at Winter Haven High. Your voice never fails to move me -- after all these years. Forever young!
12FreeGo 3 years ago
This is better than the stones.
wasteofaday 3 years ago 2
Beautiful. Nothing against the stones, this is better.
Snowmster 3 years ago 2
thanks for posting this lovely video...i saw Grams in 1973 in Austin, Texas at the Armadillo World Headquarters, i was about 14 or 15 yrs old, growing up in Austin, Texas, when the state was beautiful and the music the finest....
thanks...God rest you Gram.
princessofhesse 3 years ago
Beautifully done...
jerzgerl 3 years ago
great video, dont think it matters who wrote the song, I'm not too keen on the Mick Taylor solo either. Grams version kinda grows on you and I prefer it now. Think Keef uses some open tunings on the stones version, that was probably his idea. Its ended up being used on UK soap opera Hollyoaks, could rekindle some interest in the song. I like to sing it, as its good for harmonies. May post a version.
bsteverobinson 3 years ago
thanks blondie for this
hrothmane 3 years ago
Very nice.
lunargirl1969 3 years ago
According to Gram's girlfriend Sam, Gram wrote this song and gave it to Keith as a birthday present. Whether or not her testimony is factual, Wild Horses is definitely in Gram Parsons' style.
petercrowley41 3 years ago
best version
maxtowle 3 years ago
Thank you
gironlaw05 3 years ago
nothing to say just great r Gram
mollymini 3 years ago
Yeah, and Gram sat down at a piano one nite and wrote "Country Honk" exactly the way it ended up on Let It Bleed! Nashville my ass! The Stones got their country-inflected stuff from none other than Gram Parsons.
They screwed Ry Cooder too.
Sucked both guys clean dry without even one word of thank you! Not even a damned "Thanks G.P." on any of their albums..
What a Bitch. And the Stones even went as far as to ask the Great Roy Buchannon to join the Stones as a rhythm guitarist...........!
mysteria31 3 years ago 4
album credits are to friendship what flowers are to romance. in other words, jack shit.
poppiesrule 3 years ago
What about all the country songs on Beggers Banquet long before Richards hooked up with Gram Parsons? Still I like the influence Gram had on the Stones in the early seventies.
grimmmammoth 3 years ago
@mysteria31 You're out of your mind. Keith & Mick wrote Honky Tonk Woman and Mick wrote Wild Horses while he was in Australia filming Ned Kelly in the summer of 1969. He wrote it for Marianne Faithful. Now, what evidence, what shred of proof, do you have for your assertion that Parsons wrote either of those songs? Tell me, PLEASE !!!!!!!!
JeffRebornNow 1 year ago
@JeffRebornNow Well, If you had correctly read my post and not jumped to conclusions like some irate child you would have seen that I said "Country Honk" was written on piano, note for note exactly the way it ended up on "Let It Bleed"
Take your blinders off. Fans sometimes feel their idols can do no wrong. It's a sign of immaturity to believe such a thing..
mysteria31 1 year ago
No need for the bitterness dude, but please, if you're going to make such explicit statements then show some evidence. I've heard Sneaky Pete brought Wild Horses to the Burritos after doing the pedal steel on the Stones' version. That recording was in the can for years before it was released, meanwhile the Burritos used it in their sets.
One man's robbery is another man's collaboration, so why not let those concerned do the bitching?
BlueBillyMusic 1 year ago
@JeffRebornNow I also read recently that Keith Richards and Gram wrote wild horses together...I will try to find it again .
rc1965 1 year ago
@mysteria31.....Please!!...So I guess the Stones owe all their success to Gram Parsons now, is that it?....Good lord, take a xanex, already!...And gee whiz, how in the hell did the Stones ever make it, without the genius rhythm guitar of Roy Buchannon??!!!...Just imagine how successful they actually could have become...There's no telling how far they could have taken this music thingy.
cheezer57 1 year ago
@cheezer57 Do you even know who Roy Buchanon was? I will just assume not since your sarcastic know-nothing post was written by a musical idiot!
mysteria31 1 year ago
Thanks for putting this up Blondiegrrrl.
