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it's in the Big Lebowski thread ..... BUT it's about Wild Horses
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By the way,- I love Townes' Dead flowers.One of the best.
A younger friend of a friend of mine named Daniel whose in his early 30's was at my studio a while back partying when the Stones version came on the radio, and he swore Townes' version of Dead Flowers was the original.
Daniel is a semi-pro musician himself in the same style as Townes - acoustic singer/songwriter stuff played at local coffe houses, etc. Little did he know he was talking with a semi-knowledgeable Stones fan, so I acted naive and innocent and placed a $20 wager with him that it was a Jagger/Richards original. All I had to do was walk ten feet over to my record collection for the evidence and the deal was done. Sometimes it pays to be a Stones fan, but in reality everybody won as the money went towards more beer.
That's a great story!
Off topic but Similar (not hijacking thread): Years ago I was in a local studio where I did many sessions. The owner put on some raw recordings of a project he was drumming on and said it was a bunch of originals that the guitar player had brought in. He cued "a fun one" up and as soon as the intro passed, I was singing along with the vocalist. I said, "um, that's not an original. It's by a band from Boston and was released in the 80's". When we sprang our knowledge on the guitar player, he instantly admitted that he hadn't written it and couldn't believe that someone actually knew the original. Funny thing is: prior to recording, he had contacted the original writer about obtaining the rights to record and release a new version. The original writer said to the effect of, "forget the royalties, I'll just sell you the publishing rights and you'll own the song yourself, if you'd like." That was the route they went. It became a running joke that, anytime I was in the room when they played it live, he'd make a big deal about introducing it as "the best song (he) ever bought" and then call me up to do background vocals as I was "the only person he knew who had been listening to the song longer than he had".
I love music and rare, obscure versions of songs.
(hijack out)
Peace,
Mr DJA
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DandelionPowderman
Dead Flowers is a song Gram could have written, though. Absolutely his style, both musically and lyrically.
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Anyway, thanks for the "old yarn" about who originally sent who the Dead Flowers. New to me at any rate and something I'd often wondered about.
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GasLightStreet
There's never been any suggestion anywhere I've ever read that Gram Parsons had anything to do with Dead Flowers. And anything regarding recording, same thing - he just hung out in the house.
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...He also says that Parsons' drug use was so bad at that point that Richards took him aside and told him he was worried about him...
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GasLightStreet
There's never been any suggestion anywhere I've ever read that Gram Parsons had anything to do with Dead Flowers. And anything regarding recording, same thing - he just hung out in the house.
I read a biography of Gram Parsons a few years ago. I don't remember the exact wording, but the author says that it's puzzling that there wasn't any collaboration, but that Richards seems to have kept his work related to the Stones strictly separate.
He also says that Parsons' drug use was so bad at that point that Richards took him aside and told him he was worried about him, so maybe Parsons just wasn't producing anything worthwhile.
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Hairball
I had a friend back in High school who was originally from Texas, and the only Stones songs he liked were their country tunes.
While he may have considered Faraway Eyes a parody, I doubt he felt that way about Dead Flowers - I certainly don't consider it a parody.
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I had a friend back in High school who was originally from Texas, and the only Stones songs he liked were their country tunes.
While he may have considered Faraway Eyes a parody, I doubt he felt that way about Dead Flowers - I certainly don't consider it a parody.
It's more than a parody, it's the anti-"Okie from Muskogee." The narrator of the song is a junkie. The queen of the underground line isn't exactly traditional Nashville, either. The music part is sort of country, but it's also rock. Mick's drawl and the guitar make it sound country. The lyrics seem like Mick's style.
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Hairball
I had a friend back in High school who was originally from Texas, and the only Stones songs he liked were their country tunes.
While he may have considered Faraway Eyes a parody, I doubt he felt that way about Dead Flowers - I certainly don't consider it a parody.
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I had a friend back in High school who was originally from Texas, and the only Stones songs he liked were their country tunes.
While he may have considered Faraway Eyes a parody, I doubt he felt that way about Dead Flowers - I certainly don't consider it a parody.
Pathetic ain't it, but the only country I like is what The Stones, Byrds, Burrito Brothers did 40+ years ago. And Gram was involved with all of them. Also Gram Parsons solo material and w Emmy Lou.
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And what about Dear Doctor, could he have been involved in that?
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And what about Dear Doctor, could he have been involved in that?
As involved as he was with Far Away Eyes.
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And what about Dear Doctor, could he have been involved in that?
As involved as he was with Far Away Eyes.
lol as in Dear Doctor is the Stones country GP is least likely to have been involved with. I get your joke. Hey, did Gram give Keith the riff for Ventilator Blues? We know he "took Ry Cooder for all he could"
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I had a friend back in High school who was originally from Texas, and the only Stones songs he liked were their country tunes.
While he may have considered Faraway Eyes a parody, I doubt he felt that way about Dead Flowers - I certainly don't consider it a parody.
Pathetic ain't it, but the only country I like is what The Stones, Byrds, Burrito Brothers did 40+ years ago. And Gram was involved with all of them. Also Gram Parsons solo material and w Emmy Lou.
Not sure what's pathetic...that my redneck friend from Texas only liked country tunes from the Stones?
Being the country music fanatic/afficianado he was, I thought it was cool he liked anything from the Stones.
Or is it pathetic that you only like country music from the Stones, Byrds, Gram, etc.?
As for country music itself, there's a whole world of good stuff beyond what the Stones et al did 40+ years ago - and much of it far superior, but will admit most of the stuff I like is decades old.
See Hank Williams, George Jones, Buck Owens, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings among hundreds of others.
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marianna
Every Stones country song sounds like a parody, including DF. Gram was too sincere about his country influences to write or co-write this song, IMO.