The Byrds - "Bells Of Rhymney "

 The concert was shot before a live audience at the Moulin Rouge (originally opened in 1938 as the Earl Carroll Theater) club at 6230 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, California on November 29th, 1965.

 /"The Bells of Rhymney" is a song by the American folk singer Pete Seeger, which consists of Seeger's own music accompanying words written by the Welsh poet Idris Davies. Seeger first released a recording of the song on a live album in 1958, but it is the American folk rock band the Byrds' 1965 recording that is the best known version of the song.

                  Chris Hillman     David Crosby           Michael Clarke     Gene Clark   Roger Mcguinn 

                         Michael Clarke             David Van Cortlandt Crosby             Gene Clark,

 (3 juni 1946 -19 dec. 1993)    (14 augustus 1941 –18 januari 2023)   (17 november 1944 - 24 mei 1991)

                                                                                R.I.P

 

The Byrds & The Scruggs Family - You Ain,t Going Nowhere (Dylan)

 

 Earl Eugene Scruggs (January 6, 1924 – March 28, 2012) was an American musician noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo picking style, now called "Scruggs style", which is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music.

                 David Hoffman                                        Rock & Roll meets blue-Grass
                                            Earl Scruggs and his sons Randy and Gary 

                             Randy Lynn Scruggs (August 3, 1953 – April 17, 2018)

                             Gary Scruggs              ( May 18, 1949 - December 1, 2021)

                           The Byrds :Roger McQuinn - Skip Batton,Clarence White -Gene Parsons 

                            Clyde "Skip" Battin (February 18, 1934 - July 6, 2003)

                           Clarence White (Lewiston, 7 juni 1944 – Palmdale, 14 juli 1973)

                                                The Byrds on Blue Grass

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The Byrds - Pretty Boy Floyd (1971)

                                  Stop Pop: That's For The Byrds, Belgium TV Show, Oct 2 1971

                           Clarence White -Roger McGuinn -Gene Parsons -Skip Battin 

                                        

                                    Clyde "Skip" Battin (February 18, 1934 – July 6, 2003)

                                                  

                  Clarence White (born Clarence Joseph LeBlanc; June 7, 1944 - July 15, 1973)

 

The Byrds with Earl Scruggs & Sons - When Rock & Roll met Bluegrass...

                                      The Byrds, Earl Scruggs and his sons Randy and Gary

 On January 10th, 1971, 48 years ago today, the Earl Scruggs Revue appeared on a PBS special, Earl Scruggs: His Family and Friends, which featured 21-year-old Gary and 17-year-old Randy, along with Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Doc Watson and Bill Monroe, among others. Also appearing on the program were country-rock pioneers the Byrds, featuring Roger McGuinn, Clarence White, Skip Battin and Gene Parsons.


You Aint Going Nowhere (1969)

 In the above clip from the special, the Byrds join Scruggs and sons on Dylan’s “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere,” which the Byrds actually recorded in 1968, three years before Dylan, who eventually included it on a greatest-hits package in late ’71.

The Byrds (org. line-up) - Live!! (1965)

                        
                           
The Byrds, van L.naar R. David Crosby,Gene Clarke,Michael Clarke,Chris Hillman,RogerMcGuinn.

 Het was de bedoeling dat The Byrds de  Amerikaanse tegenhanger zou worden van Britse bands
als   The Beatles en The Rolling Stones. Wat haardracht en gillende dames betreft waren er wel overeenkomsten,muzikaal wat minder. De band ontwikkelde een volstrekt eigen sound ,mede door de 12-snarige gitaar van Roger McGuinn.Door het coveren van nummers van folkartiesten als Pete Seeger en Bob Dylan werd hun muziek in die tijd ook wel omschreven als "folkrock"

                                          Turn,Turn Turn (Pete Seeger)

 De opnames komen uit de concertfilm The Big TNT Show gepresenteerd door David McCallum.
Andere optredende artiesten waren o.a The Lovin Spoonful,Ray Charles,BoDiddley,Donovan ,Petula Clarke,Roger Miller,Ike&TinaTurner,Joan Baez.

