Many moons ago, just out of high school, i went to see van morrison at the whisky in hollywood. A new group, the flying burrito brothers also was on the bill. Van played first as i remenber walking past the burritoes upstair. It was the first time i saw long hairs play country music. Gram was the picture of cool ain his white cowboy boots. That night i remenber gram rocking the organ (i believe it was hot burrito #2). I think dylan's nashville skyline was newly in the hip record store across the street. Never did see gram behind the organ although i would see the burrit a show and y#
To finish my previous aborted post, sorry please read the previous post first. Never did see gram play the organ again. As it was chris and gram with matching telecasters for a while and then chris on bass when bernie joined the group. At that time in l.a. one could see the byrds with c. white, poco, linda R. and her band, michael nesmith, jonh stuart, dillard and clark, rick nelson. It was the birth of country rock. Though the burritos were my favorite. I did talk to gram once, in the bathroom of the troubador club, he asked me where i was from and they were trying to
get a gig there. I have talked to chris hillman a few times over the years in ventura. Once it was outside barnes and noble, i had just bought the reissue reprise session and put it on my car cd player and i look up and see chris in the parking lot. So i drive over talk to chris while gram is singing from the speakers, Chris told me he had kind of given up on gram. I asked him if he saw emyloo harris and mark knofler the week before in santa barbara, he said he didn"t but was invited to sing with them and he pulls out the backstage pass out of his pocket,
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