Gram Parsons & Keith Richards - The Genesis Of The Wild Horses

[jojoheartspaypay]

Typical bitch Mick indeed.Gram will NEVER be forgotten..hell, check my page lol

[sankeonbob]

all i know is that gram and kieth became freinds and that gram hung with kieth in england for acouple of months keith played the song for him and he liked it .these tracks were probaly already laid down on two track reel to reel already,keith gave gram the song for the burritos to record if you check it out the burritos version came ouy before sticky fingers

[billyjoedopesmoker]

if you don't know a demisemiquaver from a microtone, then your opinion about this recording is irrelevant. if you do know the difference, then maybe you don't understand how feelings are communicated through tonal dynamics. if you understand how feelings are communicated through music, but grew up after digital recording replaced analog, i feel sorry for you. a tapestry of emotions has been painted by artists with guitars, transforming a canvas of silence into art. musicians, not technicians.

[Shidooobee]

Taylor...

[robotorb]

this is Mick Taylor NOT Gram Parsons

[2soakers]

Sorry Gram fans, it's Mick Taylor - (albeit a possibly drunk Mick Taylor)

Same sound, groove, and phrasing as:

Torn and Frayed - Listen @ 1m46s & 2m28s of the Exile on Mainstreet version w w w .youtube.com/watch?v=6U8JlcB_B­zA

also, "All Down the Line"

w w w.youtube.com/watch?v=7LzgoRyx­xVY

or "Tumbling Dice"

Gram made a great contribution, was influential to the 1970's stones, his death was a significant loss, but this just ain't him.

[TroubadourJuggernaut]

@2soakers  I agree

[dannyd1572]

@2soakers As a hardcore Stones fan, I would pry have to agree. This sounds a lot more like Mick Taylor's runs and played at the part of the guitar where he usually played. I've never known Grahm Parsons to be this virtuoso of a guitar player like Mick Taylor. Definately sounds like MT.

[jojoheartspaypay]

If this is real, just imagine for a minute..Gram playing onstage with the Rolling Stones-COUNTRIFIED, I woulda died an gone to heaven.But then again, it's all down to Mick, AGAIN.Remember who Keith wanted as a replacement when Mick Taylor left? Do your history...Fucking Jagger :P

[nativecheese]

No one's guessed this might be a shitty tape recording of someone playing along to the chord progression?

[earthwormjah]

@nativecheese mmmmm, native cheese... sounds delicious.

[xwhite2020]

who ever it is, thats one shitty lead.

[rikwalker917]

wow nice jam tho

[mandaltby]

Keith had already cut Wild Horses, Gram than asked him if he could record it and Keef said ya,

[bradleyhartzler]

Ingram011 - this is a beautiful jam. Gram Parsons just raised up a couple of notches in my book. Since the advent of YouTube I've come to admire his (Gram's) artistry, his genius really. I mean Keith really, really is fantastic. It's one of those things, like you can compare it to Bob Dylan offering to join the Grateful Dead, Gram trying to join Rolling Stones. That would have been quite a Supergroup.

[husbandontherun]

ingram, is right. the lead sounds like an intro to a faces song.

[clfetter]

love keith

[mudpupe1963]

Gram actually worked outthe arrangement for this song and his version was release BEFORE the Stones version...its in the liner notes on the CP?Grievous Angel dual cd re-release...check it out

[Happy02051966]

Before They Make Me Run Keith

[MrAshe68]

There is NO WAY Keith plays lead on this...and it doesn't sound like Taylor either...Maybe Gram wrote and played it ..hahaha

[brucebut1]

nicely put sir! trouble is, our xfactor friends will not believe somebody years ago would write this song,thats the trouble,cheers for the reply jbb

[gosh20045]

Thanks for posting!!

[socrates1818]

This is not Mick Taylor on lead - it's not good enough by any stretch, probably KR though, it's got that choppy vibe of his

[harmoniabalanza]

this is amazing...for a musician to hear the usual

grueling process of making a song and then

see that it's up here on yutube for all to grok,

even people who don't do music...maybe they can see

it's just like fixing a car.

[dannyd1572]

@harmoniabalanza I agree. I keep copies of each new thing put into my song so that I can always go back to the basic nuts and bolts of it and listen to its rawness. It may be two years of recordings, but I always keep them. Its amazing how a song goes through a process and changes so many times. Then the after production, which makes it sound totally different. This is truly amazing stuff.

