Talk:Hickory Wind

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[edit] references

I've added references, and so am removing the 'references' tag. BuffaloSpringfield 13:34, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] stub tag

I've removed the stub tag, after reviewing WP:stub guidelines and be bold policy BuffaloSpringfield 21:55, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] disputed authorship

The actual author of Hickory Wind seems likely to be Sylvia Sammons, a blind singer-songwriter who began singing it in the early Sixties, and certainly by 1963, when Parsons visited the city. The second verse added by Bob Buchanan was not written by Parsons, so the original deception was probably that of Parsons alone. It may have been a honest mistake at first, since his various addictions made him an unstable witness, but it's also true that he claimed or hinted at co-authorship of at least one song, Honky Tonk Women, which was vigorously disputed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. In any event, the copyright was purchased from Sammons and credit assigned by fiat, if not in fact. Among folk musicians of that era and area, Sammons is widely known to be the true author. You can find the dispute in many places on the web, but the most detailed seems to be at [Folklinks], Crediting Hickory Wind, written by David W. Johnson. -- Lee-Anne 18:26, 2 May 2007 (UTC)