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| Title | : | Grievous Angel: An Intimate Biography of Gram Parsons |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.81 (774 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1560256737 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-03 |
| Language | : | English |
Grievous Angel is the tribute that the legions of Parsons fans have been waiting for—a book that brings to life the story of the Southern boy who revolutionized the way music sounds.. Popular musicians of today trace their inspiration to pick up a guitar to when they first heard his music. Now, together with Parsons's daughter, Polly, Jessica Hundley has created an intimate and extensive biography that brings together never-before-seen photos and illustrations, unpublished letters, and in-depth interviews with some of the many artists whose work was shaped by Parsons, including Keith Richards, Emmylou Harris, Wilco, and Ryan Adams, among many others. His songs and his style have had a lasting effect on the music of our time. At the thirty-year anniversary of his death, his sound, a mix of country and rock 'n' roll, is absolutely everywhere. There has never been a better time for a book on Gram Parsons
She has interviewed numerous actors, directors, and musicians for a variety of publications such as The Los Angeles Times, Premiere, Blender, Mojo, Interview, BlackBook and The Guardian, among many others. Jessica Hundley has been a freelance writer for the past decade, specializing in film and music journalism. She lives in Los Angeles.
All rights reserved. . in 1966 and charmed the hippie-resistant country crowd; joined the seminal band the Byrds; fathered a child (Polly); formed the Flying Burrito Brothers; befriended Keith Richards; and discovered Emmylou Harris, periodically returning to Florida to pick up his trust fund installments. Born into a wealthy Florida family, Parsons was encouraged by his mother and stepfather to nurture his musical ambitions. From Publishers Weekly The psychedelic '60s had more than its share of excess, and nowhere was this truer than in the Los Angeles music scene. Although the authors take considerable artistic license describing Parsons's thoughts, they fail to provide more than a superficial portrait. Dropping out of Harvard, Parsons landed in L.A. In this fluffy, interview-packed biography, music journalist Hundley and Parsons's daughter, Polly, who was seven when Parsons died in 1973, chronicle his life, from his privileged but troubled Southern childhood to his crematio
"Goofy, indulgent waste of money--STAY AWAY!" according to Duski. The Ben Fong-Torres book is much more thoroughly researched, and doesn't rely on the ridiculous invented dialogue that Hundley imagines went on between Parsons and his friends.If GP was as shallow and moronic as he's portrayed in this book, he could never have written and recorded the beautiful, moving music that he left us.In addition, Hundley interviews anyone she can think of, including her own friends and people who never had anything to do with Parsons.WTF?. L. Ross said Truly awful. Why is this book written as if the author had a direct line to Gram Parsons' thoughts and feelings? Why does she feel the need to fill in the gaps with happy little thoughts and asides? It's truly dreadful. Interviews with too many obscure musicians/fringe dwellers. Opinions from people whose opinions no-one is interested in. I actually bought this book for the photos - and was extremely disappointed. The poor quality reproduction of the photos makes most of them impossible to distinguish who's who! A waste of time and money.. "A Disappointing Work of Historical Fiction" according to Paddy O'Hooligan. Sadly, Gram Parsons becomes a fictional character in his own biography. I was really hoping this would be a better read then the Ben Fong-Torres bio, but boy was I wrong. I appreciate Jessica Hundley's effort, but this "bio" is made up at best and sheds no light on the Southern Gothic story that is Gram & the Snively clan. The writing and research are sloppy and lazy. She tends to use clunky, overly dramatic descriptions often ("Gram looked out at the upturned faces; a hundred eyes watched as his hands played and watched his face as he held a note in his throat. Something that had been inside him suddenly slipped together again. He
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