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All of these folks came from well-off families:
Bob Weir
Linda Ronstadt
Michael Nesmith
Carly Simon
Kudos to them for still finding their muse without profit being much of a consideration.
Which other musicians came from families with "large tracts of land"?
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Gram Parsons is a member of
Gram Parsons is a member of this list, particularly the "large tracts of land" part. His maternal grandfather was a citrus fruit magnate who dominated the industry in both Georgia and Florida. Gram was admitted to Harvard and enjoyed quite a privileged upbringing in a financial sense though looks can be deceiving as his father committed suicide when Gram was 12 and his mother's alcoholism took her (cirrhosis) when Gram was just 19.
After their deaths, Gram Parson became a trust fund child pulling down $30,000 a year - which the handy inflation calendar tells me would be just shy of $286,000 a year in today's dollars.
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I don't know about large
I don't know about large tracts of land, but Bonnie Raitt's dad, John, was successful as a leading man in Broadway musicals in the 1940s and 50s.
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Steven Stills
Steven Stills
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David Crosby.
David Crosby. Grace Slick. Phish.
Yeah, Chris Hillman goes off in his book about Gram Parsons being a trust fund baby. He had plenty of money to live the rock star lifestyle without selling many records, which Hillman said contributed to him fucking off and not really working hard like the rest of the Flying Burrito Brothers and leading to his ouster from the band.
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ironic
ironic
hillman should be thanking gram's ghost every time he checks his mailbox
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Weir was adopted...
Weir was adopted...
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Yes, right after he was born,
Yes, right after he was born, and he was raised in the lap of luxury.
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> I don't know about large
> I don't know about large tracts of land, but Bonnie Raitt's dad, John, was successful as a leading man in Broadway musicals in the 1940s and 50s.
Hope all is well Mike.
I worked with John Raitt in 1973 when he appeared at the Music Circus in Sacramento. I also met Bonnie when she came to see him in Camelot. Both cool people.
He was well-off, but not super rich. The fact that he was doing summer stock in those days, which didn't pay as well as Broadway, movies, or TV, makes me think he was still working as a singer/actor to pay the bills. I think Bonnie became more financially successful than her father. John's name recognition may have helped Bonnie in the beginning, but her talent might have been enough for her to make it on her own.
Taylor Swift's parents are multi-millionaires in the financial world. Her mother's successful marketing skills probably didn't hurt and Taylor's only dues she and/or her parents had to pay was more likely to a country club.
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^^^Until they shipped him off
>>>he was raised in the lap of luxury.
Until they shipped him off to Wyoming and the rest is history.
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Were Stephen Stills' folks
Were Stephen Stills' folks that rich? I always heard he was an Army-brat. I guess if you're of high enough rank, you're probably drawing a decent pay. Jim Morrison's dad was an Admiral in the Navy. He was the guy in charge of the Navy vessels involved in the Bay of Tonkin incident.
When I was a kid, we lived in Huntington, New York. My sister was nine years older than me, and has told me about going to Bonnie Raitt's house for parties when she was a teenager. It was right after Bonnie signed her first contract with Warner Bros. in 1971. Bonnie lived somewhere nearby (Great Neck?) Apparently, it was a pretty nice spread.
As I recall from Keith Richards' autobiography, "Life", Mick Jagger's parents were much better off financially than his.
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Nick Mason
Nick Mason
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Michael Bloomfield
Michael Bloomfield
Susan Tedeschi
Roky Erickson
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On the other end of the
On the other end of the spectrum, young William Apostol didn't grow up with money and slept with a flea-ridden dog to keep warm when the utilities were shut off, but was privileged with the Riches of Solomon in a cast of colorful characters and fast picking, drug fueled Hootenannies.
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Jim Morrison. His father was
Jim Morrison. His father was commander of the Gulf of Tonkin.
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Jim Morrison distanced
Jim Morrison distanced himself from his family once the Doors started. They may have paid for his brief time studying Film at UCLA, but he dropped out, met Ray Manzarek, formed the Doors, and never looked back.
The last time he saw his parents was when they came to see the Doors at a show in Washington D.C. after the first album came out. Jim looked his parents right in their eyes as he sang a more explicit version of "The End" than was on the album. He sang the lines "Father, yes son, I want to kill you. Mother...I want to fuck you." His horrified parents turned around and left, never seeing their son again.
The Lizard King may have been a creep, but he made it on his own.