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Given Gram Parsons' habit of taking control of the bands he played with (and his disinclination towards staying with them for very long), it was inevitable that he would eventually strike out on his own, and his first solo album, 1973's G.P., is probably the best realized expression of his musical personality. Working with a crack band of L.A. and Nashville's finest (including James Burton on guitar, Ronnie Tutt on drums, Byron Berline on fiddle, and Glen D. Hardin on piano), he drew from them a sound that merged breezy confidence with deeply felt Southern soul, and he in turn pulled off some of his most subtle and finely detailed vocal performances; "She" and "A Song for You," in particular, are masterful examples of passion finding balance with understatement. Parsons also discovered that rare artist with whom he can be said to have genuinely collaborated (rather than played beside), Emmylou Harris; Gram and Harris' spot-on harmonies and exchanged verses on "We'll Sweep out the Ashes in the Morning" and "That's All It Took" are achingly beautiful and instantly established her as one country music's most gifted vocalists. On G.P., Parsons' ambitious vision encompassed hard-country weepers, wistful ballads, uptempo dance tunes, and even horn-driven rhythm and blues. He managed to make them all work, both as individual tunes and as a unified whole. If it falls just short of being his greatest work (an honor that goes to the Flying Burrito Brothers' The Gilded Palace of Sin) thanks to a couple songs that are a bit too oblique for their own good ("The New Soft Shoe" may be beautiful, but who knows just what it's supposed to be about), this album remains a haunting reminder of Parsons' talent and influence, and has only gotten better with the passing years.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
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Barry Tashian, Rhythm Guitar - Buddy Emmons, Pedal Steel Guitar - Emmylou Harris, Vocals - Gram Parsons, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Al Perkins, Pedal Steel Guitar - JOHN GUERIN, Drums - James Burton, Electric Guitar - Byron Berline, Fiddle - Ed Barton, Engineer - Ronnie Tutt, Drums - Hugh Davies, Engineer - Rik Grech, Producer, Bass - Alan Munde, Banjo - John Conrad, Bass - Sam Goldstein, Drums
2008 © 1973 Reprise Records. ℗ 1973, 2002 Warner Records Inc.
Barry Tashian, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Buddy Emmons, Pedal Steel Guitar - Emmylou Harris, Vocals - Gram Parsons, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Al Perkins, Pedal Steel Guitar - JOHN GUERIN, Drums - James Burton, Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar - Byron Berline, Fiddle - Ed Barton, Engineer - Ronnie Tutt, Drums - Hugh Davies, Engineer - Rik Grech, Producer, Bass - John Conrad, Bass - Sam Goldstein, Drums - Joyce Allsup, Composer, Lyricist
2008 © 1973 Reprise Records. ℗ 1973, 2007 Warner Records Inc.
Barry Tashian, Rhythm Guitar - Buddy Emmons, Pedal Steel Guitar - Glen D. Hardin, Organ - Emmylou Harris, Vocals - Gram Parsons, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Al Perkins, Pedal Steel Guitar - JOHN GUERIN, Drums - James Burton, Electric Guitar - Byron Berline, Fiddle - Ed Barton, Engineer - Ronnie Tutt, Drums - Hugh Davies, Engineer - Rik Grech, Producer, Bass - John Conrad, Bass - Sam Goldstein, Drums
2008 © 1973 Reprise Records. ℗ 1973, 2002 Warner Records Inc.
Barry Tashian, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Tompall Glaser, Writer - Buddy Emmons, Pedal Steel Guitar - Emmylou Harris, Vocals - Gram Parsons, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Al Perkins, Pedal Steel Guitar - JOHN GUERIN, Drums - James Burton, Electric Guitar - Byron Berline, Fiddle - Ed Barton, Engineer - Harlan Howard, Writer - Ronnie Tutt, Drums - Hugh Davies, Engineer - Rik Grech, Producer, Bass - John Conrad, Bass - Sam Goldstein, Drums
2008 © 1973 Reprise Records. ℗ 1973, 2007 Warner Records Inc.
Chris Hillman, Composer - Barry Tashian, Rhythm Guitar - Buddy Emmons, Pedal Steel Guitar - Glen D. Hardin, Organ - Chris Ethridge, Composer, Lyricist - Gram Parsons, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Al Perkins, Pedal Steel Guitar - JOHN GUERIN, Drums - James Burton, Electric Guitar - Ed Barton, Engineer - Ronnie Tutt, Drums - Hugh Davies, Engineer - Rik Grech, Producer, Bass - John Conrad, Bass - Sam Goldstein, Drums
2008 © 1973 Reprise Records. ℗ 1973, 2002 Warner Records Inc.
D. Edwards, Composer, Lyricist, Writer - Barry Tashian, Rhythm Guitar - Buddy Emmons, Pedal Steel Guitar - C. Grier, Composer, Lyricist, Writer - Emmylou Harris, Vocals - Gram Parsons, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Al Perkins, Pedal Steel Guitar - JOHN GUERIN, Drums - James Burton, Electric Guitar - Byron Berline, Fiddle - Ed Barton, Engineer - G. Jones, Composer, Lyricist, Writer - Ronnie Tutt, Drums - Hugh Davies, Engineer - Rik Grech, Producer, Bass - John Conrad, Bass - Sam Goldstein, Drums
2008 © 1973 Reprise Records. ℗ 1973, 2002 Warner Records Inc.
