Sunday, November 02, 2003
Evan comes to visit
Evan Dando is the latest addition to the ‘Way beyond Nashville’ festival currently taking place throughout London. The former front man of The Lemonheads is set to headline a tribute concert to country rock legend Gram Parsons entitled ‘standing in the shadow of the grievous angel’, which will take place in Islington’s Union Chapel on November 15th.
Dando is among a number of ‘surprise stars’ set to pay their respects to the late Gram Parsons, an artist who has had a considerable influence on the emerging Americana movement spearheaded by the likes of Kings of Leon, Ryan Adams and Dando himself. Other artists rumoured to belt out songs like ‘streets of Baltimore’ and ‘$1000 wedding’ include Ed Harcourt, Grand Drive, Emmylou Harris and Jim Lauderdale.
Lauderdale’s presence will be of particular appeal for Parson completes. Along with Mike Ward, Lauderdale was entrusted with putting music to a selection of un-released Gram Parson lyrics last year. The concert in the Union Chapel will see these songs performed in front of a European audience for the first time.
Of equal significance will be the appearance of Polly Parsons. Polly, a television make up artist, is Gram’s only child and is set to give a rare public performance of some of her fathers work. She has performed live just once before.
Gram Parsons died aged 26 on September 19, 1973. The 30th anniversary of his death has seen a tribute concert in the US and the release of a low budget movie about the artist’s bizarre funeral. ‘Grand Theft Parsons’ tells the story of how Phil Kaufmann, Parsons’ manager, stole his friends’ body, doused it in petrol, and set it alight in the Joshua Tree desert.
The ‘Way beyond Nashville’ season, hosted by the Barbican, began on the 20th of October last and runs till the 20th of this month. ‘Standing in the shadow of the grievous angel’ is the only event of its kind scheduled for Europe.
Evan Dando is the latest addition to the ‘Way beyond Nashville’ festival currently taking place throughout London. The former front man of The Lemonheads is set to headline a tribute concert to country rock legend Gram Parsons entitled ‘standing in the shadow of the grievous angel’, which will take place in Islington’s Union Chapel on November 15th.
Dando is among a number of ‘surprise stars’ set to pay their respects to the late Gram Parsons, an artist who has had a considerable influence on the emerging Americana movement spearheaded by the likes of Kings of Leon, Ryan Adams and Dando himself. Other artists rumoured to belt out songs like ‘streets of Baltimore’ and ‘$1000 wedding’ include Ed Harcourt, Grand Drive, Emmylou Harris and Jim Lauderdale.
Lauderdale’s presence will be of particular appeal for Parson completes. Along with Mike Ward, Lauderdale was entrusted with putting music to a selection of un-released Gram Parson lyrics last year. The concert in the Union Chapel will see these songs performed in front of a European audience for the first time.
Of equal significance will be the appearance of Polly Parsons. Polly, a television make up artist, is Gram’s only child and is set to give a rare public performance of some of her fathers work. She has performed live just once before.
Gram Parsons died aged 26 on September 19, 1973. The 30th anniversary of his death has seen a tribute concert in the US and the release of a low budget movie about the artist’s bizarre funeral. ‘Grand Theft Parsons’ tells the story of how Phil Kaufmann, Parsons’ manager, stole his friends’ body, doused it in petrol, and set it alight in the Joshua Tree desert.
The ‘Way beyond Nashville’ season, hosted by the Barbican, began on the 20th of October last and runs till the 20th of this month. ‘Standing in the shadow of the grievous angel’ is the only event of its kind scheduled for Europe.
