Original Byrds Get Back Together for One More LP Before this point, the band had pretty much become a vehicle for Roger McGuinn's solo recordings. Byrds co-founder talks about the band's upcoming ...
While Bob Dylan was known in the national folk scene, mostly for his protest songs, The Byrds were the ones who soared to the top of the charts with their cover of "Mr. Tambourine Man".
Clarke had already established himself as the bands most assured writer ... not have been directly inspired by drugs, it placed the Byrds firmly at the forefront of the emerging psychedelic ...
But the rest’s a long dying fall — nice enough, but from the Byrds you expect more and better. From the Miller band, on the other hand, you never expect as much, so it’s always a pleasure ...
the singer and guitarist weaves Byrds favorites with folk, blues and sea shanties, the core of much of the music produced by the band some called "the American Beatles." The voice of ...
He helped set up two major bands in the 1960s: The Byrds, and Crosby, Stills and Nash. He was renowned for his guitar-playing and vocal harmonies. His career saw him achieve the rare feat of being ...