Crosby’s relentless drive to push the Byrds into new realms — so effective when he turned his bandmates on to Coltrane and raga for “Eight Miles High” in 1966 — met its limit two years later with this frank threesome proposition. “I love you too, and I don’t really see,” he...
The Byrds consisted of some of the best songwriters in American history, including the perpetually underrated Gene Clark, Jim (Roger) McGuinn, and David Crosby. They made psychedelic rock heavily influenced by Indian ragas, which were becoming popularized by the sitar player Ravi Shankar and John ...
The song about a hippie riot on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles in 1966. Stills was there with other notable L.A. freaks Peter Fonda and the members of the Byrds includingDavid Crosby. A defining moment in pop music with protest themes. Who can ever forget Neil Young’s pinging guitar,...
"Paul McCartneysings at the top of this White Album track. What follows is the story of Rocky's quest to win back his woman from another man in a classic Western shootout. The town clearly ain't big enough for the two of them.
David Crosby Emma McIIntyre, Getty Images David Crosby Rock and Roll Hall of FamemusicianDavid Crosbydied at the age of 81. Founding member of the Byrds, he is synonymous with the legendary group Crosby, Stills, Nash (and sometimes Young.) His death was reported Jan. 19. ...
David Crosby explained that he wrote it on "the night Bobby Kennedy was killed", having another pillar of hope eradicated from the US political system. "I believed in him because he said he wanted to make some positive changes in America, and he hadn't been bought and sold like Johnson ...
151 The Byrds, ‘Eight Miles High’ Writers: Gene Clark, Roger McGuinn, David Crosby Producer: Allen Stanton Released: April '66, Columbia 9 weeks; No. 14 A rare collaboration between three Byrds, it was supposedly about an airplane flight. McGuinn's 12-string solo was inspired by John Co...
"Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969) Crosby, Stills & Nash's "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" is indeed a suite: The seven-and-a-half-minute song (trimmed by three minutes for the single version) moves through four sections. Stephen Stills wrote the song for his girlfriend...
Browne's first big single was unusual for the deeply introspective, typically first-person singer-songwriter. Thankfully, he welcomed outside input (from the label exec who suggested a more hopeful narrative to the vocal addendums from David Crosby and Graham Nash), and "Doctor My Eyes" jump...
Jefferson Airplane/The Byrds, “Triad.”“Triad” is pretty infamous in the Byrds’ history, as one of the straws that broke the camel’s back in leading to David Crosby’s departure (or, more precisely, firing). This song about a ménage a trois was recorded during the sessions for the...