Seventy-nine years ago today, one of the most important artists in alternative country history was born in Florida.

Nov. 12—I sometimes imagine a music buff hearing these lines from a David Allen Coe song for the first time and doing a double take while pondering their meaning: "I heard the burritos out in ...

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) ...