Gram Parsons Facebook

Hey Gram Parsons fans. you all should check out Gram's facebook for exclusive info and video, a lot of cool stuff on there. http://www.facebook.com/gramparsons

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Permalink Reply by Will James on June 17, 2010 at 9:19pm
Wow, I've finally discovered who Gram Parsons is on Facebook! Arick and I had quite a discussion wondering who it might be! Keep it going strong there Kyle! However, for the record, the official Facebook for the Gram Parsons Petition Project & Gram National is http://www.facebook.com/inductgramparsons - but welcome, the more the merrier!
Permalink Reply by Will James on June 17, 2010 at 9:20pm
Permalink Reply by Will James on August 17, 2010 at 12:11pm
This thread is copied from the official Gram Parsons Facebook page run by his estate management (please correct me if that's wrong). They were answering questions re: Gram, and I had asked about the estate's feelings about the Petition. This was their response and 60 followups (please excuse formatting, I'm not fixing all that!).

Gram Parsons ‎@Will James- Question: What does management think of the Petition to Induct Gram Parsons into the Country Music Hall of Fame, with 3,300 signers from around the world so far? Will we see more coverage of it here and on the official gramparsons.com when launched? Answer: We support the petition and are doing everything ...we can to get Gram inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame where he belongs.

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Leigh M. Darrell I agree with all of the above and would like to know where to sign the petition as well!
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Rod Bassler I think they're still pissed about what happend at the Opry.
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Jose Jones Here it is
http://gramparsonspetition.com/
July 27 at 3:35pm · LikeUnlike · 1 personJennifer S. Guinn likes this. ·
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Stephen Ebrey Gram Parsons may have been considered radical in the 60s with his long hair and willingness to play with rockers, but GP made more traditional country music than almost anyone performing today. He should be in the country music hall of fame!
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Mary Haydon He should be in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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Travis Bistrek Damn right! It's a shame he isn't in already! Just about everyone in country music today is a PHONEY with their heads up their asses!
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Willie Dunlop Gram should have been in the CM hall of fame YEARS ago!
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Mike Walker Gram performed real country music - these jokes on country music radio today are just sell-outs llike their idols, the Eagles, the worst iconic band in history, or as David Meyers says, "much worse than that".
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Seth Vanzant He's not already in it?
July 27 at 4:05pm · LikeUnlike ·
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Willie Dunlop No, and it's a sin and a crime!
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Kevin Oliver People are too occupied with Taylor F'in Swift at the moment and forgot what real talent is.
July 27 at 4:21pm · LikeUnlike ·
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David Stambach He definitely belongs here!
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Jim Skinner Unless Nashville has changed drastically since my time living there, not going to happen, and with all due respect to Gram, there are others who have been overlooked as well. Nashville is still a closed shop unless you fit into their idea of what's country.
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Jennifer S. Guinn The sun came up without him, it just didn't know he was gone... He changed so many of us and we never knew it was him. From Honky Tonk Woman, Rolling Stones' country influence to Emmylou to the Eagles to Elvis Costello... too many influences to count really, and no way to say, "Thank you Gram."
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Denise Culton I have to agree.Country has a backlog of deserving people and Gram is one of them but it will be harder for him to get in until a new generation of Powers That Be take the reigns and measure him on his impact rather than "protect" country which has changed so many times as to be non existent.
July 27 at 4:31pm · LikeUnlike ·
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Stephanie Clark I love Gram Parson's music and his voice was wonderful. Let's say Thank you Gram by supporting his Induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame
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Ross Mandell do you really care what the country music hall of fame does? Its all just Nashville main stream pop country these days. They don't even have Keith Whitley there. Gram, like Keith, stands on his own and spending energy to get him accepted into the Country Music Hall of Fame is going against the grain of who he really was.
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Roger Paul couldn't have said it better myself Ross
