What Happened to The Byrds? Gene Clark, Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, David Crosby, Gram Parsons

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What ever happened to the innovative and influential rock band The Byrds?
The story of rock music is impossible to tell without discussing The Byrds. They created 3 different genres of music while experiencing a schizophrenic rotation of personalities within the band, some who will become rock icons. They faced a series of setbacks that would make anyone throw their hands up. The Byrds impeccable instincts revolutionized the soundscape of music in the 1960’s and beyond. Lets journey through this extraordinary story, uncover the unexpected obstacles they overcame and the remarkable conclusion of The Byrds.
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@Spacebanana-im5qt 5 месяцев назад

I will TURN TURN TURN 70 years old this month. I loved the Byrds then and i love them now. 😁 🐦

@freewheelingideas 5 месяцев назад

Awesome

@lindabuck2777 4 месяца назад

Happy joyfilled bday ya ol fart!!! I just turned 69! May 16th and find it shocking I’m still here. Gimme the Byrds, CSNY, Moody Blues, Led Zeppelin and list goes on as the beat… happy trails my friend🙏🏻😁❤️

@Spacebanana-im5qt 4 месяца назад

@@lindabuck2777 Thanks very much. Hope you had a good birthday. 🎂🎉

@lindabuck2777 4 месяца назад

@@Spacebanana-im5qt I DID! 70 approaching Cap’n which way do I go…😂😂😂meh just LIVE KID!😝🙏🏻

@basswars7060 Месяц назад

I love every version of The Byrds. I had the good fortune to meet Gene Clark and he was just awesome. What a great band.

@LarryNeie-lj7zc 5 месяцев назад

Saw many negative comments here re the Byrds. They have a right to their opinions, as do I. I'm an old guy from Texas and feel so fortunate to have been a teenager in the 60's to experience, in my opinion the Greatest rock psychedelic country band ever. No debate.

@ziblot1235 5 месяцев назад

Larry you know a lotta folks forget that Jerry Garcia and Co. would never have tried C&W without the Byrds breaking the ice. It took courage. McGuinn had good instincts.

@LarryNeie-lj7zc 5 месяцев назад

@@ziblot1235 thanks for your input!

@robertlagan8441 5 месяцев назад

Great comment’s

@vjr5261 7 дней назад

@@ziblot1235Gram Parsons

@tedgeldberg6498 5 месяцев назад

I was smitten the first time I heard TURN! TURN! TURN! as a 12 year old in1965. Been listening ever since. Saw Roger in concert 2 weeks ago, still MAGICAL!

@freewheelingideas 5 месяцев назад

Awesome

@luke1730 4 месяца назад

I was 12 also in 1965 and heard this even had the 45rpm later…imagine I became a Christian when I was 35 the rest is His Story

@syriacchristianity9007 Месяц назад

I heard Mr Tambourine Man when I was six, 41 now!

@tedgeldberg6498 Месяц назад

@syriacchristianity9007 no i heard it when it hit the airwaves in 1965 when I was 12, 59 years ago! Still listen to their wonderful music everyday.

@syriacchristianity9007 Месяц назад

That’s great! It must be late 80s when I heard it

@DavidDykes-dm9lc 3 месяца назад

Crosby's ranting during the Byrds' set and then playing with the Springfield at Monterey set the downfall in motion. RIP Cros....

@TheDivayenta 3 месяца назад

I was there!

@cliffbarber6058 5 месяцев назад

Eight Miles High sounds as good today as it did when i first heard it in the sixties. One of the great rock songs of all time.