[billyjoedopesmoker]

@dannyd1572 what is 'the after production'? is it the same today as it was 40 years ago? cause it's hard to understand a comparison of recording technology today compared to that of 40 years ago. your point about the evolution of a composer's song over time is very good. could you explain what 'after production' means, please? it would be interesting to know if that is the process that makes a recording sound clean and polished to some, but sterile and artificial to others. thanks.

[dannyd1572]

@billyjoedopesmoker You're right. That is after the song is recording and my opinion includes mixing, eq'ing, and all the sound effects, including digital overdubbing. The digital production has ruined music. Its all way too polished. Human error made the great songs of the 60's and 70's. The digital process has completely changed the post production landscape of music....and in my opinion for the worse.

[saciji]

Hi Brucebut1-please don't deride Susan Boyle. Really a great talent from very very humble backround. Just a grand, moving voice-a real gift from on High. No botox, palstic fantastics done to her. At the same time-those of us - who are children of the Gram Parson and Keith Richard salad days-and can recall it past the 'haze of chemistry' - as someone so wonderfully put it-also appreciate this- piece of history. Richards is a real definition of a walking miracle.Sad to have lost Parsons so young

[elwoodjamesband]

this is awesome...thankss

[Graysonhd]

After reading these comments I vow never to stick to just hockey and anime.

[Bobjb999]

I read a Keith interview long ago where the interviewer asked him if he & Gram had ever recorded together. Keith replied there were just a few cassettes around. Great to get to hear some of it finally! I also recall a Gram interview where he said the Stones were doing more country-influenced stuff since he became pals with Keef. Gram's band The Flying Burritos Brothers released their version of Wild Horses on "Burrito Deluxe" before the Stones version came out on "Sticky Fingers".

[Crowsfan55]

@Bobjb999 god I love this...you can hear the classic that came out of this....damn this sounds no better than my band back in the day! But it's Keith and Gram...this is classic!...thanks for posting!

[Crowsfan55]

@Bobjb999 Gram and Keith were hanging out and doing drugs...this was the genesis of a great song...and I agree with you that since then there was WAY more country influence on the Stones...but jesus...as much as I love this we (Teaser) played better....but then again you never heard of us...cause we were NOT Keith and Gram...

[pitzernaldo]

Que barato!!! Ouve-se perfeitamente vários trechos do solo, mas apenas esboçados. Genial!!! Valeu a quem postou!! Vou procurar ouvir mais Gram Parsons daqui em diante: grande músico.

[amsterdaminbeeld]

fantastic to be able to listen to this after reading LIFE

[gavvino1]

The lead sounds eerily like John Frusciante. Yes, I know it's not, but it sounds alot like his playing.

[felixstoweblue]

@gavvino1 yep i can see the similarities, well spotted.

[bamboosa]

I saw Mick Taylor after he replaced Peter Green who replaced Eric Clapton in a little band called John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. On stage that night, including the Bluesbreakers with Mick Taylor were the original Deep Purple and, in addition, Mister, I mean Mister...Albert King. If there is a human who knows what I'm talking about, hold on - the show was one, yes, one flippin' dollar. Mick blew the roof offa that warehouse on that very night. Showing off for Albert. You had to be there.

[gadflyonthewall001]

according to MJ's 1995 Rolling Stone interview, the melody is Gram and Keith, the lyrics his.

[musiceduce]

I read that the instrumental by Gram and Keith was archived at Muscle Shoals in '69, so I did a websearch, and came up with this page about the bootleg album "Rolling Stones Instrumentals." The last track on side 4 of this double album clearly states KR and GP recorded a duet of Wild Horses.

[myradioon]

@musiceduce Jim Dickinson in Keith Richards biography clearly states that Gram Parsons was NOT at Muscle Shoals. He is very direct about that. (He played piano on the track).

I truly think this is the stones running through it while writing it - or maybe that "duet" was after it was written by the Rolling Stones and PERHAPS s was Keith running through it show it to Gram to record (possibly but doubtfully this track).

To state that Gram "made" this track is bogus.....and I LOVE Gram Parsons!

[clfetter]

but......keith is best!

