Chris Hillman on the Flying Burrito Brothers...

Nice article about "Chris Hillman on the Flying Burrito Brothers, Gram Parsons and the End of the Sixties" from Rolling Stone:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news...Xy1?li=BBnbhK0

Eagles reference!

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Neither Sweetheart nor Gilded Palace were huge sales successes, but their impact was immediate as country-rock took off in the Seventies. Hillman remembers Glenn Frey watching the Burritos obsessively at the Troubador, and puts it plainly: “When we handed the ball off to the Eagles, they ran it in for 10 touchdowns.”

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Originally Posted by CAinOH

Nice article about "Chris Hillman on the Flying Burrito Brothers, Gram Parsons and the End of the Sixties" from Rolling Stone:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news...Xy1?li=BBnbhK0

Eagles reference!

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Loved that article! Thanks so much for posting! :-)

Thanks, CA! Glenn said how he carefully observed other bands, noting what worked and what didn't. There's one example!
Interesting read from Chris. It's a wonder many artists even survived that era...

CA - Thanks for finding/posting that RS article. It was very interesting. Boy, those were crazy times in LA! Gram Parsons was like a lost soul - so sad that someone who was so talented was so destructive. Also, an interesting interview with Bernie. I loved Chris' s line about them(FBB) giving the Eagles the ball and they scored ten touchdowns. It is interesting how young Glenn was at the time but how focused he was in forming a band and not making the same mistakes the FBB and other bands did. A great read TY !

I agree with all that has been said. Thanks for the link, CA.