Archivist seeks rare Gram Parsons recordings in Shel Silverstein's collection, but finds Woody Guthrie [audio 8min]

When children's author and songwriter Shel Silverstein died in 1999, Mitch Myers was put in charge of organizing his uncle's archives. In the process, Myers made an intriguing discovery -- a container of old reel-to-reel tapes. Two tape boxes were labeled"Graham Parsons - Demos" (with the singer's first name misspelled). The old tapes Myers found were potentially a big deal. Before his death in 1973, Gram Parsons helped move The Byrds toward country music, and was a prime mover on their album Sweetheart of the Rodeo. But Myers' search for the origin of the tapes took him in an unexpected direction. ~Website offers audio clips.