When this album finally clicks for you your head'll explode. What they were attempting here was very daring at the time, and today we take it for granted. Its a masterpiece and this band deserves way more honor than they've gotten.
Gram Parsons has to be entered in the ROCK N ROLL hall of FAME and the COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME. The man, Gram Parsons was, is and always be a star for his writing, performance influence on country and Rock. We wouldn't have Emmy Lou Harris, Poco, America, the Eagles without Gram Parsons talent and ability to blend country and Rock. Please. He deserves this honour.
Polly Parsons, Condolences to you. I loved your Dad's music and performance. Let's rally to get your Dad honoured as he should already have been. Let's do what we can do to get Gram into the Rock n Roll hall of Fame and the Country music hall of fame. He deserves every bit of this honour. ❤
@@davidhamilton6428 one of the best! He helped animate “Gumby” as well. So all the crazy sounds on that show make a lot more sense after hearing him play the steel with fuzz.
Its what I came for, my dose of Sneaky Pete! What kills me is he uses both the traditional country style clean sound, but is way busier than Chet Atkins would have ever let anyone run on steel in his studio lol. And then he goes into that overdriven sacred steel style, that’s almost blues but also kind of a jazz skronk to it. Just like the Burritos as a whole, SP used the steel guitar to make a whole new sound while staying true to its roots at the same time.
Put Gram Parsons in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame NOW!!! He not only helped get country rock started, but he even was credited as being an influence on punk due to his back to basics approach.
+Brian Washington Incredible indeed that this is still not the fact! He was such a gifted musician, sad that his problems with dealing with life took him away so early.
Yep. In fact, he actually made the final 12 about ten years ago, but he didn't make the cut. You think with Jann Wiener, who likes underrated artists, he would have been in years ago.
+Brian Washington Absolutely, he is definitely a Hall of Famer. With his perfect teeth and baby face (and of course his music), he should be a shoo in!
Gram was way way ahead of his time, he had a vision that people did not see or imagine until many many years later. He was a musical genius, people are just now finding out how good he really was....God rest your soul Gram, you will never be forgotten
I fully agree with what you wrote. Gram musical genius. His music always current,ageless,engaging and magical. I hope that many will notice his skill and that they can repay him for the disappointments suffered. Impossible to forget! What his soul rest in peace for eternity!
When you think how many bands Chris was in, and what he contributed to them, and how under the radar he still is. Man's a fucking genius and so so underrated.
Got this album in '69 right after I heard it. Wore out the first one. My wife (ex) stole the second one. My daughter took my third one and most of my Emmylou albums when she went to college. Never saw those again. Still loving this great music.
02:25 Parsons' voice in the high harmony cracks, he even coughs slightly, but they decided not to correct that on the recording. They left it as is, fresh and natural. Man I love these guys, their importance in music history is criminally underrated.
Chris Hillman shows up everywhere doesn't he?.....The Zelig of country rock. Incredible pedal steel from Sneaky Pete. The interactions between Gram and Chris are quite entertaining.
yessir! good admission of 'failure'----has to do w/ vulnerability? strength +...? scorpionic depth of southern soul! chris's voice here also swell & the combo = 7th heaven. lucky i saw gram in boulder w/ emmylou....
Hypnotic, magical... Gram did indeed do "cosmic American music". I'm sane and all but I traveled once to Woodbine GA and with awe walked the same streets he'd walked, and spent the night with some locals out in the woods eating squirrels... My way of paying homage to him I guess. Watching this video and others you see what an incredible amount of energy he had and spirit.
I sent Chris an email about 10 years ago stating that very sentiment. He promptly replied saying "That is nicest thing anyone has told me all year. Thank you". I thought about it for a few minutes then remembered that it was January 1st! I responded telling him I would resend that email in July...
This is still the coolest thing I've ever seen. I credit this song and video with getting me back into country music, so much so that I started my own band called Way Behind The Sun. My parents have a traditional country band, and that's the stuff I was raised on, but I strayed away to metal and hard rock in my college years...then my little brother (our band's bass player) showed me this, and took me back "home." It just "hit differently" as the kids say. I was so moved, it was all I listened to. Now I'm all in, and I always will be. Best music ever!
