More than a dozen of New York’s finest roots-rock, alt-country, and
Americana artists will celebrate the music of country-rock pioneer
Gram Parsons with a gala show at Luna Lounge in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007.
Artists include Eric "Roscoe" Ambel, Mary Lee Kortes, Chip Robinson,
the Demolition String Band, Nick Marks, Charlene McPherson, Future
Farmers of America, Brooke Lunde, Bethany Saint Smith, Joe Cassady,
Red Rooster, Timothy Bracy, Rench and the New Heathens.
This year’s event will also feature a reading by David Meyer, author
of the new Gram Parsons biography, "Twenty Thousand Roads, the Ballad
of Gram Parsons and his Cosmic American Music" published by Villard.
Mr. Meyer will also be on hand to sign copies of his book.
WHAT: A tribute to Gram Parsons‘ songs and story
WHO: More than a dozen of New York’s finest roots-rock, alt. country
and Americana musicians plus Gram Parsons biographer David Meyer.
WHEN: Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007 starting at 7 p.m. sharp.
WHERE: Luna Lounge, 361 Metropolitan Ave. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
COST: $8
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to induct Gram Parsons into the Country Music Hall of Fame (and leave a message while you’re there).
Are you a Gram fan, too? If so, we are truly soul mates (don’t tell Hepcat).
Seriously, many thanks for alerting me to this. I can honestly say that I heard of (though unfortunately never met) Gram before he became famous. During my second year of college, I dated a woman from Winter Haven who had known him in high school. In my second year of law school, I nearly drove my roommate nuts playing the Byrds’ “Sweetheart of the Rodeo” and the Flying Burrito Brothers’ “The Gilded Palace of Sin.” One of the sadder moments of my life was when I learned of his death in 1973.