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Polly Parsons, David Prinz, and Sierra Ferrell attend Celebrating Gram Parsons, Amoeba Music, and RSD Black Friday at the Grammy Museum on November 15, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.
Ingram Cecil Connor III (November 5, 1946 – September 19, 1973), known professionally as Gram Parsons, was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist.He recorded with the International Submarine Band, the Byrds, and the Flying Burrito Brothers, popularizing what he called "Cosmic American Music", a hybrid of country, rhythm and blues, soul, folk, and rock.
Gram Parsons died on September 19, 1973, in room eight of the Joshua Tree Inn, near Joshua Tree National Park. Encouraged by his road manager Phil Kaufman, Parsons again visited the park after completing his latest recording sessions. Earlier, he had confessed to Kaufman his wish to be cremated and his ashes scattered in the park in case he died.
The McGuinn–Hillman–White–Parsons line-up was together for less than a month before Hillman quit to join Gram Parsons in forming the Flying Burrito Brothers. [183] Hillman had become increasingly disenchanted with the Byrds since the South African debacle, [ 184 ] and was also frustrated by business manager Larry Spector's mishandling of ...
Sweetheart of the Rodeo is the sixth studio album by the American rock band the Byrds, released in August 1968 by Columbia Records. [9] Recorded with the addition of country rock pioneer Gram Parsons, it became the first album widely recognized as country rock [5] as well as a seminal progressive country album, [6] and represented a stylistic move away from the psychedelic rock of the band's ...
Although the group is known for its connection to band founders Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman (both formerly of The Byrds), the group underwent many personnel changes and has existed in various incarnations. Now officially known as The Burrito Brothers the band continues to perform and record new albums.
The International Submarine Band (ISB) was a country-rock band formed by Gram Parsons in 1965, [1] while a theology (?) student at Harvard University and John Nuese, a guitar player for local rock group, The Trolls. Nuese is credited with having persuaded Parsons to pursue the country-rock sound for which he would later be remembered. [2]
Sierra Records gained wide recognition in 1982 with the release of the Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels Live 1973 album, which received a Grammy nomination for Best Country Performance by a Duo/Group for the song "Love Hurts." [2] [3]