
Return of the Grievous Angel
Gram Parsons' signature road song was co-written with a Boston poet who wrote the lyric with Parsons in mind as the singer, and it opened an album released four months after Parsons died.
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SONG.REVIEWSAmerican country-rock singer-songwriter who worked with the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers. He died in September 1973; his album Grievous Angel, with Emmylou Harris, was released on Reprise in January 1974. A 2026 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Early Influence honoree.

Gram Parsons' signature road song was co-written with a Boston poet who wrote the lyric with Parsons in mind as the singer, and it opened an album released four months after Parsons died.
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