Gram Parsons: Gram Parsons Archives, Vol. 1: Live at the Avalon Ballroom 1969.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)

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Gram Parsons Archives, Vol. 1: Live at the Avalon Ballroom 1969

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Between 1968 and 1973, seminal country rocker Gram Parsons managed to only record two solo albums and never toured much beyond the West Coast, either with his Flying Burrito Brothers band (that included the bluegrass-seasoned mandolinist Chris Hillman and pedal steel virtuoso Sneaky Pete Kleinow) or his later Hot Band (with Emmylou Harris and James Burton) before his untimely death in 1973. The 21st Century, however, has seen a resurgence of interest in all things…