Twenty Thousand Roads: The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music
- ISBN-10
- 0345503368
- ISBN-13
- 9780345503367
- Series
- Twenty Thousand Roads
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 559
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Villard Books
- Author
- David Meyer
Description
A portrait of rock music legend Gram Parsons documents his extraordinary talent for integrating country music and rock and roll, his influence on music, his turbulent and self-destructive lifestyle, and his tragic death.
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