Wonderful lead playing between Sneaky Pete Kleinow and Gib Guilbeau @ 6:00. I'm hearing remarkable harmonies between pedal steel and violin. It shows the many cross influences in that era of Country Folk Rock, and in this, Mexican influences by way of Cajun Joshua Tree desert hacienda country easy rider. The Flying Burrito Brothers were one of those Byrd-related, Moby Grape-ified late '60's- 70's bands that let us know at the time what we like to hear later, namely Now.
It has been broadcasted on the French channel Antenne 2 on June 6h 1975 (a Saturday afternoon) in "Un jour futur", weekly show hosted by the late Michel Lancelot. Presumably aired in the rock & pop section called Juke Box. The director is Fabienne Strouvé-Beckers
Thanks for sharing, Shawn. I recall vividly this specific incarnation of the band. One of my few brushes with celebrity was sharing adjoining urinals with Gib in the men's restroom at the Redeye Rock Shows venue in Celina Ohio circa 1976. Had a nice albeit short visit with him...
I saw this lineup at The Bottom Line in NYC back in the mid-1970s. They were outstanding. Gene Parsons-drums, Sneaky Pete-pedal steel(of course), Chris Ethridge-bass, Floyd"Gib"Guilbeau-fiddle. & Joel Scott Hill-vocals & guitar are in this video. By the time I saw this group Skip Battin had replaced Ethridge on bass.
I saw them at the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach, CA in the mid-to-late 70s. Chris Ethridge and Gene Parsons had already left the band. Skip Battin was the bass player, but I can’t recall who the drummer was. They were great, and I saw them several more times over the next few years, both at the Golden Bear and at the Palomino in North Hollywood. By the second time I saw them, Hill had also left and was replaced by Bobby Cochrane on guitar - that was a phenomenal show. The lineup changed pretty regularly during those years, but the music was always really good.
@@robertc5387 : Thanks for sharing you experiences seeing this great band live. It has always amazed how good they were considering how often the lineup changed.👍✌
@@josephlemko3027 i agree - I never saw them give a bad show. I grew up listening to Gram Parsons in the original band, although I was too young then to see them live. I recognize how talented he was, but it never stopped me from listening to the band after he left. It’s unfortunate that so many feel that the FBB were nothing after GP. They missed a lot of amazingly good music.
@@robertc5387 : I loved your analysis of the fortunes of The Flying Burrito Bros. after Gram Parsons left the band. I am from Brooklyn. N.Y. & there were very few followers of country music in my neighborhood in the 1960s. My parents listened to every genre of music. In fact they were the only people who owned Ray Charles' Country style lp which was released in the early 1960s. I am a huge fan of The Byrds' 1968 lp "Sweeheart of The Rodeo." Gram Parsons' One Hundred Years" was my favorite cut. In fact I consider this album one of favorites of all time. In 1969, I am listening to my favorite rock FM radio station WNEW. All of a sudden I hear this loud peddle steel guitar riff echoing through my bedroom. It was my introduction to " Christine's Tune" the opening song of "The Gilded Palace of Sin." The DJ stated the name of the band & revealed that it was founded by 2 ex-Byrds Gram Parsons & Chris Hillman. I took a chance & bought the album which knocked my socks off. To my surprise my father also became a fan of this album. Unfortunately, the only other times I heard The Flying Burrito Bros. on the radio was a few advertisements for their 1st album. However, Poco would receive extensive air play throughout their career. I liked them but not as much as the Burritos Many of the critics said that if not for Parsons, presence the Burritos would never get any attention. Gram leaves the band & the 3rd album is released in the summer of 1971, entitled simply, The Flying Burrito Bros. This record got zero attention & why, No Gram Parsons. Personaly, I feel it the bands best record. Parsons was replaced by Rick Roberts, an excellent vocalist. They did excellent covers of a Merle Haggard tune as well as tunes by Dylan & Gene Clark. How an album of this quality can be overlooked is beyond my comrehension. At this point the leader of the group was Ex-Byrd bassist Chris Hillman. Hillman will go on to perform solo as well as other bands after leaving the Burritos. Manassas, Souther, Hillman & Furay, Clark, McGuinn & Hillman & the very popular 1980s-90s country rock band, The Desert Rose Band. Hillman continues to play bluegrass music around the country. The lead guitarist on the Burritos 3rd lp was Bernie Leadon who goes on to fame as one of the original Eagles. It amazes me that many of the groups that jumped on the Country-Rock bandwagon were