After the Byrds went their separate ways again, Clark returned to his home in Mendocino to write. With thirteen or fourteen songs, Clark had a double album's worth of material that he demoed for Asylum. With Thomas Jefferson Kaye producing, Clark commenced recording his new songs in April 1974. Yet again, Hillman was present, as were LA session kings "The Section" (guitarist Danny Kortchmar, ba...
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After his departure from the Byrds, Gene Clark partied hard and spent the summer of 1966 in a torrid love affair with Michelle Phillips during her hiatus from the Mamas and the Papas. He also assembled a backing group and kept on writing. Ultimately signed to Columbia as a solo artist, Clark set about cutting a debut that would establish him as something more than one-fifth of a whole. With har...
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As a founding member of the Byrds, Clark was known for both his singing and songwriting, having written and sung several of the Byrds most memorable tunes. His departure in 1966 led to a one-off recording with the Gosdin Brothers whose fusion of country and rock pre-dated the Clark-less Byrds turn (Sweetheart of the Rodeo) by a year. Clark rambled further on the country-rock road with Doug Dill...
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This ballad comes from “Two Sides to Every Story,” the 1977 follow up to Gene Clark’s seminal “No Other.” The opening is fragile, and the initial vocals sound raw, almost naked. When the pianos and strings come in there’s definitely a flirtation with schmaltzy territory, but as the song builds they provide a haunting atmosphere. The original was written by James Talley and appeared on
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| 1 Silver Raven |
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| 2 Life's Greatest Fool |
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| 3 The True One |
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| 4 Some Misunderstanding |
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| 5 From a Silver Phial |
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