GRAM PARSONS

Sacred Hearts & Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology

$31.98 CD

Florida-born, Georgia-bred singer, songwriter, musician and raconteur Gram Parsons was among the first, if not the first, to bridge the gap between country and rock in the late 1960s and early ’70s, as a member of The International Submarine Band, The Byrds, and The Flying Burrito Brothers. Then the California-based “Grievous Angel” flew solo, capturing the soul of real country music on two landmark albums, and connecting West Coast redneck rock and the Nashville establishment. Musical protégé and collaborator Emmylou Harris carried his torch by touring and recording with his band, The Fallen Angels. Later generations of artists, from Elvis Costello to R.E.M.’s Peter Buck to the Black Crowes, discovered his legend and recorded his music.  

As the first comprehensive Gram Parsons collection, the two-CD Sacred Hearts & Fallen Angels pulls together a recorded legacy previously scattered among multiple labels. Material from Parsons’ ’60s groups, including the unreleased Submarine Band outtake "Knee Deep In The Blues," plus tracks recorded solo and with the Fallen Angels, round out the most complete musical portrait yet of this enigmatic American icon. Whether among Subs, Byrds, or Burritos—or the backing talents of Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt—Parsons rises like a phoenix with each saintly spin of Sacred Hearts.

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