Groupie/waitress Francine Brockey and singer-songwriter Gram Parsons, 1970. Photo by Andee Nathanson.
According to Francine’s close friend and fellow groupie, Nancy Deedrick, Francine was one of the reasons Gram and girlfriend Nancy Ross were frequently on-again/off-again throughout the late 1960s. Andee also claims the reason Gram’s appearance was so brief at the beginning of the 1970 Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour was because he was disappointed to discover Francine had moved on to Leon Russell’s drummer Chuck Blackwell.
You may be sweet and nice, but that won't keep you warm at night. 'Cause I'm the one who showed you how to do the things you're doing now. He may feel all your charms, he may hold you in his arms. But I'm the one who let you in. I was right beside you then.
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