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by Kenneth Hardy

I think the Fliying Burrito Brothers, "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow, a steal guitar prodigy who rose to original members of the Flying Burrito Brothers, has died. He was 72. Kleinow, who also worked in film as an award-winning animator and special effects artist, died saturday at a petaluma convalescent home near the skilled nursing facility where he had been living with Alzheimer's disease since last year, his daughter Anita Kleinow standing strong with greeve crushing her. During a musical career that spanned six decades, Kleinow helped define the country-rock genre in the late 1960s and 70s by taking the instruments he had picked up as teenager in Bned, Indiana, to california. His prowess with the pedal steel guitar influenced a generation of rock-and-rollers, including the Eagles, the Steve Miller Band and Poco.

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