Gram Parsons died young and never had a hit record, but 21 after his death his musical influence echoes more than ever through the charts. The Rolling Stones, Elvis Costello, Tom Petty, and The Eagles, all took from Gram, who started a country-rock revolution and burned out in the California desert at the age of 26, his drug and booze-filled body torched by his friends. This biography includes interviews with many of his contemporaries, and creates a microcosm of the 1960s rock world.
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Gram Parsons died young and never had a hit record, but 21 after his death his musical influence echoes more than ever through the charts. The Rolling Stones, Elvis Costello, Tom Petty, and The Eagles, all took from Gram, who started a country-rock revolution and burned out in the California desert at the age of 26, his drug and booze-filled body torched by his friends. This biography includes interviews with many of his contemporaries, and creates a microcosm of the 1960s rock world.
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