The area under Cap Rock, where Gram Parsons road manager Phil Kaufman took his stolen body, and lit in on fire in his beloved Joshua Tree Desert per his instructions before his death.  1973

    "... When Phil Kaufman learned of the plan to bury his friend in New Orleans, he became distraught. He knew that Parsons had no connection whatsoever to that city. He knew that Parsons had little use for his stepfather, and would not have wanted any of his estate to pass to him. He knew that Parsons had not wanted a long, depressing, religious service with family and friends. Most of all he knew he had made a pact with Parsons, at the funeral of Clarence White: whoever died first, "the survivor would take the other guy's body out to Joshua Tree, have a few drinks and burn it." http://ebni.com/byrds/memgrp6.html

 photo by lisa king