Disgraceland is a production of Double Elvis.

The stories about Graham Parsons are insane.

He died at just 26 years old.

His body was stolen, unceremoniously disposed of, and the story became the stuff of

instant rock and roll legend. Graham Parsons was a prodigious junky, drunk, and creative

confidant of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards. He was scarred by grief, wore his deep emotional

pain on his sleeve, and channeled it as best he could through the music

he grew up on, the music of the American South, Country, Soul, Blues, and R&B.

In the process, Graham Parsons invented a new genre of music, Alt-Country, and unknowingly inspired

a future generation. Gram was with the stones at Altamont and at Elcott

for the making of exile on Main Street,

and somehow amidst all the chaos and drug use,

with his bands, the International Submarine Band,

the Birds and Flying Burrito Brothers,

and then later as a solo artist,

Graham Parsons made great music.

And that music I played for you at the top of the show, that wasn't great music.

That was a preset loop from My Melotron called the Lost Gord MK1.

I played you that loop because I can't afford the rights to Delta Dawn by Helen Reddy.

And why would I play you that specific slice of recycled rockabilly cheese could I afford it?

Because that was the number one song in America on September 19, 1973.

And that was the day Graham Parsons died, setting off one of the most enduring rock and roll legends of all time, the stealing of Graham Parsons' body.

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