Gene Parsons - Kindling & Beyond 1973-1986 (Box) (Uk) (CD) (New (N))

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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 Parsons' 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 'Kindling' as "a joyous collection of bluegrass and country-tinged songwriting on which it's star demonstrated a dazzling multi-instrumental virtuosity. " This 5CD set is an essential release for Byrds and country rock fans and also includes Parsons' second solo album 'Melodies' from 1979, an entirely solo live recording 'I Hope They Let Us In' that spanned his entire career including versions of Byrds' favourites 'Gunga Din' and 'Bugler', 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 Byrds' albums 'Dr. Byrds And Mr. Hyde' (1969), 'The Ballad Of Easy Rider' (1969), '(Untitled)' (1970), 'Byrdmaniax' (1971) and 'Farther Along' (1971).

Tracklist:

  1. Monument
  2. Long Way Back
  3. Do Not Disturb
  4. Willin'
  5. On the Spot
  6. Take a City Bride
  7. Sonic Bummer
  8. I Must Be a Tree
  9. Drunkard's Dream
  10. Banjo Dog
  11. Back Again
  12. My Kingdom for a Car
  13. Melodies from a Bird in Flight (For Clarence)
  14. Mama Papa
  15. Won't Last Long
  16. Way Out There
  17. Hot Burrito #1
  18. No Fire Here Tonight
  19. Pastime
  20. Little Jewels (For Lilybet)
  21. Why You Been Gone So Long
  22. Swing Down
  23. Sweet Susannah
  24. Rhumba Man
  25. Gunga Din
  26. Abilene
  27. Bugler
  28. Do Not Disturb
  29. Dark Moon
  30. Willin'
  31. Take a City Bride
  32. Sweet Desert Childhood
  33. Studebaker Story
  34. Banjo Dog
  35. Way Out There
  36. I Must Be a Tree
  37. Blue
  38. You Ain't Going Nowhere
  39. California Blues
  40. Won't Last Long
  41. Mercury Blues
  42. Hickory Wind
  43. Buckaroo
  44. Nashville West / City Bride
  45. How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live
  46. She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride
  47. Why You Been Gone So Long (Rock 'N' Roll Style)
  48. Banjo Dog
  49. Diggi Liggi LI
  50. Nuclear Dayz
  51. You Don't Miss Your Water
  52. In My Hour of Darkness
  53. There Must Be Someone
  54. Why You Been Gone So Long 2 (Bluegrass Style)
  55. Real Life Problems
  56. Swing Down Chariot
  57. Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms
  58. Have You Seen My Baby
  59. Willin'
  60. Our Faded Love
  61. Baby What You Want Me to Do
  62. In My Hour of Darkness
  63. Many Rivers to Cross*
  64. You Don't Miss Your Water
  65. Swing Down
  66. Wind and Rain
  67. California Blues
  68. Lily's Hot Bread
  69. Dark Moon
  70. Turquoise
  71. Willin' (Recorded Circa 1986)

UPC: 5013929435537
Label: Strawberry
Release Date: 2.27.26
Format: CD

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    Description

    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 Parsons' 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 'Kindling' as "a joyous collection of bluegrass and country-tinged songwriting on which it's star demonstrated a dazzling multi-instrumental virtuosity. " This 5CD set is an essential release for Byrds and country rock fans and also includes Parsons' second solo album 'Melodies' from 1979, an entirely solo live recording 'I Hope They Let Us In' that spanned his entire career including versions of Byrds' favourites 'Gunga Din' and 'Bugler', 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 Byrds' albums 'Dr. Byrds And Mr. Hyde' (1969), 'The Ballad Of Easy Rider' (1969), '(Untitled)' (1970), 'Byrdmaniax' (1971) and 'Farther Along' (1971).

    Tracklist:

    1. Monument
    2. Long Way Back
    3. Do Not Disturb
    4. Willin'
    5. On the Spot
    6. Take a City Bride
    7. Sonic Bummer
    8. I Must Be a Tree
    9. Drunkard's Dream
    10. Banjo Dog
    11. Back Again
    12. My Kingdom for a Car
    13. Melodies from a Bird in Flight (For Clarence)
    14. Mama Papa
    15. Won't Last Long
    16. Way Out There
    17. Hot Burrito #1
    18. No Fire Here Tonight
    19. Pastime
    20. Little Jewels (For Lilybet)
    21. Why You Been Gone So Long
    22. Swing Down
    23. Sweet Susannah
    24. Rhumba Man
    25. Gunga Din
    26. Abilene
    27. Bugler
    28. Do Not Disturb
    29. Dark Moon
    30. Willin'
    31. Take a City Bride
    32. Sweet Desert Childhood
    33. Studebaker Story
    34. Banjo Dog
    35. Way Out There
    36. I Must Be a Tree
    37. Blue
    38. You Ain't Going Nowhere
    39. California Blues
    40. Won't Last Long
    41. Mercury Blues
    42. Hickory Wind
    43. Buckaroo
    44. Nashville West / City Bride
    45. How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live
    46. She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride
    47. Why You Been Gone So Long (Rock 'N' Roll Style)
    48. Banjo Dog
    49. Diggi Liggi LI
    50. Nuclear Dayz
    51. You Don't Miss Your Water
    52. In My Hour of Darkness
    53. There Must Be Someone
    54. Why You Been Gone So Long 2 (Bluegrass Style)
    55. Real Life Problems
    56. Swing Down Chariot
    57. Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms
    58. Have You Seen My Baby
    59. Willin'
    60. Our Faded Love
    61. Baby What You Want Me to Do
    62. In My Hour of Darkness
    63. Many Rivers to Cross*
    64. You Don't Miss Your Water
    65. Swing Down
    66. Wind and Rain
    67. California Blues
    68. Lily's Hot Bread
    69. Dark Moon
    70. Turquoise
    71. Willin' (Recorded Circa 1986)

    UPC: 5013929435537
    Label: Strawberry
    Release Date: 2.27.26
    Format: CD

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