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'''Gram Parsons''' (born '''Cecil Ingram Connor III''', 1946-1973) was an influential [[country music|country]] singer, songwriter, [[guitar|guitarist]], and [[piano|pianist]], who, in his short career, helped to create the genre of country rock. He was briefly a member of the Byrds, and collaborated with them on their much lauded 1968 album ''Sweetheart of the Radio''. After being kicked out of the Byrds in 1969 (following his refusal to play in [[South Africa]] because of his objection to that country's [[apartheid]] system), he took folk musician Chris Hillman with him and formed the Flying Burrito Brothers, which broke up in 1970. Parsons embarked on a solo career after discovering the young singer [[Emmylou Harris]] in a Washington, D.C. nightclub, and together they created his two most critically-acclaimed albums before his death, ''G.P.'' in 1972 and ''Grievous Angel'' in 1974.

'''Gram Parsons''' (born '''Cecil Ingram Connor III''', 1946-1973) was an influential [[country music|country]] singer, songwriter, [[guitar|guitarist]], and [[piano|pianist]], who, in his short career, helped to create the genre of country rock. He was briefly a member of the Byrds, and collaborated with them on their much lauded 1968 album ''Sweetheart of the Radio''. After being kicked out of the Byrds in 1969 (following his refusal to play in [[South Africa]] because of his objection to that country's [[apartheid]] system), he took folk musician Chris Hillman with him and formed the Flying Burrito Brothers, which broke up in 1970. Parsons embarked on a solo career after discovering the young singer [[Emmylou Harris]] in a Washington, D.C. nightclub, and together they created his two most critically-acclaimed albums before his death, ''G.P.'' in 1973 and ''Grievous Angel'' in 1974.

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