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The Byrds - the 60's and 70's rock band. Members included Roger McGuinn, David Crosby, Chris Hillman, Gene Clark, Gram Parsons, Clarence White. Country rock, raga rock, folk rock pioneers.

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In flyte at the Village Gate, NYC. Fall '67

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2024/12/06
20:43 UTC

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The Byrds @ Winterland, December 9th 1967 (they played Milestones!!!)

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2024/12/02
20:51 UTC

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Would it be a hot take in saying that I prefer the Royal Albert Hall version of Eight Miles High over the Untitled version?

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2024/11/30
20:17 UTC

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Byrds bootlegs

Kevin Kelly Rising Sons Ry Cooder & Taj Mahal

R McGuinn Someone to love Swinging pig live New York 1991

Byrds Boston Tea Party 1969 Parachute

Byrd and the Sparrow McGuinn & Dylan

F B B LIVE IN Winterland March 69 dixie records

Various It crawled out of the vaults Byrds Go Bop

Various California Acid folk 2lp Byrds Penguin records

Byrds Back pages Colombia records

Byrds Byrds on a wyng Wally jig records

Byrds Older than yesterday 2lp Cocaine records

Byrds Boston tea party 2lp Handmade records

Byrds Live at Buddy's in England Fly records

Byrds live at Buddy's in England No label different cover

Byrds Hey Mr Tambourine Man

Byrds Live at the pipers club May2 68 bulldog Yellow vinyl

Byrds Back Pages b6470

Byrds Doin'alright for old people Excitable recordworks

Byrds 8 miles high numberg do it-records

Byrds Live in Amsterdam green vinyl 3lp Swinging pig

Byrds Live in STOCKHOLM 67 Green vinyl Swinging pig

Byrds Live in Stockholm 67 blue vinyl Swinging pig

Roger bill mike and pete a musical tribute of some sort REM Sons of RICKENBACKER

Byrds Live at Lincoln 24/6/71 picture disc

Byrds Easy riders Penguin records

Byrds Live in Washington 9/12/71 picture disc Black cat records`

Byrd and Sparrow McGuinn & Dylan 2

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2024/11/26
15:49 UTC

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Byrds books part 2

Back pages a collection of cuttings 1989 218 pgs S/B

Notorious Byrd Bros Ric Menck 2007 141 pgs S/B

Byrds Star Cluster 1991 German 69 pgs S/B

Byrds1964 - 67 Mcguinn Hillman Crosby 2020 396 pgs H/B

Byrds Andy Mcarthur 2023 141pgs S/B

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2024/11/21
16:05 UTC

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Byrds Books Part1

The Byrds Bud Scoppa 1971 175pgs S/B

The Byrds Andrew Weiner 1972 111 pgs H/B

The Byrds Raffaele Galli 1980 156 pgs S/B iTALIAN

Timeless flyte John Rogan 1981 192 pgs P/B

Timeless flyte John Rogan 1990 274 pgs P/B

Sixty six Byrds, one horse & a sweetheart Italian author 1998 P/B

Timeless flyte revisited John Rogan 1998 735 pgs P/B

So you want to be a rock n roll star Christopher Hjort 2008 336 pgs P/B

The Byrds SteveN Jezo Yannier 2015 357 pgs French S/B

To be continued

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2024/11/19
13:57 UTC

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The classic McGuinn, Parsons, Battin and White lineup; 1972

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2024/11/16
22:10 UTC

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The Byrds at Magic Mountain Music Festival. June 11, 1967

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2024/11/14
19:48 UTC

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A common misconception I've noticed regarding Clarence White

In the comment sections of Byrds songs on YouTube, I've noticed that a lot of people think that the steel guitar on albums like The Notorious Byrd Brothers and Sweetheart of the Rodeo are played by Clarence White on B-Bender electric guitar. Although Clarence did play electric guitar on those albums, the pedal steel player on the former is Red Rhodes, and the latter players are Lloyd Green and JayDee Maness. What likely contributes to this confusion is that when the Byrds played live after adding Clarence to their lineup, he transcribed the steel parts to guitar, so people assumed that he played those parts on the recordings.

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2024/11/01
11:51 UTC

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Fun easter egg I noticed in the Byrdmaniax gatefold - Roger wearing a Flying Burrito Brothers shirt! 😄

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2024/10/17
14:09 UTC

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Byrds lore: Joe’s wife

‘Joe’s wife’ in Old John Robertson = Joe’s ‘woman’ in Hey Joe (Where You Gonna Go)

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She was injured in the shooting

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2024/10/16
21:02 UTC

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Interesting Byrds-related facts/trivia?

I think this will make for a fun discussion post - something I found out not too long ago that blows my mind is that Gene Clark had 13 other siblings! Does anybody know of any other interesting tidbits about the band or its various spinoff groups and solo members?

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2024/10/01
16:02 UTC

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Roger McGuinn Concert This Week Recap

I enjoyed seeing Roger McGuinn on Wednesday night in suburban Chicago in a solo act that included songs and stories. At age 82 he still sounded good. The last time I saw McGuinn in concert was in 1979 with McGuinn, Clark & Hillman.

I had not heard before many of the Byrds related stories he told including how he first met David Crosby in 1960 at a theater where McGuinn attended a play. Crosby was one of two actors who emerged from a trash can. "Before Sesame Street" as McGuinn quipped. They met backstage afterward. At some point later they both went to Crosby's parents' house where Crosby's mom made lamb and cheese sandwiches for them.

McGuinn referred to Crosby as "my friend."

Prior to playing So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star" McGuinn joked about people saying "oh you are playing a Tom Petty song." I recall him also making a joke about the Petty connection 1979 with McGuinn Clark & Hillman by introducing it as "You probably heard the Tom Petty version. We want to play you our original version." He and Petty later met and became friends.

McGuinn talked a great deal about his upbringing in Chicago and how he taught himself to play guitar by listening to songs on a transistor radio. He later took lessons at the Old Town School of Folk Music and as a teen played in clubs in Chicago before heading to Los Angeles after high school.

Crosby taught McGuinn how to drive a car in Los Angeles, including having McGuinn drive uphill using a stick shift for the first time without backing up into cars behind him as a challenge. McGuinn said that since Chicago had so many public transportation options he never learned to drive there.

Coincidentally I saw David Crosby perform with his latest band at the same theater six years ago. Unlike McGuinn, Crosby disappointingly played no Byrds songs.

Here is the set list from McGuinn's concert-

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/roger-mcguinn/2024/north-shore-center-for-the-performing-arts-skokie-il-3b5324fc.html

Here is the set list from the earlier Crosby concert-

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/david-crosby/2018/north-shore-center-for-the-performing-arts-skokie-il-3b97e448.html

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2024/09/27
14:52 UTC

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Byrds Wishlist?

It just crossed my mind that we could use a super deluxe edition for some of the albums (Untitled is the perfect example), but what would you like to see, official releases speaking?

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2024/09/24
18:42 UTC

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Pretty Polly takes our final entry as the most underrated bonus track from 1968-90!

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2024/09/21
17:01 UTC

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One of their most fascinating Comerts

Such a strange surprise, yet a welcome one. This 1968 concert with Kevin, Gram and Doug Dillard might've been their most unusual one. In this show, the band performed both SPACE ODYSSEY & a cut version of TRIBAL GATHERING. Both were audience requests. Crazy to think they agreed. This and the power trio Winterland early set are very interesting to listen to.

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2024/09/21
16:59 UTC

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Weirdest lineup ever? 1968: Roger, Gene, Road Manager Jimmy Seiter, Michael Clarke and the Association's Ted Bluechel

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2024/09/17
17:07 UTC

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