more successful both commercially & critically. Gram Parsons was an important figure in American Music, unfortunately much of this notority came years after he died. The Flying Burrito Bros. suffered greatly after he left. I wonder if his connection to The Rolling Stones, especially Keith Richard, contributed to his cult stats. Whatever it was, it is sad how forgotten this band is. Even sadder, how many people in the U.S. have never heard of them. The most depressing reference I have ever come across was when the one remaining rock station in NYC passed a sarcastic remark about them during the nomination period in choosing the nominees for the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame. Then the DJ played Duran Duran because according to this station they are CLASSIC Rock n' Roll. Now aren't you happy that you helped to inspire this masterpiece. 🤗✌
@@josephlemko3027 The ‘71 FBB album is my favorite of theirs as well. There really isn’t a bad cut on the whole record. Their version of Haggard’s White Line Fever is one of my favorite cuts of all time. Interestingly, that cut and Colorado were the first FBB songs I ever heard on the radio. We had an FM station here in L.A. that played a lot of great folk and country oriented artists, and was my first introduction to writers such as Steve Goodman, Tom Jans, and Ian Matthews, as well as bands like the FBB, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, and Pure Prairie League. They were also great about identifying every artist that they played, so it was much easier to further research these artists’ material. With no internet in existence, most of this came from hours of scouring through local record store bins and reading through credits and liner notes. Thankfully, this was before the advent of CDs made the print so small as to be unreadable. I was also a fan of Poco, although I never considered then on quite the same level as the Burritos. I could never quite put my finger on it - their musicianship was second to none, and they certainly had no shortage of original material. To me, they just seemed a tad less genuine, I guess. I felt this on en even greater scale when the Eagles came along. I could never really take them seriously as a true country rock band - particularly Frey and Henley. They seemed more like craftsmen than songwriters to me. I always preferred the FBB - in ANY of their various lineups - to the Eagles. Yet it’s obvious who got all of the attention and success. I’ve always found that a bit irritating… At any rate, thanks for responding to my comments. It’s interesting to compare notes on this relatively obscure topic, particularly from opposite sides of the country.
looks like maybe...did Chris's brother ever play with this FBB concoction?. I like the guys voice as well as Gram's and Chris Etheridge is , as usual, excellent. The fiddle is a great ouch and what can I say about Sneaky Pete
@@plrndl im 66 but to be honest I really knew nothing of parsons until a few years ago and then it was because i saw a video with kieth Richard's talking about him.
Grsm was a PART of the FBB, he wasn’t THE FBB. He ended up caring less and less about the band and became totally unreliable, which is why he was eventually fired. Chris Hillman was just as important to the band, as he co-wrote a great deal of their songs with Gram. And unlike GP, Hillman took the role seriously and actually kept the band going long after Gram had flaked out. There’s no denying that Gram had the greatest voice, but the country rock vision wasn’t Gram’s alone. Somehow, he always seems to get 100% of the credit, which is total BS. Gram wasn’t a “victim” of anything - he made s lot of poor decisions in his life, snd everything negative that happened was through his own actions. I’m just glad that there were other band members who kept the music going. The various lineups of the FBB over the years made some damn great music, even if Gram wasn’t there to sing it.
Joel Scott HIll who was a former Member of Canned Heat and Gib Guilbeau who was a Popular country rock player at the time and a former member of Nashville West.
George, buy the “Flying Again” album - it was released with this lineup. Excellent, well produced recording! The followup, “Airborne” is also great and has my favorite lineup - Chris Etheridge had left to join Willie Nelson’s band and the Burritos recruited Skip Battin, probably my favorite country-rock bass player. There’s also a bit harder to find live one “The Red Album” that flat kicks ass! There are also some boots that - while not as well recorded - include extended jams between Pete & Joel that pull out all the stops! This group, fronted by Joel Scott Hill, really nailed Gram and Chris’s original concept of melding country, rock, r&b, soul and blues into something identifiable and unique.
