Gram Parsons’ second and final studio album, Grievous Angel, turned 50 this January. While Parsons never enjoyed commercial success, he influenced everyone from The Rolling Stones to Wilco with an outsider’s approach to country music. He was alternative country (or alt-country) before such a thing existed. There’s a good chance Uncle Tupelo never happens, or […]
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