Gram Parsons by Ed Caraeff in 1969.
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“Those Laurel Canyon days were great. I have a real fondness for that era, 'til about '68. Musically, it was wonderful, and there was this great innocence, an idyllic view of the world. After that, everything got a little... edgy.”
Former Byrd, Chris Hillman as quoted in his memoir “In Between” and photographed with fellow Flying Burrito Brothers bandmate Gram Parson and friends at Peter Tork’s house in 1968.
Photo by Nurit Wilde
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Gram Parsons at Marlon Brando’s piano, 1968. Photo by Andee Nathanson.
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The Flying Burrito Brothers
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Groupie/waitress Francine Brockey and singer-songwriter Gram Parsons, 1970. Photo by Andee Nathanson.
According to Francine’s close friend and fellow groupie, Nancy Deedrick, Francine was one of the reasons Gram and girlfriend Nancy Ross were frequently on-again/off-again throughout the late 1960s. Andee also claims the reason Gram’s appearance was so brief at the beginning of the 1970 Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour was because he was disappointed to discover Francine had moved on to Leon Russell’s drummer Chuck Blackwell.
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The Grateful Dead/Flying Burrito Brothers Avalon Concert Poster (Sound Proof, 1969).
Artwork by cartoonist Jack Jackson (aka Jaxon).
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Roll Over Beethoven - The Flying Burrito Brothers
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Some pictures I got at the Western Edge exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame
They haven’t finished installing the exhibit yet (I think Michael Nesmith’s suit, The Hat™, and a few other pieces are still on display at the Troubadour for the remainder of the year). I have more in my camera roll, but I had to post Gram’s iconic white suit (plus Sneaky Pete & Chris’ suits) and his International Submarine Band era jacket. It was such a good exhibit and my poor friend had to listen to me tell every bit of history and fun fact I had because this era and niche of music has been my special interest for years. I also actually accidentally started leading a tour through the exhibit because a few older people started following to listen to all my history rants lol.
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Wild Horses - The Flying Burrito
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Here’s a cool photo of the Byrds and Flying Burritto Brothers playing a gig together in 1969. Looks like Gram Parson’s playing McGuinn’s Rickenbacker here, too. Photo by Steve Nelson.
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Gram Parsons Laurel Canyon by Andee Nathanson
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Gram Parsons in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1965. Before he was a Byrd or Flying Burrito Brother, he was a Harvard student. ❤️
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The Flying Burrito Brothers
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Rock muse and girlfriend Nancy Ross in 1965.
Photo originally shared on Instagram by Nancy’s daughter Polly Parsons on February 18th, 2023.
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224: Hedge & Donna Capers // Special Circumstances
Special Circumstances
Hedge & Donna Capers
1970, Capitol
I recently found this record on the street in Portland, Maine and I have to admit to rescuing it purely because I’d never seen a mixed-race ‘60s folk duo before. Special Circumstances is a lot better than I’d expected from a discarded folk-pop record—one mafia-related disappearance or Glenn Frey connection away from a Light in the Attic reissue, say. (We do get Bernie Leadon playing a bit of dobro, which is in the vicinity.) The husband-and-wife duo of Keene Hedges Capers and Donna Capers (née Carson) harmonize as smoothly as you could wish, and the instrumental credits are littered with session studs, including Flying Burrito Brother and pedal steel legend Sneaky Pete Kleinow and Carole Kaye on bass. Janis Ian also drops in to lend piano to Hedge & Donna’s rendition of her treacly number “He’s a Rainbow.”
The pop-leaning tunes (like “Rainbow” and “Sunshine”) aren’t the best use of anyone’s talents but they’re not especially grating, and the album’s late pivot to gospel is more pleasant than enervating, but Special Circumstances punches its ticket with a run of sublime ballads on the a-side. Most of these songs are Capers originals, but their quality is really a testament to the pros who can make even pedestrian songwriting sound like the relieving warmth that radiates from a good stretch. On “Becoming” the players cup Hedge and Donna’s close harmonies and spiritual sweet nothings like a flower holding a pair of drowsing field mice. The soul jazz-tinted medley that follows (“Higher Country / Uhuru / Adunde”) is more ambitious, Donna’s lead vocal landing somewhere between Sandy Denny and Miriam Makeba as the mystical, minor key “Higher Country” dissolves into a series of African chants. The lazy stream from the title track to “Strawberry Malt” features some of the prettiest country-folk backing you’ll hear on any record from 1970. I’d happily stick these four songs up against nearly anything I’ve heard from the recent glut of b- and c-tier folk reissues.
Overall, Special Circumstances gets a pass from me for its becoming lack of overt commercial ambitions, and the easy craftsmanship nearly every part of it displays. It’s not perfect, but to my surprise it’s managed to grab my ear despite coming home amid a pile of records I actually paid for, even if I’ll probably seldom play the second side again.
224/365
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