Grateful Dead Family Discography: Brass Buttons

Brass Buttons

Composer: Gram Parsons

Brass Buttons was performed by Phil Lesh & Friends in 2012 when the group played the complete Grievous Angel LP.

Brass Button was written in 1965 but not officially released on a Gram Parsons recording until 1974. An early version of the song was subsequently released on Another Side Of This Life: The Lost Recordings 1965-1966.

Gram Parsons

Grievous Angel, Gram Parsons, 1974
no info G.P./Grievous Angel, Gram Parsons, 1990
no info Warm Evenings, Pale Mornings, Bottled Blues, Gram Parsons, 1991
no info Mellow Rock Hits of the 70's: Sundown, Various Artists, 1997
Soft Rock Classics, Various Artists, 1998
no info Another Side of This Life: The Lost Recordings of Gram Parsons, 1965-1966, Gram Parsons, 2000
Sacred Hearts and Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology, Gram Parsons, 2001
no info The Complete Reprise Sessions, Gram Parsons, 2006
no info Rhino Hi-Five, Gram Parsons, 2006
no info 3/60: Drivetime, Various Artists, 2011
no info 3/60: The Seventies, Various Artists, 2011

Other recordings

Slim Slo Slider, Johnny Rivers, 1970
no info Crazy Eyes, Poco, 1973
World's Greatest Rock Festival (Reunion '74), Various Artists (poco), 1974
no info My Life on the Plain, Dave Graney, 1989
no info Lovey, The Lemonheads, 1990
no info Cowboy Mambo, Barrence Whitfield and Tom Russell, 1993
no info Conmemorativo: A Tribute to Gram Parsons, Various Artists (Something Happens), 1993
no info Gone West, John Greene, 1994
Slim Slo Slider / Home Grown, Johnny Rivers, 1999
no info Living Deliberately, Del Suggs, 2002
no info Recovered, Denison Witmer, 2003
no info Steels on Wheels, Mike Headrick, 2004
no info Deliverin'/Crazy Eyes, Poco, 2006
no info Summer Rain: The Essential Rivers 1964-1975, Johnny Rivers, 2006
no info Original Album Classics, Poco, 2008
no info Laughing All the Way to the Cleaners: The Best Of, The Lemonheads, 2011