Robert Palmer (British singer)

Albums by the group Power Station:. [1] (http://www.gramparsons.com/faq/). Album Name, Year of Release. They were arrested several days later and fined $700 for burning the coffin, since stealing a body was not a crime. He is interred at the cemetery in Lugano. Kaufman and a friend managed to steal Parson's body from Los Angeles Airport and in a borrowed hearse, drove Parsons' body to Joshua Tree where they cremated it. Palmer, who made his home in Lugano, Switzerland for the past 15 years, died in Paris, France of a heart attack at the age of only 54. His former road manager, Phil Kaufman, had heard a story that Gram had not wanted to be buried when he died, but instead would rather be taken out to Joshua Tree and burned.

Inspired by a previous collaboration with Carl Carlton on a Robert Johnson tribute album, Drive featured covers of fifteen blues standards, plus the original track "Lucky". In a story that has taken on legendary stature, Parsons' body disappeared from the Los Angeles International Airport, where it was being readied to be shipped to Louisiana for burial. His final release, Drive (2003), was critically hailed as his grittiest and most heartfelt album of his career. Parsons died September 19, 1973 in Joshua Tree, California at the age of 26 from a drug overdose. The next few years saw more touring and more compilations; the next release of new material, Rhythm and Blues (1999) contained a mixture of Little Feat influenced songs, rock, and pop. It received even more enthusiastic reviews, and attained classic status after Gram's early death. Palmer and the rest of the band completed the album Living In Fear (released in 1996), and had just begun touring when Edwards died of pneumonia. To promote the new record Parsons, Harris and a new band (Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels) toured across the US, but the sessionmen returned for Grievous Angel (1974), which again centred on the harmonies between Parsons and Harris, but added more country-rock numbers as a contrast to the balladry of GP.

Bassist John Taylor eventually backed out of the project (due to personal problems), to be replaced by Chic member Bernard Edwards. Working with a crack group of session musicians, including James Burton and many others who had worked with Elvis Presley, the record was completed quickly, containing an equal mix of Parsons' songs and cover versions. In 1995, Palmer reunited with other members of The Power Station to record a second album. They became friends and, within a year, he asked her to join him in LA for another attempt to record his first solo album, that would eventually be released as GP (1973). The 1992 album Ridin' High was a tribute to the Tin Pan Alley era. Parsons returned to the US, for a one-off concert with the Burritos, and at Hillman's instigation, went to hear Emmylou Harris sing in a small club in Washington D.C. Throughout the 1990s, Palmer ventured further into diverse material. The remainder of 1970 was largely wasted by Parsons, and his penchant for cocaine resulted in the abandoning of sessions for what was to have been a solo record, and Gram returned to hanging out with the Stones, first in London and later France, during the recording of Exile on Main Street.

Released in 1990, it featured the Bob Dylan-penned Top 10 single "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" and the Top 20 Marvin Gaye cover "Mercy Mercy Me". Wary of labels, Parsons was satisfied to describe his own records merely as Cosmic American Music. Palmer collaborated with UB40 for his next album, Don't Explain. His inspiration may also be heard in many alt-country bands such as Son Volt, The Jayhawks, and Wilco. Rolling Stone magazine voted Palmer the best-dressed rock star for 1990. During the 1970s Parsons' efforts to blur the line between country music and rock and roll was a key influence on many bands such as The Byrds, The Eagles, and the Rolling Stones. In 1989, he won a second Grammy for "Simply Irresistible". His friendship with Keith Richards led to sharing some of Keith's passion for excessive drinking and drugs.