@JammyGit 5 месяцев назад

It's on 1 of my few CD's that I always listen to when I'm in the car mate. Saying that, all of the music that I listen to these days is mostly from the 60s & 70s, with nothing later than the mid 90s 😆✌️

@freewheelingideas 5 месяцев назад

💯 definitely an all time favorite

@JammyGit 5 месяцев назад

@@freewheelingideas Too right mate. I'm trying to find a CD with their version of 'I wasn't born to follow' on it. The only album I've heard it on is the Easy Rider soundtrack, but some of that album is a bit weird for driving along to.....songs like If you want to be a bird, and Kyrie Eleison 😵

@joelnotsure2871 5 месяцев назад

If you say so. I can’t listen to the guitar track without thinking I could have done as well - or badly - myself at that age. I can’t play guitar at all. Maybe if I try listening to it on acid?

@thegatesofdawn...1386 5 месяцев назад

YES!

@tiffsaver 5 месяцев назад

I believe that The Byrds were among the most influential rock groups of the entire 20th century... period.

@Frank-sr1dz 5 месяцев назад

💯💯💯✌️

@syriacchristianity9007 Месяц назад

@Peter7966 5 месяцев назад

A great tangled story of success, excess and occasional art. That's rock'n'roll.

@BarklyMitford 5 месяцев назад

A good solid documentary on a truly seminal band. Their influence musically and culturally is often times understated.

@freewheelingideas 5 месяцев назад

Thank you and I agree!!

@johnGabryowicz-ev7mz 5 месяцев назад

Who can forget those square "Byrd" tinted glasses. Quite the rage in 65.

@freewheelingideas 5 месяцев назад

Definitely a style that matched the sound!

@rtflone 23 дня назад

Granny glasses

@jbsguitars8373 5 месяцев назад

Roger McGuin’s 12 string guitar playing makes the Byrds sound. Best 12 string player

@freewheelingideas 5 месяцев назад

Such a distinct sound!

@tiffsaver Месяц назад

No Roger, no Byrds.

@Chiller11 5 месяцев назад

My brother and I selected 8 or 10 albums from the Columbia Record Club advertisement that we found in a magazine. I was about 12 and my brother 10. When the albums arrived apparently money was due. Our dad sorted it out somehow and we ended up getting to pick one album to keep and sent all the others back. We selected Mr. Tambourine Man.

@freewheelingideas 5 месяцев назад

Very cool! You still have it right?

@tedgeldberg6498 Месяц назад

@@freewheelingideasI still have the Turn! Turn! Turn! album I bought in 1965 at the White Front discount dept. store in Van Nuys, CA. I remember having to make the decision whether I wanted it in Stereo or Mono. It was most likely the first album I ever bought.

@direwolf6234 24 дня назад

and every tune was great .. especially the gene clark ones ....

@danielschear556 5 месяцев назад

You forgot to mention that drummer Michael Clarke played in Rick Roberts' "FIREFALL" who had a top-10 hit single in 1976 with the song, "You Are The Woman."

@ziblot1235 5 месяцев назад

That doest predate Tambourine Man

@blinky705 5 месяцев назад

@danielschear556 I was going to mention that. Glad you did. Firefall was a great band. Saw them live in 1976 or 77 with Nicolette Larson opening.

@bobair2 5 месяцев назад

For me personally, the Byrds were the best American of the 1960s.

@sparkydog1725 Месяц назад

As an old Byrds fan, I was happy to hear these stories of them with the Stones I'd never heard before. Nice video, free of the usual mispronunciations, mistakes and exaggerations many docs on YT have.

@freewheelingideas Месяц назад

Thank you 🙏

@carlosrincon1551 5 месяцев назад

Solid doc. Appreciate the Gram Parsons interview audio.

@freewheelingideas 5 месяцев назад

Awesome thank you 🙏

@scudfarcus4343 Месяц назад

It may be worth mentioning that, after his departure from the Byrds, Michael Clarke was a member of Dillard and Clark, The Flying Burrito Brothers, then Firefall, as well as being the drummer for Jerry Jeff Walker.

@vjr5261 7 дней назад

With Gram in the FBB

@georgeorr1042 5 месяцев назад

All I know is they created a truly classic album “The Notorious Byrd Brothers.” That’s all that matters as time goes by.

