Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris sing The Everly Brothers

Love Hurts / Sleepless Nights / Brand New Heartache

[@sittinginthebasement]

This could also be titled "Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris sing Boudleaux Bryant." The songwriting team of husband and wife Boudleaux and Felice Bryant wrote all three of these songs.

[@Genjo_N_Mojave]

This should be titled GP and ELH sing Felice and Boudelaux Bryant, as @sittinginthebasement stated prior, imho.

[@juanarto]

@@Genjo_N_Mojave EH, not ELH. ;-)

[@benwinkel]

Emmylou's harmony vocals are from another galaxy. Unlike anything you'll ever hear anyone perform.

[@richardseegman803]

I was always a Rocker, and love the blues. But Gram Parsons, and his greatest performances with Emmy Lou Harris were my first introducdtion to Country Music (execpt for the Stones several great country songs, mostly due to Keith's affection for country, and his freindship with Gram). I love country as long as it is done by rockers. That twangy Southern stuff and the country stars from the CMA still make me sick.

[@josephbrowning1167]

If Sleepless Nights doesn't tug at your heart, then you're already dead. I can tell by these three songs that Gram & Emmylou have great chemistry. Very talented to say the least.

[@melloone611]

Amen 🙏🏽 Even tho Gram was only here for just a micro second, his musical influence will live in forever ♾

[@lynkhs]

I just love “Sleepless Nights” so much. To harmonize a melody like that..

[@jan-keesverschuure2436]

Sleepless Nights is up there with the great duets.

[@langstongrandma]

It still hurts to hear this wonderful version by Gram and Emmylou

[@grandyabbo]

Agreed! 😪

[@jcarlile99]

I know! Love them so much!

[@lyndakoers1389]

My late husband first played Gram Parsons And Dwight Yoakam for me. Of course grew up listening to the Every Brothers.

[@thomastohiana5731]

True love ...Will hurt come a time

[@davidparnell1893]

Emmylou has translated the essence of life in so many songs...so few artists in history can do that! Thank God Gram Parsons knew this. Emmylou...carry us through this pandemic with the angelic promise of your voice, your heart, and your guitar!!

[@davidmurray2539]

Nobody knows what the essence of life is, rendering it untranslatable. But out of the incoherence of such a vacuous claim one truth emerges undeniable: thank God for the genius that was Gram Parsons!

[@AlanHamilton-yt5oh]

I.have been in love with EmmyLou Harris for as long as.I can..remember

[@radawson1018]

Always, always the best version of 'Love Hurts' in my mind. And worth a cry, knowing that Gram and Emmy could still have been singing it all these years after.

[@markcorley]

Damn well worth a cry...

[@benwinkel]

When i hear her perform "She", i always get goose bumps.

[@sandyjohnson3030]

Agreed!

[@cathrinecolwell3303]

The best version is by the Everly Brothers!!!!! No one comes close to them and their amazing harmonies.

[@benwinkel]

@@cathrinecolwell3303 Their version is the first and original and very special, i agree. Maybe what Boudleaux and Bryant envisioned for their creation. But Gram and Emmylou put so much soul and feeling in to their performance, it just gives me goose bumps every time i listen to it.

[@bobcavanagh1482]

I can't think of a better male/female vocal partnership. The sum is so much better. Makes me cry every time.

[@margaretross9150]

These two geniuses were born to sing together. I've seen a video where they even toss their hair at the same time. So glad to hear them perform the songs of two other geniuses, the Bryants.

[@vicbunn1215]

What is the video? I've just discovered Gram Parsons. Have heard Emmy Lou for over 45 years but those two together are superb. I am in search of a tshirt with the two of them but no luck so far....

[@daciefusjones8128]

Gram's voice was made for these songs.

[@nickpitera7891]

R.I.P. Gram..

[@mattthompson9826]

Their love for each other was very powerful. It had to hurt under the circumstances. They sang as if they were connected at the brain and their voices were two parts of the same instrument. This magic has never been duplicated.

[@Niseold]

I so agree. She never stopped loving him...

[@susiekwong3814]

What is their story, l would love to know, sounds so special!

[@mattthompson9826]

Susie, it is a Romeo and Juliet tragedy.

[@margaretross9150]

@@susiekwong3814 To be brief Susie, Gram hired folksinger Emmylou to harmonize with him on his upcoming solo albums. They hit it off well, singing beautifully together. They did one long promotional bus tour together. Gram was married at the time. After cutting the second album, Gram's marriage ended, and Emmylou realized she was in love with him but hadn't yet told him. Stressed by some difficult events, Gram headed to the desert to cut loose a bit, miscalculated his drug and alcohol intake, and died age 26, leaving a broken-hearted Emmy. She credits him with her career success and has paid tribute to him ever since in her music, writing some beautiful songs about him. Guess I wasn't brief, but it's a story of great loss for Emmylou, for Gram and his loved ones, and for everyone who loves music.

