Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel LP

"Grievous Angel" features much of the same band that played on his solo debut, and they perform with the same effortless grace and authority (especially guitarist James Burton and fiddler Byron Berline).

Parsons still had plenty of gems on hand from more productive days, such as Brass Buttons and Hickory Wind. He also proved to be a shrewd judge of other people's material as always; Tom T Hall's I Can't Dance and the Louvin Brothers's Cash on the Barrelhead for example.

As a vocal duo, Parsons and Emmylou Harris only improved on this set, turning in a version of Love Hurts so quietly impassioned and delicately beautiful that it's enough to make you forget Roy Orbison ever recorded it.

Tracklist:

1. Return of the Grievous Angels
2. Hearts on Fire
3. I Can't Dance
4. Brass Buttons
5. $1000 Wedding
6. Cash on the Barrelhead / Hickory Wind (Medley Live from Northern Quebec)
7. Love Hurts
8. Las Vegas
9. In My Hour of Darkness

About this product: this reissue is pressed on 180g black vinyl.