@freewheelingideas 5 месяцев назад

Such a great album

@anitakephart3851 5 месяцев назад

While contributing to the Byrds he was not considered a Byrd member but was a member of the Flying Burrito Bros as you had a solo photo posted on the front cover. It really should have been Roger McGuinn as a larger photo. Don't get me wrong, I love Gram Parsons but please get your details right. Clarence White was my first love amongst them all. Flying Burritos, the Byrds and Emmy Lou Harris debuting was my first concert on Phila the age of 15. Months later,.Gram and Clarence would be gone. What a time we lived in. Thought it would never leave us. Boy, were we wrong!

@emmettmckenna4565 4 месяца назад

Gram was so much more talented than McGuinn. He’s a far better singer and you can’t even seriously compare McGuinn’s songwriting to Gram’s. No serious musician or music fan could think Roger could write anywhere near as good as Parsons.

@byslah 4 месяца назад

@@emmettmckenna4565 but McGuinn was the band leader, so i understand what she says. You could say the same about Gene Clark or David Crosby, but McGuinn was the band leader. I don't care about that front image (because this documental is really good), but i understand what she says.

@augustusbetucius2931 2 месяца назад

@@emmettmckenna4565 That's your subjective opinion. Confusing opinion for fact is a big part of the problems this world faces.

@augustusbetucius2931 2 месяца назад

The biographies I've read all state that Parsons was a member of the Byrds, however briefly.

@direwolf6234 24 дня назад

@@emmettmckenna4565 gram was good but he came and went and led the way to gene & clarence ...

@thegatesofdawn...1386 5 месяцев назад

The Byrds are a great American classic band. Great music.❤🎉😊

@nancynelosn5830 5 месяцев назад

A great band. I saw them several times.

@denniscowan6335 2 месяца назад

Great band

@artysanmobile 5 месяцев назад

I fully checked out at Sweetheart Of The Rodeo. I had followed the Byrds closely from Tambourine Man and was deeply inspired by the originality of their writing. To me, Rodeo was almost a betrayal. I recall mourning the loss of a prime influence.

@jonathanfloming1045 5 месяцев назад

Ditto...I still don't care for C/W .. that album was disappointing.. prior to "Rodeo...I was a die had fan.

@ziblot1235 5 месяцев назад

You missed the point. Sweetheart was Gram Parsons arrival, which brought Country Rock to the fore. (Poco, Burrito Bros,EmmyLou Harris) I really thought that the byrds couldnt get hit without Dylan. (Pulling your chain) I must say that I thought it was crappy that the Beau Brummels that wrote all their ow stuff, were being ignored.

@artysanmobile 5 месяцев назад

@@ziblot1235 I didn’t miss any point, if you are actually addressing my comment. It is musical laziness IN MY OPINION. I don’t have an agenda, I just don’t like it. Gram Parsons had absolutely nothing to do with my feelings about the music. After 5 records of genuine innovation that left a huge mark on me as a musician, I just don’t like Sweetheart Of The Rodeo. The Byrds were, for me, an adventure with each record, surprising, thrilling even. Sweetheart is hokey and ultra predictable, among many of the disappointments I feel.

@carlosrincon1551 5 месяцев назад

Sweetheart of the Rodeo is a masterpiece of an album. You should give it another spin.

@emmettmckenna4565 4 месяца назад

You ‘checked out’ on what is perhaps the best Country rock album ever made!

@LucyLennon20 5 месяцев назад

A+++ video, Freewheelin' ThankYou!

@freewheelingideas 5 месяцев назад

You’re very welcome 😊

@steveconn 5 месяцев назад

Roger took them through several incarnations before giving up - Crosby and Gene Clark were the other geniuses of the band, though.

@freewheelingideas 5 месяцев назад

He really hung in there. Gotta give him credit.

