As a singer and songwriter, Gram Parsons stood at the nexus of
countless musical crossroads, and he sold his soul to the devil at
every one. His intimates and collaborators included Keith Richards,
William Burroughs, Marianne Faithfull, Peter Fonda, Roger McGuinn,
and Clarence White. Parsons led the Byrds to create the seminal
country rock masterpiece "Sweetheart of the Rodeo," helped to guide
the Rolling Stones beyond the blues in their appreciation of
American roots music, and found his musical soul mate in Emmylou
Harris. Parsons' solo albums, "GP" and "Grievous Angel," are now
recognized as visionary masterpieces of the transcendental
jambalaya of rock, soul, country, gospel, and blues Parsons named
"Cosmic American Music." Parsons had everything-looks, charisma,
money, style, the best drugs, the most heartbreaking voice-and
threw it all away with both hands, dying of a drug and alcohol
overdose at age twenty-six.
In this beautifully written, raucous, meticulously researched
biography, David N. Meyer gives Parsons' mythic life its due. From
interviews with hundreds of the famous and obscure who knew and
worked closely with Parsons-many who have never spoken publicly
about him before-Meyer conjures a dazzling panorama of the artist
and his era.
Praise for Twenty Thousand Roads
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY "THE LOS ANGELES TIMES"
NAMED ONE OF THE FIVE BEST ROCK BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY "ROLLING
STONE"
"Far and away the most thorough biography of Parsons . . . skewers
any number of myths surrounding this endlessly mythologized
performer."
"-Los Angeles Times"
"A terrific biography of a rock innovator that hums with juicy
detail and wincing truth. . . . Page after page groans with the
folly of the '60s drug culture, the tragedy of talent toasted
before its time, the curse of wealth and the madness of wasted
opportunity."
"-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution"
"The definitive account of Gram Parsons' life-and early death. From
the country-rock pioneer's wealthy, wildly dysfunctional family
through his symbiotic friendship with Keith Richards, Meyer deftly
illuminates one of rock's most elusive figures."
"-Rolling Stone"
"Meticulously researched . . . Though Meyer answers a lot of
long-burning questions, he preserves Parsons' legend as a man of
mystery."
"-Entertainment Weekly"
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""Meyer gives Parsons a thorough, Peter Guralnick-like
treatment."
-"New York Post"
Visit the official website: www.twentythousandroads.com
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