Beautiful song, beautifully sung.
kittyfreek 3 years ago
Keef killed Gram, motherfucker had half the talent.
tqrx 3 years ago
and i thought it was booze n drugs?
wildhias 3 years ago
I knew people would say that. Keith didn't kill anyone. He was the same age as Gram. They were both very young. Keith is just lucky he didn't die at 26.
cracks21229 3 years ago
he did roll brian jones into the pool right? and he did steal all of mick taylor's guitar work while he, keef, was mainlining in the early 70's.
packersabre 3 years ago
Keith Richards & Gram parsons were soul borthers, theres a pic of them together in a Gram's documentary film "Fallen Angel" you can clearly see they loved each other very much. Death is not the end..
wisesatyr72 3 years ago
Great song!
bennystropical 3 years ago
One of the better reflections of Gram. Sorry, need to go finds a tissue now.
mudbelle 3 years ago
actually richards wrote it as a tribute to parsons keith has been quoted as a huge burritto brothers and parsons fan many a time and when solo plays some of parsons songs parsons grew up just a little way from where i live and has never been given half the credit he deserves
velvetreed 3 years ago
Amen. My man.
Gram is extremely overlooked.
plouck22 3 years ago 2
nope. keef wrote this about his girl. and jagger rewrote the lyrics. And mick taylor is the one who has nvr been given half the credit. still love parsons tho.
packersabre 3 years ago
actully there is a bootleg instrumental version of just patrsons and richards on guitars and they both wrote the chords and keith has said parsons was a big influence on the lyrics and the burrito brothers released the song first on there second album in 69 stiky fingers did not come out till 70 or 71
flyingenchiladaguyGP 3 years ago 4
This is the correct history of song. Keith wrote it and Mick rewrote it. Mick Taylor played on it. People give Taylor too much credit and Richards not enough in my opinion. Taylor could play the hell out of a guitar, but it is Richards who is behind some of the greatest rock songs every written. Gram does a nice version here.
cracks21229 3 years ago
Yep, but it was Keef who didn't give credit on this album. Taylor and Jagger wrote, for instance, moonlight mile, and taylor got no credit. Keef was and is a great songwriter, but during that period was a bit damaged. And, honestly, on how many of you favorite stones albums was Taylor playing guitar while keef was trying to score smack?
packersabre 3 years ago
Parsons actually wrote the song but jagger and richards took credit for it
Great song!
bluesplaya2 4 years ago
written by Keith
illuminati20 3 years ago
written by keef, rewritten by mick jagger, immortalized by mick taylor, covered by grahm. sorry bro.
packersabre 3 years ago
look for a recording of gram and keith muscle schoal studios nov 69 ang they both came up with the chords together no lyrics and gram wrote no lyrics but was a influence a cowriter if you want to say even though he got no credit anyways grams playing the chords keith was just doing the solo when they played
flyingenchiladaguyGP 3 years ago
...uh...anyone know who wrote the damn song....??I thought Parsons wrote it and gave it to Mick...then the Eagles copied everything they did from it....
CptJimEd 4 years ago
Keith Richards wrote it, Mick Jagger rewrote the lyrics. Parsons/FBBros recorded it in 1970 and then the Stones's version came out in 1971 on "Sticky Fingers."
paxpaul 4 years ago 4
very nice
F1JaguarFan 4 years ago
.. gave that tune a good home
jahfhaili 4 years ago
WOW!....Cool video. Very nicely done.
ojaioan 4 years ago
best cover of a great song ever. can argue over the vocals, more emotion in this more harshness with the stones (and thats good), but mick taylor's the kicker for me. awesome awesome sound on the cover, but mick taylor and keith together well... greatest cover ever but not better.
packersabre 4 years ago
back in 1990's just after hurricane andrew passed thru new orleans my ex and i flew down and the first place i had to go was grams grave... it was submerged under water and i felt we had to do something... i checked with mgt and they gave us shovels and we carved a guiter around the flower vase and filled it with white rock... i was about 3 ft across... we placed a dozen roses in the vase and cried... never to be forgotten... Gram... Michael Poe...
bluedog300zxp 4 years ago
NICE, bluedog300zxp, that alone just madem e cry, very nice, THANK YOU.
amandalee7747 3 years ago
Thanks ~A for sharing. Great one!
