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America's Greatest Band
Views: 1,494Added: Sun. Jun 15, 2008 9:43pm
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I am writing as a fan of Rock & Roll's most underrated band The Byrds. This was a band who emerged from the dust of the beat poet scene from the late 1950's to the early 1960's. A few like Roger McGuinn, David Crosby, Barry McGuire, Gene Clark & John Phillips were keen enough of their surroundings to sense the coming changes that The Fab Four were about to unleash on America in February of 1964. Tha Byrds who were studying their soon to be rivals and friends, quickly adopted their own style that emerged from trying to emulate The Beatles. McGuinn's Rickenbacker 12-String sound soon became a new form of music called Jangle Rock. The Byrds were responsible for adding many genres to Rock & Roll like; Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Space Rock, Country Rock, Jazz Rock and more.
James Llorca
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Posted 7:39pm July 16th, 2008With "Mr. Tambourine Man", The Byrds had the one impact hit that could be tossed back "across the pond" as far as how American rock & roll responded to the British Invasion. In my opinion, with all due respect to The Beach Boys, The Byrds were the one American band that had the talent and capability to rival The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Never mind that Roger was the only one in the group to actually play on the backing track; his vocal style and guitar crafting, along with the harmonies of Gene Clark and David Crosby, etched their place on rock & roll history. It's a shame that Gene left the group the following year. I think if he would have stayed on, they would have had more than two Number One hits. It's also very sad that Gene is no longer with us. He died way too young. One can only wonder if The Byrds could have gotten back together at least once more if Gene were alive today. He had so much going for him, and for him to have died just four months after the group's induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame certainly crushed any hopes of a Byrds reunion; something I would have loved to have seen, since I was too young to remember them in their heyday.
Earl Mudcrutch
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Posted 12:01am June 16th, 2008Beatles & Byrds had a vibe working. Many say the 60's were a competition between Beatles, Brian Wilson & Bob Dylan, but the Byrds were the forth side of that box. It's because their influence, association, and mention are strung throughout the 1960's decade of most influential influences.