Gram Parsons. Singer, songwriter, guitarist Parsons was a member of the International Submarine Band, The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers. He was later a solo artist who recorded and performed duets with Emmylou Harris. Parsons died of a drug overdose at the age of 26 in a hotel room in the California desert. Since his death, the birth of 1970s rock/country and the early 1990s alternative country movement have been attributed to his influential songwriting. In 2004, The magazine Rolling Stone ranked him #87 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Please do yourself a favor and dig into his entire catalog, you wont be dissapointed.
