Flying Burrito Brothers Guitarist Dies

Pedal steel guitarist "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow, who co-founded influential 1960s country-rock group the Flying Burrito Brothers, has died from complications of Alzheimer's disease, associates said on Monday. He was 72.

Kleinow, who died on Saturday, had been living in a nursing facility in Petaluma, Calif., about 40 miles north of San Francisco.

The Flying Burrito Brothers, led by two former members of the Byrds, Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman, formed in 1968 and won a cult following by playing soulful country music with a rock 'n' roll attitude.

Largely ignored at the time, the band would influence such acts as the Rolling Stones and the Eagles. It released two albums before the hard-living Parsons was fired in 1970. Kleinow soon quit for lucrative session work on albums by the likes of John Lennon ("Mind Games"), Fleetwood Mac ("Heroes are Hard to Find") and Joni Mitchell ("Blue").

He later returned to his original calling as a visual effects artist in film and television. Before the Burritos, he had worked on NBC's "The Gumby Show." His later credits included the first two "Terminator" films, and he shared an Emmy for his work on the TV miniseries "The Winds Of War."

In 2000, he founded the country-rock group Burrito Deluxe, named after the Flying Burrito Brothers' second album. His last public performance was in October 2005 at a Gram Parsons festival in Georgia.

Thanks for the info to Reuters.

Comments

[euan_soad]

Never heard of him, but RIP dude

[slash_015]

euan_soad wrote:

Never heard of him, but RIP dude

I never heard of him, too

[slash_015]

and RIP

[sokpupet]

When I saw the headline for this I automatically thought about the movie Explorers. Y'know, after they've gotten into the alien ship and they're watching the brother perform on stage and he calls out 'The Flying Burrito Brothers'.

Alien gonna be sad. RIP

[..NEM..]

RIP

[Rize]

Never heard of him, but RIP.

[phantom1]

i got a vinyl of them lying around somewhere.. RIP

[ferchersan]

RIP. I haven't heard much of the Flying Burrito Brothers, but i love the solo he does on Frank Zappas 'It Just Might Be A One Shot Deal' on his Waka/Jawaka album. definitely my favourite slide solo

[horazonblade]

I've heard of them but not actually their music, but anyone who influenced the eagles is alright in my book.

[hacking_in2002]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCqxq6xqoXI

[Paddles]

BenjaminFields wrote:

horazonblade :
I've heard of them but not actually their music, but anyone who influenced the eagles is alright in my book.

eagles suck

Yes, because this is definitely the place to be bashing somebody else's musical tastes.

Rest in peace.

[hacking_in2002]

Here's a good vid of the Brothers.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BITiY8M_oDo

[Devil_Duck]

Man...I love that band. RIP, Sneaky.

[bonoisawanker]

close up the honky tonks lock all the doors dont let the one i love go there anymore
man i love that band

[TheHeartbreaker]

Damn.

R.I.P.

[TheGuitarDreams]

Rest in Peace dude.

[ratmblink123]

BenjaminFields wrote:

horazonblade :
I've heard of them but not actually their music, but anyone who influenced the eagles is alright in my book.

eagles suck

Why, dude?
A great and influential guitarist died and all you do is make it worse by saying that one of the most noted bands of all time sucks.
Please, leave the ****ing forums.

[Yertle]

RIP Gram Parsons as well.

[mousepad]

son of a bitch condom thats too bad.

[thejester]

thats my last name. sorry unrelevant to you but relevant to me

checked

[recliner33]

It woulda been cooler if he died from being hit by a flying burito, but either way my respects to his family and dying isn't cool. I haven't heard any of the music but I should check it out.

[Derykk88]

recliner33 wrote:

It woulda been cooler if he died from being hit by a flying burito, but either way my respects to his family and dying isn't cool. I haven't heard any of the music but I should check it out.

A flying.....talking burrito