• Gram Parsons & The Flying Burrito Brothers

    John Howie, Jr. Gets Personal
    Michael Elliott Posted On September 15, 2018


    THE CICADAS WERE OUT in full force, buzzing in celebration as the August summer heat had mercifully subsided, at least for a few days.  I ordered coffee (black) and took a seat at a tiny round table outside Caffé Driade, […]


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    Archive Stories
    I’ve Said It Before, I’ll Say It Again: Gram Parsons Wrote “Wild Horses”
    Will James Posted On June 8, 2015


    I wrote this in 2013 after an article in Uncut magazine quoted Mick Jagger’s brother as saying Gram Parsons wrote “Wild Horses.” I’ve always thought so, but never analyzed it from a literary standpoint, what the song could have been written about. […]


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    Album Review
    Gram Parsons & The Flying Burrito Brothers – Archives Volume One: Live At The Avalon Ballroom 1969
    Archive Posted On January 1, 2008


    Columbia Records boss Walter Yetnikoff once struggled to explain to Leonard Cohen the label’s problem with the singer: “We know you’re great…but we don’t know if you’re any good.” We may ask ourselves the same about Gram Parsons: At this […]


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