Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels - Liberty Hall, Houston, TX 1973-02-24
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2015
- 00:27 - Big Mouth Blues
05:18 - The New Soft Shoe
10:25 - Streets Of Baltimore
14:05 - Six Days On The Road
16:18 - Older Guys (video)
18:34 - Christine's Tune (video)
I saw Gram, Emmy, and The Fallen Angels at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin TX on this tour. The crowd wouldn't let em leave. Gram said ,"That's all the songs we know," but we wouldn't stop yelling, so they played some songs over again. It was a magic night that I will never forget.
You are so fortunate!
@margaretross9150 I was very lucky, but was a huge fan before I saw him. Thought it would be the first time of many times I'd see him.
@@rundoetx If only. 😥
@margaretross9150 Yup. He should be in the Rock N Roll Hall.of Fame. He influenced so many.
You really are so lucky to have been there. I'm sure you saw other great music in Austin at that time. I was just down I35 in san antonio, I wish I had known..
I’m fortunate (and old enough!) to have see Gram perform with the Byrds during Sweetheart of the Rodeo days w/Clarence White, and later with the Burritos. The latter performance occurred around the time Hillman introduced Parsons to Emmylou Harris, and I’ve always wished I could have seen them singing together. His music has been with me ever since. His voice just breaks my heart. What a loss.
Clarence although contributing to Sweetheart , did not appear live with the Byrds until after Gram left, ( so where was this ?) Doug Dillard did , though Gram wanted JD Maness and Earl Ball to tour with them . Doug was McGuinn's sop to Gram . Clarence did appear with the Burritos apparently on a couple of occasions with Gram
The steel player, Neil Flanz, used to come down to Tampa in the mid-90s and stay at a hostel called Gram's Place, run by the late, great Mark Holland. I wrote for the weekly city paper but am also a drummer, so I spent many, many nights playing old Gram songs and classic country numbers with Neil and a thrown-together band with Mark on vocals. Neil told a lot of stories about this period with Gram and Emmy and he still wore his Fallen Angels t-shirt. His playing was sublime and I have recordings of a lot of it. Neil was the best musician I ever played with. He was a player of great taste and discernment and I cherish that period of my life to this day. He had cassettes of this live material and would play it for us late at night, so it's great to see this video of it. Thank you so much for posting it. Brought back a lot of good memories.
February 24, 1973: Following their concert at Sam Houston Coliseum, Neil Young and Linda Ronstadt join a late night set by Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris, in the midst of a run of shows at Liberty Hall. At the 2019 Kennedy Center Honors, Harris remembered it this way: “Linda, opening for Neil Young, had just wowed his crowd of thousands in Houston, Texas, and then made their way across the tracks to Liberty Hall, a hippie honky-tonk where I was doing two shows a night as part of a band called the Fallen Angels. There we would meet for the first time and begin a friendship and collaboration lasting almost five decades. It has been one of the great joys of my life to sing with Linda, but even more to have fierce, unfaltering friendship.
So I took a chance on a Fallen Angels record from a shop in Liverpool about 30years ago after hearing J Mascis mention him in an interview. Changed my life and introduced me to a whole different wave of music as a teenager. Whenever I listened to it (Live 1973) I would get a mental image of what it would have been like, never thought I’d get to actually watch it, and it to be even greater than I’d imagined. Like someone else on here said, let’s hope the master tapes show up and this can get a remaster and release. God Speed Gram and thank you 🙏
Fallen Angels Live 1973 is such a great album! Shows what Gram could do in a concert setting. So much energy; so much talent! A final gift from GP.
Emmy Lou really knew how to wrap her voice around Gram’s!
Emmy lou can sing with anyone and make them sound country
This is the first live video of Gram I've seen. He is by far my favorite hippie style country artist.
Check out The Flying Burrito Brothers with Chris Hillman and then added Bernie Leadon
In 'Gimme Sheleter' the movie The Burritos do '^ 6 Days on the Road' opening for the Stones at Altamont.
And checkout Bonnie and Delaney
Dillard & Clark too
I live in Houston and was lucky enough to see the first show. Liberty Hall was a great venue. An old VFW Hall converted to a haven for live music. I saw Bonnie Raitt open for Little Feat with Lowell George the list is long.