[SuperJumpback]

EMMY LOU WOULD OF BEEN , MAKEING MORE ALBUMS , IF GRAM WAS STILL WITH HER , BUT SHE DID A GOOD JOB ON HER OWN BLESS HEART AND FANS ..

[silenz1970]

Met and talked to James Burton!! He played for Elvis 69-77. James is a real gentleman and one of the best on guitars.

[urthcreature]

At least it seems like that was when you started hearing them pull in a little more country here and there for a while.

One of the greatest songs EVER. I loved hearing Keith Richards' comments in that documentary about Gram's life and seeing the pictures from that time. They were so young.

[urthcreature]

I definitely think you hear the Gram influence from that period onward for a while. Very neat listening to the genesis of this track! thank you

[bamboosa]

Keith on chords, Mick Taylor on lead. Trust me.

[dannyd1572]

@bamboosa Yeah, I got to agree with Bam here. I'm a huge Stones fan and I'm gonna go with Mick Taylor being on that one. Those lead licks are so very Taylorish.

[kate54ish]

Regarding wild horses..I knew the second I heard Grams wild horses that he wrote it.I agree with everyone who feels the same.....it sounds just like a Gram Parsons song. I felt it so strong it was as if Gram was screaming it from heaven...Absolute and convinced....Karen

[ChaliQ1]

2 posers trying to pull off a fake. These guys couldn't play this bad no matter how high they got.

[rockyjohnstone]

@ChaliQ1 Best comment yet. This is just lame playing by any standard.

[rosskstar]

@rockyjohnstone great bands do lots of lame playing coming up with ideas DOH

[indeliblemerson1234]

Wow now that's the best .

[speedwizard97]

a very interesting document...

[craismith]

THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD MAKE THIS RARE TRACK MORE EXCELLENT THAN IT ALREADY IS IS IF THE LADY GAGA WAS SINGING THE LYRICS TO THE SONG. BESIDES THAT IT IS ROCK N ROLL HEAVEN!!!!!

just my opinion. KISSES!!

[Udontaste]

I'm 100% sure it's Keith on rhythm (obviously open G, and slightly out of tune) and unmistakably Taylor's playing the solo. No doubt about it, folks!

[TheBellbottomblues88]

thanks for putting this recording on the internet. its great

[jbohn1130]

Geozipper is wrong. Gram heard this as he was hanging out with Keith and the Stones in France between "Gilded Palace" and "Burrito Deluxe." That's why Gram and Chris wrote so little material for "Deluxe." The Stones wanted a pedal steel solo and Gram got them to Sneeky Pete who recorded a version that was later rejected. Gram & Pete brought the song back for "Deluxe" and it appeared shortly later on "Sticky Fingers." Reports are that GP sings on "Sweet Virginia" on "Exile."

[RossM3838]

The Rolling Stones let Gram and the Flying Burrito Brothers release Wild Horses a full year before the Rolling Stones recorded it. The deal was that the FBB would not release it as a single. Gram was staying at Keith's home at the time and may have had a hand in writing it, but the major writers were Jagger and Richards as stated on the FBB recording.

[IdolHans]

Gram Parsons would have loved Lynyrd Skynyrd. They both were from Florida.

[mckendrick4046]

@IdolHans

Long shot, methnks.  Not saying he would have hated them, but.... you know.

Me, I gig 'em both but have a greater liking of Gram.

Ta.

[apsme46du]

The rather boring answer is that its Mick J on the rhythm and Keith on the lead. Keith also does the lead on the record. I must admit I prefer Mick T's soaring leads on the live versions from the 70s.

[B7aug5]

I think this is keith trying to teach ronnie wood how to play.

[andy65guitar]

@B7aug5 I agree. That is not Gram Parsons playing or even his style. Good call!

[TheDaddygrace]

what can you say about this? musical history. Very cool. Thanks for posting.

[TheDenny2]

Mick T didn't play the lead on Wild Horses, Bill Wyman stated Keith did, and the lead sounds just like the record. I say it's Gram and Keef.

[boobcube]

This is really nice example of Mick Taylor's immense contribution to the stones sound! Thank you!

[babyhughey100]

Gram had nothing to do with writing this song. The only thing he ever did with the Stones is kiss their ass. Mick and Keith were nice enough to let him cover this with the Burritos. But that version on Burrito Deluxe SUCKS ASS!!!

