"Lazy Days" is a 1967 song by

Gram Parsons Ingram Cecil Connor III (November 5, 1946 – September 19, 1973) who was known professionally as Gram Parsons, was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist who recorded as a solo artist and with the International Submarine Band, ...

which he recorded with three groups:

The International Submarine Band The International Submarine Band (ISB) was a country-rock band formed by Gram Parsons in 1965, while a theology student at Harvard University and John Nuese, a guitar player for local rock group, The Trolls. Nuese is credited with having persua ...

The Byrds The Byrds () were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1964. The band underwent multiple lineup changes throughout its existence, with frontman Roger McGuinn (known as Jim McGuinn until mid-1967) remaining the sole cons ...

in 1968 and The Flying Burrito Bros. in 1970. The song was originally recorded for

's cameo appearance in

Roger Corman Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American film director, producer, and actor. He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of Corman's films are based on works t ...

's psychedelic film, ''The Trip'' (1967) but was replaced with music by

The Electric Flag The Electric Flag was an American soul rock band, led by guitarist Mike Bloomfield, keyboardist Barry Goldberg and drummer Buddy Miles, and featuring other musicians such as vocalist Nick Gravenites and bassist Harvey Brooks. Bloomfield forme ...

. The recording with The Byrds was not released till the Byrds box set and the 1997 reissue of ''

Sweetheart of the Rodeo ''Sweetheart of the Rodeo'' is the sixth album by American rock band the Byrds and was released in August 1968 on Columbia Records. Recorded with the addition of country rock pioneer Gram Parsons, it became the first album widely recognized as c ...

''. The recording with The Flying Burrito Bros. was released on a single in 1970 and on ''

Burrito Deluxe ''Burrito Deluxe'' is the second album by the country rock group the Flying Burrito Brothers, released in May 1970 on A&M Records, catalogue 4258. It is the last to feature Gram Parsons prior to his dismissal from the group. It contains the fir ...

''.John Einarson ''Desperados: The Roots of Country Rock''-2001 1461607337 Page 178 "Gram Parsons' erratic behavior, substance issues, and lack of commitment to The Flying Burrito Brothers was beginning to wear on ... Parsons resurrects the old and rather weak "Lazy Days” from his Submarine Band period, along with a few minor ..." A performance of the song by The Flying Burrito Bros. can be seen on the DVD

Festival Express ''Festival Express'' is a 2003 documentary film about the 1970 train tour of the same name across Canada taken by some of North America's most popular rock bands, including the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Buddy Guy, Flying Burrito B ...

, although Parsons was no longer in the band at this time.

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