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jazzlady40 (June 30, 2008 at 12:35 am)
Ive heard of gram parsons and the flying burrito bros but I didn't know much about them I started out today looking into the byrds history and stumbled onto gram parsons he was an interesting tragic figure IT seems that if he had lived he would have been a even bigger star, RIP Gram.
kent787 (June 22, 2008 at 4:31 am)
Watching several byrds videos tonight, I would have to say that Gram had more "star quality" than the rest of them with his looks, smile, and stage presence.
snicky58 (May 31, 2008 at 8:36 pm)
He started experiencing tragedy early in life. His father suffered from severe mood swings and committed suicide when Gram was a child. His mother later developed alcoholism.
driftingtheworld (May 17, 2008 at 7:55 pm)
I Think they freak out because to live the normal life is kinda the basic reason for entering into " THE DREAM ", As well the dream is a series of feel good connections and if it says sleep with that woman who wants too then cool, if it says do a linewell ok, if it says throw the t.v off the hotels 20th floor suite alright... Some people just are built to see 50 and in the back of their minds " it's better to burnout, then fade away"... Hope this helps,lifetime musician...
skiingisgoodforyou (April 4, 2008 at 6:18 am)
The Flying Burrito Brothers were one helluva group. What awesome sounds they created.
lunaseas33 (March 31, 2008 at 7:59 am)
that's robert plant and alison krauss...
gnvair (March 29, 2008 at 4:58 am)
I have the dvd and highly recommend it. It was very well done. After reading several of the books I was curious as to why some of the other fascinating tidbits werent covered. Such as some of the other people that Gram kept company with at points in his life such as Terry Melcher, Brandon DeWild, John Phillips, Peter Fonda, etc. Plus the friendship with Keith and how they went through Heroin withdrawal together. There was definitely a lot more to his life than was presented in the dvd.
johno934 (March 22, 2008 at 8:56 pm)
join in the long list of talented musicians that self destructed and died to early
fastfrt1 (February 26, 2008 at 10:06 pm)
Has anybody seen the new JC Penny commercial? It has a country song being sung by a man and woman and I was wondering if it was Gram and Emmylou. I'm not too familliar with either's work but after hearing "Love Hurts" I'm thinking that it could be them....It does sound like them...
glennhmartin (February 25, 2008 at 10:06 pm)
Five years ago I made the cross country pilgrimage to Room #8. Drank tequila and played some Gram tunes and Boulder To Birmingham at Cap Rock with my 21 year old daughter. And it was a good thing. Thank you Gram for the inspiration. |
