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The Flying Burrito Bros

Band,
Rock, World and Folk
A.k.a. Burrito Brothers Burrito Deluxe The Burrito Brothers The Burritos

The Flying Burrito Brothers was an early country rock band founded in 1968, best known for its influential debut album, 1969's The Gilded Palace Of Sin. Although the group is most often mentioned in connection with country rock legends Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman, the group underwent many personnel changes. Chris Hillman and Al Perkins joined Manassas, while Byron Berline, Roger Bush and Kenny Wertz formed Country Gazette. Roberts reassembled a new group for a 1973 European tour, and then began a solo career before forming Firefall with Michael Clarke. A more Nashville-centered incarnation of the band led by Gib Guilbeau and John Beland recorded & toured through the 1980s as Burrito Brothers. Sneaky Pete Kleinow began using the Flying Burritos Bros name again in the mid 1980s, eventually being joined by Gib and John. Through numerous incarnations (nearly all with Beland at the helm), the band released albums and toured throughout the 1980s and '90s. The latter day Flying Burrito Brothers CDs, produced by Beland, did feature an impressive line-up of guests, including Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Waylon Jennings, Alison Krauss, Ricky Skaggs, Charles Louvin, and others. The band's final two CDs, California Jukebox and Sons Of The Golden West received solid critical reviews, but Beland called it quits for the band in 2000, and embarked upon a successful career as a record producer. Sneaky created a Burritos spin-off in his new band Burrito Deluxe, which featured Carlton Moody (2) on lead vocals and Garth Hudson from The Band on keyboards. The band scored no chart success, relying solely on live appearances in Europe. Pete left the band due to illness in 2005, leaving no direct lineage to any of the actual Flying Burrito Brothers members, past or present, although it carried on until 2010 when it became The Burritos, and then in 2014 The Burrito Brothers. Key band members included: Gram Parsons, Chris Hillman, Sneeky Pete Kleinow, Chris Ethridge, Michael Clarke, and Bernie Leadon.

Members

	Bobby Keys sax 1943-2014 US
	Byron Berline vn *1944 US
	Al Perkins stg, g, voc *1944 US
	Gram Parsons voc, g 1946-1973 US
	Chris Hillman voc, man *1944 US
	Thad Maxwell eg, voc US
	Sneaky Pete Kleinow stg 1934-2007 US
	Earl Ball p US
	Jim Goodall dr US
	Jon Corneal dr *1946 US
	Richard Bowden vn *1945 US
	Gene Parsons dr, voc *1944 US
	David Vaught b US
	Barry Tashian voc, g US
	Skip Battin b, voc 1934-2003 US
	Chris Ethridge b, p 1947-2012 US
	Bernie Leadon g, voc, bj, stg *1947 US
	Michael Clarke dr 1946-1993 US
	Rick Roberts voc, acg US
	Skip Edwards key, acc US
	Brian Cadd key, voc, p *1946 AU
	Mickey McGee dr *1947 US
	Rick Lonow dr US
	Roger Bush b, eb US
	Gib Guilbeau voc, vn, g *1937 US
	Floyd Guilbeau g, vn *1937 US
	Robb Strandlund voc, g US
	John Beland voc, g *1949 US
	George Grantham dr, voc *1948 US
	Greg Harris g, bj, voc US
	Alan Munde bj, g *1946 US
	Kenny Wertz acg, bj, voc US
	James Markham h US
	Don Beck man, acg, bj US
	Bobby Cochran voc, g US
	Charlie Harwood voc, p, key US
	Ed Ponder dr US
	Larry Gadler voc, b US
	Phil Lee voc, g US
	Wayne Bridge stg US
	Joel Scott Hill g, voc US
	Ian Dunlop voc, b US
	John Mauceri dr, perc US
	Ronnie Guilbeau eg, acg, bvoc US
	Larry Patton voc, bvoc US
	Gary Kubal dr, perc US