It’s one of the defining songs of Gram Parsons’ all-too-brief solo career. “How Much I’ve Lied” tied into Parsons’ artistic image of a ne’er-do-well with a heart of gold, perhaps as well as any song ...
Few of the guitars that belonged to country-rock pioneer Gram Parsons are around today. Much like the man himself — who died of a morphine-and-tequila overdose in 1973 at the age of 26 — his ...
The myth of Gram Parsons as father of country rock (and thus mainstream country music of the mid-1980s and Americana today) stretches the truth so far that it obscures the contributions of myriad ...
Gram Parsons died on Sept. 19, 1973, bringing an end to the short, turbulent life of one of country music's most gifted artists. But the craziness was just beginning. Parsons is remembered as one of ...
Polly Parsons knows it took a little too long for her father to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but she can't help but point out how fitting the timing is. "It's really mind-blowing and ...