SUNDAY SERVICE: Sin City: A Tribute to The Flying Burrito Brothers & Country Rock
About This Event
SUNDAY SERVICE: Sin City is a performance project rooted in classic country rock that draws on material associated with The Flying Burrito Brothers, the Los Angeles band formed in 1968 whose early records helped define the genre. At the Knitting Factory the set is presented as a focused survey rather than a nostalgia act; the room’s close mix favors tight ensemble playing and an emphasis on songcraft and harmonic detail.
About Sin City: A Tribute to The Flying Burrito Brothers & Country Rock
At the Knitting Factory, Sunday Service presents *Sin City: A Tribute to The Flying Burrito Brothers & Country Rock*, a live set built around the band that helped formalize country rock at the end of the 1960s. The show traces a line from California honky-tonk and rock backbeats to the wider American songbook, treating the material as history as much as repertoire. In New York, where roots music has long circulated through club stages rather than regional radio, the tribute reads like a reminder of how genre boundaries get rewritten in real time. The most interesting moments tend to come when the band preserves the looseness of the originals instead of polishing them.
About the Artists
SUNDAY SERVICE: Sin City: A Tribute to The Flying Burrito Brothers & Country Rock
SUNDAY SERVICE: Sin City: A Tribute to The Flying Burrito Brothers & Country Rock is a performance project rooted in classic country rock and its Los Angeles-to-Nashville crosscurrents. The program draws on material associated with The Flying Burrito Brothers, a band the artist has performed with, and frames it as a focused survey rather than a nostalgia act.
The Flying Burrito Brothers
The Flying Burrito Brothers emerged in Los Angeles in 1968 and helped define country rock at the moment it was taking shape, with Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman at the center of the early lineup. Their first recordings set a template for blending honky-tonk structures with rock rhythm and harmony.