THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS - GRAM PARSONS - THE GILDED PALACE OF SIN - 33 1/3 BOOK CARRIE BROWNSTEIN

THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS - GRAM PARSONS - THE GILDED PALACE OF SIN - 33 1/3 BOOK CARRIE BROWNSTEINIn 1968, the Flying Burrito Brothers released The Gilded Palace of Sin on A&M Records, selling a disappointing 400,000 copies. Almost forty years later, front man Gram Parsons, is still spoken of with almost messianic reverence. Patron saint of alt country, emblazoned with a shining cross, dead at 26. Overshadowed by Parsons, this album remains an anomaly in the country rock genre, a map in miniature of a moment in music, and warrants discussion as

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