I'm trying to figure out how to combine metal and country. The problem with modern country is half the back up bands look like rock musicians. Faux hawks and crap like that. Bring back nudie suits!! I love the look and sound
Sneaky Pete was inducted into the Pedal Steel Guitar Hall Of Fame last year. It is reported that he is the most listened to pedal steel guitarist of all time with the work he did with FBB and all the other sessions he did with other artists on rock/country rock hits. For instance Joe Cocker's She Came In Through The Bathroom Window...and many others.
Sneaky Pete Rocked his Pedal Steel, NOT lap steel. My husband has played Pedal Steel for over 40 years, he attended Sneaky's memorial in Joshua Tree and met his daughters. They still speak to this day!!! Love ❤️ you Gram, you cupcake!!! 😻
I only got a laptop this week and I nearly had a heart attack when I saw this on UA-cam! I can't believe the fantastic stuff I'm watching! You guys are the champs and the Burritos were the coolest band that walked the planet. Wow!
I heard this album at a friend's house in the summer of 1979, and it blew me away. It was the first country record I ever bought. GP was a brilliant talent who fell far too early. What a shame, because he was a class act.
So simple, yet so clever. The harmonies are absolutely heavenly. I have heard a lot of 60's and 70's country. Nothing compares to this. Sin City, it just takes me away to another time. A better time. Now that I have found this type of music, I will search for it forever.
Why this doesn't get airplay, for sheer musical quality if nothing else, is beyond me. This has been viewed and favorited more times than much of today's garbage on here. Thank goodness for that at least.
There’s music today that takes cues from music like this, it’s just going to take some digging. My band is influenced by this sound, and if you enjoy this you may like Lawrence Tome, who’s an up and comer in the Chicago scene.
This band is a huge influence on my own style. If you like them, you may like my band the Long Goodbyes, but we are a bit more straight ahead country than this
It was originally released as "Christine's Tune", but they renamed it "Devil in Disguise" a couple of years later, after Christine Frka (the GTO about whom it was written)died. I know this thanks to Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour, by the way.
@@charlottebrooks3671 i think he's overlooked by the music establishment but not by other musicians and by many fans. They all appreciate his talent, heart, and courage.
I mention my age because others had brought up how old they arereplys about this song. I grew up with this music but it seems to be growing in the hearts of younger people too!
The dueling harmonies, the fuzzed out pedal steel, the foot-stomping rhythm. Hell even Chris's offstage glare at 0:35. All apart of that lost but beautiful and never forgotten genius of 'Cosmic Americana'
It’s still here! Daniel Donato does music like this, and a few Sturgill albums have touches of it. So does my own band, Zack Fedor and the Long Goodbyes
Yes, I saw it. It was a live performance of Big Mouth Blues from 1973 at Liberty Hall in Texas. Low quality video, but great! Unfortunately UA-cam yanked it for violating their rules, and they suspended the user's account. Sadly, they pulled it before I got a chance to copy it. Really, really rare footage.
Gram pioneered Country influenced rock and contributed to straight country music. The dude literally influenced both rock artists and country artists. He needs to be remembered and celebrated
Poco could also lay claim to creating Country Rock. Both formed in later 1968, in the LA area. Although the FBB's first album came out (Feb 1969), three months before Poco's first (Pickin' Up The Pieces), "Pieces" was by far the more popular - and commercially successful - of the two LPs.
I'll usually claim the Byrds earned that honor, via Sweetheart of the Rodeo, and I allege without proof that Mr. Hillman would agree. But I won't be pedantic about it -- the lineage is well known, and the all knew and appreciated and collaborated in various combinations over their lives. But if take into account how little known the Burritos are, in relation to their role in that sound, then yes, let us praise and thank them some more! They brought it forward in a way musicians know was a big deal, but (as another commenter alludes) as to selling albums ... yes, there were some people without Burritos albums.
