Any road you take in rock music, the one to fame or the one to oblivion, is paved with sad stories of mishaps and misfortune. Late Gene Clark, co-founder of The Byrds, is probably the epitome of them.
How do you explain power pop, a music genre that has ‘simple’ as its middle name? Well, you give it a simple explanation to boot - “Power pop is The Beatles meets The Who. That’s literally all there is to it.”
Gram Parsons may not have had the most extensive catalog of music, but he's become a cult icon nonetheless and widely considered one of the most influential pioneers of Country Rock and Americana.