Wow, what a find. I am loving this.❤
That’s a no Shitter
A wonderful performer, a great singer, talented writer, a powerful stage presence, and a real cutie.
The magic of this era will never be matched. It was real. It was revolutionary.
💯. Grateful I was there ✌️
@@Rock_Girl_Daze Looking back, I wish I had used the opportunity to see more of the legends of the sixties and seventies. The performers I did see live have left indelible memories that seem like just yesterday. Just goes to show, it's better to seize the moment, because once it's gone, it's gone.
@@wwolfdogs I wish I’d seen more too, but I’m 110% happy to have memories of that era. Good times, with good friends. We were blessed to know these naturally lyrical, great musicians and artists...even if just by the album cover. 😊🎶❤️💨✌️
Check out Clarence White, Nashville West. It'll change everything.
@@stevemullary8658 and Steve Goodman
Gram, You were an angel. It breaks my heart to think of what could've been. I was 4 years old when you took flight home. Brother, your music resonates within me and anyone i have ever turned on to your music has been taken by that voice, the integrity you put into your music. See you on the other side of the river my brother.
Gram Parsons was a complicated cat. A lot of times the music was rough but still he "had something". In his autobiography Chris Hillman spoke of his brilliance and his irresponsibility, Chris loved him but he was difficult and unpredictable to work with.
I've never heard two voices blend better.
I love this
Thank you to whoever took the video and shared it.
Linda Ronstadt was at this show (as recounted in her 2013 autobiography Simple Dreams). She was on tour opening for Neil Young, and they had played the Sam Houston Colosseum earlier that night. She went back the following night, with Neil, and they sat in with Gram and Emmylou at the end of their set. What a shame that there's no footage of that.
God, so many memories of being at the Coliseum!
if that story is true, then that is the coolest thing i’ve ever heard
Note that at 13:35 Gram refers to Ben Keith being in the audience (as well as saying "I hear there are a lot of other people in the audience tonight"). Ben Keith was the pedal steel player in Neil Young's band at the time.
@@bigsby1 and many other times.
I remember being at the closer of the 2007 Neil Crazy Horse Tour @ Rev Ike's on Broadway.
I was front row seat 13 in front of Ben and he had on some black converse.
And in between songs I shouted out:
"Hey Ben, digging the Chucks". He looked at me and smiled.
Instead we get bubblegum burritos.
Always the extra bounce to Emmylou's step, and spirit to her voice, as she performs with Gram. His passing was hard.
I have always heard of Gram but never listen to him till now! WOW what a talent! Way before his time. He was just coming into his own when he lost his life! If he would have lived a bit longer he would have been a major hit. He was even before the Eagles! I am a huge fan now!
AMAZING FOOTAGE GRAM WAS THE BEST !
Probably the best times of Gram Parsons' life we’re performing with Emmylou. Lots of sadness in that talented rich boy's life. Money and talent just can’t keep the demons away.
ONLY JESUS CAN
Yeah I think he was in love with her. Even tho he was still married to pauly?
@@paulhenson4434 she has always said their relationship was purely musical. That’s her story and she is sticking to it.
@@karenstinnett Yea I can respect that... it's just that some of his songs seems like he's singing to her.
@@paulhenson4434 definitely, her back is to the camera and audience facing him a disconcerting amount of time here but who knows, they were both so young and their voices were perfect together it could be they milked that on purpose. The only one who knows denies it. (I would like Keith Richards to come clean about the writing of Wild Horses first.)
gold!
True love is found in these two...the energy is seen...boy o boy...some fine times these were...PeAce💜
His wife at home didn’t think so…..
Born in August of 74, I've always felt like I was late getting to life. I feel like I should have been there. Gram and Emmy have been an inspiration to me. Good stuff!
I was born in Aug. 74 too! I'm a musician and I've always said I was born 20 years too late.
@@bassdude74 I got a great rhythm section, but looking for at least another guitar or piano or mandolin or something else along with the ability to sing harmony. If yer near southern Ohio and think you fit that description hit me up. I'm sure you would enjoy at least some of the cover songs. Rock on!
Born in 79’ and I know exactly what you mean.
Maybe it's one of many lives, maybe we've been here before. That might explain the pull of nostalgia.
