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(1972, lp, usa, bizarre)
(1973, lp, usa, reprise) - feat. max bennett, lowell george, jim gordon, sneaky pete kleinow
howdy
moon: howdy moon
(1974, lp, spain, ariola) - feat.lowell george
'sneaky pete' kleinow
Sneaky Pete Kleinow died in January 2007.
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born: aug 20, 1934 in south bend, in
one of the unsung heroes of the country-rock movement, steel guitarist
and songwriter sneaky pete kleinow was born august 20, 1934 in south bend,
indiana. influenced by the music of jerry byrd, he took up the steel guitar at
the age of 17, and after graduating high school, spent over a decade as a road
maintenance worker for the michigan state highway department. in 1963, kleinow
relocated to los angeles, where he became a regular performer on the city's club
circuit; he also found work composing jingles, and even wrote the theme music
for the children's series gumby. in addition, he began working in hollywood
developing special effects for films.
in 1965, kleinow played on his first record, backing the ventures on their
"blue star." while performing in an area club, he met gram parsons and
chris hillman, who approached kleinow about joining the band they were
organizing apart from their current venture, the folk-rock pioneers the byrds.
kleinow agreed, and after a brief tenure as a byrds sideman he joined parsons
and hillman in the flying burrito brothers; the band's 1969 debut, the gilded
palace of sin, established the very blueprint for the country-rock genre.
kleinow remained with the burritos through april 1971, appearing on the 1970 lp
burrito deluxe and its eponymously-titled follow-up. at the same time, he became
a sought-after session musician who played on records by joe cocker, delaney
& bonnie and little feat. after departing the burritos, he focused all of
his energies on session work, appearing with john lennon, frank zappa, stevie
wonder, jackson browne, linda ronstadt and the steve miller band. in 1974,
kleinow briefly joined the band cold steel; the following year, he signed on
with a reformed flying burrito brothers for the album flying again.
after two more burritos lps -- 1976's airborne and 1978's live in tokyo --
kleinow cut his first solo record, sneaky pete, in 1978. following one final
burritos album, 1981's hearts on the line, he gradually withdrew from the music
industry to focus on creating special effects; the films he worked on included
the empire strikes back, the right stuff, gremlins, and both terminator
features. nevertheless, he occasionally returned to music, performing with
diverse artists like leonard cohen, medicine, and the golden palominos. in 1994,
he released the solo effort the legend and the legacy, and led a new burritos
line-up on a tour of europe. -- jason ankeny
discography:
(all credits for pedal steel guitar unless otherwise noted)
1974 sneaky pete kleinow- cold steel
1979 sneaky pete kleinow- sneaky pete
1994 sneaky pete kleinow- legend & the legacy
1968 dillard & clark- fantastic expedition of dillard & c
1969 blessing, lynn- sunset painter
1969 gross, henry- henry gross [abc]
1969 cocker, joe- joe cocker!
1969 flying burrito brothers- gilded palace of sin guitar
1969 dillard & clark- through the morning, through the ni
196 mother hen- mother hen
1970 bramlett, delaney- to bonnie from delaney
1970 hedge & donna- special circumstances
1970 potter-st. cloud- potter st. cloud
1970 flying burrito brothers- burrito deluxe
1971 flying burrito brothers- flying burrito brothers
1971 byrds- byrdmaniax
1971 cherokee- cherokee
1971 ellington, marc- rains / reins of change
1971 jones, booker t.- booker t & priscilla
1971 kooper, al- new york city (you're a woman)
1971 mcguire, barry- barry mcguire & the doctor
1971 seemon & marijke- son of america
1971 hill, barbara & chris e- l.a. getaway
1971 reddy, helen- helen reddy
1971 farina, richard and mim- mimi farina & ton jans
1971 joel, billy- cold spring harbor
1971 little feat- little feat
1971 mitchell, joni- blue
1971 ronstadt, linda- linda ronstadt
1972 davis, spencer group- mousetrap
1972 keith, barbara- barbara keith [reprise]
1972 kelly, casey- casey kelly
1972 denny, sandy- sandy
1972 getz, jane- no ordinary child arranger
1972 keith, barbara- barbara keith [warner bros.]
