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Gram Parsons

The Case for Country Music and Its Poetry of Pain
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The Case for Country Music and Its Poetry of Pain

By
Laurence Coupe
/ 18 May 2022

One has to go along with the flow of existence, no matter what suffering it brings. These country music artists give form to sadness and beauty to despair.

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Counterbalance No. 153: Flying Burrito Brothers’ ‘The Gilded Palace of Sin’

By
Jason Mendelsohn and Eric Klinger
/ 15 November 2013
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Counterbalance No. 122: Gram Parsons’ ‘Grievous Angel’

By
Jason Mendelsohn and Eric Klinger
/ 29 March 2013
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‘Live Fast, Die Young’ Doesn’t Move Too Fast

By
Steve Miller
/ 11 July 2012
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On Making that Holiday Music List and Checking It Twice

By
Dave Whitaker
/ 22 November 2011
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Hot Burritos: The True Story of the Flying Burrito Brothers by John Einarson with Chris Hillman

By
Tom Useted
/ 21 April 2009
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Flying Burrito Brothers The Gilded Palace of Sin by Bob Proehl

By
Charles A. Hohman
/ 31 March 2009
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The Best Re-Issues of 2007

By
PopMatters Staff
/ 18 December 2007
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Gram Parsons: Sacred Hearts and Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology

By
PopMatters Staff
/ 30 April 2001

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