@@davec3901 Certainly, we've been here before. Always just assumed that we took some vast amount of time off. Like a break between lives. Then again, I don't know the rules, but if it's to become a better person then I have and I'm still progressing. Maybe then the planets will align, and I'll feel I'm where I'm supposed to be. next time. I'm pretty sure well speak again there as well.
I just discovered Gram Parsons - he is excellent! I'm so sorry that he died of the drug overdose, but I'm sure he enjoyed his life. He was so talented.
Those videos at the end are fantastic! It's good to see them playing in their famous Nudie clothes. On the boat, that's Bernie Leadon, later of the Eagles, playing lead guitar. That's Sneaky Pete Kleinow on the pedal steel(in the 2 videos at the end), he later played pedal steel for Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." This is great; Thanks for sharing.
I'm from Houston and remember him playing there many times
RIP
Wow. This is CLASSIC and EXTREMELY RARE. Gracias.
This footage is rare. Thanks. It is a shame there is no footage of Gram playing the piano.
Two very attractive, talented people (and Chris Hillman, too). Emmylou: forever hot!
Imagine if we had the real sound on this, don’t get me wrong thanks for posting this, Would have Loved to have witnessed this show.. ohh my Lord.. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🌞👍🏻⭐️. Thank you ❤️❤️👍🏻🌞⭐️.. Gram and Emy were so sweet Together ❤️👍🏻🌞⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I think this is the real sound from this concert. It was recorded on a Super 8 camera and stored in someone's freezer. It's the only video we've got of the legendary Fallen Angels, although there is some good audio and a new recording coming out in November.
emilou and Linda Rondstadt emerged from some mysterious rock country folk demeanor that will always be..
History Baby! History! They don't do it like this anymore
They sure don't my friend. They sure don't.
I miss this kind of music too .
I miss it too Ronnie,but we lived in the best time,For this music, that is just my opinion ,Wish it would come around again before I get too old,ha,probably already there.They don't do It Like That Anymore,Good title for a song,?TAKE CARE AND STAY WELL AND SAFE, Walter B.Memphis. 😛☠🌌🌠🎸
God bless this historycal moments ✌️☮🌷🙏
some of gram's bast singing
Definitely ahead of his
Time ….Cosmic Cowboy
Wow, this is a great video. Graham was something special and possessed everything needed to become a worldwide superstar. Such a tragic loss.......I'm thankful for what he did for Emmylou Harris as she has brought so much good to music.........After the live performance the video production with the Flying Burrito Brothers was put together very well, blows away much of the 80's MTV videos that were made..... Bernie Leadon, Chris Hillman, the whole band appeared to be having a good time.
Thanks, these were some of my favorite songs.
That's beautiful!
It's always awesome yet sad to watch GP & ELH... they were so awesome together & it ended 7 months later... brutal
Gram was all about the Bakersfield Sound! Merle Haggard and Buck Owens…Some say the originator of Country Rock!!
I was there....many thanks for this post!
Keith Schilhab Lucky dog! I'd love to have been there!
Did you know who he was ?
Not so much. I knew I liked what I was hearing from The Byrds, Poco, Buffalo Springfield, CC & HLPA. This was before Emmy Lou's first album came out, if I get my dates correctly.
Well yeah you have the Dates right Gram Died in 73' and Emmylou got a record deal with Warners in 74' and recorded Pieces of the Sky released 75'? which is actually her second album if you don't forget about " Gliding Bird " although lots of people have and I kinda wonder if she wouldn't mind doing the same although it has a mean ass version of " I saw the light " on it that would make Hank proud,
I was there, just not that night
It’s a shame no one has restored this footage by now as i’m sure it’s possible if someone provided the master tape.
They have! This footage is better than previous copies posted , its probably as good as we're ever going to get
I wish you had put the two videos on another one, but I'm so glad you did the first four. Thank you, retrofan01.
Awesome!
enjoy this natural singer, don't really need back up 💖
wow!!
If i remember? Gram was instrumental in starting the craze of country rock? Before the Eagles & others!
