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Robert KinslerI am a long-time music writer and co-host the "Music Is Still Good" video show with TJR.
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Gram Parsons, was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist. He recorded as a solo artist and with the International Submarine Band, the Byrds, and the Flying Burrito Brothers, popularizing what he called “Cosmic American Music,” a hybrid of country, rock, rhythm and blues, folk and soul music. He sadly passed away in Joshua Tree, California on Sept. 19, 1973. He was only 26.

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