Once upon a time, I was Gram Parsons obsessive. I couldn’t get enough of the singer’s reverential, “Cosmic American” take on traditional country music and that Tennessee Williams-worthy life story ...

On Sept. 18, 1973, drinking heavily, Parsons took a fatally high dose of morphine and died in that very room. When he arrived at the hospital early on Sept. 19, 1973, he was declared dead on arrival.

In the late 1960s and early '70s, Gram Parsons had a brief music career of middling commercial success. Nonetheless, he's viewed as an enormously gifted and influential artist, a key progenitor of the ...

He never had a hit single. His work with the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers was among those groups’ least commercial. One of his solo albums made the charts, reaching No. 195, after he died.

This Eileen Myles piece on Gram Parsons is a nice way to start the day, particularly a chilly, soon-to-be-snowy Tuesday. Parsons, whose music is embedded throughout the essay (in mp3s), is a warming ...

“We were spinning our wheels, to use Roger [McGuinn]’s phrase, and here comes Gram,” says Chris Hillman, The Byrds original bassist, who grew up playing bluegrass and folk music, and only became a ...

Of the many premature deaths from the wave of great ‘60s musicians, Gram Parsons is one of the most tragic. A deeply gifted singer and songwriter, he’s universally (if not entirely accurately) ...

Gram Parsons often is referred to as the father of country-rock. The musician who pioneered the concept of a rock band playing country music in the late 1960s and early ‘70s may not have sold many ...

In the late 1960s, Gram Parsons, fresh from leaving The Byrds and becoming close pals with the Rolling Stones, signed on to star in a sci-fi film, Saturation 70. Directed by Anthony Foutz, who worked ...