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Click cosmic Gram to hear him
fronting a live Flying Burrito Brothers' performance at
San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom, 1969.
"You're Still On My Mind" was one of the first songs Gram sang lead on with his earlier group, the Byrds.
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| Click Keith Richards and Gram in a jamming-song-writing session, 1971, south France, during the recording of the Stones' Exile on Main Street. Gram played a big part in steering the Stones toward country music. The two collaborated on the song "Wild Horses." Here is the Burritos' version. |
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| Burrito bandmate Chris Hillman told Gram about Emmylou Harris, then an unknown coffee house folk singer in the D.C. area. He went to see her play and they tightened it up right away, performing and recording together. Following Gram's death in 1973, Emmylou championed his music at her concerts, often singing and recording his songs. |
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| "Wheels" is one of my favorite Burrito Brothers' songs. It is a main rail of the mythical, mystical Fish Hawk Country soundtrack - https://fish-hawk-country.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-music-they-listened-to-in-fish-hawk.html |
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| "Do Right Woman" |
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The Flying Burrito Brothers' 1969 album, The Gilded Palace
of Sin, realized Gram's musical vision: a modernized version of
the Bakersfield sound that Buck Owens popularized mixed
with strands of soul and psychedelic rock. The band appeared on the album
cover wearing Nudie suits emblazoned with all sorts of hippie trappings. Nudie
Cohn, was a tailor who designed decorative rhinestone-covered suits, known
popularly as "Nudie Suits," and other elaborate outfits for some of
the most famous celebrities of his era. Customers included Elvis, Gene
Autrey, Cher, and Glen Campbell. Clicking the pic opens a YouTube playlist of the album.
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