It has been broadcasted on the French channel Antenne 2 on June 6h 1975 (a Saturday afternoon) in "Un jour futur", weekly show hosted by the late Michel Lancelot. Presumably aired in the rock & pop section called Juke Box (cf. below!) The director is Fabienne Strouvé-Beckers
Not my favorite of the post parsons era lineups not a Gene Parsons drum fan much too frantic and busy for the country rock vibe the band was known for.....i preferred the greg harris,skip batten,sneaky pete, jim Goodall line up from 77 thru 85....saw em at the 20th anniversary byrds showat the Tower in 85 with gene clark Michael Clarke Rick Danko Blondie Chaplin etc......they really sounded great .....i know it wasnt really the FBB but as a tribute to the original they were really on point.
This lineup contains half of the original FBB members - Sneaky Pete and Chris Ethridge. Chris Hillman had already departed to join Manassas, and Gram Parsons was deceased.
Right around this time they put out an album which came out as "Sierra." This included Thad Maxwell (from Swampwater) Mickey McGee, Gib Guilbeau, Bobby Cochran and Sneaky Pete. 1977 ua-cam.com/video/cdJx7OCyCFg/v-deo.html
Wonderful lead playing between Sneaky Pete Kleinow and Gib Guilbeau @ 6:00. I'm hearing remarkable harmonies between pedal steel and violin. It shows the many cross influences in that era of Country Folk Rock, and in this, Mexican influences by way of Cajun Joshua Tree desert hacienda country easy rider. The Flying Burrito Brothers were one of those Byrd-related, Moby Grape-ified late '60's- 70's bands that let us know at the time what we like to hear later, namely Now.
RIP Kleinow, Hill, Guilbeau, Etheridge. Gene Parsons still living.
Concert at the Alhambra, Bordeaux, France in 1975 for their first Columbia LP. I was there with them. Great guys!
Good to see Gene Parsons as well. This is the guy who built the first B Stringbender for Clarence White. These guys are so missed. Thanks for posting.
Marty Stuart owns that guitar these days.
@@frederickus It’s good to see it in the hands of someone who actually USES It.
Jimi Hendrix loved these guys. Seriously. He mentioned them in an interview. Jimi had great taste in music, yeah?
Jimi was speaking of the Parsons/ Hillman real Burritos. He died in 71, long before the" refried Burritos " came along.
right, thanks ; my error.
It has been broadcasted on the French channel Antenne 2 on June 6h 1975 (a Saturday afternoon) in "Un jour futur", weekly show hosted by the late Michel Lancelot. Presumably aired in the rock & pop section called Juke Box. The director is Fabienne Strouvé-Beckers
When Joel Scott Hill was sober, he was great.
Good stuff! I love the 1975 era of the FBB
Thanks for sharing, Shawn. I recall vividly this specific incarnation of the band. One of my few brushes with celebrity was sharing adjoining urinals with Gib in the men's restroom at the Redeye Rock Shows venue in Celina Ohio circa 1976. Had a nice albeit short visit with him...
Gram's shoes were not easy to fill but here they are carryin on!
Groovy song! Adore the drummer's beautiful grin.
I saw this lineup at The Bottom Line in NYC back in the mid-1970s. They were outstanding. Gene Parsons-drums, Sneaky Pete-pedal steel(of course), Chris Ethridge-bass, Floyd"Gib"Guilbeau-fiddle. & Joel Scott Hill-vocals & guitar are in this video. By the time I saw this group Skip Battin had replaced Ethridge on bass.
I saw them at the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach, CA in the mid-to-late 70s. Chris Ethridge and Gene Parsons had already left the band. Skip Battin was the bass player, but I can’t recall who the drummer was. They were great, and I saw them several more times over the next few years, both at the Golden Bear and at the Palomino in North Hollywood. By the second time I saw them, Hill had also left and was replaced by Bobby Cochrane on guitar - that was a phenomenal show. The lineup changed pretty regularly during those years, but the music was always really good.
@@robertc5387 : Thanks for sharing you experiences seeing this great band live. It has always amazed how good they were considering how often the lineup changed.👍✌
@@josephlemko3027 i agree - I never saw them give a bad show. I grew up listening to Gram Parsons in the original band, although I was too young then to see them live. I recognize how talented he was, but it never stopped me from listening to the band after he left. It’s unfortunate that so many feel that the FBB were nothing after GP. They missed a lot of amazingly good music.
