The legendary album that was really a vehicle for Gram Parsons' cosmic country vision. The only Byrds album to feature him, and many of his vocals replaced by McGuinn. Still, the album is a cornerstone of American music. Essential.
Here are songs that serve as a working definition of country music, and as an admonition to artists who try to get too wordy or try to lose themselves in minor keys. Essential!
Hank Williams' career was brief and incendiary. Now, sixty years after his passing, we finally get a sense of Hank Williams onstage, adding another dimension to our scant knowledge of him.