Gram Parsons - On WBCN Radio Show

[@alicemc8774]

Magical combination ... Gram and Emmylou 🥰 "Love Hurts" was written by Boudleaux Bryant.

[@cindyregan4288]

Gram gave us Emmylou, and Emmylou has spent the entirety of her career championing Gram’s genius. This version of Sin City is exquisite!

[@normancrew2739]

I read somewhere, that when asked shortly after Gram had passed "What was she going to do now?" Emmylou said something like, "I don't know, I thought I was going to be playing with Gram for the rest of my life."

[@budding07]

Aww man its too late at night for that. That cut me man. Such a beautiful pair! Peace and love Gram!

[@katherine9109]

In Linda Ronstadt's documentary 'The Sound of My Voice', Emmylou says something like that...

[@MicMonEli]

Wow ❤❤❤🎉

[@jackcash6638]

She may have said something like that, and granted she may have felt like that at the time! But shit, she's just too darn great to have not have the great career that she's had!❤😅❤🧡💛💙🤎🖤🤍💣✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽

[@donwilcox501]

Those of us in Boston didn't know at the time how we were blessed with a radio station that could treat us to live music like this in our daily lives. What an era.....

[@tomcooley3778]

What a great radio station! Started in a closet at the Boston Tea Party.

[@stevejesus6525]

100%

[@GaryBook]

Great documentary was made on the station.

[@kelseymariel2127]

And the kicker is there is nothing like it on the air today. I grew up on BCN and thank God for it.

[@trac3y160]

@donwilcox501...I to was blessed with the music of my generation/era only to realize now in my "golden (ha) years" what gems i had been listening to all along. And now to really understand the songs & stories that were being told in the most outstanding way, in the way of the great singer/songwriters.....so not only did we have the best singers, there were the poets/lyricists that provided the stories to be told.

[@99RiverSt]

Your radio host is/was, Maxanne Sartori, for the record.

[@jackwalker1822]

Gram and Emmylou what a singing duo! Glad we have this but it makes me sad to listen to it.

[@joyceb.sachsesachse1242]

God bless this fallen angel, Gram a forgotten artist and a strange cat , however Emma and Gram had a sound that lives on . Thank you for finding this recording and interview.

[@jamesburrows6226]

Gram was gone way to soon. There was so much left on the plate for him and Emmylou as a duo. RIP Gram

[@jeffmatuszak477]

how fucking cool was Gram Parsons? brilliant, funny, mellow, thoughtful. he was one of a kind!

[@roadie3124]

He was also a fucking idiot. Keith Richards tried to stop him from killing himself with drugs - non-documented pharmaceuticals. Keith , the indestructible Keith, was trying to stop Gram from excessive drug use. Amazing.

[@JTRocks4Ever]

What I wouldn't give to go back in time and see Gram perform in person. 😪

[@cubuffdoc]

Is this even real?! Such a privilege to hear this, I have chills.

[@Linda-pw8gx]

God bless gram parsons, he was always bigger and more talented than most 💕🎼🎵🎶

[@ladivina79]

My favorite version of "Love Hurts"-just Gram, Emmylou, and their guitars. Beautiful.

[@blakebeeson1012]

He gave us so much in a small window. I miss him

[@bobatkinson3114]

The Grievous Angel, father of Cosmic American Music, left us too soon, but his music will live forever! Thanks for preserving this.

[@carolslater2733]

I could listen to Gram for hours.....Love his voice.❤🎵🎶❤

[@margaretross9150]

This sounds so personal and intimate, like it took place in your living room. What a privilege to hear it. ⭐🤠🧡👩

[@Tomguild1]

this is the best version of this song.

[@myradioon]

Gram went to school at Harvard in Cambridge and was an 'old friend' in Boston. He started his first country band 'The International Submarine Band' while he went to school there. He met Barry Tashian of legendary Boston garage band 'The Remains' who he later introduced to Emmylou. Tashian then became a member of Emmylou's Hot Band in the 70's.

[@classygary]

I see WBCN I click . Best radio station that ever existed way back then .

[@alanriley9621]

Correct you are. Those of us listening in Boston, were blessed with BCN. They had a good run. Radio today is in a sad state and those GOOD OLD.DAYS on the radio are long gone.

[@tomcooley3778]

I agree I listened from Waltham . Also listened to W l L D for great soul music . We were lucky to have great radio back then !

[@rexterrocks]

It's such a great performance just playing it live. I find it incredibly heartbreaking to listen to, I know how it ends.

[@margaretross9150]

Gram was a beautiful but painful gift.

[@Hs3u39]

Two geniuses in the presence of one another.

[@soulagent79]

26 years old and on the verge of death. Tragic.

[@HighFashionQueen]

jupp, tragic

[@Harryvv100]

Death caused by a bleeding ulcer but really caused by Substance Abuse and Mental Illness!

