Kindling and Beyond 1973-1986
5CD set, an essential release for Byrds and country rock fans. Featuring two solo albums from The Byrds/Flying Burrito Brothers member. Plus solo live recordings spanning his career and a live album from the Gene Parsons Band. Along with unreleased studio demos.
Recorded between multi-instrumentalist Gene Parsonsâ membership of The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, his 1973 debut solo album Kindling is a country rock and bluegrass classic that also features his friend and fellow ex-Byrd Clarence White on several tracks. Parsons demonstrates his versatility by contributing guitar, banjo, pedal steel, harmonica, bass and drums.
Acclaimed author of Are You Ready For The Country, Peter Doggett has written the notes for this box and describes âKindlingâ as âa joyous collection of bluegrass and country-tinged songwriting on which its star demonstrated a dazzling multi-instrumental virtuosity.â
This 5CD set is an essential release for Byrds and country rock fans and also includes Parsonsâ second solo album Melodies from 1979, an entirely solo live recording âI Hope They Let Us Inâ that spanned his entire career including versions of Byrdsâ favourites âGunga Dinâ and âBuglerâ, plus a batch of mainly unissued 1980s studio recordings that were planned for his third solo album, and fantastic live recordings by the Gene Parsons Band.
Gene Parsons played in the band Nashville West with Clarence White before they both joined The Byrds and the pair invented the StringBender in 1967 that changes the pitch of the B string on a guitar to create a pedal steel sound. They played together on The Byrdsâ albums Dr. Byrds And Mr. Hyde (1969), The Ballad Of Easy Rider (1969), (Untitled) (1970), Byrdmaniax (1971) and Farther Along (1971).
Parsonsâ solo album Kindling (1973) also features White. When White died in July 1973 after being hit by a drunk driver, Parsons was devastated and a tour to promote âKindlingâ was cancelled and the album initially fell under the radar. Parsons joined The Flying Burrito Brothers and played on their Flying Again (1975) and Airborne (1976) albums before reverting to a solo career with Melodies.
CD 1 of this box includes Parsonsâ two solo studio albums Kindling and Melodies, CD 2 includes the entirely solo live recording I Hope They Let Us In, CDs 3, 4 and 5 feature live recordings with the Gene Parsons Band and CD 5 is completed with 1980s studio demos for a third solo album.
Kindling and Beyond 1973-1986
5CD set, an essential release for Byrds and country rock fans. Featuring two solo albums from The Byrds/Flying Burrito Brothers member. Plus solo live recordings spanning his career and a live album from the Gene Parsons Band. Along with unreleased studio demos.
Recorded between multi-instrumentalist Gene Parsonsâ membership of The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, his 1973 debut solo album Kindling is a country rock and bluegrass classic that also features his friend and fellow ex-Byrd Clarence White on several tracks. Parsons demonstrates his versatility by contributing guitar, banjo, pedal steel, harmonica, bass and drums.
Acclaimed author of Are You Ready For The Country, Peter Doggett has written the notes for this box and describes âKindlingâ as âa joyous collection of bluegrass and country-tinged songwriting on which its star demonstrated a dazzling multi-instrumental virtuosity.â
This 5CD set is an essential release for Byrds and country rock fans and also includes Parsonsâ second solo album Melodies from 1979, an entirely solo live recording âI Hope They Let Us Inâ that spanned his entire career including versions of Byrdsâ favourites âGunga Dinâ and âBuglerâ, plus a batch of mainly unissued 1980s studio recordings that were planned for his third solo album, and fantastic live recordings by the Gene Parsons Band.
Gene Parsons played in the band Nashville West with Clarence White before they both joined The Byrds and the pair invented the StringBender in 1967 that changes the pitch of the B string on a guitar to create a pedal steel sound. They played together on The Byrdsâ albums Dr. Byrds And Mr. Hyde (1969), The Ballad Of Easy Rider (1969), (Untitled) (1970), Byrdmaniax (1971) and Farther Along (1971).
Parsonsâ solo album Kindling (1973) also features White. When White died in July 1973 after being hit by a drunk driver, Parsons was devastated and a tour to promote âKindlingâ was cancelled and the album initially fell under the radar. Parsons joined The Flying Burrito Brothers and played on their Flying Again (1975) and Airborne (1976) albums before reverting to a solo career with Melodies.
CD 1 of this box includes Parsonsâ two solo studio albums Kindling and Melodies, CD 2 includes the entirely solo live recording I Hope They Let Us In, CDs 3, 4 and 5 feature live recordings with the Gene Parsons Band and CD 5 is completed with 1980s studio demos for a third solo album.
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5CD set, an essential release for Byrds and country rock fans. Featuring two solo albums from The Byrds/Flying Burrito Brothers member. Plus solo live recordings spanning his career and a live album from the Gene Parsons Band. Along with unreleased studio demos.
Recorded between multi-instrumentalist Gene Parsonsâ membership of The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, his 1973 debut solo album Kindling is a country rock and bluegrass classic that also features his friend and fellow ex-Byrd Clarence White on several tracks. Parsons demonstrates his versatility by contributing guitar, banjo, pedal steel, harmonica, bass and drums.
Acclaimed author of Are You Ready For The Country, Peter Doggett has written the notes for this box and describes âKindlingâ as âa joyous collection of bluegrass and country-tinged songwriting on which its star demonstrated a dazzling multi-instrumental virtuosity.â
This 5CD set is an essential release for Byrds and country rock fans and also includes Parsonsâ second solo album Melodies from 1979, an entirely solo live recording âI Hope They Let Us Inâ that spanned his entire career including versions of Byrdsâ favourites âGunga Dinâ and âBuglerâ, plus a batch of mainly unissued 1980s studio recordings that were planned for his third solo album, and fantastic live recordings by the Gene Parsons Band.
Gene Parsons played in the band Nashville West with Clarence White before they both joined The Byrds and the pair invented the StringBender in 1967 that changes the pitch of the B string on a guitar to create a pedal steel sound. They played together on The Byrdsâ albums Dr. Byrds And Mr. Hyde (1969), The Ballad Of Easy Rider (1969), (Untitled) (1970), Byrdmaniax (1971) and Farther Along (1971).
Parsonsâ solo album Kindling (1973) also features White. When White died in July 1973 after being hit by a drunk driver, Parsons was devastated and a tour to promote âKindlingâ was cancelled and the album initially fell under the radar. Parsons joined The Flying Burrito Brothers and played on their Flying Again (1975) and Airborne (1976) albums before reverting to a solo career with Melodies.
CD 1 of this box includes Parsonsâ two solo studio albums Kindling and Melodies, CD 2 includes the entirely solo live recording I Hope They Let Us In, CDs 3, 4 and 5 feature live recordings with the Gene Parsons Band and CD 5 is completed with 1980s studio demos for a third solo album.