@@robertc5387 : I loved your analysis of the fortunes of The Flying Burrito Bros. after Gram Parsons left the band. I am from Brooklyn. N.Y. & there were very few followers of country music in my neighborhood in the 1960s. My parents listened to every genre of music. In fact they were the only people who owned Ray Charles' Country style lp which was released in the early 1960s. I am a huge fan of The Byrds' 1968 lp "Sweeheart of The Rodeo." Gram Parsons' One Hundred Years" was my favorite cut. In fact I consider this album one of favorites of all time.
In 1969, I am listening to my favorite rock FM radio station WNEW. All of a sudden I hear this loud peddle steel guitar riff echoing through my bedroom. It was my introduction to " Christine's Tune" the opening song of "The
Gilded Palace of Sin." The DJ stated the name of the band & revealed that it was founded by 2 ex-Byrds Gram Parsons & Chris Hillman. I took a chance & bought the album which knocked my socks off. To my surprise my father also became a fan of this album. Unfortunately, the only other times I heard The Flying Burrito Bros. on the radio was a few advertisements for their 1st album. However, Poco would receive extensive air play throughout their career. I liked them but not as much as the Burritos
Many of the critics said that if not for Parsons, presence the Burritos would never get any attention. Gram leaves the band & the 3rd album is released in the summer of 1971, entitled simply, The Flying Burrito Bros. This record got zero attention & why, No Gram Parsons. Personaly, I feel it the bands best record. Parsons was replaced by Rick Roberts, an excellent vocalist. They did excellent covers of a Merle Haggard tune as well as tunes by Dylan & Gene Clark. How an album of this quality can be overlooked is beyond my comrehension.
At this point the leader of the group was Ex-Byrd bassist Chris Hillman. Hillman will go on to perform solo as well as other bands after leaving the Burritos. Manassas, Souther, Hillman & Furay, Clark, McGuinn & Hillman & the very popular 1980s-90s country rock band, The Desert Rose Band. Hillman continues to play bluegrass music around the country.
The lead guitarist on the Burritos 3rd lp was Bernie Leadon who goes on to fame as one of the original Eagles.
It amazes me that many of the groups that jumped on the Country-Rock bandwagon were more successful both commercially & critically. Gram Parsons was an important figure in American Music, unfortunately much of this notority came years after he died. The Flying Burrito Bros. suffered greatly after he left. I wonder if his connection to The Rolling Stones, especially Keith Richard, contributed to his cult stats. Whatever it was, it is sad how forgotten this band is. Even sadder, how many people in the U.S. have never heard of them. The most depressing reference I have ever come across was when the one remaining rock station in NYC passed a sarcastic remark about them during the nomination period in choosing the nominees for the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame. Then the DJ played Duran Duran because according to this station they are CLASSIC Rock n' Roll.
Now aren't you happy that you helped to inspire this masterpiece. 🤗✌
@@josephlemko3027 The ‘71 FBB album is my favorite of theirs as well. There really isn’t a bad cut on the whole record. Their version of Haggard’s White Line Fever is one of my favorite cuts of all time. Interestingly, that cut and Colorado were the first FBB songs I ever heard on the radio. We had an FM station here in L.A. that played a lot of great folk and country oriented artists, and was my first introduction to writers such as Steve Goodman, Tom Jans, and Ian Matthews, as well as bands like the FBB, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, and Pure Prairie League. They were also great about identifying every artist that they played, so it was much easier to further research these artists’ material. With no internet in existence, most of this came from hours of scouring through local record store bins and reading through credits and liner notes. Thankfully, this was before the advent of CDs made the print so small as to be unreadable.
I was also a fan of Poco, although I never considered then on quite the same level as the Burritos. I could never quite put my finger on it - their musicianship was second to none, and they certainly had no shortage of original material. To me, they just seemed a tad less genuine, I guess. I felt this on en even greater scale when the Eagles came along. I could never really take them seriously as a true country rock band - particularly Frey and Henley. They seemed more like craftsmen than songwriters to me. I always preferred the FBB - in ANY of their various lineups - to the Eagles. Yet it’s obvious who got all of the attention and success. I’ve always found that a bit irritating…
At any rate, thanks for responding to my comments. It’s interesting to compare notes on this relatively obscure topic, particularly from opposite sides of the country.
looks like maybe...did Chris's brother ever play with this FBB concoction?. I like the guys voice as well as Gram's and Chris Etheridge is , as usual, excellent. The fiddle is a great ouch and what can I say about Sneaky Pete
Very beautiful.
