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April 22, 2005

The Immortals - The Greatest Artists of All Time: 87) Gram Parsons

By Keith Richards
July 12, 2004

Norah, Keith Toast Gram

Musicians flock to California to remember rock's ultimate cult figure
May 24, 2004

Gram Remembered in "Angel"

New documentary offers look at troubled country rock icon

Recordings and Reviews

Complete Reprise Sessions

In the early Seventies, when many people thought rock and country went together like cod and ice cream, Gram Parsons was proving them wrong with the melodic blend he liked to call "cosmic American music." As he said, "I think pure country includes rock & roll -- I don't think you have to call it cou...

2006 RS: 4.5of 5 Stars

Sleepless Nights

1976

GP/Grievous Angel

1973

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Biography

Georgia-bred singer/songwriter Gram Parsons brought traditional country music to the rock & roll audience. With his wracked, emotive vocals and his compelling C&W songcraft, Gram Parsons was a major influence on a variety of artists ranging from Emmylou Harris to Keith Richards to Elvis Costello. Though Parons hated the term "country rock" and the kind of music the term came to define, Parsons und...

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