Roger McGuinn
James Roger McGuinn( born James Joseph McGuinn III; July 13, 1942) is an American musician.
He is best known for being the frontman of the Byrds.
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his work with the Byrds.
Tōku Made
This song was included in the band's compilation albums" Do the Best" and" Do the A- side".
The Byrds
The Byrds were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964.
The band underwent multiple lineup changes throughout its existence, with frontman Roger McGuinn( known as Jim McGuinn until mid-1967) remaining the sole consistent member.
Although they only managed to attain the huge commercial success of contemporaries like the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and the Rolling Stones for a short period in the mid-1960s, the Byrds are today considered by critics to be nearly as influential as those bands.
Their signature blend of clear harmony singing and McGuinn's jangly twelve- string Rickenbacker guitar was" absorbed into the vocabulary of rock" and has continued to be influential.
Initially, the band pioneered the musical genre of folk rock as a popular format in 1965, by melding the influence of the Beatles and other British Invasion bands with contemporary and traditional folk music on their debut album and the hit singles" Mr. Tambourine Man" and" Turn! Turn! Turn!".
As the 1960s progressed, the band was influential in originating psychedelic rock and raga rock, with their song" Eight Miles High" and the albums" Fifth Dimension"( 1966)," Younger Than Yesterday"( 1967) and" The Notorious Byrd Brothers"( 1968).
They also played a pioneering role in the development of country rock, with the 1968 album" Sweetheart of the Rodeo" representing their fullest immersion into the genre.
The original five- piece lineup of the Byrds consisted of Jim McGuinn( lead guitar, vocals), Gene Clark( tambourine, vocals), David Crosby( rhythm guitar, vocals), Chris Hillman( bass guitar, vocals), and Michael Clarke( drums).
This version of the band was relatively short- lived; by early 1966, Clark had left due to problems associated with anxiety and his increasing isolation within the group.
The Byrds continued as a quartet until late 1967, when Crosby and Clarke also departed.
McGuinn and Hillman decided to recruit new members, including country rock pioneer Gram Parsons, but by late 1968, Hillman and Parsons had also exited the band.
McGuinn elected to rebuild the band's membership; between 1968 and 1973, he helmed a new incarnation of the Byrds that featured guitarist Clarence White, among others.
McGuinn disbanded the then- current lineup in early 1973 to make way for a reunion of the original quintet.
The Byrds' final album was released in March 1973, with the reunited group disbanding later that year.
Several former members of the band went on to successful careers of their own, either as solo artists or as members of such groups as Crosby, Stills, Nash& Young, the Flying Burrito Brothers and the Desert Rose Band.
In 1991, the Byrds were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, an occasion that saw the five original members performing together for the last time.
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Clark died of a heart attack later that year, while Michael Clarke died of liver failure in 1993.
McGuinn, Crosby, and Hillman remain active.
David Crosby
David Van Cortlandt Crosby( born August 14, 1941) is an American singer- songwriter and musician.
In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of both the Byrds and Crosby, Stills& Nash.
Crosby joined the Byrds in 1964.
The band gave Bob Dylan his first number one hit in April 1965 with" Mr. Tambourine Man."
Crosby appeared on the Byrds' first five albums, and produced the original lineup's 1973 reunion album.
In 1967 he joined Buffalo Springfield on stage at the Monterey Pop Festival, which contributed to his dismissal from the Byrds.
He subsequently formed Crosby, Stills& Nash in 1968 with Stephen Stills( of Buffalo Springfield) and Graham Nash of the Hollies.
After the release of their debut album CSN won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist of 1969.
Neil Young joined the group for live appearances, their second concert being Woodstock, before recording their second album" Déjà Vu".
Meant to be a group that could collaborate freely, Crosby and Nash recorded three gold albums in the 1970s, while the core trio of CSN remained active from 1976 until 2016.
CSNY reunions took place in each decade from the 1970s through the 2000s.
Songs Crosby wrote or co-wrote include" Lady Friend Why", and" Eight Miles High" with the Byrds and" GuinnevereWooden ShipsShadow Captain", and" In My Dreams" with Crosby, Stills& Nash.
He wrote" Almost Cut My Hair" and the title track" Déjà Vu" for Crosby, Stills, Nash& Young's 1970 album.
He is known for his use of alternate guitar tunings and jazz influences.
He has released six solo albums, five of which have charted.
Additionally he formed a jazz influenced trio with his son James Raymond and guitarist Jeff Pevar in CPR.
Crosby's work with the Byrds and CSN( Y) has sold over 35 million albums.
Crosby has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice: once for his work in the Byrds and again for his work with CSN.
Five albums he contributed to are included in" Rolling Stone" s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, three with the Byrds and two with CSN( Y).
He is outspoken politically and has been depicted as emblematic of the 1960s' counterculture.
Crosby is the subject of the 2019 documentary which was produced by Cameron Crowe.
Bōkenshatachi
This song was included in the band's compilation albums" Do the Best" and" Do the A- side".
The Byrds' Greatest Hits
The Byrds' Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by the American rock band the Byrds and was released in August 1967 on Columbia Records ("see" 1967 in music).
It is the top-selling album in the Byrds' catalogue and reached number 6 on the "Billboard" Top LPs chart, but failed to chart in the UK.
Do the Twist
Do the Twist may refer to:
The Byrds Play Dylan
The Byrds Play Dylan is the name of two different compilation albums by the American rock band the Byrds, one released in 1979 and the other issued in 2002.
As their titles suggest, each compilation consists of interpretations of Bob Dylan penned songs, which the Byrds recorded at different stages of their career.
Neither version of the album reached the charts in the United States or the United Kingdom.
Toyboize
Toyboize is a British Web television series documenting the comeback of a fictional boy band.
The comedy series is produced by the television company talkbackTHAMES, a division of FremantleMedia (part of the RTL Group)
The Byrds' Greatest Hits Volume II
The Byrds' Greatest Hits Volume II is the second greatest hits album by the American rock band The Byrds.
It was released in the United Kingdom on October 29, 1971 by CBS Records(" see" 1971 in music) as a follow- up to the band's first compilation album," The Byrds' Greatest Hits".
The album appeared following the band's successful appearance at the Lincoln Folk Festival on July 24, 1971 and may have been issued by CBS as a reaction to the band's previous studio album," Byrdmaniax", having failed to chart in the UK.
The album gathered together many of the singles that The Byrds had issued in the UK since the release of their first compilation in 1967, and as a result, it is the first album to feature the band's recording of Bob Dylan's" Lay Lady Lay", which had been issued as a non-album single in May 1969.
Most of the tracks on the album were originally released between 1968 and 1971, but the song" The Times They Are a- Changin'" dated from 1965, despite that era of the band's career having already been covered by The Byrds' first greatest hits album.
" The Byrds' Greatest Hits Volume II" failed to reach the UK Albums Chart but its critical reception was generally warm, with the" NME" describing the compilation as" an indispensable acquisition for any student of the cream of American rock, particularly of the roots and influences."
Nonetheless, a number of contemporary reviews also made note of the album's inaccurate and misleading title, since among the twelve tracks included, only the song" Chestnut Mare" had been a genuine hit in the UK.
The album has never been re-issued on CD and is currently out of print.

Question: Do the bands Toyboize and The Byrds, originate from the same country?
Answer: no