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Results for The ByrdsL.A.'s long-haired answer to the British Invasion took off with the Byrds, a hootenanny-bred, country/soft rock band credited with pioneering psychedelic rock and inserting jangling guitar play into the folk mix. Patterning the creative spelling of their name on the Beatles' example, The Byrds took direction from Roger formerly-known-as-Jim McGuinn and his 12 string Rickenbacker. Although the original members were inexperienced on electronic instruments, they were quick studies and produced their first big hit single, "Mr. Tambourine Man," in mid-1965. Hailed as both America's response to the Beatles and interpreters of Bob Dylan, the band's 1966 single 'Eight Miles High' cemented their association with psychedelic imagery. The cast of Gene Clarke, David Crosby, McGuinn, Michael Clarke and Chris Hillman lost both Clarkes and Crosby in 1967 but were still able to produce "The Notorious Byrd Brothers", an electronic folk-rock album with a hint of country. The addition of Gram Parsons in 1968 led to a decidedly different sound with "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" but thereafter a changing cast and evolving style cut into the band's power. Crosby moved on to become a star with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and Hillman, Parsons and Michael Clarke played country rock with The Flying Burrito Brothers. A 1973 reunion album, although successful, hinted that one can't, or perhaps shouldn't, recapture the glory days. With the deaths of Gene Clarke, after the Byrds' induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, in 1991 and Michael Clarke in 1993, die-hard hopes to see the original five on stage one more time were permanently dashed....more
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by Denise Sullivan•June 11, 2008•
"you can't hold it against Kempner for seeking redemption through real rock 'n' roll"
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by Bill Wasserzieher•June 4, 2008•
"Live fast, die young, and leave a good-looking corpse," the classic punk credo spoken by John Derek to Humphrey Bogart in Knock on Any Door (1949), has proved to be a handy epitaph for a number of deceased musicians, each of whom seems destined to be brought back from the dead in a pop biography. Ex-Byrd and Flying Burrito founder Gram Parsons is the latest to get the between-the-covers treatment.
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by j. poet•May 14, 2008•
"they know how to lock into a solid groove and ride it like a bucking bronco"
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by Paul Williams•May 14, 2008•
The first issue of the first American rock music magazine was printed on Sunday, January 30, 1966, in a basement in Brooklyn, New York, on the Qwertyuiop Press mimeograph belonging to and operated by Ted White, a science fiction fan (and writer and editor). The date on the masthead was February 7, because the 17-year-old founder unreasonably intended it to be a weekly magazine
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by The Editors•May 14, 2008•
Read shared stories from Paul and other writers and editors who worked on the original Crawdaddy! (plus our own Denise Sullivan who writes quite eloquently on the Crawdaddy! spirit). As we take time this issue to pay homage to the original, as our own one-year anniversary wouldn’t even be remotely possible without it, we hope you enjoy them as they recount their insightful tales.
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2/8/2008
[quote user="samba"] I'm from D.C. and saw Grin many times,was in the same social circles as them. Nice surprise to...
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2/6/2008
I'm from D.C. and saw Grin many times,was in the same social circles as them. Nice surprise to see them show up in the...
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1/28/2008
thanks Mr Mushroom.
why do you say it seems more likely these old shows wont be available for download? I hope that...
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12/20/2007
Dear Santa,
Other than world peace, my wish for Christmas would be some downloads
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5/17/2007
After 40 years,
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