1972 browne, jackson- jackson browne
1972 clark, gene- roadmaster
1972 coolidge, rita- lady's not for sale
1972 little feat- sailin' shoes
1972 frank zappa- waka/jawaka
1973 crazy horse- at crooked lake
1973 phillips, shawn- faces
1973 browne, severin- severin browne
1973 crowbar- crowbar
1973 dalton, kathy- amazing
1973 kaz, eric- cul de sac
1973 spheeris, jimmie- original tap dancing kid
1973 bee gees- life in a tin can
1973 browne, jackson- for everyman
1973 lennon, john- mind games
1973 little feat- dixie chicken
1973 miller, steve- joker
1973 ronstadt, linda- don't cry now
1973 ono, yoko- feeling the space
1974 brewer & shipley- brewer & shipley
1974 flying burrito brothers- close up the honky-tonks
1974 riperton, minnie- perfect angel
1974 cold steel- cold steel
1974 dinner, michael- great pretender
1974 flying burrito brothers- honky tonk heaven
1974 hagers- hagers [elektra]
1974 melcher, terry- terry melcher
1974 phillips, shawn- bright white
1974 talbot, john michael- talbot brothers
1974 dillard, doug- douglas flint dillard
1974 howdy moon- howdy moon
1974 fleetwood mac- heroes are hard to find
1974 ronstadt, linda- heart like a wheel
1974 wonder, stevie- fulfillingness' first finale
1974 nilsson, harry- pussy cats
1975 flying burrito brothers- flying again
1975 okeefe, danny- so long harry truman
1975 hodge, bob "catfish"- sop opera's
1975 benton, barbi- something new
1975 dillard & clark- gene clark & doug dillard
1975 dollarhide, roger- righteous rock of roger dollarhide
1975 simon, carly- playing possum
1976 parsons, gram- sleepless nights
1976 cadd, brian- white on white
1976 flying burrito brothers- airborne
1976 flying burrito brothers- sleepless nights
1976 sedaka, neil- steppin' out
1976 ronstadt, linda- greatest hits, vol. 1
1976 starr, ringo- ringo's rotogravure
1976 wonder, stevie- songs in the key of life
1977 phillips, shawn- spaced
1977 silverado- taking it all in stride
1977 soul, david- playing to an audience of one
1977 groce, larry- please take me back
1977 morse, peter john- on the shoreline
1977 newton-john, olivia- making a good thing better
1977 sierra- sierra
1977 cocker, joe- joe cocker's greatest hits
1977 cohen, leonard- death of a ladies' man
1978 flying burrito brothers- live from tokyo
1978 gale force- gale force
1978 millington- ladies on the stage
1979 parrish, paul- song for a young girl [picture disc)
1979 little feat- down on the farm
197 gibson, bob- bob gibson
1980 jones, tom- rescue me
1980 lee, johnny- lookin' for love
1980 ltd- shine on
1981 battin, skip- navigator
1981 flying burrito brothers- hearts on the line
1981 kalapana- alive
1982 stanley, james lee- eclipse
1984 battin, skip- don't go crazy
1985 rave ups- town & country guitar
1985 flying burrito brothers- cabin fever (artwork)
1986 golden palominos- blast of silence
1986 flying burrito brothers- live from europe (pedal steel, cover concept)
1986 denny, sandy- who knows where the time goes
1987 flying burrito brothers- dim lights, thick smoke & loud, lou
1988 best of shiloh- best of shiloh
1988 flying burrito brothers- farther along: best of
1988 cohen, leonard- i'm your man
1989 grapes of wrath- now & again
1989 denny, sandy- best of sandy denny [best of box]
1990 fox, george- with all my might
1990 classic country music, vol. 4
1990 byrds- byrds [box set]
1990 chapman, beth nielson- beth nielsen chapman
1990 flying burrito brothers- hollywood nights 1979-82
1991 binder, milo- milo binder
1991 byrds- 20 essential tracks from the boxed
1991 flying burrito brothers- close encounters to the west coast
1991 flying burrito brothers- from another time
1992 golden palominos- history (1986-1989)
1992 medicine- shot forth self living
1992 ono, yoko- walking on thin ice compilation
1992 ono, yoko- ono box
1993 womack, bobby- midnight mover
1993 lemonheads- come on feel the lemonheads
1994 flying burrito brothers- eye of a hurricane
1995 gaines, rosie- closer than close
1995 phil's harmonic orchest- sweet coralia
1995 olney, david- high, wide and lonesome
1995 flying burrito brothers- tribute to gram parsons
1996 mitchell, joni- hits
1996 ringer, jim- best of jim ringer: band of jesse j
199? flying burrito brothers- sin city
1999 frank zappa- son of cheep thrills
gibson, jon [gospel]- standing on the one
hurley, arthur & gottli- sunlight shinin'
brooks, denny- denny brooks
griffith, glenda- glenda griffith
lieberman, lori- piece of time
moore,
daniel- daniel moore
nolan, kenny- song between us
parker, wayne- oklahoma twilight
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