Yeah, MUCH earlier. Check out Bob Kealing's biography of Gram Parson, "Coming Home," the story of Gram and his short, influential career. His idea of joining Rock with Country music was obvious, and he joined up with the Byrds in 1968, and they went to Nashville to record the album that became "Sweetheart of the Rodeo." Gram loved Country music, but the Country music establishment in Nashville didn't, alas, love him(or the Byrds) back. But audiences loved it when he played, and the Music industry people - including other musicians - noticed. So, after that, there was no stopping Country Rock(or as Gram called it, Cosmic American Music).
I have listened to a lot of Gram's country songs on UA-cam, and I don't hear the rock part. To me, I hear reverence in his voice for traditional sounding country. Love his voice, reminds me of a lazy flowing river on a peaceful day.
@@gordonbelle1375 Gram could rock , 'lazy day' 'reputation' and 'high fashion queen' come to mind , but he was more at home on country stuff , and yeah his voice has a lazy feel.
He gets a lot of credit for it, but if Gram had never existed, C/R was already on its way. Chris Hillman is probably as responsible as Gram, although he was of influence . The Dillard’s were already headed that way, as was Poco, who released their first in 1969.
Even the Byrds could stake a claim as founders; Gram joined an already established band who put out Sweethearts (otR) considered one of the first C/R albums. “You ain’t going nowhere” is a Bob Dylan tune, and basically all Byrd’s.
Gram did no doubt influence a direction, but he appeared to be more “Americana” and country.
I like Gram, and own his first two albums (long after release) but the driving narrative of him as the point man just isn’t fair to many others (like Hillman) who were already there.
Gram was a rich kid with a love for music offset by his love for the rock and roll lifestyle, which was ultimately his Achilles heel.
It would have been nice to see what he would have done in the long run, if things were different.
@@samstevens7172 the reason sweetheart turned out the way it did was not cause of Mcguinn or the Byrds they were purely into folk/rock and hadn't even considered country until Gram joined. His vocals were on most of the songs toll Mcguinn edited it and put his instead of Grams. There wasn't a single Mcguinn penned song on the album. Parsons wrote Hickory wind probably the best song on the album.
I feel we all lost so much when he died. BTW, the group was called Fallen Angel, not the Fallen Angels. Thanks for posting this video.
Close, but the group was plural, the Fallen Angels, and the excellent 2004 documentary by Gandulf Hennig was called Gram Parsons: Fallen Angel. I agree, we lost a lot.
I saw so many great shows at Liberty Hall wow
Jamie H. Me too. I loved that place. I saw BW Stevenson, Michael Murphy, all the big guys of 70s came thru there at some point
@@SteveMudflapMcGrew I saw few there myself. Most notably Bruce Springsteen.
Me too
This is freakin awesome! Omg Emmylou is sooo hot!! Great band!!!
still is!
sahn deeahgo no doubt she’s still gorgeous!!!!
Beating that tambourine like it owes her money,
And many thanks for the 'Older Guys' video!
The best
Menuda Joya. Muchas gracias!
Thanks for this video ❤️❤️❤️
Loved it 💖 Thanks for sharing.
That would be Neil Flanz burning up the pedal steel...... great player and a real gent
Hello @arvidsmith1038. I've analyzed this video. My Dad is on stage with them. He's the second pedal steel player. Wish there was better footage. I always knew Man Mountain was onstage that night at Liberty Hall, but never seen film until recently.
lol, on the boat...If I remember correctly, this is Gram Parsons imitation of Mick from the Stones. He stayed with Keith as his guest in France. Excile on Main Steet era. The older Guys, lol
ha ha thats GOOD! dont know how you know that, but he DOES look look like he's spoofing Mick in that!
Gram was a trust-fund kid, and - having grown up in the post-WW2 South - he dressed well and had those "Southern gentleman" good manners, and so Mick didn't intimidate Gram at all, and he kinda pressured Gram to leave because he was trying to make an album, and Gram and Keith's "bromance" was interfering.
You have your timeline a bit wrong. GP was hanging out with Keith in France in 1970 when Mick arrived to start the process of getting Keith sobered up prior to going in to the studio to record Sticky Fingers. The song Wild Horses was either written for GP or co-written by GP. Mick threw GP out and the FBB version of Wild Horses beat Sticky fingers by at least 6 months. If you've ever seen the tribute concert to GP from somewhere in the 1990s, the final song with EVERYONE singing along is Keith doing Wild Horses.
