The Flying Burrito Brothers were a seminal American country rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1968. The band's members during their most productive period included Gram Parsons, Chris Hillman, "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow, Chris Ethridge, and Michael Clarke.

Gram Parsons, who was a former member of The Byrds, played a major role in the band's formation and their unique sound. The Flying Burrito Brothers blended traditional country music with rock and roll, creating a new style of music that would become known as country rock.

The band's debut album, "The Gilded Palace of Sin," was released in 1969 and is now considered a classic of the country rock genre. The album featured Parsons' distinctive vocals and songwriting, as well as the band's tight harmonies and instrumental prowess. The album's standout tracks included "Sin City," "Hot Burrito #1," and "Wheels."

Despite critical acclaim, the band struggled commercially and Parsons left the band in 1970 to pursue a solo career. Hillman continued on with the band, releasing several more albums over the years with a rotating cast of musicians.

Over the years, the Flying Burrito Brothers influenced many musicians and bands, including The Eagles, who covered the band's song "My Uncle" on their debut album. Today, the band is considered one of the most important and influential country rock bands of all time, and their music continues to be celebrated by fans and critics alike.

Country-Rock pioneers...for Keith Mahan... -GSH

• Barry Tashian - guitar/vocals - formerly with The Remains.
• Ian Dunlop - bass/guitar/sax/vocals - formerly with The International Submarine Band.
• Billy Briggs - keyboards - formerly with The Remains.
• Mickey Gauvin - drums - formerly with The International Submarine Band.
• Junior Markham - horns
• Bobby Keys - sax - formerly with Leon Russell.

• Gram Parsons - guitar/vocals - b. Ingram Cecil Connor III, November 5, 1946, Waycross, Georgia, USA; d. September 19, 1973, Joshua Tree National Monument, California, USA - formerly with The Pacers, The Legends, The Shilos, The Like, The International Submarine Band, and The Byrds.
• Chris Hillman - guitar/mandolin/vocals - b. December 4, 1942, Los Angeles, California - formerly with The Scottsville Squirrel Barkers, The Golden Gate Boys / The Hillmen, The Green Grass Group, and The Byrds.
• Chris Ethridge - bass/keyboards/vocals - formerly with The International Submarine Band.
• "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow - pedal-steel guitar - d. January 6, 2007, Petaluma, California.
• Jon Corneal - drums - formerly with The International Submarine Band.

1. "The Gilded Palace Of Sin" (1969)

• Gram Parsons - guitar/keyboards/vocals
• Chris Hillman - guitar/mandolin/vocals
• Chris Ethridge - bass/keyboards/vocals
• "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow - pedal-steel guitar
• Michael Clarke - drums - b. June 3, 1944, New York City, New York; d. December 19, 1993, Treasure Island, Florida - formerly with The Byrds and The Dillard & Clark Expedition.

• Gram Parsons - guitar/keyboards/vocals
• Chris Hillman - bass/mandolin/vocals
• "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow - pedal-steel guitar
• Michael Clarke - drums
• Bernie Leadon - guitar/dobro/vocals - b. Bernard Leadon, July 19, 1947, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - formerly with Hearts and Flowers and The Dillard & Clark Expedition.

1. "Burrito Deluxe" (1970) - Singles: "Older Guys"/"Down In The Churchyard", "If You Gotta Go, Go Now"/"Cody, Cody"
2. "The Gilded Palace Of Sin / Burrito Deluxe" (2-fer) (1999)
3. "Sleepless Nights" (1976)

• Chris Hillman - bass/vocals
• "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow - pedal-steel guitar
• Michael Clarke - drums
• Bernie Leadon - guitar/vocals

• Chris Hillman - bass/vocals
• "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow - pedal-steel guitar
• Michael Clarke - drums
• Bernie Leadon - guitar/banjo/vocals
• Rick Roberts - guitar/vocals

1. "The Flying Burrito Brothers" (1971) - Singles: "Tried So Hard"/"Lazy Days", "Colorado"/"White Line Fever"

• Chris Hillman - bass/vocals
• Michael Clarke - drums
• Bernie Leadon - guitar/banjo/vocals
• Rick Roberts - guitar/vocals
• Al Perkins - pedal-steel guitar

• Chris Hillman - bass/vocals
• Michael Clarke - drums
• Rick Roberts - guitar/vocals
• Al Perkins - pedal-steel guitar
• Kenny Wertz - guitar/banjo/vocals - formerly with The Scottsville Squirrel Barkers.
• Byron Berline - fiddle - formerly with Dillard & Clark and Country Gazette.
• Roger Bush - bass - formerly with Dillard & Clark and Country Gazette.

