Gram Parsons Tribute: Bearfoot Hookers + Vic Stanley

The Bearfoot Hookers are a fiercely independent, honest and scrappy band that blends traditional country, blues, and rock & roll sounds into a mixture they call Beer Drinkin Gospel. Its edgy like Johnny Cash, groovy like the Stones, often witty like Todd Snider, and full of swampy grit and flavor like Lynyrd Skynyrd and Gram Parsons. Hooker songs make you want to dance, sing, holler, drink, and, if the opportunity presents itself, wrestle an alligator. This band will rock and roll you like a whiskey powered runaway locomotive. Lead singer Ty Manning, guest vocalist Vic Stanley is a singer songwriter based in Macon, Georgia. The Performance was saturday night at the 2008 Gram Parsons Guitar Pull in Waycross, Georgia.

Gram Parsons – Streets of Baltimore

"Streets of Baltimore" by Gram Parsons, from the album GP (1973). Lyrics: Well I sold the farm to take my woman where she used to be We left our kin and all our friends back there in Tennessee And I bought those one way tickets she had often begged me for And they took us to the streets of Baltimore Well her heart was filled with gladness when she saw those city lights She said the prettiest place on earth was Baltimore at night Well a man feels proud to give his woman what shes longing for And I kinda liked the streets of Baltimore When I got myself a factory job, I ran an old machine And I bought a little cottage in a neighborhood serene And every night when Id come home with every muscle sore Shed drag me through the streets of Baltimore Well I did my best to bring her back to what she used to be Then I soon learned she loved those bright lights more than she loved me Now Im a going back on that same train that brought me here before While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore

Gram Parsons – Brass Buttons

"Brass Buttons" by Gram Parsons, from the album Grievous Angel (1974). Lyrics: Brass buttons, green silks and silver shoes Warm evenings, pale mornings, bottle of blues And the tiny golden pins that she wore up in her hair Brass buttons, green silks and silver shoes My mind was young until she grew My secret thoughts known only by the few It was a dream much to real to be leaned against too long All the time I think she knew Her words still dance inside my head Her comb still lies beside my bed And the sun comes up without her, it just doesnt know shes gone Oh, but I remember everything she said Brass buttons, green silks and silver shoes Warm evenings, pale mornings, bottle of blues And the tiny golden pins that she wore up in her hair Brass buttons, green silks and silver shoes

Gram Parsons – Still Feeling Blue

"Still Feeling Blue" by Gram Parsons, from the album GP (1973). Lyrics: Time can pass and time can heal But it dont ever pass the way I feel You went away a long time ago And why you left I never knew The lonely days and lonely nights Guess the world knows I aint feelin right And when youre gone the hours pass so slow And now Im still feeling blue And baby Since youve walked out of my life I never felt so low Cant help but wonder why you had to go There are many girls but I cant say They come and go but still I feel this way And ever since the day you said goodbye No one treats me like you used to do I hope youre out and happy now Doing up the town cause you know how Every time I hear your name I want to die And now Im still feeling blue All right And baby Since youve walked out of my life I never felt so low Cant help but wonder why you had to go I hope youre out and happy now Doing up the town cause you know how Every time I hear your name I want to die And now Im still feeling blue And now Im still feeling blue