Parsons had already acted as assistant engineer on The Beatles ' Abbey Road and Let It Be, had recently engineered Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, and had produced several acts for EMI Records.

When Anderson asked if he had had any stage experience, she revealed that her husband's name was Nicholas Parsons.

By 1968 Parsons had come to the attention of The Byrds ' bassist, Chris Hillman, via Larry Spector ( The Byrds ' business manager ), as a possible replacement band member following the departures of David Crosby and Michael Clarke from the group in late 1967.

Parsons had been acquainted with Hillman since the pair had met in a bank during 1967 and in February 1968 he passed an audition for the band, being initially recruited as a jazz pianist but soon switching to rhythm guitar and vocals.

Prior to Parsons ' departure from The Byrds, he had accompanied the two Rolling Stones to Stonehenge ( along with McGuinn and Hillman ) in the English county of Wiltshire, where Richards had a house near the ancient site.

As they prepared to play the nation's largest sports arenas, the Burritos played to dwindling nightclub audiences ; one night Jagger had to literally order Parsons to fulfill an obligation to his group.

Many of the singer's closest associates and friends claim that Parsons was preparing to commence divorce proceedings at the time of his death ; the couple had already separated by this point.

Coordinating the spectacle as road manager was Phil Kaufman, who had served time with Charles Manson on Terminal Island in the mid-sixties and first met Parsons while working for the Stones in 1968.

While he had been in the vanguard with The Byrds and the Burrito Brothers, Parsons was now perceived as being too authentic and traditional in an era dominated by the stylings of the Eagles, whose sound Parsons disdained ( although he did maintain cordial relations with Bernie Leadon, a former member of the Eagles who left the group in 1975 ).

Before formally breaking up with Burrell, Parsons already had a woman waiting in the wings.

Like Parsons, Fisher had drifted west and became established in the Bay Area rock scene.

According to Fisher in the 2005 biography Grievous Angel: An Intimate Biography of Gram Parsons, the amount of morphine consumed by Parsons would be lethal to three regular users and thus he had likely overestimated his tolerance considering his experience with opiates.

Past concerts have featured such notable artists as Sneaky Pete Kleinow, Chris Ethridge, Spooner Oldham, John Molo, Jack Royerton, Gib Guilbeau, Counting Crows, Bob Warford, Rosie Flores, David Lowery, Barry & Holly Tashian, George Tomsco, Jann Browne, Lucinda Williams, Polly Parsons, The " Road Mangler "- Phil Kaufman, Ben Fong-Torres, Victoria Williams & Mark Olson, Sid Griffin, as well as a variety of many other bands that had played over the 2 or 3 day event.

They were classmates at Parsons Junior High School and Forest Hills High School, and began performing together in their junior year as Tom and Jerry, with Simon as Jerry Landis ( whose last name he borrowed from a girl he had been dating ) and Garfunkel as Tom Graph ( so called because he was fond of tracking (" graphing ") hits on the pop charts ).

Parsons had the satisfaction of seeing his invention adopted for all major world power stations, and the size of generators had increased from his first 7. 5 kW set up to units of 50, 000 kW capacity.

Within Parson's lifetime the generating capacity of a unit was scaled up by about 10, 000 times, and the total output from turbo-generators constructed by his firm C. A. Parsons and Company and by their licensees, for land purposes alone, had exceeded thirty million horse-power.

The witness whom Essex expected to confirm this allegation, his uncle William Knollys, was called and admitted there had once been read in Cecil's presence a book treating such matters ( possibly either The book of succession supposedly by an otherwise unknown R. Doleman but probably really by Robert Persons or A Conference about the Next Succession to the Crown of England explicitly mentioned to be by Parsons, in which a Catholic successor friendly to Spain was favored ).

Christian Grov and Jeffrey T. Parsons ' ( 2006 ) research using the internet profiles of 1, 228 bug chasers and gift givers identified six subsets of bug chasers and gift givers.

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Parsons.

Fenton judges the Parsons based on their attractiveness and is agitated when they do not “ fulfil stereotypical female roles ,” as author Anne Cranny-Francis describes it ( Feminist Science Fiction, 30 ).

At the time she was one of only three female producers in Hollywood, the others being Virginia Van Upp and Harriet Parsons.