For me This band paved the straight line between the Rock and Country! The way to play Pedal Steel Guitar with Fuzz is such incredible! Gram Parsons was the genuine Outlaw Country star!
love it. not a country music person at heart but as he has used the term cosmic American music this is so cool. Very underrated Gram Parsons and belongs in the r and r hof.
I still remember the first time I heard this song something like 15 years ago. I was blown away, it was a sound I hadnt heard before. It still blows me away every time since
Sort of, I get the point! With regard to this I want to nominate Chris Hillmann for the Academy Award as well. To see the fun they have provides added meaning to the song. Great!
Spoke to three lads just come down from Manchester to start a band in Suffolk. I asked what their influences were they said Zeppelin, Stooges, Sabbath… ok ok I said. I want you to spend some time listening to the Byrds and The flying Burrito Bros and come back and tell me if it helps. I’ll let you know….
Looks like they put Michael Clarke in the video out of respect (even though he didn't play on the recording). Gram called it American Cosmic Music (rightly so) but as far as Country Rock nothing has ever touched The Gilded Palace of Sin album since - and it really started the whole genre!
One great band, and the original line up too! They (with Bernie Leadon and Rick Roberts) were last minute replacements for another band at City College of New York. I was working for the student center and caught the sound check. I always thought the pedal steel was just a comic instrument, until I heard Pete do "Mr. Sandman". WOW! Got a chance to talk to him about why he used a single neck when Jerry Garcia used a double neck and so on. Hearing them was a real life changer for me!
Sneaky died? I never knew that. Great shame. The first time I ever heard his pedal steel I was hypnotised..like many others I guess. I saw the Burritos here in England..the acoustics were playing havoc feedback-wise with the violin so Pete sort of doubled up...awesome
It's so great to see video of Gram - such a prolific artist for someone that died so young. Like Hank Williams, he left a legacy beyond his short time with us. RIP Gram.
If he'd lived a little bit longer he'd be a lot more famous. He died at age 26. Four months later and he'd have made the "27" club. Great , great loss to music. I was fortunate enough to see him perform with both the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers.
This music did not receive the airplay that it deserved. I grew up in northern california and this band was originated in southern california.but i never heard there songs on the radio up here.
This timeless song epitomizes the great music back then that today can’t seem to emulate. These guys played naturally without technology being the sole producer of this symphonic sound - plus the lyrics are great! Simply awesome classic
It is a great album. I remember Chris Hillman saying that the Byrds invented country rock, the Flying Burrito Brothers refined it, and the Eagles took it to the bank.
Chris Hillman (co-founder with Gram) and Michael Clarke (drums) were with the Flying Burrito Brothers from start to finish. The "finish" of the Flying Burrito Brothers is the "Last of the Red Hot Burritos" period. After that, there was no cohesiveness or commercial success with any follow-up revival of a Burritos band that had the same name and but just Etheridge in the lineup just to give the band some authenticity.
After hearing this song on the radio back in 1969, I would have bought " The Gilded Palace of Sin" without knowing that Parsons & Hillman were in the band. I still play the hell out of this album & especially this song.🤗
@@eufordking4428 : "Summer of 69"✌ I purchased this album at King Karol along with Neal Young's "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" & Poco's "Pickin Up The Pieces." I still listen to these 2 albums also.👍 However, The Buritto's album has improved with age.
everytime i see gram parsons i think back to the time i saw him in Austin, Texas, close to where i was born and raised...wonderful voice, i sure miss him...
gram parsons was an addicted person, it is a disease, one that many of us share, fans or not of his music, tolerance is a good thing to have..i was able to see Gram in Austin, Texas, in 1973...he was incredible..
I love the way the musicianship is amazing but at the same time there is this awesome tongue in cheek quality to the whole video, like the way sneaky Pete has this grin as they pan away from him with that ridiculous hat
I’m in the middle of reading Chris Hillman’s book, “Time Between”… I wanted to get a look at the stage suits they had made up, came across this song which I’ve never heard before - fantastic! Will definitely be checking out more of their material! Love those Sneaky Pete solos!
