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Gram Parsons : GP/Grievous Angel |
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Genre: Country Rock |
Dates: 1973-1974 |
On the International Submarine Band’s Safe at Home, The Byrds’ Sweetheart of the Rodeo, and The Flying Burrito Brothers’ The Gilded Palace of Sin, Parsons invented country-rock, a genre that, unfortunately, has never been better than at its birth (fans of The Eagles, Uncle Tupelo, and Wilco might disagree). On his two solo albums, both included on this release, Parsons cooled his heels a bit (at least as far as the power and precision of his writing was concerned) and enjoyed his creation. With a barely-known Emmylou Harris chiming in in harmony—these are almost duet recordings—he sang, as always, about the wages of sin, about the collision of the city and country, about the deepest personal tragedies (I am not sure a more tragic American song’s been written than “$1000 Wedding”), and, in a few months, he’d be dead of pills and booze at 27. Don’t play this CD if you just had your heart broken—I am warning you seriously.
Playlist:
1. Still Feeling Blue
2. We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning
3. Song For You, A
4. Streets Of
5. She
6. That's All It Took
7. New Soft Shoe, The
8. Kiss The Children
9. Cry One More Time
10. How Much I've Lied
11. Big Mouth Blues
12. Return Of The Grievous Angel
13. Hearts On Fire
14. I Can't Dance
15. Brass Buttons
16. $1000 Wedding
17. Medley Live From Northern Quebec: Cash On The Barrelhead /
18. Love Hurts
19. Ooh
20. In My Hour Of Darkness