Great venue
éstou maravilhado.um dos meus maiores idolos.grnde Gran Parson.o homen que salvou os Byrds.
rich kids discover country music. must be important now
Deep cut video, awesome to see the band jammin so tight, sad to see gram in his bloated elvis phase
Still looked really good IMO. He was so thin before. He admitted it was the booze, which he was using instead of heroin. As you say, it was very sad.
SOB....amazing song
Damn, Liberty Hall was gone, before I was of age, to visit the establishment!
This guy was one of the best
Does anyone know what happened to his body after he passed away
After his friend tried and failed to burn his remains. He eventually ended up in New Orleans.
Thanks a lot for posting!!!
Hell yeh xoxo
RIP NEIL FLANZ
So sorry to hear Neil Flanz passed away December 2, 2021.
363 days before I was born....
Far Fucken OUT ! !
Emmylou was such a cutie.
Emmylou's dance is cracking me up. Don't get to see her shaking much while she's wearing that Jumbo Gibson that she generally wears.
It's kind of a natural reaction to the energy of the show; Gram was known to be talented but his lack of professionalism was a real turn-off for his fellow musicians. Shortly before this show(promoting his 1st solo LP) he had opened the tour with his usual sloppy show and his music company(label) told him to get it together or be dropped, and so, the day before this show, the band - all experienced pros - did a rehearsal to get everyone together for the song arrangement details(the endings, etc.) and they were really good, and powerful. Also, there was a group of rabid Flying Burrito Brothers fans who had been pestering visiting country rock acts to play a Burritos favorite of theirs called "Sin City" which they had named their club after - even making white satin jackets with "Sin City" patches like MC club colors. The club members gave one of the jackets to Gram and Emmy Lou, and another to Linda Ronstadt, who was also thete.
Anyway, they played great, as you can see, and Emmy Lou was obviously happy to be a part of it. By playing this show, Country Rock had arrived, and most modern Country music is influenced by it. And, you're right, her dancing is very "watchable." Even if it only lasts for a few seconds.
@@DavidSmith-ss1cg what the fuck does all of that have to do with Emmylou's dance? I have read a number of biographies on Gram. I know he was a Trust fund fuck up. Lol
@@mlwsf Who left behind four classic albums and is listed #87 in Rolling Stone's top 100 musicians.
@@margaretross9150 like I asked the other guy, what does this have to do with her dance?
She’s loaded
Saw prof longhair there 75
Emmy Lue was rippn it there
I can't find footage of gram parsons and Neil Young anywhere, can you?
Neil Young was in town that night(with Linda Ronstadt opening for him; Linda met Emmy Lou that night) and he liked Gram and his plan(the Cosmic American Music thing) but I don't think I have ever seen pictures of Gram and Neil. In his biography of Gram, Bob Kealing said that the Byrds was, with the egos and drama, like "Lord of the Flies" with guitars. The Buffalo Springfield and CSNY were like.that, too - which is why Neil quit them. If you ever ask him, he would say that he liked the guys just fine, but the whole "be careful what you say" thing gets old real fast, and so he would just say, "Screw this" and leave. I think that those problems came from the music branch of the entertainment industry; Neil still speaks well of most of those guys, and plots his own course through the music scene, which the industry has mostly taken over.
He was finally coming into his own...what a waste
Heartbreaking loss.
Drugs and alcohol it will derail anything!
Thumb up mostly for Emmylou, of course. An ultimate chick singer if you ask me.
I listened to the studio version and live version of Big Mouth Blues recently, and the live one was better, only partly because of Emmylou Harris.
To retrofan01: many thanks for posting this full footage of this show. Where did you find this footage from? Is there other footage that you know of? My father is on stage playing with them.
Who’s your father if you don’t mind me asking?
@Bobhughes1989: thank you for your message. My Dad is James “Jimmy” Fuller. He told me for years about this show and being onstage that night with them. He is the second pedal steel player, with long hair. I was able to spot him, but the camera doesn’t show his face. His leather case is on top of his steel, that he kept his slide bar and picks in. He was with his band that night, Man Mountain and the Green Slime Boys.
