Gram Parsons
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This is why I originally came out ... for the lore, the legend of Gram Parsons. I just read Keith Richards' autobiography, and he said he used to go cold turkey from the heroin with Gram in bed here. They'd get clean and then eventually go back to it. Gram was an interesting character. I'm going up to Cap Rock again tomorrow to shoot that.
We will do a set of mostly Texas songwriter stuff: Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell, with some John Prine and Gram Parsons thrown in, also
Sweet folk-rock with beautiful harmonies, and lead guitar with shades of the country greats. Imagine if Mazzy Starr and Gram Parsons bred a band.More quotes »
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Faithful flock to Father John Misty
Father John Misty's mysterious ways are what make his music so much fun. He's been likened to Gram Parsons and Jack Kerouac. One might add Willie Nelson and even some form of Beck into the mix. And let's not forget Hunter S. Thompson, too. "It's funny, l from Washington Examiner Read more »
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Emmylou Harris/Rodney Crowell – review
Emmylou Harris will always be remembered for her scintillating duets with the country-rock pioneer Gram Parsons. Yet her musical partnership with Rodney Crowell has been equally if not even more significant. Crowell was the harmony singer, principal song from Guardian Unlimited Read more »
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'Muchacho' by Phosphorescent full of Radiohead ambitions and Gram Parsons aesthetics (CD review)
The man that in 2007 released an album of Willie Nelson songs this time offers an album full of Radiohead ambitions and Gram Parsons aesthetics. The showstopper here is clearly "Song for Zula." The song builds around an echoed bass line, a wash of string from Cleveland Plain Dealer Read more »
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George Jones, country superstar, has died at 81
George Jones(Photo: Michael Clancy / The Tennessean) "The King of Broken Hearts" just broke many more. Country Music Hall of Famer George Jones , a master of sad country ballads whose voice held the bracing power, the sweetness and the burn of an evening from WBIR Read more »
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The Eagles have landed
While plans are being finalised for an American tour beginning on 6 July, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Timothy B Schmit and Joe Walsh will be in London to submit to a Q&A session on Thursday following the first British screening of History of the Eagles at th from The Independent Read more »