The ballad "She Makes My Day" also proved to be a hit. The album was less inspired than its predecessor, but did contain a version of "Wild Horses", a Rolling Stones song that was clear evidence of Parsons' influence on that band. He repeated his previous success with "Addicted to Love" with the video of "Simply Irresistible", again Palmer with a troupe of female "musicians". By this time, Parsons' own use of drugs had increased to the extent that the recording of the followup, Burrito Deluxe (1970), was slow and acrimonious, and it was no surprise that Parsons left the group. Producing Heavy Nova in 1988, Palmer again returned to experimenting, this time with bossa nova rhythms, heavy rock, and white soul balladeering. Playing a mixture of country and soul music standards with some Hillman/Parsons compositions they rapidly recorded their first album, The Gilded Palace Of Sin (1969), another record which, whilst not a commercial success, provided a template for the country rock to follow. In 1987, Palmer moved to Lugano, Switzerland and set up his own recording studio. With bassist Chris Ethridge and pedal steel player "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow they formed The Flying Burrito Brothers.

Palmer was approached by Little Feat to replace Lowell George as they prepared their 1987 reunion, but had to decline for contractual reasons. Returning to Los Angeles, Parsons and another ex-Byrd, Chris Hillman, looked to continue to play their country-styled rock-and-roll music. In 1987, he won the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for his song "Addicted to Love". During their subsequent tour, however, Parsons left the band, after refusing to play in apartheid South Africa, and spent the remainder of the tour building his friendship with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. Another song, "Trick Bag" was written by one of his major influences, New Orleans jazz artist Earl King. Under the influence of Gram and original member Roger McGuinn, the Byrds embraced country music wholeheartedly on their Sweetheart Of The Rodeo album (1968), which included several of Parsons' songs, including the evocative "Hickory Wind". The singles "Hyperactive" and "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" also performed well. By 1968, Parsons had come to the attention of The Byrds who, depleted by the firing of David Crosby, were seeking new members.

The single was accompanied by a memorable and much parodied music video, directed by Terence Donovan, in which Palmer is surrounded by a bevy of near-identically clad, heavily made-up female "musicians". The band relocated to Los Angeles the following year, to record an album (1967's Safe At Home). Palmer recorded the album Riptide (1985), which featured the Number 1 single "Addicted to Love". Parsons started his career as a folk singer in Massachusetts coffee houses. A meeting with like-minded musicians saw him form the International Submarine Band in 1966, and rekindled his interest in country music. Palmer performed live with the band only once that year, on Saturday Night Live; the band toured with singer Michael Des Barres when Palmer bowed out at the last moment to go back into the studio to further his newly revitalized solo career. He died of a drug overdose at the age of 26. Rex cover "Get It On". He was born in Winter Haven, Florida to a wealthy family of fruit growers with extensive properties both there and Waycross, Georgia, where Parsons was raised.

Their eponymous album reached the Top 20 in the UK and the US and spawned two hit singles with "Some Like It Hot" and the T. Gram Parsons (November 5, 1946 – September 19, 1973), born Cecil Ingram Connor III, was a folk and country rock singer, influential to many later artists. In 1985, Palmer joined drummer Tony Thompson and Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor and bass player John Taylor to form the band Power Station. ISBN 0-380-97578-5. Palmer was reputed to have a lucrative deal with the French car manufacturer to use the song's melody in its advertising, Renault having to authorise each new interpretation of the melody with Palmer in every new commercial it released. Dreaming Out Loud: Garth Brooks, Wynonna Judd, Wade Hayes and the changing face of Nashville, Bruce Feiler, Avon Books, 1998. The "Johnny and Mary" single would achieve immortality when its classic synth hook was used in a series of Renault TV commercials through the 1990s. Are You Ready for the Country: Elvis, Dylan, Parsons and the Roots of Country Rock, Peter Dogget, Penguin Books, 2001. ISBN 0-140-26108-7.

The success was repeated with the 1982 EP release of Some Guys Have All the Luck. ISBN 0-375-70082-x. Catchy videos matching the synth pop stylings of New Wave gave him much needed exposure to a younger audience. In The Country of Country: A Journey to the Roots of American Music, Nicholas Dawidoff, Vintage Books, 1998. The album Clues, produced by Gary Numan, generated hits on both sides of the Atlantic, first with the radio-friendly single "Johnny and Mary" and then "Looking for Clues". Download sample of "Miller’s Cave" from Gram Parsons International Submarine Band (Safe at Home). The 1980s saw Palmer reach the peak of his commercial success. Live 1973 : Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels (1982).

