a GRAND musician. he backed up a TON of people and his flying burrito brothers twern't that bad neither!
Steel guitar player Kleinow dies
US country-rock star "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow, a steel guitar player and one of the original members of the Flying Burrito Brothers, has died aged 72.
He co-founded the band in 1968 with the Byrds' Chris Hillman plus Gram Parsons.
He recorded with John Lennon and Joni Mitchell, and was said to have influenced groups such as the Eagles.
Kleinow also worked as an animator, special effects designer and director of commercials, and won an Emmy award for TV series The Winds of War in 1983.
Other credits included The Empire Strikes Back, Under Siege, Fearless and the relaunched version of The Twilight Zone...........
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