Wow, How did I ever miss out on this great band, when I was the biggest Poco fan going?No one ever told me about this great band! I can't believe that I would only discover them today, because they were listed next to Poco's songs! Well, thanks for this great post--I think this band is awesome!!! Peace, BobbyK
When this album finally clicks for you your head'll explode. What they were attempting here was very daring at the time, and today we take it for granted. Its a masterpiece and this band deserves way more honor than they've gotten.
Gram Parsons has to be entered in the ROCK N ROLL hall of FAME and the COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME. The man, Gram Parsons was, is and always be a star for his writing, performance influence on country and Rock. We wouldn't have Emmy Lou Harris, Poco, America, the Eagles without Gram Parsons talent and ability to blend country and Rock. Please. He deserves this honour.
Polly Parsons, Condolences to you. I loved your Dad's music and performance. Let's rally to get your Dad honoured as he should already have been. Let's do what we can do to get Gram into the Rock n Roll hall of Fame and the Country music hall of fame. He deserves every bit of this honour. ❤
I agree he should be there but I thoughy Poco was already going.
I can’t get over the steel guitar on this. It’s perfect.
Sneaky pete is amazing. :D
@@augustusbetucius1572 He's playing a Fender 400, which has 4 pedals but no knee levers.
@@davidhamilton6428 one of the best! He helped animate “Gumby” as well. So all the crazy sounds on that show make a lot more sense after hearing him play the steel with fuzz.
I love the steel as well just perfect from ripping g lead to accompany
Its what I came for, my dose of Sneaky Pete! What kills me is he uses both the traditional country style clean sound, but is way busier than Chet Atkins would have ever let anyone run on steel in his studio lol. And then he goes into that overdriven sacred steel style, that’s almost blues but also kind of a jazz skronk to it. Just like the Burritos as a whole, SP used the steel guitar to make a whole new sound while staying true to its roots at the same time.
Psychedelic Country, marvelous!!!
Now that's some steel playing you won't here on any other country western tune. Would have made Hendrix proud.
Put Gram Parsons in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame NOW!!! He not only helped get country rock started, but he even was credited as being an influence on punk due to his back to basics approach.
+Brian Washington Incredible indeed that this is still not the fact! He was such a gifted musician, sad that his problems with dealing with life took him away so early.
Yep. In fact, he actually made the final 12 about ten years ago, but he didn't make the cut. You think with Jann Wiener, who likes underrated artists, he would have been in years ago.
+Brian Washington If his Nudie Suit is there and a few Guitars of his plus Album Covers Why not Him?
Here here. Thank you. If they think his suits belong in the hall he should be in there as well.
+Brian Washington Absolutely, he is definitely a Hall of Famer. With his perfect teeth and baby face (and of course his music), he should be a shoo in!
Chris and Gram were phenomenal and Sneaky Pete had a style of playing that was quite unique.
Gram was way way ahead of his time, he had a vision that people did not see or imagine until many many years later. He was a musical genius, people are just now finding out how good he really was....God rest your soul Gram, you will never be forgotten
I fully agree with what you wrote. Gram musical genius. His music always current,ageless,engaging and magical. I hope that many will notice his skill and that they can repay him for the disappointments suffered. Impossible to forget! What his soul rest in peace for eternity!
BALL'S >>>> " people are just now finding out how good he really was".... May be true of you BUT some of us have listened to him from way back when.
Agreed
@@isabellatunzi5787 I have said the same. His music never sounds "old"
I saw Gram and Emmylou at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby in August of 1973.
One month later he was dead in Joshua Tree.
Chris Hillman - one of the most underrated music makers in the popular canon.
When you think how many bands Chris was in, and what he contributed to them, and how under the radar he still is. Man's a fucking genius and so so underrated.
Completely agree!
It’s cool how grahams voice cracks during the final chorus and he clears his throat but the take is so good they keep it
Gram Parsons finger picked like most awesome guitar players. I cry when I think of what could have been if he had lived.
gram parson's voice makes the burrito brother's christine appear loveable, even if the lyrics make her out to be the devil in disguise.
