I am offering up two tracks that are not usually juxtaposed (at least not on the LP) from this seminal work in country-rock. If you have not heard this album or heard of this album, it is past time you did. Go do your homework. As my entries are starting to sound the same, I am going to use the liner notes from Johnny Rogan in 1997.

The last song on Side A, with Chris Hillman on mandolin:

Pretty Boy Floyd

"McGuinn returns to his folk days to resurrect Woody Gutherie's portrayal of the people's outlaw Pretty Boy Floyd. The result is one of the best arranged songs on the album, with fiddle, banjo, mandolin and stand-up bass each contributing to the effects."

As that isn't what the album sounds like, check out the first song on Side B:

Hickory Wind

"Gram Parson's' greatest moment on record was his second lead vocal contribution to this album. Co-written with former Submarine Band member Bob Buchanan, the composition was completed during early 1968 on a train ride from Florida to Los Angeles. The alluring hickory wind serves as a powerful image for Parsons' bittersweet nostalgia, as he imagines as Edenic childhood of simple pleasures like climbing trees. During successive verses, he reflects on the pursuit of fame, the curse of wealth without spiritual satisfaction and the perils of city life. What really makes the song, however, is Parsons' aching vocal, set against a superb steel guitar backing, whose whining combines with his yearning voice to create a mood of unbearable poignancy."