FLYING BURRITO BROS.
Burrito Deluxe
A&M SP 4258
The Flying Burrito Bros. second album, and the final one to feature Gram Parsons, coincidentally is AOTW the week of his birthday (11-5-46). Like the band's first effort, GILDED PALACE OF SIN (SP 4175), this was a groundbreaker in the fusion of country and rock music. It featured the first recorded version of "Wild Horses," which later became a hit for the Rolling Stones. Leon Russell did prominent session work, playing piano on this number along with "Man in the Fog."
Parsons, a former member of the Byrds, died Sept. 19, 1973 of a drug overdose after a brief post-Burritos solo career.
Side One: Lazy Days 2:58/ Image of Me 3:20/ High Fashion Queen 2:05/ If You Gotta Go 1:47/ Man in the Fog 2:30/ Farther Along 3:58.
Side Two: Older Guys 2:30/ Cody, Cody 2:43/ God's Own Singer 2:04/ Down in the Churchyard 2:39/ Wild Horses 6:20.
The Burritos: Gram Parsons (vocal, piano); Chris Hillman (vocal, bass, mandolin); Bernie Leadon (guitar, dobro); "Sneeky" Pete Kleinow (pedal steel guitar); Michael Clarke (drums).
Special Credits, besides Leon Russell: Byron Berline, fiddle; Leopoldo C. Carbajal, accordian; Frank Blanco, percussion; Tommy Johnson, tuba; Buddy Childers, cornet and flugelhorn.
Producers: Jim Dickson and Henry Lewy
Engineer: Henry Lewy/ Art Direction: Tom Wilkes/ Photography: Jim McCrary.
SP 4258 entered the Billboard Top 200 on 5-12-71, charted 9 weeks and peaked at #176.
CD availability: reissued in 1986 by Edsel/Demon as EDCD 194. Later reissued as a 2-for-1 package with GILDED PALACE and recently reissued as as a 2-for-1 with both albums and bonus tracks.
JB