The Guilded Palace of Sin is such a stellar album. The Burrito's beautiful fusion of rock and country opened new doors.
Compared to the music they are calling “country” now, this stuff is Solid Country Gold!
Yes! This is the best kind of country!
I agree!
Got this album in '69 right after I heard it. Wore out the first one. My wife (ex) stole the second one. My daughter took my third one and most of my Emmylou albums when she went to college. Never saw those again. Still loving this great music.
I never get tired of Sneaky Pete’s psychedelic country.
original drummer of the Byrds Michael Clarke also on the video.
.... and Chris Ethridge on bass!
@@chasbodaniels1744 all great
It's amazing. I love it.
Oh and on this it's Killer
Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman - what a combination!
that was one hell of a good song. hillman and parsons nailed it
No one can compare
One of my favorite tunes
02:25 Parsons' voice in the high harmony cracks, he even coughs slightly, but they decided not to correct that on the recording. They left it as is, fresh and natural. Man I love these guys, their importance in music history is criminally underrated.
Chris Hillman shows up everywhere doesn't he?.....The Zelig of country rock.
Incredible pedal steel from Sneaky Pete.
The interactions between Gram and Chris are quite entertaining.
I hear POCO, I hear. CSNY, GRAM PARSONS influence all over rock n roll. We were and have never been the same. Thank you Gram Parsons!❤
POCO never hit the big time $$$ so RF split.
Hillman and Parsons together were magic! Love this song.
Hillman was also a good match with Stephen Still in Manassas.
maravilha!! ❤️❤️🇧🇷
That is the best pedal steel guitar I have ever heard -even from Sneaky Pete Kleinow himself! Incredible.
Gram was so awesome. Wish he could have defeated his demons and continued to create. Love you Gram.
Pray for gram always
there's some undescribable quality about Gram Parsons' voice that makes it so wonderful
yessir! good admission of 'failure'----has to do w/ vulnerability? strength +...? scorpionic depth of southern soul!
chris's voice here also swell & the combo = 7th heaven. lucky i saw gram in boulder w/ emmylou....
Don’t know who replied to my post about Gram, but thank you for your message
Gram changed the world of music. Because of him, a whole new generation of music was created. And that was the world of Country pop music.
What a killer tune. Just noticed that Gram strums sometimes with his pointer finger downwards, just like Jim Messina.
Hypnotic, magical... Gram did indeed do "cosmic American music". I'm sane and all but I traveled once to Woodbine GA and with awe walked the same streets he'd walked, and spent the night with some locals out in the woods eating squirrels... My way of paying homage to him I guess. Watching this video and others you see what an incredible amount of energy he had and spirit.
Waycross, GA.
Always thought Chris Hillman was underrated for all his accomplishments with the Byrds, FBB, and his own band
Check out The Desert Rose Band where he really shone.
I sent Chris an email about 10 years ago stating that very sentiment. He promptly replied saying "That is nicest thing anyone has told me all year. Thank you". I thought about it for a few minutes then remembered that it was January 1st! I responded telling him I would resend that email in July...
Don't forget Manassas!
Matt Stefon chriss hilman is god no one knows who he is
Heard of Desert Rose
the Flying Burrito Bros. are one of the most underrated bands I can think of
This is still the coolest thing I've ever seen. I credit this song and video with getting me back into country music, so much so that I started my own band called Way Behind The Sun. My parents have a traditional country band, and that's the stuff I was raised on, but I strayed away to metal and hard rock in my college years...then my little brother (our band's bass player) showed me this, and took me back "home." It just "hit differently" as the kids say. I was so moved, it was all I listened to. Now I'm all in, and I always will be. Best music ever!
it is pretty dang cool! Im discovering why my dad named me after him! Also, I just started a band with some old friends. Hope you keep makin music!
I'm trying to figure out how to combine metal and country. The problem with modern country is half the back up bands look like rock musicians. Faux hawks and crap like that. Bring back nudie suits!! I love the look and sound
keep up the good work! Your band sounds great
Gram single handedly got me into country finally. Can’t thank him enough for it.
