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The Notorious Byrd Brothers is the fifth studio album by the American rock band the Byrds, released on January 15, 1968, by Columbia Records. [1] [2] The album represents the pinnacle of the Byrds' late-'60s musical experimentation, with the band blending together elements of psychedelia, folk rock, country, electronic music, baroque pop, and jazz.
[2] Perone regards the Byrds' recording as the "definitive version of the song." [1] Perone suggests that "Wasn't Born to Follow" takes on extra poignancy on the album due to its placement right after the anti-military draft song "Draft Morning," suggesting that "the singer was not born to follow the sheep (draftees) into slaughter." [1] [5]
A number of tracks on Dr Byrds & Mr. Hyde, including the instrumental "Nashville West" and the traditional song "Old Blue", [192] featured the sound of the Parsons and White designed StringBender (also known as the B-Bender), an invention that allowed White to duplicate the sound of a pedal steel guitar on his Fender Telecaster.
'I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better' by the Byrds. Songwriter and folk rock pioneer Gene Clark was inspired to pen this song in 1965 when an annoying girlfriend prompted him to think: "I'm gonna to feel ...
"Draft Dodger Rag" Phil Ochs: 1967 "Draft Morning" The Byrds: 1969 "Draft Resister" Steppenwolf: 1969 "Fortunate Son" Creedence Clearwater Revival: 1981 "I Don't Wanna Get Drafted" Frank Zappa: 1986 "Nein, meine Söhne geb' ich nicht" ("No, I Will Not Give [You] My Sons") Reinhard Mey: 1971 "One Man Rock and Roll Band" Roy Harper: 1994 "Refuse ...
Few young people understood the reason for the United States' involvement in the war and of the necessity for the draft. This uncertainty led to the inspiration of popular songs such as " I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag ", "Prayer for Peace" and " Where Have All the Flowers Gone " which were later heard at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in ...
Anyone who clicked on this article knows that the Byrds are one of the greatest and most influential rock groups of all time: They weren’t only influenced by the Beatles, they influenced them ...
Harold Eugene Clark (November 17, 1944 [1] – May 24, 1991) was an American singer-songwriter and founding member of the folk rock band the Byrds. [2] He was the Byrds' principal songwriter between 1964 and early 1966, writing most of the band's best-known originals from this period, including "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better", "She Don't Care About Time", "Eight Miles High" and "Set You Free ...