Gram Parsons
(November 5, 1946 - September 19, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter,
guitarist and pianist born Ingram Cecil Connor, III. A solo artist as well as a
member of both The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, he is best known for a
series of recordings which anticipate the so-called country rock of the 1970s
and the alt-country movement that began around 1990. Parsons described his
records as "Cosmic American Music". He died of a drug overdose at the age of 26.