12-10-2019, 18:17
Poco's "Crazy Eyes" - written for Gram Parsons - released just four days before he died as a result of having ingested enough morphine to fell a sizeable carthorse, not to mention the alcohol he'd consumed in addition. As macabre as it is, I just love that his friends hijacked his body from LAX, drove it out to the desert (Joshua Tree National Park) that he had loved, and proceeded to attempt a cremation. His wish had been that his ashes should be scattered in the park whereas his stepfather was insisting on a private funeral in Louisiana. As it is, he went out in an inglorious blaze.
From Wiki ... "Upon reaching the Cap Rock section of the park, they attempted to cremate Parsons' body by pouring five gallons of gasoline into the open coffin and throwing a lit match inside. What resulted was an enormous fireball. The police gave chase but, as one account puts it, the men "were unencumbered by sobriety," and they escaped."
From Wiki ... "Upon reaching the Cap Rock section of the park, they attempted to cremate Parsons' body by pouring five gallons of gasoline into the open coffin and throwing a lit match inside. What resulted was an enormous fireball. The police gave chase but, as one account puts it, the men "were unencumbered by sobriety," and they escaped."
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