Ex-Byrd Gram Parsons Solos: He's No Longer in a Hurry
Judith (Judy) Sims, Rolling Stone, 1 March 1973
LOS ANGELES — Back in 1969 Gram Parsons, rhythm guitarist, keyboard player and vocalist, and Chris Ethridge, bassist, decided to form a country rock band called the Flying Burrito Brothers. When Gram arrived in L A. to get started, he got a call from Mo Ostin, then president of Warner/Reprise. Ostin wanted to sign the group; they ended up with A&M. Parsons still doesn't know why. "They showed us some toys or something," he shrugs. "They were fast talkers."
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