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Intersection | An Update from the Republican Convention, and Country Rock Pioneer Gram Parsons' Legacy  Author Bob Kealing's Book on Gram Parsons August 28, 2012 | WMFE - The Republican National Convention gets off to a soggy start this week in Tampa. 90.7s Mark Simpson talks with WUSF ReporterJohn O'Connor from the RNC about excitement in GOP ranks at the start of the election season. Plus, Gram Parsons was a pioneer of country rock in the 1960s and 70s. His musical roots trace to Central Florida. Central Florida writer and journalist Bob Kealing joins me for a discussion about his new book, " Calling Me Home: Gram Parsons and the Roots of Country Rock."
We've got a lot of web extra material for this program. One funny side story of the RNC is the emergence of the Tampa Bay Mystery Monkey Story. It actually goes back for quite a few months. Listen to what John O’Connor had to say about the monkey’s impact on the RNC here. Bob Kealing reads a passage from his book “Calling Me Home: Gram Parsons and the Roots of Country Rock here. You can also find out more of Parson’s connections to local Central Florida landmarks and institutions here. |
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