@JulianLusby-g6s 4 дня назад

Yes the Byrds, I will ask them to play Turn Turn Turn at my funeral 😢. Julia Stockings/Julian 😊

@aminahmed2220 5 месяцев назад

What a fantastic video have a wonderful day also i have subscribed to the channel ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊

@hollywoodjoe123 Месяц назад

The BYRDS were/are just as INNOVATIVE as The Beatles - The BYRDS developed multiple styles of music - more than many other bands of that era in the 1960s - !

@direwolf6234 24 дня назад

and their harmonies rivaled the beatles too ...

@Lessontobe 4 месяца назад

You cannot unhear this.

@MarigoldThyme 3 месяца назад

Gene Clark forever!💖 Where is the whole interview with him?

@freewheelingideas 3 месяца назад

There’s quite a lot in RU-vid

@paulgibby6932 Месяц назад

Nice job. Thanks

@freewheelingideas Месяц назад

You’re welcome

@robertshorthill6836 5 месяцев назад

McGuin, in spite of all the acid he ate is still in decent shape, as is Hillman, but the Cros is pushing up flowers.

@freewheelingideas 5 месяцев назад

I noticed the same thing.

@Richard-g4u1r 5 месяцев назад

Oops. I didn't even know that. But he'd looked good-to-go for around twenty years.

@direwolf6234 24 дня назад

as well as clark ...

@TheAnarchitek 5 месяцев назад

The short answer is Fame. Gene Clark discovered a profound fear of flying, refused to tour, and left. David Crosby sat in with Buffalo Springfield, at Monterey, pissed off Jim, er, Roger. His love song to a ménage à trois, Triad, was a bridge too far, though, and Roger "fired" him (who made it Roger's group?). Mike Clark had given up somewhere in there, too, so, when Chris Hillman left to start the Flying Burrito Brothers, with interim Byrd-member, Gram Parsons, Roger was left holding the bag, the only "Byrd" left standing. Fame made them all believe they were (each) more important than what had brought them together. It's an old story oft repeated, ego run amok.

@bluewolf7572 5 месяцев назад

Excellent vid. Crazy that I was a kid when the Byrds first record came out.

@freewheelingideas 5 месяцев назад

Thank you 🙏

@jamesfetherston1190 5 месяцев назад

The “untitled” lineup was the one with the best musicians, but didn’t have the awesome vocal harmonies of the first lineup.

@jamesfitzgerald6636 3 месяца назад

Or songs

@mfnpjparty Месяц назад

@@jamesfitzgerald6636 Chestnut Mare is probably my favorite Byrds song, and that's w/ the "Byrds pt. 2" lineup, so the songs were still there. Fifth Dimension and Turn Turn album were really patchy. I love all the eras but I think the Clarence and Gene Parsons era doesn't get enough love

@direwolf6234 24 дня назад

just a season ...

@rondodson5736 4 месяца назад

They had some really good hits in the 60's.

@freewheelingideas 4 месяца назад

They sure did!

@robertlagan8441 5 месяцев назад

Interesting comments. Eight Miles High was a song written about the groups trip London UK. .. rain grey town, known for its sound = London. Song title … Height of the airplane cruising about 7 miles high.. changed to 8 miles high ( around the same time the Beatles released 8 days a week track ). Song in my opinion not about drugs.

@freewheelingideas 5 месяцев назад

💯

@Powertuber1000 5 месяцев назад

I have a new respect for David Crosby, even at this early date, he knew our own government did it to JFK. @17:33

@ziblot1235 5 месяцев назад

So did Dorothy Kilgallen of "Whats my LIne fame. It got her killed.

@toddkurzbard 5 месяцев назад

Probably the greatest band except for The Beatles.

@8176morgan 5 месяцев назад

Nah! The Stones and Led Zeppelin were way better. Not even the best American band. The Doors, and Chicago were much better. But everyone is entitled to their opinion.

@weiloong7 5 месяцев назад

Great Stuff, Thanks!

