Flying Again


Flying Again is the fourth studio album by the country rock group The Flying Burrito Brothers, released in 1975.
After Gram Parsons' death in 1973, posthumous interest in the Burrito Brothers' music grew. This interest caused the band's original label, A&M Records, to release the compilation album Close Up the Honky-Tonks in 1974. 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 band.
After Tickner received booking interest from a number of clubs, founding members Sneaky [Pete Kleinow|"Sneaky" Pete Kleinow] and Chris Ethridge agreed to re-form the Burritos. They hired former Byrds drummer Gene Parsons, guitarist Joel Scott Hill from Canned Heat, and fiddler 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.
Despite having two original members, the sound of this album is markedly different from the albums released by the original incarnation. Joel Scott Hill handled lead vocals on most of the tracks, with Gib Guilbeau on three and Gene Parsons on one. "Building Fires" was released as a single.

Track listing

  1. "Easy to Get On" – 3:18
  2. "Wind and Rain" – 4:28
  3. "Why Baby Why" – 2:24
  4. "Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And [Loud, Loud Music)]" – 2:16
  5. "You Left the Water Running" – 2:23
  6. "Building Fires" – 4:18
  7. "Sweet Desert Childhood" – 3:44
  8. "Bon Soir Blues" – 4:11
  9. "River Road" – 2:59
  10. "Hot Burrito #3" – 2:07

Personnel

;The Flying Burrito Brothers
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