Complex sentence: Headed by songwriter and guitarist John Beland and Gib Guilbeau, and normally featuring Sneaky Pete, the Burrito Brothers scored well on the country charts in the early 1980s, marking the first significant commercial chart success the band ever had.
Split into simpler sentences: Headed by songwriter and guitarist John Beland, Gib Guilbeau, and initially Sneaky Pete, the Burrito Brothers scored well on the country charts. Skip Battin had remained with the band up until this point but left shortly before the release of 1981's Hearts On The Line This marked the first significant commercial chart success the band ever had.