Flying Again

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Flying Again is an album by the country rock group The Flying Burrito Brothers, released in 1975.

After Gram Parsons' untimely death in 1973, posthumous interest in his music grew, which caused the band's original label, A&M Records, to release the compilation album Close Up the Honky Tonks. Since Rick Roberts had dissolved the Flying Burrito Brothers after a brief 1973 European tour with no original members, former manager Eddie Tickner started to think about the possibilities of reviving the Flying Burrito Brothers. After receiving booking interest from a number of clubs, he wound up getting some interest from founding members "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow and Chris Ethridge who agreed to re-form the Burritos. They hired former Byrds drummer Gene Parsons, Joel Scott Hill from Canned Heat, and Gib Guilbeau to round out the "refried" Burritos. Tickner then got the new band a deal with Columbia Records, of which Flying Again was their label debut.

Track listing

1. "Easy to Get On" (Traditional)
2. "Wind and Rain" (Gene Parsons/Gib Guilbeau)
3. "Why Baby Why" (Darrell Edwards/George Jones)
4. "Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)" (Max Fidler/Joe Maphis)
5. "You Left the Water Running" (Oscar Frank/Rick Hall/Dan Penn)
6. "Building Fires" (Johnny Christopher/Dan Penn)
7. "Desert Childhood" (Gene Parsons)
8. "Bon Soir Blues" (Gib Guilbeau)
9. "River Road" (Gib Guilbeau)
10. "Hot Burrito #3" (Chris Ethridge/Gram Parsons)

Personnel

• "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow: pedal steel guitar
• Chris Ethridge: bass
• Joel Scott Hill: vocals, guitar
• Gib Guilbeau: vocals, fiddle
• Gene Parsons: vocals, drums, guitar, harmonica