[@Mcseeker86]

@@Harryvv100 where did you hear that? It was an overdose, plain and simple.

[@Rock_Girl_Daze]

Gram’s life was tough. No excuses, but Gram did give us great music while he was with us. And he saw the greatness in Emmylou 💖

[@stephengardner776]

I have said this on other posts the greatness of Emmylou’S voice is something that gram recognized right away and he knew that to nurture and cultivate Emmylou’S talents was the best thing for both of them. This radio station stop off is probably one of the best or the best Recordings of that. Song period.!!’ Simply based on its organic form “ RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE” You just can’t get better this. Two people who’s hearts were in total love with music they were. Creating, some great history here. Thanks STEPHEN L. GARDnER

[@Apple-gq9ki]

I wish she could have stopped him from the drugs. He would still be alive today or lived many more years. His song writing was so talented.

[@kerryg100]

Love hurts sure having open heart surgery with a blunt tea spoon...now that hurts but love lasts forever ask Emmylou. ... Finally found my true love her name is Shiri she so fine blows my mind every day...she taught me the meaning of unconditional love... bye the way this is truly superb ....you can hear the love..... Greetings from IRELAND 😉 salamat for this gem Gram and Emmylou always and forever....

[@daveallen8027]

how wonderful. simply wonderful

[@mattthompson9826]

A treasure. I didn’t know this existed.

[@kittenfuud]

Thank you for posting this, I love Gram and hearing him speak candidly and perform with Emmylou. Brilliant.

[@stevenhanson6057]

Never before, Always since. This performance has impact, like a Mack truck

[@DJAvalonArizona]

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you... Seriously.

[@haroldarmstrong8285]

This is as good as it gets, no doubt. Love hearing them harmonize....will never tire hearing it.

[@loadedorygun]

Just finding my way to Gram. He was sweet and troubled and smart and weak and absorbed a lot of hurt but still showed a lot of love imo. You can still hear the muted pain of it all when Emmylou still talks about it. She was going to be a star anyway but he gave her a path and a platform and shared her growth with the world. RIP Gram hope you found peace.

[@johnbeard8839]

Bus music. Spot on their recorded version. Brilliant. Can you even imagine?

[@johnloftus6043]

And plenty of practice, Gram kept his demons in check around Emmy. She has said they sang together constantly.

[@nopathatall]

THANKS! in 1973 the world was being transformed by a youth music culture and for all the fleshy excess of the the VMA's, today's music scene no longer speaks with the same heartfelt intensity or impact. Listening with a mono FM transistor radio was all it took to be part of what was happening.

[@briandunn4166]

Gram and Emmylou on BCN. Awesome. History.

[@tomcooley3778]

You had to be in Boston in the early 70’s .BCN was on almost every radio.It was Magic!

[@davidlemargee3757]

These harmonies are TRUTH, and that's what real country music is all about!

[@Xanadu128]

This is just fantastic. Thank-You. Gram Parsons and others, we still need creative folks like them to keep this stuff alive.

[@alisonoregon]

sad and beautiful...

[@KarenAamodt]

You're right - sad AND beautiful / for many reasons

[@superorangeish]

Talented KIDS!....Man, that'll bring tears to your eyes.

[@bobo420TX]

Emmylou the best backup singer ever.

[@moiradavis6358]

Back up singer ????????????? that is a stupid comment

[@bobo420TX]

That was a big part (not the only part) of her career.

[@MrPhilfridge]

No its not, yes Emmy has gone on to have a successful solo career, but like Bobo says she was a great back up singer and imho that was what she did best weave around Gram's incredible emotionally torn voice, on her own she is to be honest a little antiseptic and clinical . She owes him the world as she would never have made it without his patronage.

[@mlwsf]

She's definitely got a gift for harmony but the bulk of her career post Gram was out front or singing beside equals and not standing in the shadows.

[@DavidSmith-ss1cg]

@@MrPhilfridge - I'm not sure if I can agree, entirely. Emmy Lou has an unusual, magnificent voice - it's her main "instrument." Her voice is her most valuable possession, and she was bound to be "discovered" by someone sooner or later. She mostly sings straight, so that people can hear and understand her sing; it's what they paid for to see. She wisely lets her backup band(The Hot Band) take care of the fireworks. She can growl or "crack the whip" if she wants(I've seen her do it - in KZbin videos too), but avoids it; it's not the best thing for your voice, just ask a voice coach. It was her great fortune to join forces with a musician like him; Gram's backing band on his "GP" album was Elvis' Las Vegas band(and became the basis of the Hot Band when she started to tour). So she's always associated with top-flight musicians. This is just awesome to hear - in a radio station, and you can hear the quality of their voices in harmony. The Scottish hard-rock band Nazareth heard Gram's posthumous album and had a huge hit worldwide with "Love Hurts" in 1975. They've admitted it, in a Dutch TV video you can see on KZbin. Thanks for sharing this.