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Robert Boberg I love what country once was-Its changed to Bad Rock and Roll and 3rd rate POP-Country (the type Gram loved) ain't country anymore and for that matter why would you want to classify Gram Parsons--He is unique- God forbid he go in with the likes of Ralph Emery who showed nothing but scorn and disdain for Gram and his music.
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Tim Maupin Gram deserves his own hall of fame. Period.
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Will James ‎@ Lynda and others: http://www.gramparsonspetition.com/
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Dave Bravenec They probably don't want no damn hippie types in the Country Music Hall of Fame. Gram's own country music hall of fame can be found out in the Joshua Tree. And I don't mean an actually building but the whole damn park!
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Bob Kealing Hey Will, did you mean management of the CMHOF?
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Will James You mean my status line? I clearly state the GP estate management. Don't know if I'm missing something. Rushing madly, heading for the Northwoods by 4 in the morning...
July 27 at 8:52pm · LikeUnlike ·
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Bob Kealing I gotcha Will. I probably read it hastily. Have a good trip out there.
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Peter Fields Should be there already.
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John Juan Adams What the HELL are those fools waiting on? WAIT, Billy Ray Cyrus is a member isn't he? If so, Piss on the CMHOF. Clowns like Billy Ray etc., couldn't carry Gram's dirty underpants. Gram is so far above so many Trashville posers. Right, Hank III and Wayne 'the Train' Hancock?
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Mary Lynn The CMHOF has their own twisted agenda . . . don't hold your breath. Nudie is not in the CMHOF - Oh wait - yeah he is - more than half the stuff in there (and anything worth looking at IMHO) is made by him. He may not have a plaque on the wall, but it is HIS hall.
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John Cooper
If induction into the "Hall of Fame" were based on merit (e.g., talent, creativity, influence on the genre, etc.), then by all means, GP should be inducted.
If, on the other hand, it's just a seal of approval from an ideologically and creat...ively constipated establishment, then by all means, keep him out! He's too good for that.See More
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Udayan Gupta Thought he was already? I support any move to do so.
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Manique Green he is the most gifted songwriter by far and he has a voice of gold.he needs a special place in that hall of fame.I'm from Britain and i can't believe this hasn't been done.
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Dirk Noel Theriault
The CMHF, CMA and ACM are all tools of an industry run by greedy fork-tongued reptiles. If John Nuese, who brilliantly produced the Grammy nominated "The Gram Parsons Notebook...The Last Whipoorwill" couldn't generate enough interest for a ...major label distribution deal, why would anyone believe the CMHF would induct Gram?
John has been working tirelessly to rerelease this magnificent tribute to GP, and is very close to a deal with an independant label. Hopefully, he will bypass the idiots who perpetuate the erosion of real Country Music. Who needs 'em?See More
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Pip Wild yeah, it's about time
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Dirk Noel Theriault It's been said that one is not really dead if his name is still spoken. Everyone on this page is paying the greatest tribute to GP along with those who continue to perform his songs and those who pass his music on to those who've never heard it.
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Dave Griffin The ghost of Roy Acuff is standin' right in the door! After Gram pulled out Hickory Wind during the 'Sweetheart of the Rodeo' Byrds Grand Ol' Opry performance back in the 60s, he royally pissed off the good ol' boys of Nashville. God bless him for havin' the guts to do what he did! Whether he actually ever makes it into the Hall of Fame, the whole world knows he was one talented and deserving boy. Thanks for fannin' the flame, Will.
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Seth Sherman ‎"...there's a light, a certain kind of light, that never shines on me..."
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David J Boyd His Nudie of Hollywood suit from "Gilded Palace of Sin" is on display in Nashville, and was the highlight of my visit.
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Travis Bistrek And Rod can you believe that scumbag Tompall Glasier was one of the people pissed off at the Opry that night! A so-called "Outlaw" himself, He wasnt an outlaw until Waylon & Willie were. He just rode their coattails. Rock on with Hickory Wind!
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Ross Mandell
gram like Keith Whitley did what they wanted to do, and they succeeded artistically beyond anyone else. Gram was playing purer country music than anyone else at the time. Country was awash with the stringy, sticky, Nashville sound. To...day's pop country is mopre like bad rock and roll than anything to do with Hank Williams. That a rock and roller like Gram showed them up and scared the powers that be, including that dim witted stick in the mud, Ralph Emery. Gram Parsons is in a country music hall fame of his own.

