Chris Ethridge is an American

United States

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 country rock

Country rock

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 bass guitar

Bass guitar

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ist. He was a member of the International Submarine Band

International submarine band

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 (ISB) and The Flying Burrito Brothers

The Flying Burrito Brothers

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, and co-wrote several songs with Gram Parsons

Gram Parsons

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Career

Ethridge began playing in local bands in the South

Southern United States

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 before moving to California

California

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 aged 17, having been spotted in Biloxi. He played with Joel Scott Hill before joining Gram Parsons in ISB. He played with Parsons after the end of ISB, and again after Parsons left The Byrds

The Byrds

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, before cofounding the Burrito Brothers with him. He played bass and piano

Piano

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 on The Gilded Palace of Sin

The Gilded Palace of Sin

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, but left before Burrito Deluxe

Burrito Deluxe

Burrito Deluxe is the second album by the country rock group The Flying Burrito Brothers, released in 1970. In between The Gilded Palace of Sin and Burrito Deluxe, the band underwent some personnel changes. Bassist Chris Ethridge left the band out of frustration at the band's lack of success...

. When Parsons left the Burritos, Ethridge played with him again, touring with Byron Berline

Byron Berline

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, Emmylou Harris

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, Clarence White

Clarence White

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, Gene Parsons

Gene Parsons

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, Sneaky Pete Kleinow

Sneaky Pete Kleinow

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, and Roland White

Roland White

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. After Parsons' death, Ethridge played in 1974 with the Docker Hill Boys, an informal group which included Gene Parsons and Joel Scott Hill. These three refounded the Burritos in 1975 with Sneaky Pete and Gib Guilbeau

Gib Guilbeau

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, recording Flying Again

Flying Again

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Ethridge left the Burritos again in February 1976, returning to session work

Session musician

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. He has been a session musician throughout his career, recording with many leading country-tinged acts, including Judy Collins

Judy Collins

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, Johnny Winter

Johnny Winter

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, Ry Cooder

Ry Cooder

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, Leon Russell

Leon Russell

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, Randy Newman

Randy Newman

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, Linda Ronstadt

Linda Ronstadt

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, The Byrds

The Byrds

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 and Jackson Browne

Jackson Browne

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. He also toured with Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson

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's band for almost eight years, and later played with the Kudzu Kings

Kudzu kings

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Discography

On the following albums, Ethridge played bass unless stated otherwise:

