Gram Parsons, Derry Down and preserving a link to Winter Haven's past
Gram Parsons, Derry Down and preserving a link to Winter Haven's past Thomas R. Oldt Though dead at 26, Gram Parsons remains a presence through his wide musical influence, which first blossomed in Winter Haven. This year marks the 75th year since his birth, but it was only by the slimmest of margins that he didn’t end up an obscure, dead teenager long before his notable life and notorious death unfolded. Because, as it happened, I came within a hair’s breadth of killing him. Gram had serial friendships and ours bloomed briefly at Winter Haven High when I was a senior and he a junior, a re...
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