[@rabbi120348]

@@margaretross9150 Beautifully put "in 25 words or less." I often wonder if his loss propelled her to be who she became. They would have been legendary together, but even now at age 74, every time she opens her mouth it makes me tear up. I can't listen to her while driving, I learned that decades ago.

[@dukemiller7484]

Always brings me to tears...the good ones😔😔😔

[@haroldarmstrong8285]

IT IS very sad after we know what happened but I continue to want to listen to it over and over. It IS just a resembles of what their music became.

[@charlesschwartz307]

Wow. Just wow.

[@josephroache3176]

Exquisite, beautiful, sublime. My vocabulary is not adequate to describe this wonderful rendering of a fine Boudleux Bryant song. Love Hurts, how true !

[@markwilliams8532]

Beautifully done. Give them a 10+

[@jameskennedy721]

LOVE HURTS is the best thing either of them ever did . THE TULSA QUEEN , from Emmylou's Luxury Liner album , is almost as good , and also features close harmony .

[@emmettmckenna4565]

Haven’t you heard them do “Hearts On Fire?” Hahaha

[@YBNegative]

what a precious gem this is! I was raised on the Nazareth version, vaguely aware of the Everly's version but this.... this is special

[@gillianrichardson2404]

Oooooh yes !!!

[@motorcitymanman7711]

I like Nazareths version better.....but this one isnt bad.....except for Grams wail at the end!

[@billysmith8261]

@@motorcitymanman7711 It's good I would even say great. But you can't beat Don and Phil's harmony. No one else can even come close.

[@motorcitymanman7711]

@@billysmith8261 Simon & Garfunkel are right there......

[@billysmith8261]

@@motorcitymanman7711 Simon and Garfunkel are great. But they still are not quite as good as Don and Phil. This is just my opinion of course. You are certainly welcome to yours. The difference between them is very slight.

[@bluegrasscannuk]

Excellent upload Erik. Great pictures of Gram and Emmy. The deeper you dig here the more unbelievable Gram & Emmy stuff turns up.

[@attilapodlussany188]

Beautiful

[@shirleyjennings5787]

Awesome!

[@garyhallford7422]

If you get a chance there is a version of this song with Gram & Emmylou live in a radio station while doing the promo tour for G.P..

[@pammorris8097]

WOW!

[@cherylb2008]

Just the best

[@frankabney6000]

Gram... why'd you have to go so soon? As is you left us with years worth of music, but dreaming of what could've been......

[@elisabethhellbom5561]

djäääääääääääääääääääääävla droger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! elisabeth

[@Krazede]

Simply Lovely!

[@hollyhooper9054]

Just lovely.

[@pattidiane]

Forever love

[@marywelden2094]

Love, love love. Thanks for posting.

[@vittaletti6255]

pura magia,emmylou la voce degli angeli,gram te ne sei andato troppo troppo presto ma resti x sempre un gigante,grazie.

[@cjcarp9438]

I really think " Brand New Heartache' might be Parsons best vocals ,,,,,used to think Hot Burrito #1 was but No ... He Nails this Song and His voice sounds Early Healthy Parsons .

[@stargazer6753]

+ CJ carp. Yes indeed. I agree.

[@xochitl9161]

I 'm just sorry they didn't record Dream. that would have been crazy good

[@hollycarpenter7902]

Beautiful 💥💗💖

[@freakbennett2263]

so too younger Brother Gram, jus sàyin ¡😎¡

[@pascaldeschamps3704]

Fantastique. Plus de simplicité et d émotions que dans les versions originales. EH a true Wonder.

[@amaliazahav1903]

le coeur brise

[@margaretross9150]

@@amaliazahav1903 💔

[@terribrooks9041]

Wow - I thought I'd heard just about every song Emmylou and Gram had done but I have never heard Sleepless Nights and Brand New Heartache. Also some rare photos you have here! Again - thought I had seen them all but saw some new ones. Thanks for this - very well done - can't believe there are not more views! Great Job!

[@MrPhilfridge]

I'm surprised you've not heard them before they've been in the public domain since early 1976. I'm pretty sure there both off the Sleepless Nights album

[@lyndakoers1389]

Wow! I'd never heard them either by Gram and Emmylou.

[@lyndakoers1389]

@@MrPhilfridge my late husband had alot of tapes. Yeah. Tapes. I found Grievous Angel. As soon as I get out of this self quarantine the search will be on. Yeah. May ,17, 2020. My county should be open by the end of month I'm in Washington state. East of Seattle. Most of the locally owned stores and restaurants in my neighborhood are closed. One co op food store and pharmacy are open. I do live across from a huge park and river, so I can take my dog out without my mask.

