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[Jason Walker] ✓ Gram Parsons: God's Own Singer ↠ Read Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Gram Parsons: God's Own Singer Gram Parsons was a contradiction. A genius who never experienced mainstream success whilst alive, his records sold by the truckload after his death. This enthralling book lifts the lid on Parsons' short life (he died in 1973 aged only 26) and is the result of seven years painstaking research by country musician and journalist Jason Walker. This well-reviewed book will satisfy the most demanding of fans as well as those who are new to the music of a man whose spine-tingling voice is truly that of
| Title | : | Gram Parsons: God's Own Singer |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.12 (627 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B008LX7268 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 130 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-30 |
| Language | : | English |
Seeing through the myths of Gram Jason Walker has done an outstanding job in capturing what Gram Parson was really about, his strengths and his many weaknesses. He dispels various myths and adds plenty of detail to the final myth - Gram's cremation at Cap Rock in the Joshua Tree national park. There's plenty here about Gram's southern gothic upbringing - no wonder he was a screwed up guy with a reliance on various substances. His doomed friendship with Keith Richards is here too, and some of it is a bit sad. Emmylou Harris was nearly his saviour, but Gram w. "Tolerable" according to L. Ross. Not very well written. Many 'facts' simply not true or unsubstatiated. Very poor editing - so much of this has been written about ad nauseum. I imagine it's a very easy job to simply check the facts - most of the minutiae of Gram Parsons' life is very well documented! However, I applaud the fact that the author took the trouble to track down Michael Martin and talk to him about the final trip to Joshua Tree with Gram and Phil Kaufman.. JudiAnne said Very tedious reading material. Very tedious reading material, seems to go over the same issue time after time (songs written and 15 viewpoints of same). Not what I was expecting.
Gram Parsons was a contradiction. A genius who never experienced mainstream success whilst alive, his records sold by the truckload after his death. This enthralling book lifts the lid on Parsons' short life (he died in 1973 aged only 26) and is the result of seven years painstaking research by country musician and journalist Jason Walker. This well-reviewed book will satisfy the most demanding of fans as well as those who are new to the music of a man whose spine-tingling voice is truly that of God's Own Singer.. Revised and updated, this new edition contains an exclusive interview with Michael Martin who, along with Phil Kaufman, stole Parsons' body and cremated it in the Joshua Tree National Park. He was briefly a theology student at Harvard, but was to descend into a demonic world of drink and drugs whilst singing about the virtues of the Christian life. Through interviews with colleagues, friends and collaborators Walker traces Parsons' life and career from the formative years to his early death, including his work with the Shilos, the International Submarine Band, the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, as well as his solo career. All the key events, such as his friendship with Keith Richards and the Rolling Stones a
"One of the best rock biographies that I've read in a long time." -- Ear Candy
He is a working musician who both records and tours. New Zealand born Jason Walker lives in Sydney, Australia. A self-confessed Parsons fan, this labour of love took him about 7 years to complete and is his only book, which speaks volumes about this respect for Gram Parsons that he is the only musician he would stop making his own music for to write this
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