1 | * BrokenBase: Some fans feel that the band effectively ceased to exist after Gram Parsons' departure; others think that the addition of Rick Roberts revitalized them, and that their self-titled third album is actually a substantial improvement over ''[[SophomoreSlump Burrito Deluxe.]]'' |
2 | * CommonKnowledge: "Christine's Tune" is often stated to be about the Laurel Canyon hanger-on Christine Frka. However, Chris Hillman has gone on record as saying that the "Christine" of the song's title is actually Christine Hinton (see HarsherInHindsight below). |
3 | * EnsembleDarkHorse: |
4 | ** "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow, who was arguably the architect of the group's distinctive sound on ''The Gilded Palace of Sin'' since his pedal steel, played through a variety of effects pedals, was their main lead instrument. |
5 | ** Chris Ethridge, for the R&B influences he brought to the band as well as originating two of their best songs (the two "Hot Burritos"). |
6 | * FirstInstallmentWins: While their later albums certainly have their fans, ''The Gilded Palace Of Sin'' is almost universally considered to be their best work. |
7 | * HarsherInHindsight: "Christine's Tune" is about Christine Hinton, a Byrds groupie whom both Parsons and Hillman had apparently had negative experiences with, and who would become David Crosby's girlfriend. Seven months after the song's release, Hinton was killed in a car accident, an incident which devastated Crosby and sent him on a downward spiral of drug abuse. Hillman, who had remained friends with Crosby even after having helped fire him from Music/TheByrds, felt bad about the whole thing, and on the Burritos' live album ''Last of the Red-Hot Burritos'', the song was credited with the less accusatory title "Devil In Disguise." More recent releases tend to list both titles. |
8 | * IAmTheBand: Averted. Gram Parsons is often seen as being this, in large part because DeadArtistsAreBetter, but in reality most of his work with the Burritos was co-written with Chris Hillman (or Chris Ethridge), not to mention that Parsons and Hillman were a VocalTagTeam. |
9 | ** In fact, the perception that the Flying Burrito Brothers were Parsons plus a few sidemen became, not unjustifiably, something of a BerserkButton for Hillman over the years. |
10 | * MisattributedSong: "Wild Horses" is often assumed to be a Gram Parsons original that was subsequently CoveredUp by Music/TheRollingStones, partly because the Burritos' version came out first. In reality, the song was written by Keith Richards and Mick Jagger, and it was about Richards' young son. |
11 | * {{Narm}}: "Hippie Boy," or nearly five minutes of Chris Hillman preaching a sermon over a gospel-influenced backing. While the track was meant to be an AffectionateParody of overly serious [[SpokenWordInMusic spoken-word]] country songs, the joke hasn't aged particularly well and nowadays the whole thing just comes across as kind of corny. |
12 | * RefrainFromAssuming: No, they never did a song called "Devil in Disguise", that would be "Christine's Tune". |
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