The History Of The Flying Burrito Brothers!

[@heatherhiggins5016]

Never listened to the FBB after Gram left as they lost the sound I fell in love with

[@RockReynolds]

I saw a post, about not knowing there were so many configurations of FBB. I got ready to click the "Like", then saw that the post was from the late, great Byron Berline, one of the many members. RIP Byron. It's a cool thing, to see a post from you. Rock

[@joyceb.sachsesachse1242]

Love the thought into this doc , it shows you the soul of Gram Parson dream go in so many ways and folks caring the name and music on . They all took it to a different way and Gram Parsons mix of cosmic country alive . Just like Doug Sahm did with his mix of boys in the bands . God bless them all and gave us good ol boys some where to during that jacked up Disco freak era .

[@tenbroeck1958]

Thanks for making and posting. This is a top 5 group for me, along with Gram Parsons solo music with Emmylou Harris, and anything Bernie Leadon ever played on: Dillard & Clark, Burritos, etc. Also, RIP Sneaky Pete Kleinow (In addition to the Flying Burrito Bros. and the Gumby TV Show, he was on tons of "country rock" recordings, like Jackson Browne Take it Easy).

[@buddylee6296]

Thanks Aubrunner. Never knew Jody had been a member, in more recent years. I met Sneaky Pete once on a nasty cold winter night at Doc Holliday's in Savage MN. It was a very sparse audience. The drummer seemed sorta pissed, he was bashing chunks out of his cymbals. It was a great show and Pete's playing was awesome.

[@shiftyhe]

Thanks for this. God bless 'em all. Doing justice to that hallowed name.

[@byronberline6883]

Nice job I didn't realize there were so many configurations of the FBB's.

[@bciordia]

Y

[@davidking3812]

They sure knew the South Cal sound round up.

[@zumacraig]

This is the weirdest documentary ever!

[@chuckpryorl2842]

.....GOTTA SADLY ADD.......another alum has .....left the arena.....Byron Berline.....died in Oklahoma City, July 10, 2021...he was born July 6, 1944......in my little town of Caldwell, Kansas......R I P BYRON.......one hell of a fiddle and mandolin player......

[@bighouse6120]

Gram Was the man.

[@davidking3812]

Meeting Richie Furay for the 1st time in the later 1990's, I asked him about Gram, as a favor for a friend. All he committed to saying was that he was a 'dark' person. And that was it.

[@redtobertshateshandles]

@@davidking3812 Connor's were Irish. Prone to depression.

[@margaretross9150]

@@davidking3812 I certainly don't think it was all fun being Gram Parsons. His early family life weighed him down. Still, when I hear "his" vocals done by others they just don't work for me.

[@robertopaivacabral5642]

@@davidking3812 I think what Richie Furay had to say about Gram Parsons he already said in his song Crazy Eyes

[@davidlindsay9564]

Chris never gets the credit he deserves, nor does Roberts. The third LP is great.

[@federicopetruccioli8293]

Keith richards hosted Gram Parsons at Nellcote villa during Exile recording in 1971,great times.

[@jaguarsunburst1570]

Really Great Job 🎸🎸🎸

[@bradparker9664]

First and foremost, excellent job. I had no idea Guilbeau had been with the Burritos. The only thing I've heard that I knew was him until now is the Nashville West album with Clarence White and Gene Parsons. That is a fabulous live set for anyone who hasn't seen it.

[@andrewbowen6875]

By record sales they would of considered the band a failure in that regard? Musically though they were inspirational to so many.

[@hanslueschen5190]

Long live the Burrito Brothers!

[@jamesfitzgerald6636]

2 original Byrds in the FFB Hillman and Clarke 💪

[@williamkelley4728]

I’d love to see your studio, or library, you must have a pickup load of pictures and songs. You did a very nice job on this!

[@iplaymytele]

On the 31st floor a gold plated door won’t keep out the lords burning rain....... 🙏❤️🎶

[@myradioon]

The Flying Burrito Brothers name was first used by Ian Dunlop and Mickey Gauvin after they left the International Submarine Band in California. It was a different band and I believe Gram copped the name from his old bandmates.

