Flying Burrito Bros
| The Flying Burrito Brothers | |
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The Flying Burrito Brothers in 1971
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California |
| Genres | Country rock |
| Years active | 1968–1972, 1975–1980, 1985–2001 1980–1987 (as the Burrito Brothers) 2002–2009 (as Burrito Deluxe) 2009–2012 (as the Burritos) 2012–present (as the Burrito Brothers) |
| Labels | A&M, Columbia, Curb |
| Associated acts | International Submarine Band, the Byrds, the Desert Rose Band, Swampwater, Firefall, the Eagles, Manassas |
| Past members | See members section for others |
The Flying Burrito Brothers was a seminal American country rock band, best known for their influential 1969 debut album, The Gilded Palace of Sin. Although the group is perhaps best known for its connection to band founders Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman (formerly of The Byrds), the group underwent many personnel changes and has existed in various incarnations, currently known as "The Burrito Brothers".
Ian Dunlop and Mickey Gauvin, formerly of Gram Parsons' International Submarine Band (ISB), founded the original Flying Burrito Brothers and named it after Parsons informed them of his new country focus. This incarnation of the band never recorded as such, and after heading East allowed Gram Parsons to take the name.
With the original incarnation of the band out of the picture, the "West Coast" Flying Burrito Brothers were founded in 1968 in Los Angeles, California by Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman. Bassist/keyboardist Chris Ethridge (who had played alongside Parsons in the International Submarine Band), pedal steel guitarist Sneaky Pete Kleinow and session drummer "Fast" Eddie Hoh rounded out the lineup.
Though Hillman and Roger McGuinn had fired Parsons from the Byrds in July 1968, the bassist and Parsons reconciled later that year after Hillman (who would switch to rhythm guitar in the new ensemble) left the group. Parsons had refused to join his Byrds bandmates for a tour of South Africa, citing his disapproval of the apartheid policy of that nation's government. Hillman doubted the sincerity of Parsons' gesture, believing instead that the singer merely wanted to remain in England with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, whom he had recently befriended.
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