Barry Tashian, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Buddy Emmons, Pedal Steel Guitar - Emmylou Harris, Vocals - Gram Parsons, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Al Perkins, Pedal Steel Guitar - JOHN GUERIN, Drums - James Burton, Electric Guitar - Byron Berline, Fiddle - Ed Barton, Engineer - Ronnie Tutt, Drums - Hugh Davies, Engineer - Rik Grech, Producer, Bass - John Conrad, Bass - Sam Goldstein, Drums - G Parsons, Writer
2008 © 1973 Reprise Records. ℗ 1973, 2002 Warner Records Inc.
Barry Tashian, Rhythm Guitar - Buddy Emmons, Pedal Steel Guitar - Gram Parsons, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Al Perkins, Pedal Steel Guitar - JOHN GUERIN, Drums - James Burton, Electric Guitar - Ron Hicklin, Background Vocals - TOM BAHLER, Background Vocals - Byron Berline, Fiddle - Ed Barton, Engineer - Ronnie Tutt, Drums - Hugh Davies, Engineer - Rik Grech, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Bass - John Conrad, Bass - Sam Goldstein, Drums - Lewis Morford, Background Vocals - Mitch Gordon, Background Vocals
2008 © 1973 Reprise Records. ℗ 1973, 2002 Warner Records Inc.
Peter Wolf, Composer, Lyricist - Barry Tashian, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Buddy Emmons, Pedal Steel Guitar - P. Wolf, Writer - Glen D. Hardin, Piano - Seth Justman, Composer, Lyricist - Gram Parsons, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Al Perkins, Pedal Steel Guitar - JOHN GUERIN, Drums - James Burton, Electric Guitar - Ed Barton, Engineer - Ronnie Tutt, Drums - Hugh Davies, Engineer - Rik Grech, Producer, Bass - S. Justman, Writer - John Conrad, Bass - Sam Goldstein, Drums - Hal Battiste, Baritone Saxophone
2008 © 1973 Reprise Records. ℗ 1973, 2002 Warner Records Inc.
Barry Tashian, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Buddy Emmons, Pedal Steel Guitar - Emmylou Harris, Vocals - Gram Parsons, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Al Perkins, Pedal Steel Guitar - JOHN GUERIN, Drums - James Burton, Electric Guitar - Ed Barton, Engineer - Ronnie Tutt, Drums - Hugh Davies, Engineer - Rik Grech, Producer, Bass - John Conrad, Bass - Sam Goldstein, Drums - Pam Rifkin, Composer, Lyricist
2008 © 1973 Reprise Records. ℗ 1973, 2002 Warner Records Inc.
Barry Tashian, Rhythm Guitar - Buddy Emmons, Pedal Steel Guitar - Glen D. Hardin, Piano - Gram Parsons, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Al Perkins, Pedal Steel Guitar - JOHN GUERIN, Drums - James Burton, Electric Guitar - Ed Barton, Engineer - Ronnie Tutt, Drums - Hugh Davies, Engineer - Rik Grech, Producer, Bass - John Conrad, Bass - Sam Goldstein, Drums - G Parsons, Writer - Hal Battiste, Baritone Saxophone
2008 © 1973 Reprise Records. ℗ 1973, 2002 Warner Records Inc.
Album review
Given Gram Parsons' habit of taking control of the bands he played with (and his disinclination towards staying with them for very long), it was inevitable that he would eventually strike out on his own, and his first solo album, 1973's G.P., is probably the best realized expression of his musical personality. Working with a crack band of L.A. and Nashville's finest (including James Burton on guitar, Ronnie Tutt on drums, Byron Berline on fiddle, and Glen D. Hardin on piano), he drew from them a sound that merged breezy confidence with deeply felt Southern soul, and he in turn pulled off some of his most subtle and finely detailed vocal performances; "She" and "A Song for You," in particular, are masterful examples of passion finding balance with understatement. Parsons also discovered that rare artist with whom he can be said to have genuinely collaborated (rather than played beside), Emmylou Harris; Gram and Harris' spot-on harmonies and exchanged verses on "We'll Sweep out the Ashes in the Morning" and "That's All It Took" are achingly beautiful and instantly established her as one country music's most gifted vocalists. On G.P., Parsons' ambitious vision encompassed hard-country weepers, wistful ballads, uptempo dance tunes, and even horn-driven rhythm and blues. He managed to make them all work, both as individual tunes and as a unified whole. If it falls just short of being his greatest work (an honor that goes to the Flying Burrito Brothers' The Gilded Palace of Sin) thanks to a couple songs that are a bit too oblique for their own good ("The New Soft Shoe" may be beautiful, but who knows just what it's supposed to be about), this album remains a haunting reminder of Parsons' talent and influence, and has only gotten better with the passing years.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:38:32
- Main artists: Gram Parsons
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rhino - Warner Records
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
2008 © 1973 Reprise Records. 2008 ℗ 1973 Reprise Records. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
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