Flying Burrito Brothers

The Flying Burrito Brothers were a group of musicians style country, during the years 1967-1972.

Precise details

Flying Burrito Brothers are the dream of Gram Parsons to reconcile two Americas which turn the back: One, that of the singers of Bluegrass and C & W puritan and traditionalists Haggard Blackbird (see), Louvin Bros,… and the other subversive one, avant-gardist and removed from rim of San Francisco of the end of the 60 ' S (Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane). Defining its group as a formation of Drunk Memphis with a steel guitar, Gram Parsons (accompanied by a ex Byrds Chris Hillman) will arrive to this fabulous synthesis. Artistically yes. The first album the gilded de luxe hotel off sin (see) is a chief of work. Country treatment of ballades drunk person ( C right woman , Dark end off the street ) guitars Fuzz in sumptuous country compositions drowned in the devastating pedal steel of Sneeky Pete. Since Gram Parsons is the friend of Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones and that it is sure to make a success of his blow. Then one is caught for rock'n'roll stars and one lives like them: 50.000 specimens will be sold 1st album. A second will be assembled, then Gram Parsons will finish its career in solo. With its beginnings the group consisted of Gram Parson, song-guitar, Chris Hillman, low-song, Bernie Leadon, guitar-song, Sneakie Pete Kleenow, pedal steel guitar, Michael Clarke, battery. Gram will collaborate a time with the stones, which will crééront Wild Horses in its homage. After its departure of the group Burrito will associate Rick Roberts guitar and song which will compose superb the " Colorado" begun again between-other by Stephen Stills on the first album of Manassas. The group separates at the beginning of 80, Hillman joined Richie Furay and John David Souther, Leadon founded Eagles and Roberts Firefall. It will have to be waited years before the work of this group is not redécouverte. It will influence Americana vagueness of the Nineties: Jayhawks (see), Neal Casal.

External references

The Flying Burrito Brothers 1967-1969

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