@freewheelingideas 5 месяцев назад

You’re welcome 🙏

@rodneywilkerson9854 4 месяца назад

"Wasn't Born To Follow" and "Chestnut Mare" My two favorites/

@nyahanan Месяц назад

The sixties sound is pure and authentic, listeners can get the feelings out of the music. Music today is more artificial, is not authentic and there is no soul in it!

@indigomariana7093 5 месяцев назад

A lot of interesting Gene Clark interview excerpts I haven't heard before!

@freewheelingideas 5 месяцев назад

Yea he provided a lot of insights that helped paint the picture.

@gospos1 3 месяца назад

You folks do such an incredible job with your documentaries and I could watch them for hours! I love watching them since I was too young to remember that time in popular music that you highlight. I couldn't help but laugh at the hypocrisy of such musicians like David Crosby who pontificates here about being anti-government and being part of the "counter culture" and then, with that as their history, align themselves with the very establishment that they opposed in their youth. Same goes for the likes of Young, Springsteen, and Mellencamp. It is hilarious that they don't see it themselves with all the media available of them putting themselves out there, just to fall in line as it were....Thanks for the great job!!...Paul

@freewheelingideas 3 месяца назад

Thank you Paul! 🙏 and I agree

@davidellis5141 5 месяцев назад

The Byrds A&R man & occasional Producer Terry Melcher was the intended target of Charles Manson at the Cielo Dr. house where Sharon Tate & four others were murdered. Manson had met Melcher ( The son of Doris Day ) at that house & been rejected for a record deal. You see The Flying Burrito Brothers in Gimme Shelter at Altamont Speedway. Roxy Music do a very credible cover of 8 Miles High. My favorite solo album by a Byrd is If Only I Could Remember My Name by David Crosby. The track Laughing with Jerry Garcia is incredible. Great band with so many stories ! Love The Byrds 🎸

@freewheelingideas 5 месяцев назад

Yea it’s so crazy how all that is connected. I Cover some of that in the Laurel Canyon video.

@shombie2737 5 месяцев назад

Manson knew Melcher had moved

@davidellis5141 5 месяцев назад

@shombie2737 No , he was told that & didn't believe it. The fact is that Melcher went into hiding for a year at advice of the authorities. Mansion knew that even if he wasn't " home " that night he would get the message if his " friends " were sacrificed. All ended well for Terry as he co-wrote Kokomo a # 1 hit for The Beach ⛱️ Boys. I know much more but I'm not telling you ! Bye-bye 👋

@RoyPage1970 5 месяцев назад

No Manson did not know any such thing@@shombie2737

@RoyPage1970 5 месяцев назад

@@shombie2737you watch too many Quentin Tarantino and Hollywood crap Terry Melcher and a young Doris Day were the targets

@TheTriplelman Месяц назад

GREAT sounds GREAT music that brings you to a time in America the 60s. Funny how all died a sad life of drugs and alcohol, except 2 that decided following Jesus Christ is the way to go - because it its!

@bengthertzman9918 5 месяцев назад

Great documentary but what about the Untitled double album? Chestnut Mare & Just A Season are two of Byrds best songs.

@robertlagan8441 5 месяцев назад

Yes indeed… like many of the Byrds songs have stood the test of time

@Flibbybibby Месяц назад

GREATEST BAND OF ALL TIME.

@750drums 5 месяцев назад

Not a great overview. A bit disjointed, and some things out of the correct timeline, and some outright mistakes. Mike Clarke didn't quit the band until the end of December 67, and Gene Clark came back for 3 weeks in Oct-Nov.67. Lots of important stuff skipped over, especially the early days. He never mentioned that Crosby kicked his habits after being incarcerated. Nice see a focus on the Byrds, but could have been a lot better.

@nmjoliffe 5 месяцев назад

I'm having a little trouble remembering the date - probably very early eighties, when i saw Clark, McGuinn & Hillman tour as The Byrds in Australia. Saw them at Brisbane Festival Hall with surprisingly George Grantham from Poco as their drummer. Second row seats so a bit privileged. Back in the day probably a tenner to get in.