Yes I would have never heard or heard of the Louvin brothers were it not for gram god bless you gram
All the original Burritos have passed away except Chris Hillman...what a group...over a million views...Gram could still pack 'em in today.....
Damn, I'm getting old....
Bernie Leadon is still alive. Wasn’t in this video, but pretty sure he played on the record.
Whatever the "it factor" is, Gram Parsons oozed it. The man was born a star.
So much talent and so handsome
Sneaky Pete was inducted into the Pedal Steel Guitar Hall Of Fame last year. It is reported that he is the most listened to pedal steel guitarist of all time with the work he did with FBB and all the other sessions he did with other artists on rock/country rock hits. For instance Joe Cocker's She Came In Through The Bathroom Window...and many others.
Sneaky Pete Rocked his Pedal Steel, NOT lap steel. My husband has played Pedal Steel for over 40 years, he attended Sneaky's memorial in Joshua Tree and met his daughters. They still speak to this day!!! Love ❤️ you Gram, you cupcake!!! 😻
I only got a laptop this week and I nearly had a heart attack when I saw this on UA-cam! I can't believe the fantastic stuff I'm watching! You guys are the champs and the Burritos were the coolest band that walked the planet. Wow!
hypnotizing. Timeless. Unforgettable
I heard this album at a friend's house in the summer of 1979, and it blew me away. It was the first country record I ever bought.
GP was a brilliant talent who fell far too early. What a shame, because he was a class act.
So simple, yet so clever. The harmonies are absolutely heavenly. I have heard a lot of 60's and 70's country. Nothing compares to this.
Sin City, it just takes me away to another time. A better time. Now that I have found this type of music, I will search for it forever.
Why this doesn't get airplay, for sheer musical quality if nothing else, is beyond me. This has been viewed and favorited more times than much of today's garbage on here. Thank goodness for that at least.
There’s music today that takes cues from music like this, it’s just going to take some digging. My band is influenced by this sound, and if you enjoy this you may like Lawrence Tome, who’s an up and comer in the Chicago scene.
They come straight from the Western Bop tradition of Bob wills and the Texas Playboys!
Classic 1969!
I just discovered this band and I'm in love!
This band is a huge influence on my own style. If you like them, you may like my band the Long Goodbyes, but we are a bit more straight ahead country than this
@@gxtmfaill check you guys out. Thanks!
It was originally released as "Christine's Tune", but they renamed it "Devil in Disguise" a couple of years later, after Christine Frka (the GTO about whom it was written)died. I know this thanks to Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour, by the way.
Gram Parsons is the Godfather of Alternative Country......what an iconic figure with amazing teeth.
And hair.
He deserves so much recognition…yet he’s so overlooked….
@@charlottebrooks3671 i think he's overlooked by the music establishment but not by other musicians and by many fans. They all appreciate his talent, heart, and courage.
Yes... his teeth definitely deserve more recognition.
Such a great song. The drums, the guitar, the singing. No wonder why these guys are one of my favorite bands.
vote Gram into Country Music Hall of Fame--love your Cosmic American Music
Sweetly singing with the angels--RIP Gram--Michael Vento Palm Desert,Ca.
An amazing band leader
I mention my age because others had brought up how old they arereplys about this song. I grew up with this music but it seems to be growing in the hearts of younger people too!
I don’t know how I missed Graham through the years. Just found out. Wow!!!
The dueling harmonies, the fuzzed out pedal steel, the foot-stomping rhythm. Hell even Chris's offstage glare at 0:35. All apart of that lost but beautiful and never forgotten genius of 'Cosmic Americana'
It’s still here! Daniel Donato does music like this, and a few Sturgill albums have touches of it. So does my own band, Zack Fedor and the Long Goodbyes
Yes, I saw it. It was a live performance of Big Mouth Blues from 1973 at Liberty Hall in Texas. Low quality video, but great! Unfortunately UA-cam yanked it for violating their rules, and they suspended the user's account. Sadly, they pulled it before I got a chance to copy it. Really, really rare footage.