I lost him this June ❤
@@winterofsamarkanzthat’s amazing, thank you for sharing! He played with one of my all time favourite lineups that night, and it’s so fortunate that it was at the only Gram Parsons show I’ve been able to find footage of. I’m sorry to hear about his passing, I hope they’re playing a reunion show up in the sky.
@@Bobhughes1989 thank you so much. There’s also a photo that my Dad’s best friend Joe Chavenall took that night. Linda Ronstadt showed up later that night and sang with the lineup. As far as I know it’s one of the only pictures from that night. A few years back, Gram’s daughter Polly reached out to him about the picture. It’s wonderful to have these memories. If you play through the show, Dad’s playing is very distinctive and really stands out! Thank you for the condolences too 😌 -Melissa
A young Emmylou
Maybe if they stayed together Gram could have had a chance.
Nay, after a fews days, he would get bored and move on to the next big thing along with the excess of drugs and alcohol! Self inflicted!
I think it's possible. He was looking for stability but not finding it. He and Emmylou had an intense musical relationship, and he seemed happy when he was with her. He didn't want to die. He wanted to feel better.
He was married to someone else
Shake that butt, girl!😀
Great steel playing. Anyone out there know steel guitar player billy poteet of Lubbock texas ?
Is that (the late) Neil Flanz on pedal steel?
Yes
Thx!!!@@jennmacfar3726
Do not get out of your brain. The end might come.
Who’s on steel? Al Perkins? Neil Flanz? It’s not Sneaky Pete.
Ben Keith? Wtf? The guy from Neil Young’s Gold Rush? Wow, who knew he had these chops? 🎶😎
@@BoFrazer Ben Keith was introduced because he was there with Neil Young and Linda. It was Neil Flanz playing with Gram's band.
Margaret Ross oh, thanks for the info. Ben played extremely sluggish and laid back like wallpaper on the Gold Rush LP, tasteful but nothing to make my jaw drop. Neil was a pretty amazing player, had written at least one method book. I think he ended up in St Pete, which is close enough to me in Cocoa Beach that I should have tried to connect when I had the chance. We had no mutual friends tho. 😑🤷♂️
As much as I like Emmylou:'s later work, she's a distraction here, give her a guitar it would help
It a bit much tbh, the shaking looks so silly. Yes we know she was balling him, she can’t make it any clearer
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Gretchen trying to steal the spotlight from Emmylou was a pathetic exercise in futility.
It's too bad, Gram was her husband. The sexual tension between Emmy Lou and Gram is palpable but reserved(Emmy Lou and Gram were both from the South, and they both would have "behaved themselves").
You can see the pissed off look on his face. Watch for it.
Mary Welden yep
I have been corrected. That is not Gretchen.
@@marywelden2094 what time stamp on the vid?
Don't know their bios very well, were they a 'thing' and was Emmylou ever on drugs.
No they were never ‘a thing’, though I recall Emmylou admitted many years later that she loved Gram and would have pursued things had he not been married. I think he probably felt the same way as he separated from his wife just after finishing his second album with Emmy (just before his death). Grams wife Gretchen barred Emmylou from his funeral because she wasn’t keen on their relationship. Emmy didn’t ever do hard drugs either, she’s said that she was very naive about Gram’s habit. He evidently kept it hidden when not around other junkies
Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris had an affair on the road. Emmylou won't admit or talk about it probably to protect her reputation. Gram's wife was very jealous and understandably very angry over it.
they had an obvious chemistry...
@@donaldelley2802 There was no affair. Serious biographers like Fong-Torres and Meyer and others researched this in details in their books. Friends of Gram and Emmylou, their road crew - all said there was no affair. Emmylou herself said it too.
@@donaldelley2802 Read "Twenty Thousand Roads". They never had an affair, but certainly would have if Gram wasn't married, and hadn't died so young. Gram's wife Gretchen was on the road with them for most of the tour, and band members insist there was never any hanky panky between Gram and Emmylou, much as we'd all like to think there was.
EH got plastic surgery
Yeah, and it ruined her looks.
I don’t know what this means. She’s still beautiful at 76. Lots of people have had plastic surgery, and women are judged whether they do or they don’t. It’s a literally impossible standard.