@rossdavidson7790 5 месяцев назад

It was 1978. They toured nz too

@robertlagan8441 5 месяцев назад

Correct. June / July 78.. Attended the Sydney & Canberra concerts. Great memories

@nmjoliffe 5 месяцев назад

@@rossdavidson7790Thanks for reminding me - i'm older than i thought !!!!!!!!!! Did others tour NZ as well - Doobies, Little Feat, Dylan, Amazing Rhythm Aces, Leon Russell, Supertramp, Eagles ? Saw all these in Brisbane - bit of a pattern yeh !!

@thomasrobinson182 5 месяцев назад

The 'run in' was with Jim Dickson, no longer manager.

@vegetariansuniteworldwide8091 5 месяцев назад

I bet you all didn’t know that The Byrds had a lot of help in the studio from The Wrecking Crew. So much for being original. 😂😂😂

@freewheelingideas 5 месяцев назад

It’s in the video

@jamesfitzgerald6636 4 месяца назад

WTF you were waiting to say this, McGunn played 12 string on every Byrds song, MTM is arranged by McGuinn intro and ending, he it changed from Dylan’s 2/4 to 4/4, the harmonies are pure Byrds, wrecking crew supplied Drums, bass and rhythm guitar, very basic stuff. 2 songs in 3 hours and that’s all WC did

@flautalee3090 2 месяца назад

@32:00 I hear Clarence White. RIP

@thebenefactor6744 5 месяцев назад

One hundred years from now.........

@stratcat4450 5 месяцев назад

What i have always heard an is documented many times is only Roger was allowed to play on mr tambourine man, the others just couldn't cut it.That song was done in one or two takes. By the next sessions without the wrecking crew it was taking forever for them to get one mistake free recording. I have always loved the Byrds, still have my original copy of their first album bought as soon as ot came out.

@charliebrown5611 3 месяца назад

Chestnut mare reminds me of an old girlfriend in a good way!!!

@davidvincent980 4 месяца назад

they flew the coop...

@edcherry9282 5 месяцев назад

Im surprised mcguinn isn't heard here mentioning that the 12 string intro on 8 miles high was borrowed from John Coltrane, who they were all listening to at the time..

@jamesfitzgerald6636 4 месяца назад

Influenced by, not coping

@michaelrose3101 5 месяцев назад

I have seen Chris Hillman with Herb Pedersen. Spoke with Chris for a little while. Saw CSN 3 times all good shows.

@freewheelingideas 5 месяцев назад

Very cool

@rtflone 23 дня назад

The Ciro's complete dinner and dancing package - The Byrds and Little Richard plus a NY strip steak dinner and two drinks all for $4.95. That's a helluva deal sign me up..

@goodbababadbaba6370 5 месяцев назад

Crosby spot on 🎯💯jfk

@1fan164 4 месяца назад

Nice to know at least some survived the rock n roll life. Are the Parsons related?

@freewheelingideas 4 месяца назад

No not related, just random coincidence!

@tomfoster2697 4 месяца назад

Big mistake. Roger did not get his trademark Ben Franklin glasses from George Harrison. Just the opposite

@bongofury333 5 месяцев назад

Singular sound. Synergy

@PaulFormentos 5 месяцев назад

They kicked out Crosby and he put a curse on them

@freewheelingideas 5 месяцев назад

Maybe so

@shombie2737 5 месяцев назад

Roger McGuinn and Thunderbirds/byrds, not mentioned, saw at Rider College, NJ, circa 1978

@freewheelingideas 5 месяцев назад

Cool!

@ziblot1235 5 месяцев назад

The Byrds didnt create Folkrock. What about the Beau Brummels?

@jamesfitzgerald6636 4 месяца назад

Oh please

@jsigur157 5 месяцев назад

Graham Parsons was a talented but super spoiled trust fund kid and he literally fell in love with Keith Richards and pretended the apartheid issue was why he refused to go to S Africa. Parsons never had to worry where his next meal was coming from.

