History of Gram's Place B/B & MUSIC
Gram's Place was established in 1991 as a result of owner Mark Holland taking a trip to
Amsterdam  Holland. Impressed by the tolerant nature of Amsterdam and receiving the Dutch "Gram Parsons Award"created by  Henk Korsten  of the Netherlands , recognizing Parsons as the official God Father of Country Rock Music, Mark set out with a dream. The idea was to bring all people together  through music. (the international language). In 1980 he founded The Gram Parsons Foundation to Share Perpetuate and Educate people about the music of Gram Parsons. Working 4 years with John Kravet, Judy Katz, Mark wrote, produced and directed the only Video documentary ever to this day ("The Legend of the Grievous Angel")  for public access Cable in Tampa, on Parsons. Completed in April of 1989 , The following  Nov. he made his first trip to Amsterdam. With only a dream of a place where all people could gather in the Spirit of  "Music" and "Mitakuye Oyasin"(a native American word which means "We are all related"  Gram's Place was born.  In the beginning a name for this B/B was needed and from the beginning "Gram's Place" seemed to fit.The dream was reinforced by many people since 1991. It was the joining of  "Spirits" between Mark Holland  and  Brenda McClintock (then from Ohio, now from Yucca Valley Calf.) in 1993, as well as  the support of all who have stayed  that has brought Gram's Place to where it is today. Gram's Place is not for everyone,  but we feel everyone will find it interesting and unique.