Biography graham parson smith

He recorded with the International Submarine Band , the Byrds , and the Flying Burrito Brothers , popularizing what he called "Cosmic American Music", a hybrid of country , rhythm and blues , soul , folk , and rock. Both parents were alcoholics and both suffered from depression; Cecil II shot himself on December 23, Avis was the daughter of citrus fruit magnate John A.

Parsons attended The Bolles School in Jacksonville before transferring to the public Winter Haven High School ; after failing his junior year there, he returned to Bolles. On his graduation day, June 5, , his mother died of complications from alcoholism. Gram went on to Harvard, which he attended for one semester.

Gram parsons' daughter

Parsons developed strong musical interests early in life, particularly after seeing Elvis Presley perform in concert in Waycross, on February 22, By age 16, he had graduated to folk music , and in he teamed up with his first professional outfit, the Shilohs. Heavily influenced by The Kingston Trio and The Journeymen , [ 12 ] the band played hootenannies , coffee houses and high school auditoriums; as Parsons was still enrolled in prep school, he performed with the group only in select engagements.

Although John Phillips an acquaintance of Shiloh George Wrigley arranged an exploratory meeting with Albert Grossman , the impresario balked at booking the group for a Christmas engagement at The Bitter End when he discovered that the Shilohs were high school students. In , he and other musicians from the Boston folk scene formed a group called the International Submarine Band.

In , after briefly residing in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx , they moved to Los Angeles.