Gram pioneered Country influenced rock and contributed to straight country music. The dude literally influenced both rock artists and country artists. He needs to be remembered and celebrated
Flying Burrito Brothers created Country Rock! Chris, Pete, And Gram ... God Bless them!
Poco could also lay claim to creating Country Rock. Both formed in later 1968, in the LA area. Although the FBB's first album came out (Feb 1969), three months before Poco's first (Pickin' Up The Pieces), "Pieces" was by far the more popular - and commercially successful - of the two LPs.
Pamela Debarre said that is why she thinks this was the most original band in the 60s. They did createa new genre.
@@susanborkenhagen58 Agreed!
I'll usually claim the Byrds earned that honor, via Sweetheart of the Rodeo, and I allege without proof that Mr. Hillman would agree. But I won't be pedantic about it -- the lineage is well known, and the all knew and appreciated and collaborated in various combinations over their lives. But if take into account how little known the Burritos are, in relation to their role in that sound, then yes, let us praise and thank them some more! They brought it forward in a way musicians know was a big deal, but (as another commenter alludes) as to selling albums ... yes, there were some people without Burritos albums.
Gram was so beautiful and had so much charisma, all you see is him.....so talented.
Every time I watch this, I fall in love with Gram all over again. Not even the camera can resist him.
P.S. 29 people are devils in disguise.
This is the most rock sounding steel guitar I’ve ever heard on a country track!!!
You not heard Poco then?
For me This band paved the straight line between the Rock and Country! The way to play Pedal Steel Guitar with Fuzz is such incredible!
Gram Parsons was the genuine Outlaw Country star!
Happy Birthday Gram.
I missed these guys back in the 60's
and 70's when I was growing up. Wish
I had heard of them sooner. Love this!
Well, if I’m ever asked for my top 10 pedal steel solos, I know what’s number one. Sneaky Peat absolutely kills it in this song.
love it. not a country music person at heart but as he has used the term cosmic American music this is so cool. Very underrated Gram Parsons and belongs in the r and r hof.
I still remember the first time I heard this song something like 15 years ago. I was blown away, it was a sound I hadnt heard before. It still blows me away every time since
Love this song 🎵 ❤️
Sort of, I get the point! With regard to this I want to nominate Chris Hillmann for the Academy Award as well. To see the fun they have provides added meaning to the song. Great!
Definitely a fore runner musicslly
Spoke to three lads just come down from Manchester to start a band in Suffolk. I asked what their influences were they said Zeppelin, Stooges, Sabbath… ok ok I said. I want you to spend some time listening to the Byrds and The flying Burrito Bros and come back and tell me if it helps. I’ll let you know….
such an underated band ..sneaky pete..was amazing and graham was a beutiful cat..chris hillman ..part of so many amazing bands...
Looks like they put Michael Clarke in the video out of respect (even though he didn't play on the recording). Gram called it American Cosmic Music (rightly so) but as far as Country Rock nothing has ever touched The Gilded Palace of Sin album since - and it really started the whole genre!
Long live GP and the Flying Burrito Brothers and Sneaky Pete Kleinow, one of the best pedal steel guys ever! Tom / Berkeley CA
One great band, and the original line up too! They (with Bernie Leadon and Rick Roberts) were last minute replacements for another band at City College of New York. I was working for the student center and caught the sound check. I always thought the pedal steel was just a comic instrument, until I heard Pete do "Mr. Sandman". WOW! Got a chance to talk to him about why he used a single neck when Jerry Garcia used a double neck and so on. Hearing them was a real life changer for me!
I love 2:28 when Gram clears his throat (in the recording) and then mimics it here in this video
Sneaky died? I never knew that. Great shame. The first time I ever heard his pedal steel I was hypnotised..like many others I guess. I saw the Burritos here in England..the acoustics were playing havoc feedback-wise with the violin so Pete sort of doubled up...awesome
Thank you for posting one of the very few videos of Gram Parsons live. This is greatly appreciated.
