Gram Parsons

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LEFT: Jim McGuinn, later known as Roger McGuinn, frontman for American rock band The Byrds, performs at Soundblast '66 at the Yankee Stadium in New York City, 10th June 1966. RIGHT: George Harrison of the rock and roll band "The Beatles" performs onstage with a Rickenbacker electric guitar in circa 1966.

Roger McGuinn on jamming with George Harrison, teaching Mike Bloomfield and confusing Bob Dylan

By Elizabeth Swann published

The folk-rock icon said the Beatles were jealous of the Byrds’ clothes. “They asked, ‘How’d you get to wear jeans? We had to wear stupid suits’”

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Gram Parsons poses in his Nudie suit circa 1969

Roger McGuinn and Keith Richards on the country-rock pioneer who laid a path for the ’70s California sound and died at 26

By Alan di Perna published

Despite his tumultuous lifestyle, Gram Parsons delivered transcendent music with the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers and his own Fallen Angels

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James Burton performs live on stage with the Emmylou Harris Hot Band in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1975

Living Legend James Burton Talks Playing With Elvis, Emmylou Harris, Glen Campbell and Tom Jones

By Art Thompson published

An inspiration to Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, the rock ‘n’ roll veteran has seen it all.

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