RICHARDS: 'PARSONS LEARNED FROM WORKING WITH US'

Last updated: Sunday, June 25, 2006

RICHARDS: 'PARSONS LEARNED FROM WORKING WITH US'

KEITH RICHARDS has dismissed persistent rumours GRAM PARSONS was the creative influence behind THE ROLLING STONES' classic album EXILE ON MAIN STREET.

KEITH RICHARDS of the ROLLING STONES

Music commentators have long suggested the late THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS star wrote many of the country-influenced songs on the 1972 album, but BROWN SUGAR guitarist Richards insists Parsons actually learned about rock 'n' roll during recording sessions he attended.

He says on new Parsons DVD FALLEN ANGEL, "We were sitting around playing all day, writing two songs a day which we would record in the evening. Gram was always around in the background. He was intimately involved in it, let's put it that way.

"He was seeing what kind of impact the Stones could have on an audience and was definitely soaking it up. He would be asking me about rock 'n' roll. It was a two-way street."

Parsons died in 1973 from a drug overdose.

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