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Pedal-Steel US Country né le 20
Août 1934 à
South Bend (Indiana). Véritable héros du mouvement Country Rock, Sneaky Pete
Kleinow fut surnommé le "Jimmy Hendrix de la Steel Guitar". Il a fait parti des "Flying
Burrito Brothers". Il a aussi travaillé sur les effets spéciaux de nombreux
films de science fiction et de fantastique. Sneaky est décédé le 6 Janvier 2007
à Petaluma (Californie),
suite à des
complications de la maladie d'Alzaheimer dont il était malade depuis plusieurs
mois.
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, IN. 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
lineup on a tour of Europe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneaky_Pete_Kleinow
Talents : Pedal Steel
Style musical : Traditional Country, Country Rock
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Albums
| 1974 | LP 12" ARIOLA 87736 ET (NL) |
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COLD STEEL - Wings That Make Birds Fly / Highway Dog / Mississippi Memory / Song Of The Mocking Bird / Feels Right / Sweet Suzanna / Painted Lady / Oh My Goodbye / Fox Hunters |
| 1979 | LP 12" CHILOH 4086 (US) |
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SNEAKY PETE - Cannonball Rag / Love Of The Common People / Leaning On Your Love / Sleepy Lagoon / California And You / Beat The Heat / Oklahoma Stomp / Trains In The Station / Bad Seed / Hanalei |
| 1986 | LP 12" RHINO RNLP 70070 (US) |
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SNEAKY PETE - Cannonball Rag / Love Of The Common People / Leaning On Your Love / Sleepy Lagoon / California And You / Beat The Heat / Oklahoma Stomp / Trains In The Station / Bad Seed / Hanalei |
| 1994 | CD SHILOH SCD4096 (US) |
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THE LEGEND & THE LEGACY - Spanish Harlem / Flying Medley: My Back Pages - Peaceful Easy Feeling - Wheels / Louisiana / Silverbird / Turn, Turn, Turn / Hickory Wind / Love Is Blue / Unchained Melody / Maria Elena / Beat The Heat / Sleepy Lagoon / Love Of The Common People / Cannoball Rag / Oklahoma Rag |
| 12/2001 | CD SHILOH / BEAUTOWN 2252 (US) |
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MEET SNEAKY PETE - No More Love To Give / Sister / Fly The Bright Sea / Sneak Attack / It Makes No Difference / Ain't No Easy Way / Woman / From Me To You / Sleepwalk / Star / Dancin' Wheels |
| 02/2007 | CD SUNDAZED 11179 (US) |
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ANTHOLOGY - Beat The Heat / Hickory Wind / Sister / Oklahoma Stomp / From Me To You / Sleepy Lagoon / Silverbird / It Makes No Difference / Ain't No Easy Way / Louisiana / Love Of The Common People / Cannonball Rag / Fly The Bright Sea / Woman / Sneak Attack / Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) / Sleepwalk / Faded Love |
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