“Gram Parsons was a Winter Haven native, and this building was open for Gram Parsons and other young musicians like him in 1964 as a place for people under 21 to be able to come perform on a stage before a live audience, and gain that confidence to perform,” said Anita Strang, CEO and president of Main Street Winter Haven.
Today, it’s a piece of history and is still open for the public to enjoy.
For years, what is now Gram Parsons’ Derry Down was used as a storage facility. The building was crumbling, and the land was probably worth more than the building itself…