5:46 great pedal steel/fiddle instrumental
Awesome old vid. Very rare, indeed!
I really don't think there the FBB without Graham Parsons. He was the core of the band.
You might want to check out the history of the FBB. Parsons stole the name. And his name was not Graham, it was Ingram.
@@plrndl im 66 but to be honest I really knew nothing of parsons until a few years ago and then it was because i saw a video with kieth Richard's talking about him.
Grsm was a PART of the FBB, he wasn’t THE FBB. He ended up caring less and less about the band and became totally unreliable, which is why he was eventually fired. Chris Hillman was just as important to the band, as he co-wrote a great deal of their songs with Gram. And unlike GP, Hillman took the role seriously and actually kept the band going long after Gram had flaked out. There’s no denying that Gram had the greatest voice, but the country rock vision wasn’t Gram’s alone. Somehow, he always seems to get 100% of the credit, which is total BS. Gram wasn’t a “victim” of anything - he made s lot of poor decisions in his life, snd everything negative that happened was through his own actions. I’m just glad that there were other band members who kept the music going. The various lineups of the FBB over the years made some damn great music, even if Gram wasn’t there to sing it.
Great to see this ! I hope you find more ! Thank You
I see the Byrds' Gene Parsons on drums, and Sneaky Pete on pedal steel. Is that Chris Ethridge on bass? Who are the other two guys?
Joel Scott HIll who was a former Member of Canned Heat and Gib Guilbeau who was a Popular country rock player at the time and a former member of Nashville West.
Thank you, Shawn. Good to know. The Burritos had so many line-up changes that they made the Byrds seem stable.
@@georgefelton669 The leader of the Byrds never said "The Byrds will keep on going no matter who's in it," as the leader of the FBB did.
@@GramBands I agree. I remember McGuinn saying that he kept the Byrds going too long.
George, buy the “Flying Again” album - it was released with this lineup. Excellent, well produced recording! The followup, “Airborne” is also great and has my favorite lineup - Chris Etheridge had left to join Willie Nelson’s band and the Burritos recruited Skip Battin, probably my favorite country-rock bass player. There’s also a bit harder to find live one “The Red Album” that flat kicks ass! There are also some boots that - while not as well recorded - include extended jams between Pete & Joel that pull out all the stops!
This group, fronted by Joel Scott Hill, really nailed Gram and Chris’s original concept of melding country, rock, r&b, soul and blues into something identifiable and unique.
border town is just great!
Émission diffusé le samedi après midi sur la chaine Antenne 2 en France.
c'était pas "Juke box"? , réalisée par Freddy Hausser?
It has been broadcasted on the French channel Antenne 2 on June 6h 1975 (a Saturday afternoon) in "Un jour futur", weekly show hosted by the late Michel Lancelot. Presumably aired in the rock & pop section called Juke Box (cf. below!) The director is Fabienne Strouvé-Beckers
Not my favorite of the post parsons era lineups not a Gene Parsons drum fan much too frantic and busy for the country rock vibe the band was known for.....i preferred the greg harris,skip batten,sneaky pete, jim Goodall line up from 77 thru 85....saw em at the 20th anniversary byrds showat the Tower in 85 with gene clark Michael Clarke Rick Danko Blondie Chaplin etc......they really sounded great .....i know it wasnt really the FBB but as a tribute to the original they were really on point.
where are chris hillman?
In 1975 he was with Manassas with Stephen Stills and Al Perkins.
This lineup contains half of the original FBB members - Sneaky Pete and Chris Ethridge. Chris Hillman had already departed to join Manassas, and Gram Parsons was deceased.
wASN'T THIS GROUP CALLED sIERRA THEN?
Right around this time they put out an album which came out as "Sierra." This included Thad Maxwell (from Swampwater) Mickey McGee, Gib Guilbeau, Bobby Cochran and Sneaky Pete. 1977
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These are NOT the Flying Burrito Brothers.
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