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Sneaky Pete Kleinow, a steel guitar prodigy and one of the original members of the Flying Burrito Brothers, has died at age 72.

The Columbian.com article continues with “…his [Sneaky Pete’s] prowess with the pedal steel guitar influenced a generation of rock-and-rollers, including the Eagles, the Steve Miller Band and Poco.”

“Besides co-founding the Burrito Brothers with the Byrds’ Chris Hillman and Gram Parsons in 1968, he enjoyed a steady gig as a session musician, recording with such singer-songwriters as John Lennon, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt and Joni Mitchell and bands as varied as the Bee Gees and Sly and the Family Stone.”

Seems he kept some pretty nice company. And we’d have to agree with the use of the word ‘varied’ leveraged in there betwixt the Bee Gees and Sly’s group. Varied indeed.

And yet there was another side that we never realized he had…did you? Again, from the Columbian: “…Kleinow also won acclaim as an animator, special effects artist and director of commercials in television and film. His credits ranged from the original ‘Gumby’ series - he wrote and performed the theme music as well as designed cartoons - and the relaunched ‘The Twilight Zone’ to the movies ‘Under Siege,’ ‘Fearless‘ and ‘The Empire Strikes Back.’ He won an Emmy award in 1983 for his work on the miniseries, ‘The Winds of War.’”

~~The ODDones for OurDailyDead.com

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