1. "Last Of The Red Hot Burritos" (live) (1972)

• Rick Roberts - guitar/vocals
• Kenny Wertz - guitar/banjo/vocals
• Byron Berline - fiddle
• Roger Bush - bass
• Alan Munde - banjo
• Don Beck - pedal-steel guitar
• Erik Dalton - drums

1. "Six Days On The Road: Live In Amsterdam" (live) (1973)

• "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow - pedal-steel guitar
• Chris Ethridge - bass/vocals
• Gene Parsons - guitar/harmonica/drums/vocals - formerly with The Castaways, Cajun Gib & Gene, Nashville West, and The Byrds.
• Gib Guilbeau - fiddle/vocals - formerly with The Castaways, Cajun Gib & Gene, Nashville West, Linda Ronstadt, Swampwater, and Cold Steel.
• Joel Scott Hill - guitar/vocals

1. "Flying Again" (1975) - Singles: "Building Fires"/"Hot Burrito #3", "Bon Soir Blues"/"Hot Burrito #3"
2. "From Another Time" (live) (1991)

• "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow - pedal-steel guitar
• Gene Parsons - guitar/harmonica/drums/vocals
• Gib Guilbeau - fiddle/vocals
• Joel Scott Hill - guitar/vocals
• Skip Battin - bass/vocals - formerly with The Byrds and The New Riders Of The Purple Sage.

1. "Airborne" (1976) - Single: "Big Bayou"/"Waitin' For Love To Begin"
2. "Sin City" (live) (1992)
3. "The Bicentennial Burritos - '76" (1999)

• "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow - pedal-steel guitar/vocals
• Gene Parsons - guitar/harmonica/drums/vocals
• Gib Guilbeau - fiddle/guitar/vocals
• Skip Battin - bass
• Bobby Cochran - guitar/vocals - b. Minnesota; Eddie Cochran's nephew. - formerly with Thee Midnighters, The Prophets, The Emperors, The Knack (not the same band that did "My Sharona"), The South, Kindred, and Steppenwolf [Ref: Bobby Cochran, May 2000 and April 2003].
• Ed Ponder - drums
  

1. "The Red Album" (2002) - recorded live at a studio party in Hollywood, California.

• "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow - pedal-steel guitar
• Gib Guilbeau - fiddle/vocals
• Bobby Cochran - guitar/vocals
• Thad Maxwell - bass - formerly with Swampwater.
• Mickey McGee - drums

1. "Sierra" (1977)

• "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow - pedal-steel guitar
• Gene Parsons - guitar/vocals
• Gib Guilbeau - fiddle/vocals
• Skip Battin - bass/vocals
• Mickey McGee - drums

1. "Flying High" (live) (1978)
2. "Close Encounters To The West Coast" (live) (1991)

• "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow - pedal-steel guitar
• Gene Parsons - guitar/vocals
• Gib Guilbeau - fiddle/vocals
• Skip Battin - bass/vocals
• Mickey McGee - drums
• Greg Harris - guitar/vocals

1. "Live From Tokyo" (live) (1979) - Single: "White Line Fever"/"Big Bayou"

• "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow - pedal-steel guitar
• Gib Guilbeau - fiddle/vocals
• Skip Battin - bass/vocals
• John Beland - guitar/vocals

1. "Hearts On The Line" (1981) - Singles: "She's A Friend Of A Friend", "Does She Wish She Was Single Again?"/"Oh Lonesome Me", "She Belongs To Everyone But Me"/"Why Must The Ending Always Be So Sad"

• "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow - pedal-steel guitar
• Gib Guilbeau - fiddle/vocals
• John Beland - guitar/vocals

1. "Sunset Sundown" (1982) - Singles: "If Something Should Come Between Us (Let It Be Love)"/"Damned If I'll Be Lonely Tonight", "Closer To You"/"Coast To Coast", "I'm Drinking Canada Dry"/"How'd We Ever Get That Way"

• Gib Guilbeau - fiddle/vocals
• John Beland - guitar/vocals

1. "Taste Of The Country" (released only in Europe) (1988) - Singles: "Blue And Broken-Hearted Me"/"Our Roots Are In Country Music", "Could You Love Me One More Time"/"Rollercoaster"
2. "Double Barrel" (released only in Europe) (1995)

• Gene Parsons - guitar/vocals
• Greg Harris - guitar/vocals
• "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow - pedal-steel guitar
• Skip Battin - bass/vocals
• Ed Ponder - drums

• Gene Parsons - guitar/vocals
• Greg Harris - guitar/vocals
• "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow - pedal-steel guitar
• Skip Battin - bass/vocals
• Jim Goodall - drums

• Greg Harris - guitar/vocals
• "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow - pedal-steel guitar
• Skip Battin - bass/vocals
• Jim Goodall - drums

1. "Cabin Fever" (live) (1985)
2. "Encore - Live From Europe" (live) (1986)
3. "Live From Amsterdam - 1985" (live) (1997)

• Gib Guilbeau - fiddle/vocals
• John Beland - guitar/vocals

1. "Back To The Sweetheart Of The Rodeo (aka, The Burrito Bros. Farewell Album)" (2-CDs) (1987)

