The Flying Burrito Bros. - The Gilded Palace of Sin

In 1968, Gram Parsons was the piano-player for The Byrds. In 1973, he overdosed on morphine and alcohol and then his body was stolen by his friends and set on fire. Between those two points he recorded The Gilded Palace of Sin as the lead-singer of the Flying Burrito Brothers. The album barely made a dent commercially, but it’s cosmic gumbo of genres inspired hundreds of bands from the Eagles and Wilco, to Elvis Costello and Dinosaur Jr. It’s also the 462nd Greatest Album of All Time, according to Rolling Stone magazine. This week, Christopher Macarthur-Boyd and Liam Withnail listened to it, and now they’re going to talk about Nudie suits, mexican food, twelve-string Richenbachers, Lucinda Williams, the citrus industry,  the Bop Shop test, Secret Posho, and much much more on episode 39 of Enjoy An Album. Enjoy!