Though he had never met him, Crowley had no love for Hubbard and considered him a con artist with plans to abscond with Parsons ' money and current girlfriend.

Her first appearance was in the season finale as a potential love interest for the character of Sheldon Cooper ( Jim Parsons ).

Jeff Gerber ( Godfrey Cambridge ) lives in an average suburban neighborhood with his seemingly liberal housewife Althea ( Estelle Parsons ), who tolerates her husband's character flaws out of love, and two children, Burton ( Scott Garrett ) and Janice ( Erin Moran ).

The two shared a mutual penchant for cocaine and heroin, and as a result, the sessions were largely unproductive, with Parsons eventually losing interest in the project.

As a first step toward her goal, in 1892 she purchased a controlling interest in Parsons Horological School in LaPorte, Indiana, the first school for watchmakers in America, and moved it to Peoria.

Also in 1903 the Company took a controlling interest in the Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company, which was an early licensed manufacturer of Parsons turbine engines, which enabled the Mauretania to achieve its great speed.

Of special interest to fans of both The Byrds and country rock pioneer Gram Parsons, was the inclusion of six previously unreleased tracks from the recording sessions of The Byrds ' 1968 album, Sweetheart of the Rodeo.

He is referenced in Philip K. Dick's novel Dr. Futurity, in which the protagonist is named Jim Parsons.

Parsons commented at the time that he felt frustrated in having to accommodate the views of some of the musicians, which he felt interfered with his production.

The song " The Raven " featured lead vocals by the actor Leonard Whiting, and, according to the 2007 remastered album liner notes, was the first rock song to use a digital vocoder, with Alan Parsons speaking lyrics through it.

Although the vocalists varied, a small number of musicians worked with the Alan Parsons Project regularly.

Together with Parsons and Woolfson, the Project originally consisted of the group Pilot, with Ian Bairnson ( guitar ), David Paton ( bass ) and Stuart Tosh ( drums ).

Since 1994, a new version of the band has toured, with Parsons performing live acoustic guitar, keyboards and vocals, with various lineups.

This latest incarnation is called the Alan Parsons Live Project, the name distinct from " The Alan Parsons Project ", due to founder Parsons ' break-up with Woolfson.

* Freudiana ( 1990-Released under the name " Freud " with full Alan Parsons Project line up )

The project was led by Dr Jeff Peakall and Dr Daniel Parsons at the University of Leeds in collaboration with the University of Southampton, Memorial University ( Newfoundland, Canada ), and the Institute of Marine Sciences ( Izmir, Turkey ).

If the corporate President is not the COO ( such as Richard Parsons of Time Warner from 1995 – 2001 ), then many division heads report directly to the CEO themselves, with the President taking on special assignments from the CEO.

Hollywood columnist Louella Parsons called it a " smash patriotic hit " and most other critics agreed, seeing that audiences left the theaters with " an enthusiasm for democracy " and " in a glow of patriotism.

Parsons moved to France, where he lived for a short period at Villa Nellcôte with his friend Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones.

Since his death, Parsons has been recognized as an extremely influential artist, credited with helping to found both country rock and alt-country.

She was the daughter of citrus fruit magnate John A. Snively, who held extensive properties both in Winter Haven and in Waycross ; Parsons ' father was a famous World War II flying ace, decorated with the Air Medal, who was present at the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

Along the way, McGuinn's original album concept was jettisoned in favor of a fully fledged country project, which included Parsons ' songs such as " One Hundred Years from Now " and " Hickory Wind ", along with compositions by Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Merle Haggard, and others.

As a result, McGuinn ended up replacing three of Parsons ' lead vocals with his own singing on the finished album, a move that was still rankling Parsons as late as 1973, when he told Cameron Crowe in an interview that McGuinn " erased it and did the vocals himself and fucked it up.

While in England with The Byrds in the summer of 1968, Parsons left the band due to his concerns over a planned concert tour of South Africa, citing opposition to that country's apartheid policies.

During this period, Parsons became acquainted with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones.

Immediately after leaving the band, Parsons stayed at Richards ' house and the pair developed a close friendship over the next few years, with Parsons reintroducing the guitarist to country music.