--- - |- Roger McGuinn discovers a long-forgotten soundboard of the Byrds' last true live lineup sitting in his garage, sharing the flashback to a time when the band was on its way down while virtuoso guitarist Clarence White was on his way up. read more ~~- The Byrds
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Roger McGuinn, best known as frontman for the late great '60s rock band, The Byrds, says he is not interested in reforming the group for cash at this time. "[Former Byrds member] David Crosby has been trying to get me to go back and do the Byrds for years now," McGuinn told Billboard. "It seems to come up every six months or so. It is not something that is impossible, but it's not something I'm...
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Roger McGuinn, best known as frontman for the late great '60s rock band, The Byrds, says he is not interested in reforming the group for cash at this time. "[Former Byrds member] David Crosby has been trying to get me to go back and do the Byrds for years now," McGuinn told Billboard. "It seems to come up every six months or so. It is not something that is impossible, but it's not something I'm...
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Part 5: The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968)The Notorious Byrd Brothers is not a record my dad and I ever listened to - yet I can recall its cover rather well. This cover shows the band now as a trio - McGuinn, Hillman and Clarke, with a horse supposedly to represent the ousted David Crosby. Crosby was a bit frustrated with the band's decision to use another Dylan cover as the lead single, as wel...
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The Byrds and I is a series of essays that tell the story of my life through each album from my favorite band.Part Four: Younger than Yesterday (1967), The Best of the Byrds (1967), and Blur's Think Tank (2003)y education on the Byrds first came from my father, and for the most part it involved the band's first four albums. I did skip ahead a little to 1968's Sweetheart of the Rodeo but, in ge...
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Part Three: Fifth Dimension (1966)Fifth Dimension marked the beginning of major changes for the Byrds. Internal conflict that would follow the band around forever started with the exit of Gene Clark. His absence was attributed to a fear of flying, which he described on the album's first single, "Eight Miles High." Backed with another Clark composition, "Why," "Eight Miles High" is seen as th...
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The Byrds and I is a series of essays chronicling the story of my life through each album from my favorite band. Part Two: Turn Turn Turn (1965)Re-reading what I've thus far written and hoped to pass off as part two of this series, I can't help but feel a little bit unsatisfied with what I've put down. It feels a bit unfocused to me - but at the same time I think it reflects a very honest portr...
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The Byrds and I is a series chronicling the story of my life through each album by my favorite band.Part One: Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)To anyone who reads this blog on a regular basis, or to anyone who knows me personally, my love and passion for music is very apparent. While this has grown into obsession in recent years, this passion is something that I've carried with me for almost as long a...
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yeah… new posts are coming, but while i work on em here @ 3 am, i figured i would get a few more re-posts in for good measure. here are the byrds performing at the avalon in san francisco on 11.2.68. for a recording that is almost 40 years old it sounds superb. 1. old blue 2. my back [...]
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The Byrd's droll little song has been running, with the two that follow, on a loop all day on my biological harddrive.They all tie in together and complete my thoughts.A while back I speculated that Hillary's Lust for power and Obama Barrack's "messianic" sales pitch would almost certainly lead to a serious schism within the Democrat party.Now, with yesterday's polls indicating significant port...
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This song has always been a favorite of mine from this kinda spotty Byrds album. I always thought it sounded like an old folk tune, but it was apparently written by head Byrd Roger McGuinn."We lowered him down with a golden chainAnd every link we called his name..."
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The late-period Byrds recorded a great version of Dylan's "This Wheel's On Fire". Unfortunately, it was not the studio version released on "Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde", which was marred by strange sound effects. No, the great version is on a CD of them live at the Fillmore in '69.Another thought is how impressed I am that one man, Roger McGuinn, can come close to creating an entire band with one gu...
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This song came up on the iPod this week and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Although I have it on that first boxed set, I do not own its source album "Untitled" Hmmm...maybe time to re-think that decision...
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| 1 You Ain't Going Nowhere |
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| 2 Wasn't Born to Follow |
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| 3 Change Is Now |
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| 4 My Back Pages |
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| 5 Natural Harmony |
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