Secrets produced his second Top 20 single with Moon Martin's "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)". Early Years (1963–1965) : Gram Parsons (1979). Palmer's next album was an artistic departure, concentrating on a rockier direction. Grievous Angel : Gram Parsons (1974). In 1978, he released Double Fun, a collection of Caribbean-influenced rock, which reached the Top 50 on the US Billboard magazine charts and scored a Top 20 single with the Andy Fraser-penned "Every Kinda People". GP : Gram Parsons (1973). However, with the failure of the follow-up Some People Can Do What They Like, Palmer decided to move to the Bahamas; after that, his "expatriate lifestyle" was likely to receive more coverage than his music in British newspapers. Burrito Deluxe : Flying Burrito Brothers (1970).

He toured with Little Feat to promote that album. Untitled : The Byrds (1970). An album infused with his interests in reggae and rock music, it was noted for its cover art of a nude girl on a balcony rather than any commercially successful songs. The Gilded Palace Of Sin : Flying Burrito Brothers (1969). Subsequently relocating from London to New York City with his wife, Palmer released Pressure Drop in 1976 (featuring famed Motown bassist James Jamerson). Sweetheart of the Rodeo : The Byrds (1968). Although moderately successful in the UK, both the album and single reached the Top 100 in the US. Safe At Home : International Submarine Band (1966).

His first single was a cover of Little Feat's "Sailin' Shoes". His first solo album Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley recorded in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1974, was heavily influenced by the music of Little Feat and the funk fusion of The Meters who acted as backing band along with producer/guitarist Lowell George of Little Feat. On the basis of his youthful looks, strong stage presence, and soulful voice, Island Records signed Palmer to a solo deal. Signed to the Island Records label, they released three albums: Vinegar Joe (1972), Rock 'n' Roll Gypsies (1972), and Six Star General (1973).

The band lasted a year, after which Brooks and Palmer formed the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful rhythm and blues group, Vinegar Joe; Palmer sang and played rhythm guitar. In 1970, Palmer joined the 12-piece jazz-rock fusion band Dada, which featured singer Elkie Brooks. The vocals for the album The Alan Bown!, originally recorded by Roden (and released in the US that way), were re-recorded by Palmer after the success of the single. His first major break came with the departure of singer Jess Roden from the band The Alan Bown Set in 1969, after which Palmer was invited to London to sing on their single "Gypsy Girl".

Influenced as a child by blues, soul, and jazz music on American Forces Radio, Robert Palmer joined his first band, Mandrake Paddle Steamer, at the age of 15 while still an art student at Scarborough Technical College. The son of a British serviceman stationed in Malta, Palmer moved with his family to Scarborough, Yorkshire in 1959. He was known for his soulful voice and the eclectic mix of musical styles on his albums, combining soul, jazz, rock, blues, and even yodeling. Robert Allen Palmer (January 19, 1949 - September 26, 2003), born in Batley, Yorkshire, England, was a British singer.

Living in Fear (1997). Power Station (1985). Drive (2003). TV Dinners (2003).

Best Of Both Worlds: The Robert Palmer Anthology (1974-2001) (2002) (compilation). Rhythm & Blues (1999). Woke Up Laughing (1998) (compilation). Very Best Of Robert Palmer (1997) (compilation).

Honey (1994). Ridin' High (1992). Addictions Volume II (1992) (compilation). Don't Explain (1990).

Addictions Volume I (1989) (compilation). Heavy Nova (1988). Sweet Lies (1987) (single). Riptide (1985).

Pride (1983). Maybe It's Live (1980) (live). Clues (1980). Secrets (1979).

Double Fun (1978). Some People Can Do What They Like (1976). Pressure Drop (1975). Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley (1974).