The Byrds
The Byrds
Formed: 1964 in Los Angeles, CA
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Disbanded: 1973
Genre: Rock
Styles: Country Rock, Folk Rock, Psychedelic, Pop, Classical, Folk, Folk Pop, Pop/Rock
Group Members: Clarence White, Chris Hillman, Gene Clark, Gram Parsons, Gene Parsons, Skip Battin, Michael Clarke, David Crosby, Kevin Kelley, Roger McGuinn, ...View All
Biography: Although they only attained the huge success of the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and the Beach Boys for a short time in the mid-'60s, time has judged the Byrds to be nearly as influential as those groups in the long run. They were not solely responsible for devising folk-rock, but they were certainly more ...Read full biography
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
Released: 1968
Label: COLUMBIA/LEGACY
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The Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo was not the first important country-rock album (Gram Parsons managed that feat with the International Submarine Band's debut Safe at Home), and the Byrds were hardly ...Read full review
Mr. Tambourine Man
Released: 1965
Label: COLUMBIA/LEGACY
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One of the greatest debuts in the history of rock, Mr. Tambourine Man was nothing less than a significant step in the evolution of rock & roll itself, demonstrating that intelligent lyrical content could ...Read full review
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