Music: North Mississippi Allstars - Limited Edition Silkscreen Posters
Hot of the press! Southern Brand's recent collaboration with Luther Dickinson and North Mississippi Allstars - a series of Limited Edition, hand-pulled silkscreen posters. The first two in the series are:
"Snakes In My Trees"
Inspired by the band's acoustic album, Mississippi Folk Music - Vol. One. It's a two color print: matte black on deep red with metallic gold flake. The background color actually changes as you walk past or the lighting shifts. Printed on a 19" x 25" premium Smart White 80lb. cover stock. Only 125 printed. Git one.
"Keep The Devil Down"
Inspired by the band's album, Hernando. To coincide with the band's 2010 Let It Roll Tour. It's a three color print: matte black & gray on antique white with a metallic flake. On a 19" x 25" premium Smart White 80lb. cover stock. Only 125 printed. Git One.
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Music/Film: Gram Parsons - Fallen Angel
This is the trailer for the documentary Gram Parsons: Fallen Angel. The film provides a revealing account of Gram Parsons' life and retraces Parsons' early days as a musician and his rise as a country-rock icon to his tragic death at the age of 26. The documentary features music and performances from Parsons and interviews with family, friends and fellow musicians like Emmylou Harris, Keith Richards, Sid Griffin, and Chris Hillman among others.
(From Wikipedia:)
Gram Parsons (November 5, 1946 – September 19, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist. A solo artist as well as a member of the International Submarine Band, The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, he is best known for a series of recordings that anticipated 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. In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked him #87 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
1946–1968
Parsons was born Ingram Cecil Connor III in Winter Haven, Florida, the grandson of citrus fruit magnate John A. Snively, with extensive properties both there and in Waycross, Georgia, where Parsons was raised. A sister, "Little" Avis, soon followed. His father, "Coon Dog" Connor, suffered mood swings and abruptly committed suicide two days before Christmas Day 1958. Parsons' mother, Avis, subsequently married Bob Parsons, whose surname was adopted by young Ingram, the elder Parsons going as far to have new birth certificates drawn up for his stepson and stepdaughter. Henceforth he would be known as Gram Parsons. Parsons attended the prestigious Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida. For a time, the family found a stability of sorts until Avis rapidly descended into alcoholism, leading to her death from cirrhosis. As his family disintegrated around him, Parsons developed strong musical interests, particularly after seeing Elvis Presley perform in concert in 1957. Five years later, while barely in his teens, he played in rock and roll cover bands such as the Pacers and the Legends, headlining in clubs owned by his stepfather in the Winter Haven/Polk County area. By the age of 16 he graduated to folk music, and in 1963 he teamed with his first professional outfit, the Shilos. Heavily influenced by the Kingston Trio and the Journeymen, the band played hootenannies, coffee houses and high school auditoriums. Forays into New York City's Greenwich Village included appearances at The Bitter End.
After the band folded he attended Harvard University, studying theology but departing after a semester. Despite being from the South, he became serious about country music during his time in Boston, Massachusetts after hearing Merle Haggard for the first time. In 1966, he and others from the Boston folk scene formed the International Submarine Band. The band relocated to Los Angeles the following year, and in 1968 released the album Safe at Home, which contains one of his best-known songs, "Luxury Liner", as well as an early version of "Do You Know How It Feels", which he would reprise on the first Flying Burrito Brothers album. But Parsons had already moved on to bigger things by the time of the album's release. Continue Reading...
Check this out:
Gram Parsons - Fallen Angel (DVD-2006)
Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel (itunes)
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