The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #30584   Message #1747654
Posted By: Lonesome EJ
26-May-06 - 12:20 AM
Thread Name: Gram Parsons Fans Only!
Subject: RE: Gram Parsons Fans Only!
Blake Madison, my old pal and a helluva private investigator, turned me on to this. Blurry, washed out, but, yep, it's the Burritos themselves on the John Byner Show from about 1970. There's a notable dearth of film of the FBB and Parsons. They appeared briefly in Freak Out!, a 1968 film starring Jack Nicholson, and one in which their music was judged by the producer to be not psychedelic enough and overdubbed, and Altamont which gives you the Burritos from behind during about 30 seconds of Six Days on the Roda. So this thin piece of video memoribilia starring a strangely fey GP, and the uncomfortable-looking Hillman, Leadon, Kleinow, and Clarke, is rather a significant addition to the canon.

Good job, Blake. I owe you five bucks and a fifth of Four Roses for this one.