[@jayjaynella4539]

Gram Parsons was a big influence on a lot of Australian country music artists. Among those Slim Dusty, Bill Chambers, and Audrey Auld.

[@davidmccaffery7977]

Wow!

[@StuartHinkes]

So good

[@mattthompson9826]

Love hurts. 46 years later it still hurts her. There are still parts of this American Romeo and Juliet story that haven’t been told. This is a great recording. Thank you. Emmy, if you ever need someone to help with those memoirs let me know.

[@pmcclaren1]

They were a beautiful couple, so in love w/each other, beautiful people. I lost my love the year before but went on. However, Emmy still needs the LORD to make it to heaven. Jesus said 'unless a man is BORN again he cannot see the kingdom of God.' I was age 31 when I "Called upon JESUS" & then was BORN AGAIN by the LORD'S grace alone. CALL UPON HIM now you Must. You do not want to go to the other place (Rev 13)---

[@american_cosmic]

@@pmcclaren1 Jesus also said the Kingdom of God is within you. Enough with the proselytizing... very disrespectful.

[@pmcclaren1]

@@american_cosmic Are you BORN AGAIN? The kingdom of God is within you only if you are BORN AGAIN & Sealed w/the HOLY SPIRIT!!! (John 3.3, 33-34)----

[@american_cosmic]

@@pmcclaren1 *Yawn* Not very Christ-like of you.

[@pmcclaren1]

@@american_cosmic are you BORN AGAIN?

[@AkX1353]

Quite possibly the best version of Sin City I've heard. Wish I could have been a fly on the wall for that one. Thanks for posting.

[@terribrooks9041]

Wow - didn't know this existed! Thank you David! No rehearsal - amazing!

[@vinonavortex5582]

Love hurts. Ooo wooo

[@zenpaganwarrior]

Such a beautiful combination, Gram and Emmylou's voices intertwined together! I don't click like on a whole lot videos, but this one gets a huge thumbs up from me. Thanks, David!

[@deanmary1969]

Great Goodness what a Beautiful Treasure of an American Legend ! Great interview and Song Amazing Thank You ! Somebody stated the Father of Americans Music is so Right ...missin Gram Angels are Singing !

[@mattthompson9826]

Shear raw talent.

[@davidparnell1893]

OMG...what beautiful voices welded onto the heart of humanity with the strings of a guitar...the tragedy of youth is not forgotten in old age...for those of us who survive on God's stage..."love hurts" and loss hurts...the Good Lord left us Emmylou though he took you...!!!

[@michaelgranka7904]

How did God take him ??? It was a drug overdose.

[@123Goldhunter11]

Yep, but if you hang in there it eventually mellows out.

[@rebeccarichards5104]

Wow just beautiful! !!

[@krisscanlon4051]

Gram was like the model for Nick Lowe, Glenn Frey, and Chris Robinson. I know that sounds ridiculous but you can hear how damn infectious he was

[@RjBenjamin353]

That is a fact my friend

[@Keeleysound]

The greatest singer. Ever

[@Twigliz]

Tears

[@leedillon6569]

What a wild whisper of life's journey in time,Thanks Emmylue

[@SmoochieJMcBride]

most beautiful=

[@chippy783]

emmye, what a voice , just to hear normally, spectacular

[@reteipdevries]

love hurts

[@stevenhanson6057]

Lived in Vegas 28 Yrs 68 thru 96 Gram n Emmy Lou become this song sometimes art lkicks you right in the solar plexiglas glad for it Oh yeah “Sin City” total trip

[@peggyschenk826]

ND third harmony part on sin city chorus adds a lot to this great music

[@murreyhall]

awesome honesty

[@RjBenjamin353]

Wow! Better than a recording

[@normancrew2739]

Some things were just meant to be. In the case of Emmylou & Gram I just wish they were meant to last a little longer.

[@mattthompson9826]

That poor DJ was speechless when they finished “Love Hurts”

[@erinmarie94]

This is amazing to me that this was on WBCN which doesn't even exist anymore!

[@BuffaloSpringgal]

'BCN played a lot of in studio stuff back in the day. Somewhere I have a couple cassettes of a live interview with Neil Young & David Crosby recorded just before the world premier of Journey Through the Past at the Orson Welles Cinema.

[@dbentleyto95]

He was so sweet and soulful. Too bad he continued for a one last time binge, and alas, it was the last time.

[@1978garfield]

I think his wife said it best "He wanted to party like a Rockstar but he just didn't have the constitution for it. Deep down he was a country boy."

[@SeverSTL]

Awesome for being live.