Thanks Blondiegrrl for posting.
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oakstorm 4 years ago
I love Gram's version of Wild Horses. There's something about his voice that really makes this song stand out from the Stones version. You can hear the 'pain' in his voice.
keef186 4 years ago
I feel that Jagger's voice and the Stones' collective voices, in places, are too harsh for the song. So, some places in their version are emotionally poignant, and others places are just totally lacking in emotion. It doesn't make a consistent emotional connection. I really hate the Stones' chorus in the song.
(I wonder what Johnny Cash could have done with this song though)
SparkamusPryme 4 years ago
The greatest of the Baby Boomers, all 76 million of them. He'll go down the Ages.
hatring2 4 years ago
Baltimore too.. you expected that though. I can keep you in 3 jobs, lol. Sorry, BG, I am just low lech!
amandalee7747 4 years ago
That's ok blondie - I "think" I may have gotten it... I just think B.Buttons is such a great song & you do a really good job no matter what clips if any you have - post, post, post, even a blank sceen, idont have these Lp's so it's all welcome!;)
amandalee7747 4 years ago
eu estive aqui, thanxs from brazil!!!
marcotukoff 4 years ago
May his music keep Gram's memory alive forever.
arkgunslinger 4 years ago
Childhood living Was easy to do...the things I wanted, I got them too, lol.
amandalee7747 4 years ago
Hey, I replied to your message, but I got an error code and I'm not sure if it went through. Anyway, yes, I'll do that vid sometime. :)
Blondiegrrl 4 years ago
Thank you thank you thank you. What a sweatheart and such a loss. No musci like this anymore, I don't even listen to the shit they make anymore, it's such a farce. You made me so happy by bringing back childhood memories, Thank you again. MORE! (Please!)
amandalee7747 4 years ago
Thank you so much for your kind words! I hope to make more vids after I accumulate a few more clips.
Blondiegrrl 4 years ago
To mjk450 - If it comes to believing Keith or Gram, I'll go for Gram - & as far as the rich & famous bit, it didn't stop the Stones from plagiarizing other works from time to time. gururasbob
gururasbob 4 years ago
he left a story and beautiful words and songs.
keithdunphy 4 years ago
i am a recovering drug addict... trust me, it is a disease that never leaves your body.... i wish he could have gotten help b4 his death.. what a tragedy and senseless way to die... R.I.P my friend
neworleans1979 4 years ago 2
it's so sad when a great talent is done in by drugs or drink... I loved the Byrds and Gram Parsons remains a substantial musical influence for me. RIP, friend...
BostonRocker51 4 years ago
Nice vid. Thanks for sharing.
R.I.P Gram Parsons. Fucking legend.
NateSpurs 4 years ago
I've talked with Gram many times in my thoughts and dreams,kinda like the best friend you never had when you were a child,it was hard to give him up....
oldasshippie 4 years ago 2
the stones gave him the song before they recorded it on the proviso that he not releas eit as a single ps kieth said grams death was a silly mistake as gram had been off drugs for a while and made the mistake of taking the same amounts as he used to when his body stiill had a tolerence
mjk450 4 years ago
Who can believe anything Keith Richards says?
As my ex-best friend (a junkie) used to say: "Never trust a junkie."