@RoyPage1970 5 месяцев назад

All he done was screwed the band up

@dukeford8893 5 месяцев назад

Parsons was like Mike Bloomfield, another trust-fund kid. A couple of posers who made a splash initially but faded quickly. Neither ever had to pay any dues.

@MarigoldThyme 3 месяца назад

Gram had a lot of tragedies in his family. A parent's suicide and more. Some people never recover from stuff like that.💔

@jsigur157 3 месяца назад

@@MarigoldThyme I had an aunt suicide herself with a gun while her kids and I were playing in the living room in the same house. It literally ruined her kid's lives, IMO but if you have good back up which I believe Gram did, it is likely not earth shattering/ Apparently, my aunt had tried a few times before cause her kids knew exactly what the sound was right away while I had to be schooled and brought up to speed.. This was '63 and the big shame was that she was a book author and likely hippy material if she had just hung on for a few more years

@margaretross9150 3 месяца назад

@@jsigur157 Unfortunately Gram did not have good backup, and money doesn't do it. His father died of suicide when he was 12 and his mother of alcoholism when he was 18. Death stalked him with two good friends also dying. Your aunt's story is also a sad one.

@grahamratcliffe1945 5 месяцев назад

great research , but mc guinn had ben frank glasses first .

@baronsaturday2103 3 месяца назад

If you ask me, Roger McGuinn seems to be the biggest problem with keeping The Byrds fresh and innovative. He's bossy, jealous, and hasn't got too much intellect. It wouldn't be a lot of fun making music and touring with a guy like that. If he listened a bit more to members like Crosby, the band wouldn't have ended in nowheresville so soon..

@adamfindlay7091 5 месяцев назад

The first album influenced George Harrison on guitar esp the 12 string sound.ok cats, thanx!

@Dex619 5 месяцев назад

It’s the other way around. McGuinn bought a 12 string after seeing Harrison playing one.

@crowkid5553 5 месяцев назад

It did influence the beatles though when they did rubber soul

@Dex619 5 месяцев назад

@@crowkid5553 That’s true. Harrison already had the 12 string but it was McQuinn’s style of playing using sus4 and sus2 chords that influenced Harrison on If I Needed Someone. I hope I don’t sound too pedantic, but I love these kinds of discussions.

@Richard-g4u1r 5 месяцев назад

What happened to The Byrds? WTF happened to David Crosby?

@kc0lif 5 месяцев назад

didn't Michael Clark play in firefall.

@MarigoldThyme 3 месяца назад

Yes!

@MarcOrtizdeCandia-qi8yb 5 месяцев назад

Talking about “The Byrds” is like talking about 18 different bands with 18 different sounds. I wish Gene Clark could have stayed with the original Byrds. Ah well…

@freewheelingideas 5 месяцев назад

That’s true. A very diverse collection of music.

@RoyPage1970 5 месяцев назад

The notorious Byrd Brothers was their last decent album

@RoyPage1970 5 месяцев назад

Terry Melcher was pond fungus nothing more

@catalevered 5 месяцев назад

Left out Untitled.

@FYMASMD 5 месяцев назад

Crosby and Parsons are extremely overrated. Ones a poseur and the other is a nut job junkie,

@OzzMazz 5 месяцев назад

Daivd?

@EmmaPeelman 5 месяцев назад

Needs rectification pronto...

@MarcelaR-dh1ok 5 месяцев назад

Byrd flu

@jsigur157 5 месяцев назад

I am sure The Byrds weren't Copying The Beatles with their hair style or anything. What we have hear is a bunch of New York folkies all relocating to LA to get a helping of the food the Beatles eat

@freewheelingideas 5 месяцев назад

The Beatles heavily influenced everything at that point in time.

@jamesfetherston1190 5 месяцев назад

Both McGuinn and Crosby have expressly stated that they went to see “A Hard Day’s Night” taking notes on which brand guitars they played and how they cut their hair.

