''Live 1973'' is a live album by

Gram Parsons Ingram Cecil Connor III (November 5, 1946 – September 19, 1973) who was known professionally as Gram Parsons, was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist who recorded as a solo artist and with the International Submarine Band, ...

and the Fallen Angels. It was recorded at Ultra Sonic Recording Studios in Hempstead, New York on March 13, 1973 during a live radio broadcast from

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- FM, a station located in Garden City, New York. The timing of the recording thus sandwiched it between Parsons' only two solo studio albums, '' GP'', and '' Grievous Angel'', although it was not officially released (on LP) until 1982, long after Parsons' 1973 death at age 26.

Overview

As with both of Parsons' solo studio albums, Emmylou Harris provides prominent duet and harmony vocals. The Fallen Angels, however, were a different band than that which appeared on Parsons' two solo albums. As Parsons and Harris prepared to tour the United States in 1973 to promote his solo debut, ''GP'',

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, and most of the band who performed on the album had prior commitments to

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. Parsons instead assembled a crew of roadhouse pickers he dubbed "the Fallen Angels", and they began making their way through America's rock clubs and

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s.http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-1973-mw0000195218 Gram Parsons Live 1973 The original album had eleven tracks, but included a 7" 45rpm record with the encore medley on side one, and an interview with Parsons, Harris, and Jock Bartley plus a version of

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' "Hot Burrito #1" performed by Gene Parsons in tribute as the B-side. When later reissued by

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on CD in 1994. the medley and in between song patter were added but the interview segments and the Gene Parsons track were omitted.

Track listing

#"We'll Sweep Out the Ashes in the Morning" (Joyce Allsup) - 3:34 #"Country Baptizing" (Jim Shumate) - 3:50 #"Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man" (

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, Gram Parsons) - 4:33 #"Big Mouth Blues" (Gram Parsons) - 4:34 #"The New Soft Shoe" (Gram Parsons) - 5:02 #"Cry One More Time" ( Peter Wolf, Seth Justman) - 5:22 #" Streets of Baltimore" (

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) - 3:08 #"That's All It Took" (Darrell Edwards, Charlotte Grier,

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) - 2:45 #"

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) - 4:31 #"California Cotton Fields" (

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, Earl Montgomery) - 2:32 #"

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" (Earl Green, Carl Montgomery) - 3:04 #"Encore Medley: Bony Maronie/Forty Days/Almost Grown" (

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) - 5:50

Personnel

– lead vocals, acoustic guitar * Emmylou Harris – harmony vocals, lead vocals on "Country Baptizing", acoustic guitar ;Fallen Angels *

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– pedal steel guitar * N. D. Smart II – drums; harmony vocals on "The New Soft Shoe" and "Streets of Baltimore" * Kyle Tullis –

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References

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