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The Byrds Show
Part One 1964-1967
with dj bennett and author Domenic Priore
Recorded 24 August 2010 at killradio
128k, 1 hour 45 minutes.
California culture expert and author Domenic Priore and Killradio's dj bennett discuss and do a deep listen to the music of L.A.'s own Byrds -- and their musical offshoots. Part one of three parts.
The Byrds were the first and most important of mid-60s Los Angeles rock bands. Without the Byrds, there would have been no freaks, no hippies, no space rock, no raga rock, no country rock. If you care about modern music, this is a story you need to know. And the music is amazing.
Domenic is the author of the marvelous L.A. musical history Riot on Sunset Strip: Rock'n'Roll's Last Stand in Hollywood, with the subtitle The Byrds, The Doors, The Beach Boys, Love, Frank Zappa, Buffalo Springfield, The Mamas and the Papas, The Turtles, and More. To learn more, give it a read.
All performances by The Byrds unless otherwise noted. Ballad of Easy Rider / Kentucky Colonels-Nine Pound Hammer / "The Jet Set" (pre-Byrds World Pacific Studios)-You Showed Me / The Beefeaters-Don't Be Long / David Crosby-Get Together / Mr. Tambourine Man / I'll Feel Whole Lot Better (mono lp & from Shiveree tv show) / Love-Hey Joe / Eight Miles High (RCA) / Why (single version) / I See You / Fifth Dimension / John Riley / It Happens Every Day / Thoughts and Words / Renaissance Fair / So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star / Everybody's Been Burned / Gene Clark-So You Say You Lost Your Baby / Mr. Spaceman
Presented for educational purposes. Audio problems repaired. Version 2.
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The Byrds Show Part 2
Killradio.org presents
The Byrds Show
Part Two 1965-1969
with dj bennett and author Domenic Priore
Recorded 7 September 2010 at killradio
128k, 2 hours. In part two of our three part Byrds survey, Domenic Priore and dj bennett of The Chill Room go from the Byrds' biggest hit "Turn! Turn! Turn!" through 1969, with the personnel changes and the branching out that shows how important the Byrds were to the L.A. and international music scene.
The Byrds 1965: David Crosby, Chris Hillman, Jim McGuinn, Michael Clarke, Gene Clark -- the classic original lineup
All performances by The Byrds unless otherwise noted. Turn! Turn! Turn! / Bells of Rhymney / The World Turns All Around Her / Chimes of Freedom / Change Is Now (mono lp) / Draft Morning / Wasn't Born to Follow / Tribal Gathering / Lady Friend / Triad / Joni Mitchell-The Dawn Treader / Clarence White-Grandma Funderbunk's Music Box/ Clarence White-Tango for a Sad Mood / Gosdin Brothers-Catch the Wind / International Submarine Band-Luxury Liner / Don't Make Waves / David Grusin Candy OST-Ascension to Virginity / You Ain't Goin' Nowhere / Hickory Wind / My Back Pages, Baby What You Want Me to Do (live in Rome 1968) / Lazy Days / This Wheel's on Fire / Bad Night at the Whisky / Moog Raga / Roger McGuinn (with Clarence White and Gene Parsons) Easy Rider OST-It's All Right Ma I'm Only Bleeding, Ballad of Easy Rider
Presented for educational purposes.
One note: The guitar solo on "Change Is Now" is by Roger McGuinn. Clarence White plays the country guitar. (Just to be correct to the facts.)
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The Byrds Show Part 3
Killradio.org presents
The Byrds Show
Part Three 1969-1978
with dj bennett and author Domenic Priore
Recorded 21 September 2010 at killradio
128k, 2 hours. The third and final part of our Byrds special -- through the 70s and the influence musically and socially that the Byrds left the world a better place. Concludes with a reunion of the original Byrds in SF in 1978.
The Byrds 1971 Clarence White, Roger McGuinn, Gene Parsons, Skip Battin
Domenic programmed the music on these shows, and you could consider this an alternative box set of the history of this band and this music.
The Byrds-Jesus is Just Alright / David Crosby and Steven Stills-Gunnevere (1968 demo) / Flying Burrito Brothers-Sin City / Flying Burrito Brothers-Mental Revenge (Live at Avalon Ballroom 1969) / Flying Burrito Brothers-Hot Burrito #2 / Dillard & Clark-Train Leaves Here This Morning / Dillard & Clark-Out on the Side / The Byrds-Willin' (Untitled outtake 1970) / The Byrds-Just a Season / Gene Clark (with the Byrds)-She's the Kind of Girl / Gene Clark (with the Byrds)-One in a Hundred / Gene Clark (with the Flying Burrito Brothers)-Here Tonight / The Byrds-Jamaica Say You Will / Crosby Stills Nash & Young-Deja Vu / The Byrds-Kathleen's Song / Gene Clark-Polly / Gene Clark-The American Dreamer / David Crosby-Laughing / Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris-A Song for You / Manassas-So Begins the Task / Emmylou Harris-Luxury Liner / The Byrds-Bugler / McGuinn Clark & Hillman with special guest David Crosby-Mr. Tambourine Man (1978 Boarding House SF)
Presented for educational purposes. Version 2.
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