[BlueBillyMusic]

Spoken like a shallow moron. For my money the Burritos version is far superior to the Stones. I've played it for Stones junkies who could not muster a word to dispute me on that point. Regardless who wrote it, the song is a perfect showcase for Gram's voice. (For the record I'm a Stones fan myself.)

[pldigout]

great pics , RIP gram , one can only imagine the music he took with him not yet recorded, " the music he had in him so very few posses"

[radiosandclocks]

Bloody fantastic! I might add that just seeing the pics of Gram brings heartache.

[minigiganten]

Gram Parsons and Keith Richards..what`s not too love about that? just pure rock`n roll

[rickburr]

@minigiganten Yep

[rickburr]

where did this come from? r u kiddin me! Gram the man-mick got jealous and wrecked grams vision. should have included him into the band. typical bitch mick 

[minigiganten]

@rickburr No i dont think so...according to Keith, Anita (keiths wife)..and i think mick to..Said that gram was preaching about the bands drug use, when infact he used himself.and according anita, gram was beating his girlfriend once or twice and thats why Anita throw gram out, not mick.

[TheFashionbugs]

@minigiganten its not gram its kieth and Mick Taylor

[minigiganten]

@TheFashionbugs really? how can you tell?

[firedfordrinking]

GRAM TOLD THEM COUNTRY!!!!

[firedfordrinking]

Gram gave the Stones some good music , but He and Keith PARTYED LIKE BROTHERS!!!!! I Know Gram Wanted To Be a STONE. in my heart..RIP BrotherONE DAY WE WILL JAM IN THE SKY GOD BLESS

[chifinonbigblunts]

@firedfordrinking Shaddap

[packingone]

Digg it, this is badassed.

[minigiganten]

inded it is....

[minidevil24]

love this song man

[godhelpme2009]

HELL-O-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-O . . . . this is my mother & my grandmother and the way they got this awesome sound is that they plugged their "Magic Wand" tm.

personal massagers in to the same amplifiers they were playing through & they were using the wands WHILE PLAYING ! ! ! ! !...I know i may be biased but that is pretty fu^king bad-ass -imho.THAT is Rock-n-

Roll ! ! ! !

[brucebut1]

4 krissakes will someone make the susan boyle brigade aware of gram parsons?

[hushketty]

i was thinking the same thing,,, peace and love from arkansas,,i done said i,m soory for the lawdogs in my state to gram and his buddies,,if you can avoid arkansas,do it,,, the land is 100%, THE PEOPLE,,,ONLY A FEW, i,ll be seing you gram,,,

[jmzfactor]

@brucebut1 Do you really think susan boyle fans could appreciate Gram Parsons?

[cruztacean]

@brucebut1 I love them both. How is that mutually exclusive?

[Mysterwright]

@brucebut1 Ha, I think they are. Hydrovibe's guitarist used to play for Kelly Osbourne. :)

[jking1737]

@brucebut1 Take it as the ultime tribute to "Keef" that he writes a song so valuable that it has been covered innumerable times by innumerable greats, and even lends itself to Susan Boyle. The "Susan Boyle Brigade" (which includes my 88 year old aunt) almost always responds to watching a 1960s video of the Stones first singing this song with: "I didn't know that. Now I appreciate the Stones. Your generation really did create art!". Just give 'em the chance. As Keef would!

[crayryan]

This is the version with Jerry Garcia sitting in on lead guitar, cant you hear it? Only 3 fingers. Carlos Santana is on rhythm. Keith and Gram split 2 hours ago.

[coopd7777]

They sure as hell would have tuned up if it was them..... they could play this better after takin all the heroin in the world

[pottedshrimp]

It's a BOOTLEG fake, made by bootlegers, done by amateurs.

Wild Horses recording info:

1969 4th December:

- Wild Horses I (MJ/KR) - with Jim Dickinson on tack piano, given as demo to Gram Parsons. Note: The Stones recorded all in all twelve takes of Wild Horses, most of them were erased.

