Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Get Gram into the Hall of Fame!

Here's a chance to do the right thing!
GRAM PARSONS is the subject of an online petition, located here, to sway the COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME to induct the alternative country pioneer.
Biographer Jason Gross chronicled some of Parsons' achievements:
* "Sin City," as recorded by Parsons' band the Flying Burrito Brothers, was
included in the Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music in 1981.
* "Love Hurts," from a live album of the Fallen Angels' Long Island radio concert, was nominated for a Grammy in 1983.
* The Franklin Mint Society included the International Submarine Band's performance of "I Still Miss Someone" in a compilation album in 1984.
* The Country Music Foundation in Nashville has selected two International Submarine Band tracks, "Luxury Liner" and "Blue Eyes," for inclusion in
The Greatest Country Music Recordings of All Time, part of its official archive collection.
* The foundation's Country Music Hall of Fame, accepted from Parsons collaborator Emmylou Harris a Martin guitar that Parsons had used on tour.
Doesn't Parsons deserve to be in the Hall of Fame himself?
Sign the petition if you agree!

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