(1944-12-04) December 4, 1944 (age 79) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Folk
bluegrass
folk rock
rock
country rock
country
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Bass
guitar
mandolin
vocals
Years active
1960–present
Labels
Columbia
Sugar Hill
Asylum
A&M
Rounder
Formerly of
Scottsville Squirrel Barkers
The Hillmen
The Byrds
The Flying Burrito Brothers
Manassas
Souther Hillman Furay Band
McGuinn, Clark & Hillman
The Desert Rose Band
Website
www.chrishillman.com
Musical artist
Christopher Hillman (born December 4, 1944)[1] is an American musician. He was the original bassist of the Byrds.
With frequent collaborator Gram Parsons, Hillman was a key figure in the development of country rock, defining the genre through his work with the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Manassas and the country-rock group the Desert Rose Band. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991 as a member of the Byrds.
^Colin Larkin, ed. (1993). The Guinness Who's Who of Country Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 190. ISBN 0-85112-726-6.
Hillman (born December 4, 1944) is an American musician. He was the original bassist of the Byrds. With frequent collaborator Gram Parsons, Hillman was...
ChrisHillman is an American musician and songwriter. In addition to his solo albums and his recordings with the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers, and...
Gene Clark (tambourine, vocals), David Crosby (rhythm guitar, vocals), ChrisHillman (bass guitar, vocals), and Michael Clarke (drums). This version of the...
perhaps best known for its connection to band founders Gram Parsons and ChrisHillman (both formerly of The Byrds), the group underwent many personnel changes...
the Byrds, along with ChrisHillman, the only other remaining member of the band. To address this problem, McGuinn hired Hillman's cousin, Kevin Kelley...
sessions as a four-piece band, consisting of Roger McGuinn, David Crosby, ChrisHillman, and Michael Clarke—the same line-up that had recorded their two previous...
California country rock talent, including shy, 18-year-old mandolin player ChrisHillman, with whom Leadon maintained a lifelong friendship. Augmented by banjo...
Clark, freeing ChrisHillman to return to playing bass. The new Burritos lineup for this their second album was thus Parsons, Hillman, Pete Kleinow, Leadon...
David Crosby and became the tambourine and harmonica player. Bassist ChrisHillman noted years later in an interview remembering Clark, "At one time, he...
emergence of the band's bass player ChrisHillman as a talented songwriter and vocalist. Prior to Younger Than Yesterday, Hillman had only received one shared...
recording. After leaving the group in late 1968, Parsons and fellow Byrd ChrisHillman formed The Flying Burrito Brothers in 1969; the band released its debut...
country rock band from Los Angeles, California, founded in 1985 by ChrisHillman (formerly of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers), with Herb Pedersen...
numerous musicians in many different bands. Pedersen often performs with ChrisHillman, and both were once members of the Desert Rose Band. Pedersen also fronted...
Brothers, released on February 6, 1969. It continued Gram Parsons' and ChrisHillman's work in modern country music, fusing traditional sources like folk...
tour of California as the opening act for the Dillards and the Byrds. ChrisHillman of the Byrds persuaded the owners of the Whisky a Go Go to give Buffalo...
Bernie Leadon had left the band, leaving ChrisHillman as the sole founding member. In their places, Hillman recruited Al Perkins and Kenny Wertz respectively...
this with a string of solo albums, as well as starting a band with ChrisHillman called Manassas in 1972. In summer 1974, Young reunited with CSN after...
as a producer included Alice Cooper, Iron Butterfly, the Dillards, ChrisHillman, and Black Oak Arkansas. Podolor passed in his sleep on March 9, 2022...
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