Author: Alan Ashworth

‘Gram and his fellow Byrds stayed true to the 50s original when they covered this gospel treasure for their Sweetheart of the Rodeo LP in 1968.’

Sez Matt: ‘Gram’s recording of this 60s tearjerker about a wife gone wrong is another song on the GP album.’

Matt says: ‘Their version of this minor hit from 1969 drew one of Gram and Emmylou Harris’s most stirring performances on his first solo album, GP, four years later.

Continuing the ‘roots of Gram Parsons’ sequence supplied by our friend Matt. He says: ‘The Flying Burrito Brothers covered this 60s gem just before Gram left the group in 1970, … Continue readingBuck Owens: Close Up the Honky Tonks

Commencing a short series, suggested by our friend Matt, exploring the roots of Gram Parsons, featuring original and early versions of songs covered by the country-rock pioneer. Matt says: ‘Gram’s … Continue readingJohnny Cash: I Still Miss Someone

I sometimes think Popol Vuh are a bit wallpaperish but that’s nothing a large glass of single malt won’t cure.

Live in their own front room, jammin’ Germans from 1971.

I’m fond of the old Grobbers but have to admit they’re a bit Spinal Tap. This is a live one from 1978.

Featuring Michael Rother from Neu and Cluster’s Moebius and Roedelius. One for Brian Eno fans.