Born to a wealthy Southern-Gothic family of alcoholics and suicides, Gram Parsons possessed a genius for the American sound. He led the Byrds to create the first country-rock album and taught the joys of American roots music to Mick Jagger. His album,Grievous Angel, remains a haunting masterpiece, but before it was released, Parsons, aged twenty-six, died from a lethal mix of morphine and barbiturates.
Author David N. Meyer paints an unprecedented portrait of the man who brought together country music and rock and roll. Masterfully told,Twenty Thousand Roadsis a dazzling evocation of an artist, his music and his times.