                                          The Bells of Rhymny (Pete Seeger)

 In 1966 verliet David Crosby de band,de groep ging steeds meer zijn eigen weg. "The Notorious Byrd Brothers". is nog steeds een prachtig album Het daaropvolgende album, getiteld "Sweetheart Of The Rodeo",was wel even wennen country muziek pur sang ,maar ook deze is het beluisteren nog steeds meer dan waard .Eigenlijk twee tijdloos mooie albums,

                                          Mr.Tambourine Man(Bob Dylan)

Drummer Michael Clarke overleed in 1993.Na zijn periode bij The Byrds maakte hij samen met Doug Dillard en Gene Clarke het prachtige album  The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark
nog steeds een van de mooiste albums uit mijn verzameling.daarna voegde hij bij The Flying Burrito Brothers (met onder anderen Gram Parsons, Chris Hillman en Rick Roberts) . In 1973 deed hij mee aan de reünie van The Byrds. Hij speelde van 1974 tot 1981 in de door Roberts opgerichte softrockgroep Firefall.

                                          The Times they are Changing(Bob Dylan)

Gene Clarke samen met Roger McGuinn en David Crosby een van de oprichters van The Byrds overleed in 1991.Hij had in 1966 de groep al verlaten om een solocarriere te beginnen.Hoewel Roger McGuinn erg gezichtbepalend was voor de band,was Gene toch verantwoordelijk voor de grootste hits ,waaronder"I Feel A Whole Lot Of Better" en "Eight Miles High"Zijn solocarriere verliep met pieken en dalen,maar leverde wel een paar pareltjes op in mijn muziekverzameling met "The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard andClarke" en "Through The Morning,Through the Night"(Dillard & Clarke)en solo met o.a"White Light,"Roadmaster en vooral het prachtige "No Other"

                                          Do You Believe in Magic(John Sebastian,Lovin Spoonful)

De overige drie leden zijn nog steeds "on te road".David Crosby nog dikwijls met Crosby,Stills Nash en soms Young.Roger McGuin solo(zag hem een paar jaar geleden nog op het bluesfestival van Peer,erg mooi.)Chris Hillman kennen we natuurlijk van de Flying Burrito Brothers,The Desert Rose Band en is ook te horen als muzikant op talloze albums.

Gene Clarke (Tipton (Missouri), 17 november 1944 - Sherman Oaks (Californië), 24 mei 1991)
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The Byrds - Monterey PopFestival 17 Juni 1967

Waarschijnlijk niet het beste optreden van The Byrds op het Montery Popfestival van 1967.
In ieder geval niet goed genoeg voor de officiele film die van dit festival gemaakt is.
Wat mij betreft onterecht,zeker omdat er van The Byrds, in een van eerste bezettingen weinig goede ,,live,,beelden zijn.Medeoprichter Gene Clarke had de band al verlaten,The Byrds bestonden op dit moment uit Roger McGuin,David Crosby,Chris Hillman en Michael Clarke


Chimes Of Freedom
Komt van het eerste album van The Byrds Mr Tambourin Man.
Geschreven door Bob Dylan in 1964 en geinspereerd door de dichter Alan Rimbaut



He Was A Friend Of Mine van het album Turn Turn Turn
"He Was a Friend of Mine" is een traditione folk song waarin de zanger over de dood van een vriend zingt. Door zeer veel artiesten gecoverd o.a Bob Dylan,Dave Van Ronk,Grateful Dead,Bobby Bare,The Black Crows en natuurlijk The Byrds.Roger McGuin paste de tekst aan naar aanleiding van de moord op John F Kennedy.Een van de mooiste en meest recente, is de uitvoering van Willie Nelson in de film Brokeback Mountain.


Hey Joe van het album Fifth Dimension
Niet helemaal duidelijk wie het nummer geschreven heeft ,Tim Rose,Dino Valenti,Billy Roberts het kan allemaal.Er zijn veel uitvoeringen van de song o.a The Leaves,The Standells,The Surfaris,Love ,The Byrds en ontelbaar veel anderen. Maar de grote doorbraak was natuurlijk de onvergetelijke versie van Jimi Hendrix.

Setlist van The Byrds tijdens het Montery International PopFestival 1967
1 Renaissance Fair
2 Have You Seen Her Face
3 Hey Joe
4 He Was A Friend Of Mine
5 Lady Friend
6 Chimes Of Freedom
7 So You Want To Be A Rock&Roll Star(with Hugh Masakela)

Enkele Byrds leden in het publiek,ik weet niet of het voor of na hun optreden is maar de stemming zit er niet in.