@jsigur157 5 месяцев назад

@@jamesfetherston1190 I think looking back, they were a creation much like the Monkees were a creation to capitalize on the fleeting whims of the public snf in 1965, that was the Beatles.Initially they were a fake band with only half participating on their initial release.Of course Monkee members were best buddies with the Laurel Canyon crowd,Stephen Stills actually trying out. It was a great contrast to the fact that we all thought Laurel Canyon was so creative. Of course, its been exposed how created by the Deep State that whole element was

@jsigur157 5 месяцев назад

@@freewheelingideas I mean wasn't their gig sort of, "Go where the music takes you man." For a band just trying to sound and look like the Beatles doesn't their hippy proclamations sound sort of hollow? My other answers aren't showing up, are you part of the "only supportive comments" crowd pretending that my views don't exist?

@jsigur157 5 месяцев назад

@@freewheelingideas Even the fan support was mostly fake. A CIA operative with an Italian sounding name ran the neighborhood store at the bottom of Laurel Canyon. He also did Dancing Sessions which became the new Hippie way of grooving to the music. These dancers all went down the strip and went into the night clubs to lead the dancing and sell that these bands were really good! Their main job was to get "Normies" to come in and take part in the excitement. The dancers were all outfitted in what was to become standard hippy attire. Of course when Jack Nicholson put in those Byrds songs as part of the "EZ Rider" sound track, they were then able to totally sell themselves as kool. It was all a con job on ''Waspish" America to promote decadence that still goes on today times 5/

@southerncross4956 5 месяцев назад

The Byrds, a bunch of egos and foolishness…..

@margaretross9150 3 месяца назад

And talent!

@GrantWitham 5 месяцев назад

The most OVER-RATED band in music history - name an ORIGINAL song that was a commercial success.

@Misfitnz8 5 месяцев назад

I don’t like the sweet heart album at all. So I only have every album before that one

@freewheelingideas 5 месяцев назад

Yea it’s not for everyone. Some really love it.

@RoyPage1970 5 месяцев назад

I have never believed Gene Clark's drunken nonsense about Brian Jones

@kurt515 5 месяцев назад

Who Cares? their biggest hit was a cover of a bob Dylan song

@Mr29roses 5 месяцев назад

This band is sooooooooooo OVER-RATED. They STUNK in the studio and their tour of the UK was a complete DISASTER. The Byrds were NOT an influential band - they should thank Bob Dylan.

@robertlagan8441 5 месяцев назад

Musical history shows otherwise.

@johncaldwell-wq1hp 5 месяцев назад

I THINK-LET ME SEE,---YEAH,-"THEIR "MUSIC"-STINKS,-I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY GOT AWAY WITH IT,-FOR SO LONG !!

@ktcarl 5 месяцев назад

Well, at least one of them is dead.

@EmmaPeelman 5 месяцев назад

Gene Clark, Michael Clarke and last year David Crosby - three actually.

@michaelrose3101 5 месяцев назад

Add Gram Parsons being in the photo and of course later incarnation with Clarence White who passed before Gram. There after a couple more members who were regarded as hired hands.

@EmmaPeelman 5 месяцев назад

@@michaelrose3101 Too right...

@rickharper3940 5 месяцев назад

lousy live. wonderful records. the first 5 is a reason to live. egomaniacs who didn't get along. never reached their full potential cos of their apparent loathing of each other. bad management. due to crosby. having said all this bs, they are in my top 5. i distinctly remember hearing mr. tambourine man first time. 5th grade crossing the crosswalk, 1965. someone had a decent transistor radio. love the music, not their personal lives. hillman said the only thing they had in common was their love of beatles and cannabis. majick. esp the expanded cds. regards, god bless. 🎼🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🎚

@freewheelingideas 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for your input

@MarigoldThyme 3 месяца назад

Hillman said that?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