The Flying Burrito Brothers

The Flying Burrito Brothers: Authorized Bootleg: Fillmore East, Late Show, Nov 7,1970

by Doug Collette
April 17, 2011

Gram Parsons began The Flying Burrito Brothers with Chris Hillman when the two men left The Byrds in 1968, but the group continued on admirably without Parsons, under Hillman's stewardship, in the role of bassist, singer and songwriter. Authorized Bootleg: Fillmore East compares favorably with the latter-day Burritos' live Last of the Red Hot Burritos (A&M, 1972), if only because the bulk of the material consists of originals Parsons wrote himself, like the streamlined chug of “Lazy Days," ...