Also check out the other Byrd, Gene Clark's unique blending of rock Bluegrass and traditional country. Try it. You will like.See More
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Ross Mandell Fellow Byrd Chris Hillman has always had a motto for music. "Play what you love and don't worry about record sales. Leave a big footprint and 30 years from now people will still be buying your records." Look at the top 40 when Ralph Emery was belittling Gram and the Byrds. Now whose records are still being played?
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Michael Lennon Looking forward to the massive Gram Parson's s box set comming soon from Sierra Records!
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Maureen Hann Maureen Hann-will there be something going on in Boston for his anv in sept-if you know find me on facebook and let me know.
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Michael J. Rouillier Yes, I did see Gram's classic "pills & pot" Nudie suit at the Hall of Fame. Unfortunately, hell will probably freeze over before he is inducted and his name is on the wall. "Rascal Flatts" will probably be included before Gram. I hate playing Nashville, and I hate their current work product.
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Charles Alan Johnson
Another example of Assvilles "holier than thou" self-righteously piosity...Hank Williams was expelled from the Grand Ole Opry in 1952(for showing up too drunk to perform) with the promise that "he could come back once he cleaned up his act...." The "Mother Church of Country Music" (the Ryman Theater), and WSM, the longest running radio show (weekly broadcast of Grand Ole Opry performances every Saturday night) in the history of radio, still have a problem on having Hank Sr. "back in the circle". Hank never got the chance to redeem himself, having died in 1953. The Grand Ole Opry's offical position is "active members have to be living, and to contribute to preservation of its rich musical legacy and actively participate in Opry meetings and other duties." In their offical press release on this matter, past president Pete Fisher said "we will never reinstate a dead man." But on their website they have Hank among members from the 1940's. So if isn't a member, why is he listed on thier website??? And on Hanks 50th anniversary show , they broadcasted it on tv. Hank is to Assville as Elvis is to Memphis; he is a valuable commodity to Opryland and one of their most honored and celebrated artist. He never got the chance to redeem himself; but was recently awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for "a songwriter played a pivotal role in transforming country music into a major musical and cultural force in American life." Ain't it a shame about these two greats and Assville's attitude towards them. Sorry for ramblin' on, but on these two artist situation, it "gets my dander up"... See More
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Charles Alan Johnson ‎...and don't forget the 13th Annual Graam Parsons Guitar and Tribute Festival, September 16th - 18th at the Okefenokee Fair Grounds, Waycross, Georgia...www.gramparsonsguitarpull.com
See ya there...
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Will James ‎@Maureen - The 3rd annual Gram National, where numerous blank sheets of petition pages will be available for signing, will be in two cities this year on Gram's birthday, Nov 5 (and 6 in Boston): The 5 Spot in Nashville and Precinct in Boston (Somerville/Cambridge). http://www.gramnational.us/
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Charles Alan Johnson ross -i totally agree with you about keith whitley...was (is) one of the finest voices in country music...and probably another of my top five ever, the late, great gary stewart...
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Pierluigi Freni He should be in the R'n'R Hall of fame not just the Country one
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Keith Sluchansky Him and Clarence White should have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame along with the other 5 original Byrds
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Rick Barton The line has always been blurry...listen to Memphis blues and you hear it's unmistakeable "Church Music" origin. I'd like to see all of the country rock pioneers inducted...from Gram and Buffalo Springfield (and all of it's offspring) to the more "folk"ey people, like James Taylor and Carol King. Aren't the Eagles already inducted? If so, we "skipped" some folks!
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