The many vantage points in which one can dissect the legacy of the Byrds can feel simply boundless. While the studio innovations utilized on The Notorious Byrd Brothers (released the same year as country rock blueprint Sweetheart of the Rodeo) wouldn’t necessarily be confused with that of Pet Sounds, it’s a primary signifier of the record that never sufficiently got its due. Despite all of the mythos and legendary inner turmoil that reduced the band’s lineup to a duo during the sessions, the record’s spacey psychedelic folk is a time and place never to be replicated.
Category: The Byrds
Bonus Tracks, Vol. 2: Bobby Hutcherson, The Byrds, Pentangle
We’re back in the CD section, digging through those round shiny things to spotlight some of our favorite bonus tracks. This time around, check out some way-out early 70s jazz-funk, lost West Coast psych jams and spiraling folk rock trips.
The Byrds :: The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA – August 22, 1970
“The more you drink, the better you’re gonna like us,” Roger McGuinn tells the crowd of Angelenos early on during this set. “And the more we drink, the better we’re […]
The Byrds And Earl Scruggs :: You Ain’t Going Nowhere
Taken from the excellent Earl Scruggs: The Bluegrass Legend: Family and Friends — the 1972 flick that captures Scruggs and his two sons playing with the Byrds and Dylan, then […]
The Byrds :: Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
I’ve danced around posting on this watershed album for two-plus years now — all the while featuring a variety of its players ( Gram Parsons , Chris Hillman , etc.) solo work, as well as their […]