(via facebook.com) Whenever a pair of celebrities are referred to as ‘soulmates’ or ‘meant to be’ by their fans, it’s usually a lot of projection. You see this often with stars who are cast as love interests more than once or sitcom parents. In music, there’s the [mostly] happy ending for Johnny Cash and June Carter; or the adorable backstory of Marcus Mumford and Carey Mulligan reconnecting as adults after being pen pals as kids. But one duo in music who seems to continue living on are Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris. The history on Gram and Emmylou sounds almost like the plot of a melodramatic novel. He was a rich kid from Florida with dreams of becoming a rockstar; she was from a modest, military family in North Carolina and headed out east for her own music calling. Gram and Emmy began their journeys as folkies in the 1960s, like a lot of musicians from their generation, before eventually becoming major influential figures in country-rock a decade later. It was a match made in showbiz heaven, until they were quickly fated to be ‘the ones that got away.’
Very interesting!
I love this piece, my two fav people. 🥹💕
I hope Gram is never forgotten, he was really special. The Gram/Emmylou duets are magic!