Year	Album	Act	Notes
1968	Safe at Home Safe at Home Safe at Home was the 1968 album by The International Submarine Band, led by the 21-year-old Gram Parsons. Featuring four of Parsons' originals surrounded by six covers of classic country and rock and roll music, it helped to forge the country rock movement of the late 1960s and early...	International Submarine Band International submarine band The International Submarine Band was formed by country rock pioneer Gram Parsons while a theology student at Harvard University and John Nuese, a guitar player for local rock group, The Trolls. Nuese is largely credited with having persuaded Parsons to pursue the country-rock sound he would later...
1969	The Gilded Palace of Sin The Gilded Palace of Sin The Gilded Palace of Sin is an album by the country rock group The Flying Burrito Brothers, released in 1969. It continued Gram Parsons' and Chris Hillman's pioneering work in modern country music, fusing traditional sources like folk and country with other forms of popular music like gospel, soul,...	Flying Burrito Brothers	co-wrote "Hot Burrito #1 (I'm Your Toy)" and "Hot Burrito #2" with Gram Parsons
1969	Self Titled	John Braden	bass on "What a Friend We Have in Jesus", "Carriage House Song", and "Ribbons of Friendship"
1970	Greatest Hits Greatest Hits (Phil Ochs album) Greatest Hits was Phil Ochs' seventh LP and final studio album. Contrary to its title, it offered ten new tracks of material, mostly produced by Van Dyke Parks, and was released in 1970...	Phil Ochs Phil Ochs Philip David Ochs was an American protest singer and songwriter who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, earnest humanism, political activism, insightful and alliterative lyrics, and haunting voice...
1970	Washington County Washington County (album) Washington County is a 1970 album by American folk singer Arlo Guthrie.-Track listing:All tracks composed by Arlo Guthrie; except where indicated#"Introduction" - 3:22#"Fencepost Blues" - 3:11#"Gabriel's Mother's Highway Ballad #16 Blues" - 6:23...	Arlo Guthrie Arlo Guthrie Arlo Davy Guthrie is an American folk singer. Like his father, Woody Guthrie, Arlo often sings songs of protest against social injustice...
1970	Alone Together	Dave Mason Dave Mason David Thomas "Dave" Mason is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Worcester, who first found fame with the rock band Traffic...
1970	Ry Cooder Ry Cooder Ryland Peter "Ry" Cooder is an American guitarist, singer and composer. He is known for his slide guitar work, his interest in roots music from the United States, and, more recently, his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries.His solo work has been eclectic, encompassing...	Ry Cooder Ry Cooder Ryland Peter "Ry" Cooder is an American guitarist, singer and composer. He is known for his slide guitar work, his interest in roots music from the United States, and, more recently, his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries.His solo work has been eclectic, encompassing...
1970	The Candlestickmaker The Candlestickmaker The Candlestickmaker is the lone solo album by American musician Ron Elliott, released in 1970 on Warner Bros. It was recorded following the dissolution of The Beau Brummels, with whom Elliott had been the chief songwriter and guitarist...	Ron Elliott Ron Elliott (musician) Ron Elliott on October 21, 1943) is an American musician, composer and producer, best known as songwriter and lead guitarist of rock band The Beau Brummels. Elliott wrote or co-wrote the band's 1965 U.S...	bass on "Molly in the Middle", "Lazy Day", "All Time Green" and "To the City, To the Sea"
1971	L.A. Getaway	Joel Scott Hill, Chris Ethridge, John Barbata John Barbata John Barbata is an American drummer, born in Passaic, New Jersey, active especially in pop and pop/rock bands in the 1960s and 1970s, both as a band member and as a session drummer.-Biography:...
1971	Songs for Beginners Songs for Beginners Songs for Beginners is Graham Nash's first solo album, released in May 1971, and one of four high-profile albums released by each partner of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in the wake of their chart-topping Déjà Vu album of 1970...	Graham Nash Graham Nash Graham William Nash, OBE is an English singer-songwriter known for his light tenor vocals and for his songwriting contributions with the British pop group The Hollies, and with the folk-rock band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Nash is a photography collector and a published photographer...
1971	White Light White Light (Gene Clark album) White Light, aka Gene Clark, is the second solo album by Gene Clark, former member of The Byrds. It received universal critical acclaim upon its release, but only achieved commercial success in the Netherlands, where rock critics also voted it album of the year...	Gene Clark Gene Clark Gene Clark, born Harold Eugene Clark was an American singer-songwriter, and one of the founding members of the folk-rock group The Byrds....