Guru Ras Bob
gururasbob 4 years ago
the difference between keith richards and your junkie ex best friend is he had the money and fame not to have to lie and con and steal and got treated better just make sure you can confirm what keith says and bill wyman did at least on the wildhorses bit
mjk450 4 years ago
People say they wish Parsons could have beat his addiction, etc.. etc... and yeah, his life would have been saved. People don't realise what kind of effect drugs have on an artistic person's writing abilities in the earlier stages of their addiction. If it wasn't for drugs, we wouldn't have amazing music.
whoisbrianwilde 4 years ago
that is very true, it's just unfotunate/sad that he couldn't/wouldn't control himself. Dying at such a young age is tragic, but it may have been his destiny, at the very least he left an amazing legacy & will be remembered forever by people who appreciate his genius
shalertitan52 4 years ago
dtumahtsew, have you ever had heroin with morphine mixed with tequila? I mean since your English, why don't you try it out and see if you can handle it?
kyjo20 4 years ago
gram's god!
thejonasvoid 4 years ago
Gram Parsons wrote "Wild Horses". The Stones stole it from the MS he left lying on a floor in a London hotel room after a night of over-use of recreational substances. This from a CBC radio interview with Gram years ago.
gururasbob 4 years ago
I was stuck in the superdome durring katrina and met this cat who was obsessed with gram parsons. talked on and on about how he met gram's family, been up to the house, jammed with his sister, etc. kept me entertained for hours.
oustair99 4 years ago
Original is much better than the Stones version. Still loving Gram after all these years. Talking about a Gram appreciation campout for hardcore Gram fans in the future up in the Ozarks.
amotorcycle 4 years ago
thanks for that! Gram...we still lov ya!
mountaingirl64 4 years ago
It's great someone does a video like this because nobody seems to care about gram anymore
3ig3ang 4 years ago
Yeh the Stones might have "given" Gram this song, but his version is better than theirs. Anyone heard Keith Richard doing Sin City? ps, I'm a big Stones fan, but still miss Gram, as does Emmylou.
cartoonhead10 4 years ago
still missing you, grievous angel.......
wild horses couldn't drag me away.....
LisaKyleROCKS 4 years ago
another great FLA songster
RIP GP
loungecruz 4 years ago
This tribute really captures the soul of the man I knew. I knew Gram in 1964 when he was in high school at Bolles in Florida and I was at the "sister" boarding school across town. There was a time when I could not hear this song without crying, but this is just such a really beautiful well-done tribute. Thanks, Blondiegirl.
kaya823 4 years ago
I'm glad you liked it. I wish I could have known him; he was one of a kind.
Blondiegrrl 4 years ago
Thats mad kaya....... He was a one off though.... One cool dude, with voice that would melt.....
mcluskeygotthetouch 4 years ago
John Phillips & Gram were both Southern Boys & great friends way back in mid-60s Greenwich Village. " Gram`s Tune" on John's last Album " Phillips 66" fingers " cockney gangsters prtending to be dying saints with electric guitars "
... but they stole every note in his head , they treated him like he had died & that was long before he was dead " JP really knew because he was burned the the same way by the same gangsters.
Gram is the Legend .....
stalbot46 4 years ago
That's fascinating. Thanks for the info!
Blondiegrrl 4 years ago
Well, there you go! Thanks for sharing this.
musiceduce 2 years ago
A great song so well-sung by the irreplaceable Gram Parson.He should not have died at such young age.A huge loss to the music world.
mclenptp 4 years ago
gram parsons died at the age of 26, great loss rip
3ig3ang 4 years ago
the stones gave him that song!
jedipat5 4 years ago
yep they did, as Gram was hangin with Kieth Richards at the time. Just a side thought, if Kieth and Gram never met??????
tubemeokay 4 years ago
God,What a great band! how cool are those clothes!apparently the Stones had a go at this song too not as good tho.
footscraysteve 4 years ago
Hey you - I LOVE Grams music - check out a couple of my own crap 'country' performances - click my name and watch my vids x - lovely to see a girl with such great taste x
slammerdurrant 4 years ago
Thanks! I'll watch them and leave a comment. :)
Blondiegrrl 4 years ago
I always wondered if the Stones introduced Gram to the hard stuff. It would be so like Mick Jagger to destroy everything he ever touched. See Marianne Faithful for details!
Tuddyboy11 4 years ago