I'm a fan from Gram Parsons!
Are there fans here?



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Yep !

Yep!



ROCKMAN

Yep

Yep

I love Grams music.

Guilded Palace of Sin and Grevious Angel are two of my favorite albums.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2009-09-22 14:46 by vudicus.

i am also a fan, however, think he gets a little too much credit at times. But I never get tired listening to his singing....

yep

I think his Keith - Stones connection really helped him. he was wired to self destruct though.
Great songwriter: 'Brass Buttons' 'Wheels' '100 Years From Now'... so many others, many cowritten with Chris Hillman or Chris Ethridge

I love his singing and his music in general. the more you find out about him, for me personally, it very sad.

glad that Emmylou Harris began her career with him. they were fantastic together.

Yep...

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duke richardson
I think his Keith - Stones connection really helped him. he was wired to self destruct though.
Great songwriter: 'Brass Buttons' 'Wheels' '100 Years From Now'... so many others, many cowritten with Chris Hillman or Chris Ethridge

I love his singing and his music in general. the more you find out about him, for me personally, it very sad.

glad that Emmylou Harris began her career with him. they were fantastic together.

I agree. I kind of got familiar with him through Emmylou Harris records (working backwards), and then hearing of his friendship with Keith Richards. Can't say I was an instant fan, but he grew on me.

Although watching a documentary about him, I was left with the same feeling, wired to self destruct. A rich kid without any responsibility doing whatever he wanted. Which I guess isn't exactly his fault, and who knows what we'd do in the same situation...

Yep!

A rich kid with an inherited tendency towards mental instability, alcoholism and drug abuse! A very talented but sad and tortured soul but yep I'm a huge fan too!

exactly! inherited from both his parents. not sure how things were for his sister...?

great of Chris Hillman to forgive him, after GP left the Byrds in the lurch..as a result, we have the Flying Burrito Brothers.

Coon-Dog was a dude .........



ROCKMAN

his dear old mum liked a drink, too

Yep, of course!

Last week I buy a great 2CD from The Flying Burrito Bros - Live at the Avalon Ballroom 1969. A 2CD with 2 gigs and 2 unreleased home recordings from GP!!
I hope for more CD releases like this.

I'm still looking for the rare CD Cosmic American Music (The rehearsal Tapes 1972). Released in 1995 by Sundown.

Would love to hear Stones cover Return of Grievous Angel

thats a great idea.

Lucinda Williams and David Crosby did a good version

Return to Sin City
Gram Parsons Tribute
Los Angeles, Universal Amphitheater
July 2004



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I am a fan from outer space.

Anyway, Keith's singing on Love Hurts is the best singing he has done since '80.

Mathijs

Although I recognize his contribution to my favorite Stones song, Wild Horses, I must say I am not a fan. I TRIED! I bought his 3 cd box set, " The Complete Reprise Sessions", and with the exception of perhaps 3 songs, I was very disappointed and wondered what the fuss has been about him. One day I'll sell this cd set, that's how little I like it.

I tried. Can't stand 'im. Read Hickory Wind. He came off as a spoiled brat riding purely on the coat tails and capes of others.

Have become much more familiar with him over the past year. The work he did with Emmylou was great...what harmonies!

This is my favorite version of ROTGA, after Gram & Emmylou, of course. They did a bang up job...again great harmonies.








Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2009-07-25 02:03 by WMiller.

On Gram, other than his near perfectly matched voice with Emmylou Harris, I don't think he was a great singer. I do, however, think he wrote/co-wrote great songs. They're not rockers, but beautiful, nonetheless.

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duke richardson
glad that Emmylou Harris began her career with him. they were fantastic together.

Some discussion/pics about Gram & EmmyLou here: [www.iorr.org]

A little bit late
but

Yep Yep Yep !

For Gram alone, For Gram with the Flying Burrito and For Gram with The BYRDS !!!

And for the way he played "Wild Horses" .One never knows the whole thing about it.
I always thought , that he had showed Keith the way to play it .

HMN

HMN

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Mathijs
I am a fan from outer space.

Anyway, Keith's singing on Love Hurts is the best singing he has done since '80.

Mathijs

Got a girl at work who loves that one with Norah. She says
"1 minute she looks scared, then enjoys it, and Keith starts to relax too"
Keith gets better and better 'tru the song. The last part after the guitars is amazing.

TE
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