Oh My Lord, and those Nudie Suits🧡💛❤💛🧡
It's so great to see video of Gram - such a prolific artist for someone that died so young. Like Hank Williams, he left a legacy beyond his short time with us. RIP Gram.
If he'd lived a little bit longer he'd be a lot more famous. He died at age 26. Four months later and he'd have made the "27" club. Great , great loss to music. I was fortunate enough to see him perform with both the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers.
This music did not receive the airplay
that it deserved. I grew up in northern
california and this band was originated
in southern california.but i never heard there songs on the radio up here.
Simply wonderful. ALL of them!
Good ol' Hillman working that BIG-ASS hair.
Great tune!!!
The FBB brought out the best in Parsons. After 40 years, their music is more alive than any modern country/rock around today.
The mix is SO much better here than on stream.
This timeless song epitomizes the great music back then that today can’t seem to emulate. These guys played naturally without technology being the sole producer of this symphonic sound - plus the lyrics are great! Simply awesome classic
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It is a great album. I remember Chris Hillman saying that the Byrds invented country rock, the Flying Burrito Brothers refined it, and the Eagles took it to the bank.
One of the sweetest songs ever put down, I think maybe !!
Chris Hillman (co-founder with Gram) and Michael Clarke (drums) were with the Flying Burrito Brothers from start to finish. The "finish" of the Flying Burrito Brothers is the "Last of the Red Hot Burritos" period. After that, there was no cohesiveness or commercial success with any follow-up revival of a Burritos band that had the same name and but just Etheridge in the lineup just to give the band some authenticity.
After hearing this song on the radio back in 1969, I would have bought " The Gilded Palace of Sin" without knowing that Parsons & Hillman were in the band. I still play the hell out of this album & especially this song.🤗
Bought it a Garage Sale in 79 ? 25 cents..... got me off Ted Nugent
Came out 1969 I thought?? Bought it in 75....byrds lps in 73-74
@@eufordking4428 : "Summer of 69"✌ I purchased this album at King Karol along with Neal Young's "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" & Poco's "Pickin Up The Pieces." I still listen to these 2 albums also.👍 However, The Buritto's album has improved with age.
everytime i see gram parsons i think back to the time i saw him in Austin, Texas, close to where i was born and raised...wonderful voice, i sure miss him...
Gram Parsons is the man! great songwriter and phenomenal voice!
Peace brother. The Cavern was on Matthews Street - kitty corner from my office. I'll pass on your regards tomorrow
one of the best bands ever.
I love Gram.
i love the Flying Burrito Bros so much
first time hearing this lost group! I like them!
Memory eternal Gram Parsons!!!! His duets w/ Emmylou Harris truly amazing!!
I agree 100%. Magical!
Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman ,😎
Whoever put this up THANKS !! Denver, 1969 !!
Sneaky Pete Rules, RIP, MASTER STEELER
animator, Pop, and Person, et al.
Pure Magic ! This music will live forever. Don´t try to categorize it as Rock or Country. It´s way beyond that. Totally innovative ! Wow !
gram parsons was an addicted person, it is a disease, one that many of us share, fans or not of his music, tolerance is a good thing to have..i was able to see Gram in Austin, Texas, in 1973...he was incredible..
So lucky. Seemed like a great live performer.
we are lucky that this footage survived after all these years. We get to see these amazing performances 50 years later
I love the way the musicianship is amazing but at the same time there is this awesome tongue in cheek quality to the whole video, like the way sneaky Pete has this grin as they pan away from him with that ridiculous hat
I’m in the middle of reading Chris Hillman’s book, “Time Between”… I wanted to get a look at the stage suits they had made up, came across this song which I’ve never heard before - fantastic! Will definitely be checking out more of their material! Love those Sneaky Pete solos!
How's the book?
@@IwotchVid3oz A very good read. Highly recommend it if you’re a fan!
Wow, How did I ever miss out on this great band, when I was the biggest Poco fan going?No one ever told me about this great band! I can't believe that I would only discover them today, because they were listed next to Poco's songs! Well, thanks for this great post--I think this band is awesome!!! Peace, BobbyK