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Sony Entertainment/Columbia/Legacy record label issued an expanded Byrds’ Sweetheart Of The Rodeo, the 1968 released album ...
Long before he was flying “Eight Miles High” as the frontman for The Byrds, Roger McGuinn called Tarrytown home. “My folks had a rented house there. I went to second and third grade in Tarrytown. My ...
Turn!” as well as “Eight Miles High” and other original works. He has continued to perform and record in various collaborations and as a solo artist since the Byrds’ breakup in the early ...
A snippet of Bach might be followed by an exotic outtake of the Byrds' "Eight Miles High," and Judy's easy-to-listen-to on-air patter would provide helpful information about the pieces she played ...
A snippet of Bach might be followed by an exotic outtake of the Byrds' "Eight Miles High," and Judy's easy-to-listen-to on-air patter would provide helpful information about the pieces she played ...
The term “raga rock” first appeared in the spring of 1966, a cute term supposedly thought up by the Byrds’ Jim McGuinn to describe that group’s prodigy “Eight Miles High.” ...
As a result of Clark’s departure, Fifth Dimension has a sound quite different from previous Byrds records. (The album includes only one song with Gene—”Eight Miles High.”) ...
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Who Are the ‘Big 4′ of Folk Rock?
To define folk rock is a paradoxical task, given that the genre’s purpose is to take elements from various sources — traditional folk, blues, rock ‘n’ roll, pop — and fuse them into a new sound. Maybe ...
It’s not inspired by a Michael Moorcock story or an ancient Japanese proverb – It’s just about spitting, farting and behaving like animals ...
Gene Clark served as The Byrds chief songwriter in the mid-sixties, penning some of their most essential songs, including “Feel a Whole Lot Better,” “Eight Miles High” and “You Showed Me.” ...
The eight-mile-high club? The song started to take shape while The Byrds were several miles up in the air over the Atlantic Ocean, flying over to the UK for their first international tour. The idea ...