[socrates1818]

No way that's taylor on lead, he's way too astute to play this amateur lead stuff

[dugitomi]

amateur my ass plato. you try to play it. you can't even figure out how they've got the guitars tuned, can you? no, because you don't know what you're talking about. it's an 'experimental jam.' tell me you can play this, and then we'll know it's amateur artistry. besides, Mr. Taylor is not on this. a reading disorder and a hearing disorder? It clearly states Mr. Richards and Mr. Parsons, despite what the deranged compulsive shrimp screams to the contrary. but he has no evidence. he's a punk.

[abemahler]

This is Keith and Mick Taylor fooling around during those sessions.

The first time the Burritos heard the song was when the Stones gave the recording to Sneaky Pete for the pedal steel solo. The Stones let the Burritos release it but for had Mick Taylor copy the notes of Sneaky's Pete's solo.

You can find an outtake [on Sticky Fingers -- The Alternate Album] where Parsons as a lark tried to do a pedal steel part for the song, and of course since it's not his instrument, it sucks...

[BryanUSM1]

C'mon, you must give credit where it is due.....its commonly accepted that Gram Parsons was a major influence in the writing of Wild Horses.......like a lot of stones songs,the riffs were "taken" from lesser known musicians and classed as "Jagger and Richards"........a lot to do with Loog Oldham and his grasp on royalties...

He even took friends of mine to court in the early 90's for using the words goodbye ruby tuesday in a song and claimed that J&G took all the royalties.....he won!!!

[geozipper]

@BryanUSM1 Gram wrote the song. he was hanging out with Keith & the Stones in Europe after refusing to play with the Byrds in Africa (apartheid ya know...). he spent a lot of time with the Stones during that time... he basically "let" the Stones have the song as theirs because he was pissed at the Byrds. then he originated the Flying Burrito Brothers & recorded the tune first. Keith & Mick always took credit for the song. but it doesn't even sound like a Stones song. it sounds like Parsons.

[TheLonesomeEchoesite]

is that Jane Fonda in the video?

[pottedshrimp]

fake, fake, fake

[ryanpitchford]

I dunno man, Im usually pretty cynical about these things and if that aint keith playing lead and gram fucking up the rhythm then Im duped too.

[TheLonesomeEchoesite]

more like the other way around, gram on lead and keith fucking up

[pottedshrimp]

Jesus, anybody with ANY Stones knowledge knows this is a FAKE!

[aa4018881]

Gram Parsons didnt write this song

[dugitomi]

it's real, just as it says on the album. if you don't think so, check the muscle shoals, alabama recording studio logbook at the museum in muscle shoals, like I did. They recorded it in November 1969. as i said before, where is your evidence? writing a couple of words in capital letters doesn't improve your argument, it simply makes you look desperate. besides, it's not the Rolling Stones. it's Mr. Keith Richards and the late Mr. Gram Parsons, may he rest in eternal peace and happiness.

[elieattie]

man this is great cant stop listening

[MichaelWalkerMusic]

dude that had to be real, im duped otherwise

[pottedshrimp]

People, you do know that this is a fake recording?! The bootleggers just recorded some random guitar players. It's common knowledge....

[dugitomi]

'common knowledge' implies that a number of people are aware of some phenomenon. you're the only person who has mentioned this idea, so it's not 'common knowledge.' the fact this recording even exists is probably unknown to most people (most people probably wouldn't care). it appears on more than one bootleg release, so it seems unlikely that the 'random guitarists' would wish to remain so, if some fame or money could be collected, unless they're already famous, rich, or dead. your evidence?

[cjsmn2]

Mick Taylor made the Stones what they were, but Keith Richards could play single notes, too. (Keith's vibrato is a little faster, perhaps a little less controlled than MT's). Also, Keith tends to stick in a single position, playing "horizontally," while MT can transition between positions "vertically."

[flyingvbeast]

I love Keith, but I don't think he could ever in his life play leads like this. This had to be Mick Taylor. Keith was into unique tunings and sometimes played with only 5 strings on the guitar with an open tuning. Keith was a riff-master, but as a lead player, he was extremely limited. This lead is all over the place and I'm guessing it's Mick Taylor. Whoever it is, it is a part of history. Thanks for posting this and for all the comments. That's interesting, getting different takes from folks.

[dimesy94]

Yeah, keith is not close to the lead guitarist Taylor is but at that Taylor is not close to the rhythm player that Keith is. But one of the solo's on the Sticky Fingers version was done my keith.

