In 1968, the Flying Burrito Brothers released The Gilded Palace of Sin on A&M Records,selling a disappointing 400,000 copies. Almost forty years later, front man Gram Parsons, is still spoken of with almost messianic reverence. Patron saint of alt-country, emblazoned with a shining cross, dead at 26.

Overshadowed by Parsons, this album remains an anomaly in the country rock genre, a map in miniature of a moment in music, and warrants discussion as more than part of the Gram Parsons legacy. 

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Author: Bob Proehl
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Pages: 144pp
Size: 5 x 6.5
Notes: paperback
Release Date: December 15, 2008
ISBN: 978-0826429032