• Gib Guilbeau - fiddle/vocals
• "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow - pedal-steel guitar

• "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow - pedal-steel guitar
• Gib Guilbeau - fiddle/vocals
• John Beland - guitar/vocals

• "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow - pedal-steel guitar
• Gib Guilbeau - fiddle/vocals
• John Beland - guitar/vocals
• Larry Patton - bass/vocals - formerly with Bobby Bare.
• Rick Lenow - drums

• "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow - pedal-steel guitar
• Gib Guilbeau - fiddle/vocals
• John Beland - guitar/vocals
• Chris Ethridge - bass
• Brian Cadd - keyboards
• George Grantham - drums - formerly with Poco.

• "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow - pedal-steel guitar
• Gib Guilbeau - fiddle/vocals
• John Beland - guitar/vocals
• Chris Ethridge - bass
• Brian Cadd - keyboards
• Ronnie Tutt - drums

1. "Eye Of A Hurricane" (1993)

• "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow - pedal-steel guitar
• Gib Guilbeau - fiddle/vocals
• John Beland - guitar/vocals
• Larry Patton - bass
• Gary Kubal - drums

1. "California Jukebox" (1997)
2. "Sons Of The Golden West" (1999)

1. "Close Up The Honky Tonks" (1974)
2. "Honky Tonk Heaven" (1974)
3. "Farther Along: The Best Of The Flying Burrito Brothers" (1988)
4. "The Best Of The Flying Burrito Brothers" (1995)
5. "Out Of The Blue" (2-CDs) (1996)
6. "Hot Burrito!: The Flying Burrito Brothers Anthology 1969-1972" (2-CDs) (2000)
7. "20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best Of The Flying Burrito Brothers" (2001)
8. "Best Of The Flying Burrito Brothers" (2001)
9. "Sin City: The Very Best of The Flying Burrito Brothers" (2002)
   

1. "Chris Ethridge" (1971)

1. "Acoustic" (1979)
2. "Electric" (1982)
3. "Acoustic II" (1990)
4. "Things Change" (1996)
5. "Electro-Acoustics" (1997)

1. "Classic Gib Guilbeau: 1968-1986" (2001)
2. "Songs I Like" (2002)

• Rarebird's Flying Burrito Brothers Reviews
• The Gram Parsons Homepage
• Beau Town Records / Gib Guilbeau - Official Site
• Bobby Cochran's web page
  
 
• "DESPERADOS: The Roots of Country Rock" - by John Einarson; published by Cooper Square Press - Let me say right up front that I have been a big fan of country rock music ever since hearing the "Pickin' Up The Pieces" single from Poco's debut album.  Poco has remained a favorite of mine through the years, although I always believed they were overlooked as a significant influence on popular music into the 1970s and the "new country" movement in the 1990s.  Thankfully, this oversight is corrected by John Einarson in his book, "DESPERADOS: The Roots of Country Rock", which traces the history of country rock's rise in Southern California from the early days in the late 1960s up to The Eagles (unquestionably the most commercially-viable country rock band of all time).  Having previously read one of Mr. Einarson's biographies on The Guess Who, I was anxious to see how he approached my favorite type of music...I was not disappointed.  "DESPERADOS: The Roots of Country Rock" is an intricate tale of musicians struggling to be heard amidst the psychedelic and hard-rock sounds flooding the airwaves at the time...and these early country rockers did make themselves heard...The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, Poco, Buffalo Springfield, Clarence White, The Eagles, Michael Nesmith (remember The Monkees?...Nesmith made some great country rock music after that gig was over), The Dillards, Rick Nelson and The Stone Canyon Band, The Dillard and Clark Expedition, Linda Ronstadt, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band...the list could go on and on.  This book covers the early days of country rock from it's beginnings in the late 1960s to the tragic year of 1973 (when the music world lost two country rock pioneers: guitarist-extraordinaire Clarence White and Gram Parsons) and examines the influence this music has had on second-generation country rock bands such as Pure Prairie League and Firefall.  In addition, the impact of these early country rockers on the "new country" music of the 1980s and the "alternative country" movement of the late-1990s and beyond is explored from a "roots" perspective.  This is a tale masterfully woven by Mr. Einarson, based on more than 60 exclusive interviews with the originators and innovators of country rock.  The amount of information and level of detail contained in these 288 pages is astounding, and there are 31 black and white photographs (some of which I've never seen before).  The only improvement that I would recommend is the inclusion of a comprehensive index in the next edition (this would really help in finding information on specific artists).  Even though I've been following country rock music for years, I learned a lot from this book.  The quotes gleaned from Mr. Einarson's interviews during research for this book are particularly helpful in understanding the origin and development of country rock. "DESPERADOS: The Roots of Country Rock" is required reading for all fans of country rock or anyone interested in late-1960s to early-1970s music. Highly recommended.