[jjkcharlie]

Awesomenes to the nth degree. God Bless you for posting this. Gram and Keef are bros til the end of life and beyond. Amen.

[ghostryder8567]

i'm no guitar player but i have a feeling it's mick taylor and mick jagger. the lead guitarist's sound is sweet like honey while the other guitarist seems to be learning the song as he's playing along

[dugitomi]

he knows the song. he's wasted, but still plays arpeggio. jagger could strum, but not play arpeggio in 1969. it could be mick taylor and keith richards, but mick taylor always hits the whole or half tone when he bends the strings. I hear quarter tones in the lead here. maybe it's mick taylor, but he's even more wasted than keith richards who'd be playing rhythm. the 'sweet tone' also has dissonances. listen closer, then listen to 'high blues' by Mr. Taylor & Mr. Richards. and, i play guitar.

[RalphKramden328]

Sounds like someone says "pass it on" at the end of the song.

[dugitomi]

as in, "don't Bogart that joint, Eugene"? it's British intonation, so the 'on' sounds a little different to me, but you're probably right. the situation seems similar to some i remember from around 35 years ago in which we used the phrase quoted above as a friendly reminder to some people while enjoying Jah's gift to humankind. "pass it on" is a very versatile expression too, and could be used for a variety of recreations.

[ottvalley]

Gram Parsons wrote this song,not keith richards

[mrchuckles1]

keith wrote it

[dugitomi]

god wrote the words. the devil wrote the music. they both waived their proprietary rights to the composition; hence, the confusion about the authorship of this aural work of beauty.

[petercrowley41]

According to Gram's girlfriend, Sam, Gram wrote it and gave it to Keith as a birthday present.

[Marquiffe]

who is more burnt? keef or gram?

[dugitomi]

thank you so much Mr. Ingram for this upload. you have excellent taste. you've even got Mr, Richard's comment at the end, "that's (mutter) all." the voice is near the mike. if the voice is coming from the control room (soundboard) in '69, it sounds far away, like "get in closer to the mike, Steve" [take 1, Dock of the Bay, Otis Redding (may he rest in blissful peace)]. KR & GP at the control panel in '69? that's a good one. Rolling Stones, Ultra Rare Trax Vol. 2 genuine pig records, Italy.'89

[Ingram011]

Thank you for your kind and comprehensive words.

As I said before, I really couldn't tell who are the guitar players right here, but the thought that the close friendship between GP & KR (which took a major cost on Gram) had given birth to this masterpiece is something that tickles my imagination.

After all, is it just a pure coincidence that Parsons-period Burritos recorded (an excellent version of) The Wild Horses?

By the way, maybe Chriss Hillman could share some thougths about that.

[TheFashionbugs]

@Ingram011 It's NOT Gram it is MICK TAYLOR on lead and Keith on rythm

[myradioon]

@Ingram011 - I only gave this a dislike because you are GIVING INCORRECT HISTORY! Gram Parsons had NOTHING to do with writing this song!!!! His style of music influenced it - but he DID NOT help WRITE or "make" this song! He is not playing on this - it is no doubt Mick and Keith or Mick Taylor and Keith. The Stones gave this to Gram to record AFTER they had written it and he released his just before theirs. All in Keith Richards' autobiography.

Aslo -Gram no doubt composed mainly on piano.

[campydoodles]

If I may speculate... I don't think that's Gram and Keith...it sounds more like Mick and Mick. Mick J. doing the sloppy rhythm and Mick T. on the sweet lead...

[Ingram011]

It could have been that way, I really don't know who is strumming in this particular piece, but I titled this stuff by the way I read somewhere 15 years ago that the real author of the Horses is Gram (with or without Keef), who generously gave this tune to the Stones.

[gdfjf1]

@Ingram011 The Syones generously gave it to Gram to "borrow"

[pat976]

@Ingram011 wrong, wrong, wrong ! It is the other way around. The Stones wrote the song, demoed it and let Gram record it first with the Burritos. Crazy how old urban legends just won't die... and ,by the way, it HAS to be Keith and Mick Taylor, I don't see Keith or Gram play lead like that ... sorry ...

[gamoonbat]

@pat976 - I agree. Keith and Mick Taylor. Most of us do think that Gram played a big part in the writing of this song, though. Probably "Country Honk" as well. Gram split with the Byrds to hang out with the Rolling Stones before he went on to create the Flying Burrito Brothers.

