Rick Roberts had the good fortune to become part of the Flying Burrito Brothers while they were still within hailing distance of their origins -- and the bad fortune to emerge in country-rock just as the latter was starting to become passé. Born in Florida in the 1940s, Roberts came of age amid the first wave of rock & roll and by the 1960s was gravitating to the folk-rock sounds of the Byrds and the Beau Brummels. He took up the guitar and found that he was a more than competent singer and seemed to have a talent for songwriting as well. Roberts moved around as a teenager, living in Washington, D.C., South Carolina, and Colorado, and picked up more experience singing in any clubs that would let him.
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