Gram Parsons — In My Hour Of Darkness
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In my hour of darkness
In my time of need
Oh, Lord grant me vision
Oh, Lord grant me speed
Once I knew a young man
Went driving through the night
Miles and miles without a word
With just his high-beam lights
Who'd have ever though they'd build such
a deadly Denver bend
To be so strong, to take as long as
it would till the end
In my hour of darkness
In my time of need
Oh, Lord grant me vision
Oh, Lord grant me speed
Another young man safely strummed his
silver string guitar
And he played to people everywhere
Some say he was a star
But he was just a country boy,
his simple songs confess
And the music he had in him,
so very few possess
In my hour of darkness
In my time of need
Oh, Lord grant me vision
Oh, Lord grant me speed
Then there was an old man
Kind and wise with age
And he read me just like a book and he
never missed a page
And I loved him like my father
And I loved him like my friend
And I knew his time would shortly come
but I did not know just when
In my hour of darkness
In my time of need
Oh, Lord grant me vision
Oh, Lord grant me speed
Oh, Lord grant me vision
Oh, Lord grant me speed
In my time of need
Oh, Lord grant me vision
Oh, Lord grant me speed
Once I knew a young man
Went driving through the night
Miles and miles without a word
With just his high-beam lights
Who'd have ever though they'd build such
a deadly Denver bend
To be so strong, to take as long as
it would till the end
In my hour of darkness
In my time of need
Oh, Lord grant me vision
Oh, Lord grant me speed
Another young man safely strummed his
silver string guitar
And he played to people everywhere
Some say he was a star
But he was just a country boy,
his simple songs confess
And the music he had in him,
so very few possess
In my hour of darkness
In my time of need
Oh, Lord grant me vision
Oh, Lord grant me speed
Then there was an old man
Kind and wise with age
And he read me just like a book and he
never missed a page
And I loved him like my father
And I loved him like my friend
And I knew his time would shortly come
but I did not know just when
In my hour of darkness
In my time of need
Oh, Lord grant me vision
Oh, Lord grant me speed
Oh, Lord grant me vision
Oh, Lord grant me speed
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treatment_bound wrote:
that's amazing, given his influence on rock/country rock, the Byrds, Emmylou, and the Stones and others
RP has exactly 1 (ONE!) Gram solo song in their library, and this hasn't been played for almost 5 years. The only Sweetheart of the Rodeo song represented here is "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere", which was written by Bob Zimmerman. You get my drift...MORE GRAM IS NEEDED!
Why not start by adding The Byrds' "Hickory Wind", which he wrote and sang lead?
Why not start by adding The Byrds' "Hickory Wind", which he wrote and sang lead?
that's amazing, given his influence on rock/country rock, the Byrds, Emmylou, and the Stones and others
Can somebody explain the ratings for me?
It's a pretty sweet song
It's a pretty sweet song
treatment_bound wrote:
Yeah, unfortunately many other examples like this.
Radio Paradise could be better.
RP has exactly 1 (ONE!) Gram solo song in their library, and this hasn't been played for almost 5 years. The only Sweetheart of the Rodeo song represented here is "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere", which was written by Bob Zimmerman. You get my drift...MORE GRAM IS NEEDED!
Why not start by adding The Byrds' "Hickory Wind", which he wrote and sang lead?
Why not start by adding The Byrds' "Hickory Wind", which he wrote and sang lead?
Yeah, unfortunately many other examples like this.
Radio Paradise could be better.
Never enough of the sweet sound of GP
bobcat1963 wrote:
Agreed. That explains the low rating for this song.
gram is IMHO one of those whose legend is greater than there real talent.
to create that is also a great talent...
to create that is also a great talent...
Agreed. That explains the low rating for this song.
wow we need to hear some Gram Parsons.... he is so underrated..... byrds owe a lot to him.... sweetheart of the rodio's best songs are his.... flying burrito brothers! emmy lou's best songs with him..... best version of Wild Horses which he wrote.... listen to Do Right Woman!!!!
treatment_bound wrote:
Wow, I just found this out. How can there only be 1 Gram song on here?
