I like the McGuinn vocals better. I don’t think it’s just that I’m used to them, Parson’s vocals sound loose and under-rehearsed. I think if they had really used them, they would have tried to get better takes.
I like this LP. Surprising for a blues, blues rock person.
But Gram Parsons was no big deal to me.
This album is the one that got me to play pedal steel guitar. Lloyd Green’s stuff is beautiful! I became a builder, working for the late Jerry Brightman, at Performance Steel Guitars. RIP Jerry. One day Jerry, knowing my hero was Lloyd, called me into the office. He said I had a phone call. He had called his good friend Lloyd, and put me on the phone with him. We talked for an hour, mostly about Shobud Fingertip guitars, as I had just gotten one. I was struck by Lloyd;’s friendliness, and extreme intelligence. I also spent time with John Hughey. How many guys get to meet their guitar hero
players? I feel very lucky!