Grievous Angel
Recently I have rediscovered Gram Parsons. For those not familiar with Gram Parsons, he was a tortured soul who was the driving force behind the country-rock scene that began in the early seventies. From The Byrds to The Flying Burrito Brothers to duets with Emmylou Harris to a solo career, Gram Parsons was an important [...]
Alvis Edgar Owens Jr
The country music star known as Buck Owens died last week, at the age of 76. Now many Products of the Seventies will be wondering why they should remember a country hayseed. Buck Owens was HUGE, and any POTS should recognize this. First, as co-host of the hit show “Hee-Haw” he was one of the [...]
Peter Benchley Dies
Peter Benchley, Author of ‘Jaws,’ Dies at 65 Peter Benchley, whose 1974 novel “Jaws” turned shark attacks into a national obsession and who later used what he called his “fish story” to help promote oceanic conservation, died yesterday morning at his home in Princeton, N.J. He was 65. The cause was pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive [...]