He changed the musical direction of the Byrds when he joined them. He was/is Emmylou's mentor. And you can hear his influence on the Stones "Sticky Fingers". His two solo albums are terrific, IMHO.
There's a fair amount of tunes on RP that you hear all the time on classic rock stations (AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds", "Highway to Hell", Queen's "We will rock you", 'we are the champions") but only one GP song?
RP has exactly 1 (ONE!) Gram solo song in their library, and this hasn't been played for almost 5 years. The only Sweetheart of the Rodeo song represented here is "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere", which was written by Bob Zimmerman. You get my drift...MORE GRAM IS NEEDED!
Why not start by adding The Byrds' "Hickory Wind", which he wrote and sang lead?
Why not start by adding The Byrds' "Hickory Wind", which he wrote and sang lead?
Wow, I just found this out. How can there only be 1 Gram song on here?
He changed the musical direction of the Byrds when he joined them. He was/is Emmylou's mentor. And you can hear his influence on the Stones "Sticky Fingers". His two solo albums are terrific, IMHO.
There's a fair amount of tunes on RP that you hear all the time on classic rock stations (AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds", "Highway to Hell", Queen's "We will rock you", 'we are the champions") but only one GP song?
RP has exactly 1 (ONE!) Gram solo song in their library, and this hasn't been played for almost 5 years. The only Sweetheart of the Rodeo song represented here is "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere", which was written by Bob Zimmerman. You get my drift...MORE GRAM IS NEEDED!
Why not start by adding The Byrds' "Hickory Wind", which he wrote and sang lead?
Why not start by adding The Byrds' "Hickory Wind", which he wrote and sang lead?
"Gram Parsons song "Hickory Wind". Hot Band with James, Rodney, Emory, Hank, John, and Glen D."
Love Hurts, 100 Dollar Wedding, Streets of Baltimore, We'll sweep Out the Ashes in the Morning . Please more. This guy is the link from Hank Williams to the Stones and this is all that's played? Come On Now! Also more Sweethearts of the Rodeo!!
gram is IMHO one of those whose legend is greater than there real talent.
to create that is also a great talent...
to create that is also a great talent...
kazuma wrote:
...down to 4.9, and dropping
Wow. Finally some GP on RP and the rating for this wonderful track is only 5.2
...down to 4.9, and dropping
an ok country band, no big lack of playing talent, yet no outstanding talent.
Other than that, I don't like it at all.
Other than that, I don't like it at all.
The only thing that could make this song worse is if that girl from Dengue Fever covered it.
this is the sound of ...
Bill taking me to school again for a lil' music history
cool
Yes, truly awful.
Thanks for the Gram today!
This is definitely NOT one of his better songs.
Though it might seem like a whole hour of darkness, this one actually only lasts for around 5 minutes.
Damn, I don't care what he is the father of, this is just terrible!
Wow. Finally some GP on RP and the rating for this wonderful track is only 5.2 ??? I'm absolutely stunned. Please don't give up on Gram just yet, Bill. There have to be some more listeners in the RP audience who recognize and appreciate the unique genius in his work.
Can we forget this please?
I like it! 
hippiechick wrote:
Uh, yes, I'm aware of that, thanks. My comment was a simile of sorts, see.
He is the father of country rock. Way before JD.
Uh, yes, I'm aware of that, thanks. My comment was a simile of sorts, see.
He is the father of country rock. Way before JD.
Playing Gram Parsons is always fine!
Sounds like a reject from a John Denver demo.
Yuck!!! Attack of the POO!
Gram!
wow we need to hear some Gram Parsons.... he is so underrated..... byrds owe a lot to him.... sweetheart of the rodio's best songs are his.... flying burrito brothers! emmy lou's best songs with him..... best version of Wild Horses which he wrote.... listen to Do Right Woman!!!!
and he was Emmylou's mentor and a huge influence on her. His influence is all over the Stones "Sticky Fingers" as he was hanging out with them.