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Our Snobroll-recommended blogger Spike Priggen of Bedazzled! offers empirical proof that Gram Parsons and the Flying Burrito Brothers (above) were much less ROOTS-sensitive (see p. 105 of The Rock Snob*s Dictionary) than previously believed. To wit, Spike has unearthed an old promotional clip for the song “Older Guys” that finds Gram, Chris Hillman, and friends goofing around on a yacht way back when Simon LeBon and Nick Rhodes were still in ruffled diapers. It must be acknowledged, though, that pedal-steel ace “Sneaky Pete” Kleinow remains stoic throughout. October 05, 2005 More Rock Snobbery »
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Nyro, Laura. Bronx-born progenitor of soulful Rhoda-rock. The precocious Nyro released her debut album in 1966 at the age of 19, and shortly thereafter saw the Fifth Dimension and Barbra Streisand score hits with her free-swinging compositions “Wedding Bell Blues” and “Stoney End,” respectively. Snapped up by aspiring agent David Geffen, she signed a $4 million contract with Columbia Records—putting both herself and Geffen in the big leagues—and released two SEMINAL albums, Eli and the Thirteenth Confession and New York Tendaberry, before growing fed up with the music industry and the limitations it placed on her free spirit and eccentric habits. (She demanded, for instance, that one of her albums be pressed on perfume-infused vinyl, and named her publishing company Tuna Fish Music, after her daily lunch choice.) At the age of 24, Nyro moved from Manhattan to New England, and flitted in and out of retirement until her death in 1997.