He (Gram Parsons) was my mate and I wish he’d remained my mate for a lot longer. It’s not often you can lie around on a bed with a guy having cold turkey in tandem, and still get along.”
> Keith Richards, from the book According to the Rolling Stone

Keith Richards developed a full-on drug habit by the early 1970s and one of his main shoot-up partners was country singer-songwriter Gram Parsons.

He died aged 26 from an overdose of morphine and alcohol in September 1973 in Joshua Tree, California.

Friends stole Gram Parson’s body on transit at LA international airport to burn it in the desert, as had been Parson’s wish.

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