[@danielmoore6618]

Very nice depiction of the evolution of the FBB. But, what happened to the original band from which Gram Parsons borrowed their name? The east coast Burrito band.

[@margaretross9150]

Ian Dunlop, formerly with Gram in the ISB, was in that band and coined the name. They stopped playing together, so the name was vacated, and Gram and Chris took it over.

[@c.s.mcleod7383]

I think the reason Pete Kleinow left is because he was getting so much session work in L.A. it made financial sense. Jackson Browne. Frank Zappa. Steve Miller.

[@mitoguitarman]

Wow, great job putting this out! How long did that take?

[@NickRatnieks]

Not so long ago there was a serious attempt to get an "original" FBB back in the air. I think that Bernie Leadon, Al Perkins and Rick Roberts were keen. I'm not sure who was going to be the drummer- it might have been Gene Parsons. Anyway, Chris Hillman was not so keen. He is on record as saying that the only band he ever was happy to reform was The Desert Rose Band- which happens from time to time. Mind you, it would probably have been a great band.

[@tommycat2054]

Awesomeness

[@redtobertshateshandles]

On, Live at Oliver's, Barry Tashian plays with Gram and Emmylou. Or maybe the other way round. Barry's great.

[@bendummitt888]

If it wasn't for history, we wouldn't remember anything...

[@thomasminarchickjr.7355]

Those last few have no legitimate claim to the name. Burritos ended when Gram was fired.

[@lesschoenberger3070]

I really liked the Bobby Cochran era, he had just left Steppenwolf when they disbanded for the second time and they put out an album called "Sierra" which was really good but you can't find much about it sadly!

[@htsspaul]

Well Done!! Thanks

[@davesteffin9012]

Rick Roberts was awesome

[@terryshively6355]

I get it, there were a lot of musicians that went through the band. The transitions were annoying. Would have liked to learned something about the history of the FBB not just a bunch of tiny snippets of songs.

[@bobgallagher6160]

Photo credit Craig Folkes 11:30 & 11:36 LA Teen Fair

[@johnlornie4221]

Have quite a few fbb albums, heard Chris Hillman say in an interview many years ago, he hates the fact, various configurations took over the name and kept it going, personally, I am not that bothered, I like it all. Lol

[@garyeppich2429]

John Lornie yep, road goes on forever and the party never ends😄

[@syagriusbeans7324]

Do you have any idea when or where he said this? I've heard it many times but never been able to track the actual interview down. I know he has given his blessing to the current lineup as long as they leave "Flying" out of the name.

[@davidking3812]

Listen to Chris speak at the Library of Congress...you can Google it up.

[@davidfountain863]

Was watching but didn’t see the year or time Alan Munde played with them ?

[@richardfinlayson1524]

I dunno but when you get to two guys who were not in the first second or third version, you start to wonder how legitimate using the name really is, just sayin'.

[@greu52]

I always wonder what the FBB would have been like if Clarence White would have survived the accident and been a band member.

[@HTJB60]

NOT what I would call A HISTORY OF :

[@popev3887]

Man it is a shame how many of pretenders made a living off of the name Flying Burrito Brothers. OH well...

[@kevintaylor5079]

Any lineup without Hillman is bullshit and are just some guys using the name .

[@Burninhellscrootoob]

I can tolerate up to the rick roberts era, but after that, nah....it was just the name, nobody original, just the name. Badge engineering is for machines, not groups

[@JohnOakwest]

The later incarcerations got away from cosmic country. The Gram era is good, when i hear "pancakes on the grittle" im done 😁

[@eliseomartinez42]

this has waltter egan saying he had gram parsons record his song and then goes on to play christines tune which is an original hillman-parsons song.

[@syagriusbeans7324]

He was referring to "Hearts On Fire" from the Grievous Angel album. The edit does make it look like he's taking credit for Christine's Tune though.

[@eltonspurlock]

I noticed

[@c.s.mcleod7383]

Chris Etheridge auditioned to be in Billy Gibbons and Frank Beards new band lost the gig to Dusty Hill.

[@scottnewell6349]

Couldn't discern much or see the info. What a dumb "history." But I loved the Burritos, have all the vinyl. It would be great they did a real documentary. Wish I could dump this phone.

