this is the album cover for Gram’s new CD:

gram parsons cd release party

Thursday, November 8th – Join Amoeba Music Hollywood in a record release party for Gram Parsons with the Flying Burrito Brothers Live at the AvalonBallroom 1969. The festivities begin at 7pm and include performances by The Mike Stinson Band, Tim Easton, Quincy Coleman, Dave Gleason’s Wasted Days, Amoeba’s own recording artist, Brandi Shearer and other surprise guests including original Flying Burrito Brothers member Chris Ethridge! Artists will perform selections from the new release!

Purchase the new release, Gram Parsons with the Flying Burrito Brothers Live at the Avalon Ballroom 1969 at Amoeba and you’ll receive a special limited edition Flying Burrito Brothers poster while supplies last!

The Duke Spirit

The Duke Spirit stayed at the Joshua Tree Inn this past summer.

L-R: Leila Moss, Toby Butler, Olly ‘The Kid’ Betts, Luke Ford, Dan Higgins

You recorded most of the ep out in the desert at Joshua Tree. Surely a rock star fantasy…was it as much fun as it sounds?
Leila: Of course. We woke up in a mexican style casita on a mountain side every morning. We looked for snakes everyday. We recorded whilst some of our favourite rock and rollers would pop by for a burrito. It was hot as hell. We drunk margaritas and our new friends played us music by people we’d never had the chance to get into before, like Fatso Jetson and The Shaggs. And because we’re english everyone kissed our asssses in LA. They love the brits!

Did you manage to make any pilgrimages whilst you were out there? I wouldnt have been able to resist a trip to the infamous joshua tree inn…
Leila: First night in from the airport, we stayed either side of the room he (Gram Parsons) died in. Nothing freaky happened. But our thoughts were with him. We swam in the pool, and thought about him and Keith Richards doing the same, way back in the day. Olly thought the fact that they served cereal at breakfast was awesome. He loves cereal.

from the interview at this link:

http://thelineofbestfit.com/2007/10/25/an-interview-with-the-duke-spirit/

nude girl stuck to road sign

pretty  nude women roam the desert around the Joshua Tree Inn and love to climb our road sign  at sunrise.

Photo by…………… (Zoe Community)

entertainment at the joshua tree inn

this picture was taken by Zoe Wiseman during the Zoe Community meeting September 2006 in Joshua Tree.