Elvis Costello & Emmylou Harris @ Wolf Trap by sean

elvis costello & the imposters feat. emmylou harris july 31, 2005 wolf trap, vienna, va. gram parsons’ legacy as the great unifier of rock and country is often celebrated, but rarely as well as by elvis costello and the imposters with special guest emmylou harris on sunday night. plenty of tributes have star power. last summer in los angeles and pasadena, calif., parsons’ daughter polly organized the two-night “return to sin city: a tribute to gram parsons.” the intentions were good. the lineup was great, including steve earle, lucinda williams, dwight yoakam, keith richards, jay farrar, jim lauderdale, norah jones, John doe and kathleen Edwards. but “return to sin city” just didn’t seem to equal the sum of its parts, coming off a little bit like a long-delayed funeral for a friend (in f...