[@anton1949]

Everly Brothers first recorded this in 1960; Written by Boudleaux Bryant.

[@jookeymortz]

Great !!

[@doitnowvideosyeah5841]

My favorite version of Love Hurts

[@terriqueen3315]

Actually she tried to trumed him with " its on Roy Orbinsons album" ...I thought she was smart aleck to them ...

[@vickiemeyer1409]

😍 great singing love. Sin city excellent ❤️

[@lynnadams7017]

Never met Emmy lou but when Gram was with Burrito brothers I got totally out of it at the Palomino and they all were just as drunk but we went to a ranch I Topanga canyon and we all fell asleep in our clothes on a mattress on the floor. We all woke up going what happened !!!!

[@marksymms9319]

He died as a burning flame. He burned out. he never rusted.

[@dadedowuh]

I lived in Boston. 27 Sheafe street..

[@Himonsayne]

Freak me out hearing lo tech soul music on my high tech gadget . Am grateful . Says more to me than what i hear . Pick up yr guitar brothers and sisters and talk to your neighbour . Chance they be a picker or singer .

[@jamesfitzgerald6636]

Great looking lady and still is! Really hot at this time

[@rustandoldlace]

Such a misogynistic comment, SMH, she is soooo much more!

[@myradioon]

And worse...an obvious one too.@@rustandoldlace

[@laurahoffman8562]

Pretty

[@darylcumming7119]

🙂

[@liverneck2001]

back when the radio had something worth listening to.....wbcn before they sold out to corporate money....commercial radio is complete garbage....thank you president clinton for deregulating the airways....

[@1978garfield]

I think there is more to this. I remember Gram telling Emmy Lou to "Sing in to that black thing over there!" because the mic wasn't picking her up. I don't remember what song that was on but I think it was from this interview.

[@margaretross9150]

It's from this tour with the Fallen Angels but from the radio concert recorded on Long Island, later released as Gram Parsons Fallen Angels Live 1973. I have the CD. That exchange is just after We'll Sweep Out the Ashes. Fantastic album. So much energy!

[@Apple-gq9ki]

Where did you get the photo? Its a little blurry when I blow it up to see Emmy. Please post more if you have more photos. They look really sweet together.

[@stephenrolfe3171]

It's Maxanne Sartori

[@johnloftus6043]

Does this station go as far as Houston?

[@BuffaloSpringgal]

It doesn't exist anymore.

[@doodleedledoo]

Maxanne (not Maxine)

[@drhyoutoobe]

Some sources on the internet have it as Maxanna. Here's one: enacademic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/668700

[@xaspirate8060]

@@drhyoutoobe Doesn't even matter... bottom line it's Maxanne, that is how she said her OWN name. If you listened to BCN back then you know her name.

[@MrUSSAM]

This is a Gem ! but Who's the 3rd Male Vocal we hear ?

[@lethe51]

thanks

[@MrUSSAM]

yep,,I somehow missed that,,just re-watched and caught Gram introducing him... Thanks !

[@shannondawn44]

Norman Smart

[@johnloftus6043]

Smart played with Ian and Sylvia, Todd Rundgren and Gram Parsons. Not bad.

[@charletteepifanio]

Norman has beautiful voice

[@TheBlackbelair]

"Love Hurts", Nazareth did a fine version of this song.

[@wehaveasituation]

He's gob shit-faced, as usual, but that was what was real about the pain and everything in his (mostly cover) songs. But...why was he so sad and driven to self-destructive behavior? He was from a wealthy family, and was pursuing his (originally) dilettante dream of retro (Nudie suits) country music into a great success..

[@alicebrowndog]

read david meyer's "twenty thousand roads", then you'll understand.

[@thekeeks58]

I don't think he came from "wealth" when his dad committed suicide when he was 12 and his mom died a few years later from alcoholism...

[@gimletsez]

Carolyn, his mother remarried into a family (Parsons) that at the time owned a huge portion of the orange groves in Florida. Gram was probably set for life financially, whether or not his career in music was successful. And to Nick, above, It's called, MENTAL ILLNESS/Depression, something that can be genetic, i.e. runs in families. Not saying Gram didn't need a good swift kick in the ass from time to time from someone he respected, but being wealthy and charismatic and being swept up in the lifestyle of unlimited pleasures and into the life-sucking vortex that was the Rolling Stones in the late 60s/early 70s wasn't conducive to his leading a healthier lifestyle, physically or mentally. And without adequate support (human, not material), mental illness and/or addiction often lead to untimely death. With Gram we see the results.

[@gimletsez]

Edit: It was Gram's mother's family who owned the orange groves in Florida :)

[@13leggys]

Nick cuz money is wasted on the rich! 💰

[@hollycarpenter7902]

CKLB

[@DeadBunny69]

The late great WBCN before it was swallowed up by the big fish.