[@petertheobald5898]

Great docu!! .... I just wish muso's and friends of Parsons would not refer to him as "Grahame" ??....His first name was" Ingram" and therefore shortened to Gram !!!!🤔👍✌

[@richardfinlayson1524]

Bloody hell, Brian Cadd, ha ha, saw him there and went ha that guy looks like Brian Cadd, shit ,it is Brian Cadd. He's an Aussie, was in the Groop and Axiom, and had quite a few solo Laps in the early 70s, OZ rock royalty I guess you would say, did have a strong country thing going on. Never knew he was a burrito.

[@richardfinlayson1524]

Doh, not Laps LPs, ....lol

[@THEScottCampbell]

Interesting to see that Cecil (Gram) stole the name from people he played with in 1967. No wonder they continued the name long after he was gone. I'll bet Ian Dunlop never saw a penny for the name he originated in spite of Parsons' huge trust fund ($50,000 per year). He even lied about The Byrds wanting to use the name for the "Notorious Byrd Brothers" album.

[@margaretross9150]

Ian doesn't seem to mind the continued use of the FBB name. He gave a nice interview about Gram to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his passing and wrote affectionately about him in his wonderful book. Has also painted some great pictures of Gram. It seems to be just you who dislikes GP so much. And unless you knew him personally, that doesn't mean a lot.

[@danoblue]

Talk about milking a name!

[@bottomoftheninth43]

But it’s still good

[@750drums]

No Parsons or Hillman: no Burritos. Anything after Hillman split the band up in late 71 is not the Burritos ,period. Just a cheap , bogususe of the name.

[@ivark8201]

Sneaky Pete and Chris Etheridge reformed the band in 1975. Flying Again is a good album!

[@DavidSmith-ss1cg]

@Bob Boiling - and after the FBB couldn't get a gig(they played high schools!), and all that work, by them and Poco(and others) the Eagles swooped in and made millions as the kings of country rock. At least we have videos like this. Thanks for posting this.

[@MrPhilfridge]

@@ivark8201 I saw that band in the UK in the mid 70's and indeed I bought the album. Personally I think its very very lightweight, Etheridge wasn't there long and admitted it was a mistake. As a live act , they were competent, but uninspiring and to be honest disappointing , as i'd been a Byrds fan since they started and I was ripe to be impressed but they failed. A couple of years later I saw McGuinn , Clark and Hillman with solo bands and reuniting onstage at the Hammersmith Odeon, that was a better gig .

[@jaytouvelle2359]

@@DavidSmith-ss1cg There is a reason for it the Eagles were a much better band more stable plus everyone could sing write and had charisma like GP. I love GP but when people say the Eagles suck and GP was better than them is just crazy. I own everything GP ever put out and have been a fan of him for 40 years. I met a lot of nice people at every Gram Fest in the desert. I went to everyone over 10 years straight until they stopped.

[@anthonyfoutch3152]

sort of like Skynyrd after the plane crash.

[@Bitterrootbackroads]

Wasted 45 seconds before this noise got any worse.

[@tomcooley3778]

Barry and the Remains K Of C Hall Friday night Main St Waltham Mass Boston Collage Mixer Be There Or Be ?

[@Kill3rballoon]

What?

[@myradioon]

Ha! Gram knew Barry from his Harvard days. The College mixers were huge around Boston area. My parents saw the Remains at such shows. Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers (also good friend with Gram) have a song called "The Mixer". Tashian later can be heard on a live recording backing up Gram and Emmy Lou at Oliver's in Boston. He later became a West Coast session sort of guy playing in Emmy Lou's band.

[@tomcooley3778]

@@myradioon Thanks that’s information I didn’t know. I was a senior in high school so it must have been around 1963 or so .

[@jimbrentar]

Barry and the Remains once opened for the Beatles

[@myradioon]

Barry Tashian played with Gram and Emmylou and was in her Hot Band later.

[@greghines9041]

Guess you never heard of Al Perkins.....not much of a historical documentary.....

[@tonyhaywood198]

Larry h Haywood

[@richardbrowning9953]

They kinda Sucked 👎