When Parsons died of a drug overdose in 1973, Harris was robbed of her mentor and left griefstricken. Harris attempted to keep Parsons's artistic vision alive, and in 1975 she released Pieces of the Sky with Parsons' studio band, which included a song about Parsons (“Boulder to Birmingham,
” perhaps her best-known composition). A single from this album, of the Louvin Brothers' “If I Could Only Win Your Love,
” made the country Top 10 and established Harris...