Something I Didn't Know About Gram Parsons

Two Wall Street traders are honoring those killed in the WTC on September 11 by financially backing a film about the funeral of Gram Parsons.  Sounds like it might make interesting viewing, based on the following blurb.

"The movie, “Grand Theft Parsons,” is based on a tale of how Parsons’ manager made off with his body to honor a deal: the survivor among the two would take the other’s remains to be burned in Joshua Tree National Park in California.

Parsons, who worked with The Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Emmylou Harris (news) and others, died of a drug overdose in Joshua Tree in 1973. The 26-year-old’s remains were taken away from Los Angeles International airport by manager Phil Kaufman to fulfill a pact made a few months earlier.

“There was a pact between the two of us where the survivor would take the deceased, have a few hundred beers and cremate the body. I went out and did the deed,” said Kaufman, who makes a cameo appearance in the movie."

That’s a honorable friend.

“Movie Shows Rocker Gram Parsons’ Funeral Adventure."

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