I first heard this song back in the eighties when Billy Bragg did it accompanied by the (careful with the spelling now) Country and Western Gynecologist, Hank Wangford on mandolin.
This is the original by the Flying Burrito Brothers, a band comprising various ex-members of the Byrds led by Gram Parsons wearing his trademark Nudie’s Rodeo Tailors suit.
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Gene Parsons – Monument « Tuna Day // March 3, 2010 at 23:53
[...] was a member of the Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, although later on in their career than Sin City as featured previously on this blog. No relation to Gram Parsons [...]