[pat976]

@gamoonbat Jagger and Richards wrote that song, don't let anybody tell you any different. They let the Burrito Bros record it and release it before they did, that's it ! And Country Honk is the original form of Honky Tonk Women written when Mick n Keith went on vacation in South America. Gram was not there. All those rumors are myths spread by people that don't know better. Gram allegedly helped produce Country Honk and suggested Byron Levine for the fiddle part. All else is myth.

[rushwb]

@pat976 So the pics with Keith and Gram at the same period are my imagination? Sounds like you are infering that Gram had no influence and "Let It Bleed" came out after that. I don't kno who wrote the song but the influence of Gram isn't in doubt.

[kate54ish]

@pat976 you have a right to your opinion....but there is a strong belief among Gram Parson fans that he wrote that song and was devastated when he wasn't asked to tour with them when it became a national hit...lets just respect the rights of others to believe what they will..mabey Keith will confess it on his death bed.... brothers that they were..and the writer that Keith has become....K

[pat976]

@kate54ish There's a difference between opinion and fact. It is well documented that Mick and Keith wrote Wild Horses. If people want to believe crazy random things, that's their right. They can believe that a dog wrote it if they want. for all I care. ;D

[arther1045]

@kate54ish gram parson fans are silly.

[ulivefreeordie]

@Ingram011

The Stones wrote it and wanted Gram to sing it for the Stones record Stickey Fingers. The record company did not want to have a non-Stone sing on a Stones record so they nixed this idea. The Stones then told Gram to record it with the Burrito Brothers which he did. The Burrito Brothers version was released before Sticky Fingers came out thus causing the rumor that it was Gram who wrote it.

[ulivefreeordie]

@Ingram011

The Stones wrote it and wanted Gram to sing it for the Stones record Stickey Fingers. The record company did not want to have a non-Stone sing on a Stones record so they nixed this idea. The Stones then told Gram to record it with the Burrito Brothers which he did. The Burrito Brothers version was released before Sticky Fingers came out thus causing the rumor that it was Gram who wrote it.

[someoneintexas]

I would have to agree, that sounds A LOT more like Mick Taylor on the lead than Keith. Keith and Mick Jagger both attest that Gram had nothing to do with the actual writing of Wild Horses, though Keith will admit that Gram's county influence was pretty evident.

[knovinski]

I've read interviews where Keith said Gram taught him the so-called Nashville tuning and the said tuning was used for the acoustic guitar on the finished version of Wild Horses.

[dugitomi]

wrong. the lines are sweet, but not clean enough for MT. MT never solo-ed anything like this. listen to the lead in Sway and Dead Flowers - MT. listen to the lead on SCB and YCAGWYW -KR. MT-technician. KR-bluesman. Play blues guitar for thirty years. It's obvious by the way notes are bent. Listen to MT and KR do High Blues recorded at Muscle Shoals in '69 when KR and GP recorded this there. It's documented by achivists. MJ  couldn't play sloppy changes that fast in '69. MM is the evidence.

[campydoodles]

I was speculating dude, relax! I think it was a pretty good estimate too. Your the 1st person I've ever heard 'dog' Mick Taylor, you poor fool. You've been playing blues guitar for 30 years? Wow. your fingers must be tired. Seriously, your judgement is cloudy. Mick Jagger has never been acclaimed for his guitar work, sure- but he wrote songs like 'As Tears Go By' (No Keith)... what? Ask Bill Wyman... you prolly know him- or at least tell people you do. I know a LOT of people like you. GO AWAY!

[dugitomi]

the geniuses on wall street were speculating. american voters were 'speculating' in 2004. speculation is not a free-ride for ignorance. you haven't even understood what i said.  i love mick taylor's guitar work. he was integral to the stones during the last half of their greatest creative output (fingers and exile). you're ignorant about guitar playing too. years of practice develops muscles and callouses so one can play indefinitely. and you don't know anyone like me. stick to anime and hockey.

[ModGirl1967]

@campydoodles I concur.

[jantinucci]

Very, Very Cool! Thanks for sharing!

[ForceRecon75]

It can also be found on Alternative Sticky Fingers boot....either way,what a jam.