Time for a Repress: ‘The Gilded Palace of Sin’

By Bob Proehl

For people lucky enough to stumble upon the Flying Burrito Brothers, they made country cool. The music's simplicity and emotive directness, often derided and mocked by hipsters, could now be valid, vital and mean something to a modern audience. [30 March 2009]

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Flying Burrito Brothers The Gilded Palace of Sin by Bob Proehl

By Charles A. Hohman

Proehl refuses to worship at the altar of Saint Gram, acknowledging the myriad flaws of its creator alongside the brilliance of the music. [31 March 2009]