R.I.P. 'Sneaky' Pete Kleinow

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"Flying Burrito Brothers guitarist 'Sneaky' Pete Kleinow died of complications of Alzheimer's disease on Saturday (January 6).

"Kleinnow, who was a founding member of the pioneering country rock group, was 72. He had been living at a nursing facility in Petaluma in California, reports Reuters."

http://www.nme.com/news/gram-parsons/25701

― Jim M (jmcgaw), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 14:20 (nineteen years ago)

Oooh, that hurts. Rest in peace.

― A Radio Picture (Rrrickey), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 14:23 (nineteen years ago)

By the way, NME, he wasn't just a guitarist, he was a STEEL guitarist.

― A Radio Picture (Rrrickey), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 14:24 (nineteen years ago)

Fave performance: "Hot Burrito No. 2."

― A Radio Picture (Rrrickey), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 14:25 (nineteen years ago)

aw RIP, what a bummer.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 14:28 (nineteen years ago)

i talked to art clokeys son about this dude when i met him earlier this summer - i had known already he wrote the gumby theme but i had no idea he put in like 10 years of work on actual tedious stop motion stuff with them too, he was like really dedicated & in love with that shit

― and what (ooo), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 14:34 (nineteen years ago)

RIP

Fave performance "Hot Burrito No. 1"

― Dr J Bowman (Dr J Bowman), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 14:51 (nineteen years ago)

:\ Bummer.

― be home by 11 (orion), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 15:44 (nineteen years ago)

RIP Sneaky Pete!

― Joe (Joe), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 16:49 (nineteen years ago)

R.I.P.

Fave Sneaky Pete performance : Medicine - Christmas Song & A Short Happy Life from our 1992 album "Shot Forth Self Living"
He had us all in tears with his amazing performance and was a totally sweet low key dude.
Also listen out for him all over John Lennon's 'Mind Games'.

― Brad Laner (Brad Laner), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 16:55 (nineteen years ago)

that's sad. amazing pedal steel player.

Also listen out for him all over John Lennon's 'Mind Games'.

huh! that's cool i didn't know that...

― M@tt He1geson: Sassy and I Don't Care Who Knows It (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 17:07 (nineteen years ago)

Bummer. True fuzztone poet.

― Roy Kasten (Roy Kasten), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 17:13 (nineteen years ago)

i was emailing w/my friend and he said he'd heard that sneaky pete played the awesome pedal steel lines on johnny lee's pop country hit "lookin' for love", but i couldn't find much on allmusic, does anyone know if this is true?

― M@tt He1geson: Sassy and I Don't Care Who Knows It (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 17:57 (nineteen years ago)

There's an interview with Jimi Hendrix somewhere where he gives props to Pete. Rightly so...

― Brad Laner (Brad Laner), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 18:00 (nineteen years ago)

Oh I love those tracks on Shot Forth Self Living. More steel guitar players should do noise freak outs.

― Ice Cream Electric (Ice Cream Electric), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 21:33 (nineteen years ago)

i guess he plays on a zappa record too. dude got around!

also, even more suprising, he was a visual efx dude in hollywood! he worked on gremlins, T2 and Army of Darkness! crazy..

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0459136/

― M@tt He1geson: Sassy and I Don't Care Who Knows It (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 21:37 (nineteen years ago)

That's almost ubelievable!!

RIP Pete. Love your work with the FBBs.

― Frogm@n Henry (Frogm@n Henry), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 21:44 (nineteen years ago)

haha i clicked on the extended bio on IMDB and it only added one sentence, but what a sentence it is!

Highly talented pedal steel guitarist, Kleinow has recorded with the likes of Stevie Wonder, John Lennon, Linda Ronstadt, the Steve Miller Band, and Frank Zappa.

Member of the Flying Burrito Brothers.

Did stop-motion animation for the Pillsbury Doughboy.

― M@tt He1geson: Sassy and I Don't Care Who Knows It (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 21:49 (nineteen years ago)

seeeeeee...he was so goshdarn Sneaky,u had no idea he was doughn w th dough.

― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 21:55 (nineteen years ago)

His solo on "Sin City" always brought a lump to my throat. Now it will for reasons other than beauty.

― PBfromCleveland (PBfromCleveland), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 22:44 (nineteen years ago)

RIP Sneaky Pete.
Fave performance, his solo on Zappa's "It Just Might Be a One-Shot Deal." (Waka/Jawaka)

― do i have to draw you a diaphragm (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 23:08 (nineteen years ago)

a bad, bad-axe mother-fletcher…RIP

― veronica moser (veronica moser), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 23:33 (nineteen years ago)

Hear him soar all over "Christmas Song" by Medicine here :

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=46573463

― Brad Laner (Brad Laner), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 00:48 (nineteen years ago)

I totally missed this (and as nearly everyone I'm flabbergasted re- the visuals/FX stuff). RIP.

― willem -- (willem), Sunday, 14 January 2007 10:58 (nineteen years ago)

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