1971	Rita Coolidge Rita Coolidge (album) -Side one:#"That Man is My Weakness" — 3:50#"Second Story Window" — 3:00#"Crazy Love" — 3:35#"The Happy Song" — 3:50#"Seven Bridges Road" — 5:55-Side two:...	Rita Coolidge Rita Coolidge Rita Coolidge is a multiple Grammy Award-winning American vocalist. During the 1970s and 1980s, she charted hits on Billboard's Pop, Country, Adult Contemporary and Jazz charts.-Career:...
1972	Full Circle Full Circle (The Doors album) Full Circle is the eighth studio album by The Doors released in 1972. It is the second album after Jim Morrison's death, and also their last album together before they broke up. The album includes "The Mosquito", the last hit single by the band. Keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger...	The Doors The Doors The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger...	bass on "Get Up and Dance"
1972	Graham Nash David Crosby Graham Nash David Crosby Graham Nash/David Crosby is the first album by the partnership of David Crosby and Graham Nash, released on Atlantic Records in 1972, catalogue SD 7220. It peaked at #4 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, and a single taken from the album, "Immigration Man," peaked at #36 on the Billboard Hot...	Graham Nash Graham Nash Graham William Nash, OBE is an English singer-songwriter known for his light tenor vocals and for his songwriting contributions with the British pop group The Hollies, and with the folk-rock band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Nash is a photography collector and a published photographer...  & David Crosby David Crosby David Van Cortlandt Crosby is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of three bands: The Byrds, Crosby, Stills & Nash , and CPR...
1973	Baron Von Tollbooth and the Chrome Nun	Paul Kantner Paul Kantner Paul Lorin Kantner is an American rock musician, known for co-founding the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane and its spin-off band Jefferson Starship.- Overview :... /Grace Slick Grace Slick Grace Slick is an American singer and songwriter, who was one of the lead singers of the rock groups The Great Society, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Starship, and was a solo artist, for nearly three decades, from the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s...  / David Freiberg David Freiberg David Freiberg is an American musician. He was vocalist and/or bass guitar player with Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship.-Career:...
1973	GP GP (album) GP is American singer-songwriter Gram Parsons' debut solo album. It was originally released in a gatefold sleeve in 1973. GP received critical acclaim upon release, but failed to reach the Billboard charts...	Gram Parsons Gram Parsons Gram Parsons was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist. Parsons is best known for his work within the country genre; he also mixed blues, folk, and rock to create what he called "Cosmic American Music"...	did not play; co-wrote "She" with Parsons
1974	Paradise and Lunch Paradise and Lunch Paradise and Lunch is the fourth album by roots rock musician Ry Cooder, released in 1974. The album contains a mix of jazz, blues and roots music led by Cooder's guitar and is considered by many the crowning achievement of Cooder's career...	Ry Cooder Ry Cooder Ryland Peter "Ry" Cooder is an American guitarist, singer and composer. He is known for his slide guitar work, his interest in roots music from the United States, and, more recently, his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries.His solo work has been eclectic, encompassing...
1976	Chicken Skin Music Chicken Skin Music Chicken Skin Music is Ry Cooder's fifth album, released in 1976 .-Track listing:#"The Bourgeois Blues" – 3:22#"I Got Mine" – 4:28#"Always Lift Him Up/Kanaka Wai Wai" – 6:01...	Ry Cooder
1977	Simple Dreams Simple Dreams Simple Dreams is one of the most successful albums of Linda Ronstadt's career, spending five consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart in late 1977. It also knocked Elvis Presley out of No...	Linda Ronstadt Linda Ronstadt Linda Ronstadt is an American popular music recording artist. She has earned eleven Grammy Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, an ALMA Award, numerous United States and internationally certified gold, platinum and multiplatinum albums, in addition to Tony Award and Golden...	background vocals Backing vocalist A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
1978	Stardust	Willie Nelson
1980	Honeysuckle Rose Honeysuckle Rose (album) Honeysuckle Rose is the soundtrack to the 1980 musical drama film by the same name, which stars Willie Nelson. Tracks on the album include songs by Nelson and various artists including Kenneth Threadgill, Emmylou Harris, Johnny Gimble, Hank Cochran, Jeannie Seely and Dyan Cannon.The song "On the... OST	Willie Nelson	also had a small role in the film Film A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
1991	From Another Time	Flying Burrito Brothers	recorded live in 1975
1996	Eye of a Hurricane	Flying Burrito Brothers	bass; vocals on one track
2001	Pretty Paper	Willie Nelson
2002	Red Album: Live Studio Party in Hollywood	Flying Burrito Brothers	recorded live in 1976

External links

• Chris Ethridge credits at MSN Music
  MSN Music
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