[@MrPhilfridge]

@@lyndakoers1389 ? Not sure why you're telling me, the tracks mentioned aren't rarities , they were officially released , I've got the album (sleepless nights) and it was released in 1976. Grievous Angel was released just after Gram died in'73

[@tomtorrell8019]

I have both original albums of Gram and Emmylou I bought in 1974, shortly after his death. "Grevious Angel and GP". They are the only 2 albums they did together. I thought at the time how sad it was that he died so young. Their voices singing together were amazing. Had he lived, I think they would have married. Seemed they were really in love.

[@freakbennett2263]

They, The Everly Brothers, influenced heavy handed Keefe Richard of the Rolling Stones, jus sàyin ¡😎¡

[@bernz210cabug4]

Nice to listen new version of love hurt" but Everly is the best "

[@33Birchmoor]

Robin Gibb of Bee Gees did a great version,just after Maurice died.The TOTP version is on KZbin

[@79tazman]

@@33Birchmoor Nazareth did a great cover too

[@renzoboso1390]

Tutte le volte che ascolto questa canzone mi emoziono da morire ....morire appunto...Gram quanto mi manchi...

[@christyismoroccabeamer80s]

Good night and sweet dreams C. You've been on my mind all day. I've felt you so strong today. I physically ache to just be close to you.. to feel your touch, to hug you...God knows how bad I just want to wrap my arms around you. For the first time in my life, fifty years old in July, I understand what all the fuss is about!! Somehow, someway, I have to be in your arms again.. The first time we met, I knew something was different. This was different. I promise you, these aren't empty words. What I've come to learn is, that after all of this time between us, the piece of me that's missing is my heart. I left in Ga C. You truly hold it. You told me patience all along. I've been very patient. I'll continue to be. I'm hurting....worse than I ever have. I love you Big Papa!!!!! Don't give up on us C.. ❤, GiGi Xoxo

[@bmack2938]

They did as tight of a Harmony as possible without being the Everly Brothers.

[@eclecticjules]

Love, love, love!

[@IfSoFactSow]

Nothing says All American girl next door than sweet Emmylou.

[@vrouwkje]

♥♥♥

[@johnedwardwhitfield]

I think Gram sang much better once he started singing with Emmylou. She made him a better singer.

[@njgarvin]

I agree, and bet he knew it and loved her even more for it . they had the magic *___*

[@olafbelitz9361]

Hot burrito Nr1. ?

[@mickeyphillips6603]

Did Gram ever sing a non-depressing song. Something must have made him happy at some point in his life.

[@rabbi120348]

She makes everyone around her better. Among other things, she made the band actually rehearse.

[@gregandbonniesullivan8838]

@@olafbelitz9361 - I was kind of thinking the same thing, but the fact remains Gram sounded so good on "Gilded Palace of Sin" was because he hadn't yet become a total drug addict/alcoholic. After that first album, most of his stuff with the Burrito Brothers is pretty sad. Emmylou sobered him up (for a while) and made him actually PRACTICE.

[@mikem4905]

Oh my...

[@christines.7046]

Whew.

[@MrGibble64]

these duets make me want to cry a bit . .

[@eightinches6094]

Excellent @ 5:10, lol!

[@srhcb1]

Peak Harmony

[@yaelpalombo4093]

💖🎉💖🎉💖🎉💖🎉💖🎉

[@deanrunyan5663]

Only time fades.

[@lynkhs]

I think its also Bryant tribute..

[@lynkhs]

duh....

[@margaretross9150]

Absolutely. They were unbelievably good.

[@hummelne7041]

Hi, Erik, das ist nicht möglich. Niemand kann die Everly Brüder kopieren. Gott hat seine Gnade durch ihre Stimmen in diese Welt geschickt.. Diese Harmonie baut die Herzen der Menschen auf. Und ein Ton verhallt nie. Er ist unendlich. Und er ist immer da. Also spiele Don und Phil. Lass uns ein liebevolles harmonisches Haus bauen. Immer und immer wieder. Ich wünsche dir, daß du den tieferen Sinn verstehst. Und danke , daß du sie vielen Menschen näher bringst.

[@Winterstick549]

And I always thought Nazareth wrote this song

[@elisabethhellbom5561]

det e´den ENDA RÄTTA VERSIONEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nazarets e skit jämfört med gram & emmylou´s version!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! elisabeth

[@acmeoyster]

sing Boudleaux Bryant is more accurate...

[@motorcitymanman7711]

Did he get the name "Gram" after he started using drugs? 😁

[@margaretross9150]

Very clever. It was a childhood nickname. His name was actually Ingram Cecil Connor III. So there!

[@motorcitymanman7711]

@@margaretross9150 Geeez...u know he got his but kicked a couple times on the playground!! 😁..he was much better with Gram!!

[@margaretross9150]

@@motorcitymanman7711 Bet he'd agree. 🤠

[@motorcitymanman7711]

@@markwyatt6549 HA!

[@rebeccarosenberger16]

No. It’s short for Ingram. His name. He was called Gram when he was young.