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Calling Me Home : Gram Parsons and the Roots of Country Rock

ISBN: 9780813042046 | 0813042046

Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ Pr of Florida
Pub. Date: 9/23/2012

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Summary Table of Contents

A view of the music and life of Gram Parsons and his influence on country rock.

The musically formative years of an American genius "Has a great narrative velocity. Even though we know how this story is going to end-tragically, of course-Kealing keeps us turning the page as we follow Gram Parsons through his short, rich life."-William McKeen, author of Outlaw Journalist: The Life and Times of Hunter S. Thompson "I could almost hear the music coming from those now-dilapidated buildings where Gram Parsons received hi... MOREs musical education. Bob Kealing makes them come alive as he explores the faces and places that turned Parsons from a southern-bred trust fund child into a self-destructive yet visionary musical pioneer."-Jeffrey M. Lemlich, author of Savage Lost: Florida Garage Bands: The '60s and Beyond On September 19, 1973, Gram Parsons became yet another rock-and-roll casualty in an era of excess, a time when young men wore their dangerous habits like badges of honor. Unfortunately, his many musical accomplishments have been overshadowed by a morbid fascination with his drug overdose in the Joshua Tree desert at the age of twenty-six. Known as the father of country rock, Parsons played with the International Submarine Band, The Byrds, and the Flying Burrito Brothers. In the late 1960s and early 70s, he was a key confidante of Keith Richards. In 1972, he gave Emmylou Harris her first big break. When Tom Petty re-formed his Florida garage band Mudcrutch, he invoked the name of Gram Parsons as an inspiration. Musicians as diverse as Elvis Costello, Dwight Yoakam, Ryan Adams, Patty Griffin, and Steve Earle have also paid homage to alt-country's patron saint. In Calling Me Home, Kealing traces the entire arc of Parsons's career, emphasizing his Southern roots. Drawing on dozens of new interviews as well as rare letters and photographs provided by Parsons's family and legendary photojournalist Ted Polumbaum, Kealing has uncovered facts that even the most stalwart Parsons fans will find revealing. Travelling from Parsons' boyhood home in Waycross, Georgia, to the southern folk mecca of Coconut Grove, Florida, from the birthplace of outlaw country in Austin, Texas, to the Ryman auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee Kealing celebrates Parsons's timeless and transformative musical legacy.

On September 19, 1973, Gram Parsons became yet another rock-and-roll casualty in an era of excess, a time when young men wore their dangerous habits like badges of honor. Unfortunately, his many musical accomplishments have been overshadowed by a morbid fascination with his drug overdose in the Joshua Tree desert at the age of twenty-six. Known as the father of country rock, Parsons played with the International Submarine Band, The Byrds, and the Flying Burrito Brothers. In the late 1960s and early 70s, he was a key confidante of Keith Richards. In 1972, he gave Emmylou Harris her first big break. When Tom Petty re-formed his Florida garage band Mudcrutch, he invoked the name of Gram Parsons as an inspiration. Musicians as diverse as Elvis Costello, Dwight Yoakam, Ryan Adams, Patty Griffin, and Steve Earle have also paid homage to alt-country's patron saint. In Calling Me Home, Kealing traces the entire arc of Parsons's career, emphasizing his Southern roots. Drawing on dozens of new interviews as well as rare letters and photographs provided by Parsons's family and legendary photojournalist Ted Polumbaum, Kealing has uncovered facts that even the most stalwart Parsons fans will find revealing. Travelling from Parsons' boyhood home in Waycross, Georgia, to the southern folk mecca of Coconut Grove, Florida, from the birthplace of outlaw country in Austin, Texas, to the Ryman auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee Kealing celebrates Parsons's timeless and transformative musical legacy.

Cosmic Roots	p. 1
Legacy versus Legend	p. 7
Pilgrimage to Waycross	p. 11
Like Elvis	p. 20
Coon Dog's Secret	p. 24
Gram's Domain	p. 30
Red Coats, Pacers, and Legends	p. 36
The Youth Center Circuit	p. 44
High Times and Earliest Recordings	p. 67
Folk in the Other Room	p. 74
Shilos and Bo... MORElles	p. 81
Chicago Surfinanny	p. 91
Senior Year and the Derry Down	p. 99
"A Country Beatle"	p. 112
The Polumbaum Photos	p. 118
Orlando, New York City	p. 126
Slaying Behind, Safe at Home	p. 165
Vinny's Place	p. 175
A Country Byrd	p. 180
The Lost Burrito Brother	p. 193
Like a Bird	p. 206
Darkness and Light	p. 220
Calling Me Home	p. 231
Acknowledgments	p. 243
Notes	p. 247
Discography	p. 267
Selected Bibliography	p. 273
Index	p. 275
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