Hickory Wind - “Mr Man“ (1969) Psych Country-Rock

Hickory Wind was a super-obscure Indiana band who released one insanely rare album (allegedly only 100 copies were pressed!!!). Taking their name from the Gram Parsons composition on the Byrds’ album Sweetheart Of The Rodeo, Hickory Wind was very much of the west Coast Byrds-Springfield-Stone Country-Moby Grape country-sike school. They would evolve into the cult psychedelic band B.F. Trike. The oddest track on the album is also my favorite. “Mr Man“ features a spoken-word vocal backed by a Dylan-Highway 61-style arrangement, occasionally emphasizing a tinkling piano. The vocalist delivers a heartfelt plea to the Man Upstairs, hoping for divine intervention to save our troubled world. “By free will alone we’re under his spell...“ Hickory Wind: ALAN JONES bs, vcls MIKE McGUYER gtr, vcls SONNY PRENTICE vcls, gtr, bs, harp BOBBY STREHL drms If you like this, check out my blog: