The Flying Burrito Bros

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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 (both former members of The Byrds), the group underwent many personnel changes.

The original group featured Parsons and Hillman as primary vocalists, guitarists and composers with Sneaky Pete Kleinow (pedal steel guitar), Chris Ethridge (bass) and a rotating series of drummers. Michael Clarke (also a former member of The Byrds) was eventually added as permanent drummer, while Ethridge was replaced by guitarist Bernie Leadon after Hillman switched to bass following the first album.

Following the second album Burrito Deluxe, Gram Parsons was succeeded as frontman by Rick Roberts for one studio album and a live album. The group then splintered; Chris Hillman and Al Perkins (Kleinow's replacement) joined Manassas, Bernie Leadon founded Eagles, and later additions Byron Berline, Roger Bush and Kenny Wertz formed Country Gazette. Following a 1973 European tour with new members, Rick Roberts dissolved the band and began a solo career, before forming Firefall with Michael Clarke.

After original members Kleinow and Ethridge reformed the band in the mid-1970s with new players (including more former members of The Byrds, Gene Parsons and Skip Battin), a more Nashville-centered incarnation of the band led by Gib Guilbeau and John Beland eventually emerged, recording & touring through the 1980s as Burrito Brothers.

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, [a=Charles Louvin], and others. The band's final two CDs, California Jukebox and [r=5398239] received solid critical reviews, but Beland called it quits for the band in 2000, finally ending the band. He embarked upon a successful career as a record producer, The trademark for Flying Burrito Brothers' name was acquired by Chris Hillman in the 2010s.

Kleinow's 2000s spin-off band Burrito Deluxe featured [a=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. Kleinow 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 the band carried on until 2010 when it became The Burritos, and then in 2014 The Burrito Brothers. A band calling itself The Burrito Brothers continues to tour and release music.

Key band members included: Gram Parsons, Chris Hillman, Sneaky Pete Kleinow, Chris Ethridge, Michael Clarke, Rick Roberts, and Bernie Leadon.

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31 releases · data from Discogs

High Fashion Queen

2025

Flying Again & Airborne

2006

The Red Album

2002

Sons Of The Golden West

1999

Flying Burrito Brothers

1998

The Gilded Palace Of Sin & Burrito Deluxe

1997

California Jukebox

1997

Out Of The Blue

1996

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January 21, 2020

The Robin 2

Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom

1. Christine's Tune
2. White Line Fever(Merle Haggard cover)
3. Wills Point
4. Mental Revenge(Mel Tillis cover)
5. Streets of Baltimore
6. Louisiana Man(Doug Kershaw cover)
7. Wild Horses(The Rolling Stones cover)
8. Hot Burrito #2
9. Hickory Wind(The Byrds cover)
10. Cash on the Barrelhead(The Louvin Brothers cover)
11. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere(Bob Dylan cover)
12. Wheels
13. Mr. Tambourine Man(Bob Dylan cover)
14. Mystery Train
15. Bugler(Larry Murray cover)
16. Orange Blossom Special(Rouse Brothers cover)
17. Six Days on the Road(Paul Davis cover)

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January 16, 2020

50th Anniversary Tour

Under the Bridge

London, England, United Kingdom

1. Christine's Tune
2. White Line Fever(Merle Haggard cover)
3. Wills Point
4. My Back Pages(Bob Dylan cover)
5. Hickory Wind(The Byrds cover)
6. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man(Dan Penn cover)
7. Mental Revenge(Mel Tillis cover)
8. Streets of Baltimore
9. Louisiana Man(Doug Kershaw cover)
10. Wheels
11. Cash on the Barrelhead(The Louvin Brothers cover)
12. Wild Horses(The Rolling Stones cover)
13. Hot Burrito #2
14. Mr. Tambourine Man(Bob Dylan cover)
15. Mystery Train(Little Junior’s Blue Flames cover)
16. Sin City
17. Bugler(Larry Murray cover)
18. Orange Blossom Special(Rouse Brothers cover)

1. Six Days on the Road(Paul Davis cover)

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November 6, 2019

Iridium Jazz Club

New York, New York, United States

1. Christine's Tune
2. Life in Prison(Merle Haggard cover)
3. Hickory Wind(The Byrds cover)
4. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man(Dan Penn cover)
5. Cash on the Barrelhead(The Louvin Brothers cover)
6. Hot Burrito #2
7. Mr. Tambourine Man(Bob Dylan cover)
8. Wild Horses(The Rolling Stones cover)
9. White Line Fever(Merle Haggard cover)
10. My Back Pages(Bob Dylan cover)
11. Sin City
12. Six Days on the Road(Paul Davis cover)

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November 2, 2019

50th Anniversary Tour

Bull Run Restaurant

Shirley, Massachusetts, United States

1. Christine's Tune
2. White Line Fever(Merle Haggard cover)
3. Life in Prison(Merle Haggard cover)
4. Hickory Wind(The Byrds cover)
5. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man(Dan Penn cover)
6. Mystery Train
7. Streets of Baltimore
8. Happy Birthday to You(Mildred J. Hill & Patty Hill cover)
9. Take a City Bride
10. Wheels
11. Cash on the Barrelhead(The Louvin Brothers cover)
12. Hot Burrito #2

1. Mr. Tambourine Man(Bob Dylan cover)
2. Mental Revenge(Mel Tillis cover)
3. Wild Horses(The Rolling Stones cover)
4. My Back Pages(Bob Dylan cover)
5. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere(Bob Dylan cover)
6. Sin City
7. Six Days on the Road(Paul Davis cover)
8. Bugler(Larry Murray cover)
9. Wills Point
10. Orange Blossom Special(Rouse Brothers cover)

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November 1, 2019

Narrows Center for the Arts

Fall River, Massachusetts, United States

1. Christine's Tune
2. White Line Fever(Merle Haggard cover)
3. Life in Prison(Merle Haggard cover)
4. Hickory Wind(The Byrds cover)
5. Mystery Train
6. Streets of Baltimore
7. Louisiana Man(Doug Kershaw cover)
8. Wheels
9. Cash on the Barrelhead(The Louvin Brothers cover)
10. Hot Burrito #2

1. Mr. Tambourine Man(Bob Dylan cover)
2. Sweet Mental Revenge
3. Wild Horses(The Rolling Stones cover)
4. Black Pages
5. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere(Bob Dylan cover)
6. Sin City
7. Six Days on the Road(Paul Davis cover)
8. Bugler(Larry Murray cover)
9. Orange Blossom Special(Rouse Brothers cover)

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The Flying Burrito Bros ‎Self Titled Vinyl A&M ‎SP 4295, LP, Excellent 1971

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The Flying Burrito Bros. The Gilded Palace Of Sin 1969 SP-4175 First Press EX

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The Flying Burrito Bros – Live In Amsterdam 1972 (2x VINYL.)

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