Old music: The Byrds – I See You
Few if any bands, from any era, have inspired lifelong devotion and loyalty among their fans as much as the Byrds.
Read MoreFew if any bands, from any era, have inspired lifelong devotion and loyalty among their fans as much as the Byrds.
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The groaning noise behind me is coming from shelves that have recently started to buckle from the almost daily addition to them of new music books, the majority of them typified by their common bulk, a shared enormity of pages, as if no band's career can be documented in less pages than might otherwise be devoted to the history of mankind itself, from the beginning, with footnotes, anecdotal asides and a brief biography of everyone who's ever lived.
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Here's a run down — with a few of our thoughts — on some notable music projects, both new and reissue, slated for release for the week of Dec. 26, 2011.
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They bounced back with their third single, a version of Pete Seeger 's "Turn! Turn! Turn!"
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Roger McGuinn, co-founder of the Byrds , has a lot of ducks in a row: a new album, a forthcoming DVD and a benefit show.
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And so we come to the final calendar year of Clarence White's life.
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"Turn! Turn! Turn!" was the Byrds second — and probably most famous — single to reach the Number 1 spot on the Billbaord chart.
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From the flipside of the Byrds ' first hit single, our B-Side In The Buff is a swirling fusion of Rickenbacker jangle and seafaring rhythm.
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Brooks' recent post on Big Star put me in the mind of some other music from long ago.
Read MoreWriting can feel akin to tossing a flat rock across the surface of a shimmering river.
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Sometimes it's the less visible members of a great band who turn out to be the most interesting.
Read MoreA Bob Dylan song reimagined into something like the Beach Boys, and also something like the Beatles -- and nothing like folk music -- propelled the Byrds to their first No. 1.
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Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen -- chose a rather unlikely setting in which to record their latest album.
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It is certainly not a question many people, even music historians, ponder, especially in 2010; however, what if Stephen Stills had successfully auditioned for The Monkees?
Read MoreInfluenced by the likes of Ravi Shankar and John Coltrane , Eight Miles High helped influence not just the development of psychedelic rock, but also raga rock.
Read More1972 was a bit of a transition year for Clarence White.
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Folks who know me well know that my current favorite pastime is sitting around with other musicians playing and singing songs.
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You've heard of The Byrds, you've probably heard of Gene Clark, but.... have you ever heard what he considers to be his masterpiece?
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