The Byrds - Chimes Of Freedom / He was A Friend Of Mine (Monterey Pop Festival)

                                          Monterey 1967
                                David Crosby last show with The Byrds

The Byrds - Chimes Of Freedom / He Was A Friend Of Mine (Monterey 1967) from Aart van Hoften on Vimeo.

The story of this show....

 

The Byrds live at Hugh Hefner,s Play Boy After Dark TV Show

On September 28, the McGuinn-White-York-Parsons version of The Byrds debuted on, of all things, Hugh Hefner's Playboy After Dark TV show, performing "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" and "This Wheel's On Fire," another Bob Dylan song demoed with The Band in Woodstock and no doubt heard that year on The Band's debut, Music From Big Pink. Not only was this one of the first shows for the post-Hillman Byrds lineup*, it's the first documented performance, to my knowledge, of Clarence playing his StringBender, which you can hear him work to great effect at the beginning of "Nowhere." I'm reasonably certain this was also the only gig in the band's career in which scantily clad go-go dancing and brandy snifters figured prominently. So you wanna be a rock 'n' roll star, indeed!


The Byrds in 1968 -"You Aint Going Nowhere " en "This Wheels on Fire."
Roger McGuinn, Gene Parsons, John York en Clarence White, Live at The Playboy Club.


Clarence White
Clarence White (born Clarence LeBlanc) (June 7, 1944 – July 15, 1973) was a guitar player for Nashville West, The Byrds, Muleskinner, and the Kentucky Colonels. His parents were Acadians from New Brunswick, Canada. The father, Eric LeBlanc, Sr., played fiddle, guitar, banjo and harmonica, and his children, Roland, Eric Jr., Joanne and Clarence took up music at a young age.


Gene Parsons
Gene Victor Parsons is an American drummer, banjo player, guitarist, singer-songwriter, and innovative engineer, best known for his work with The Byrds from 1968 to 1972. Parsons has also released solo albums and played in bands including Nashville West, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Parsons Green. Parsons is credited with inventing the B-Bender (also known as the StringBender) along with Clarence White and the device is often referred to as the Parsons/White B-Bender, a trademarked name.


John York
John Foley York is an American bassist and guitarist, born in White Plains, New York on August 3, 1946. He is best known for his work with The Byrds, who he joined in September 1968 as a replacement for the band's original bass player Chris Hillman. He remained with the group until September 1969, when he was fired by the other three members of the band and replaced by Skip Battin.[3] Despite only being with The Byrds for a year, his bass playing and singing appear on two of the group's studio albums, Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde and Ballad of Easy Rider, as well as on the non-album single "Lay Lady Lay". York also wrote the song "Fido", which appears on Ballad of Easy Rider, and co-wrote the song "Candy", which is included on Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde. He also appears on the Columbia/Legacy Byrds' live album Live at the Fillmore - February 1969.


Roger Mcguinn
James Roger McGuinn (known professionally as Roger McGuinn, previously as Jim McGuinn, and born James Joseph McGuinn III on July 13, 19http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif42)[1] is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for being the lead singer and lead guitarist on many of The Byrds' records. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his work with The Byrds.

The Byrds with Earl Scruggs & Sons
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The Byrds Live at the Filmore East 1970
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The Byrds members
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Live at the Fillmore East - The Byrds(1970)

Jesus is just Alright

Roger McGuinn – gitaar, zang
Clarence White – gitaar, zang
Skip Battin – bas, zang
Gene Parsons – drums, zang

THE BYRDS MEMBERS (1)

De originele bezetting.v.l.n.r.David Crosby-Gene Clark-Michael Clark-Chris Hillman-Roger(Jim)Mcquin

The Byrds Turn Turn Turn (Pete Seeger)

David Crosby Thousand Roads

Gene Clark Silver Raven

Chris Hillman(with Flying Burrito Brothers)

Roger Mcquin TurnTurnTurn


Michael Clarke (geboren Michael James Dick) (3 juni 1946 - 19 december 1993), was de drummer van The Byrds van 1964 tot 1968. Hij overleed in in 1993, op 47 jarige leeftijd aan een ernstige leverziekte als gevolg van meer dan drie decenia van zwaar alcoholgebruik .