The band was a breeding ground of musical genres, practically one forĮach one of these three phases has been characterized by the leader who Spatial-psychedelic rock, and the band that dove into country-rock.
Linked Dylan with the Merseybeat, the band that initiated "Byrds" is actually the name of three different bands: the band that Or country-rock, although they were the first to put them on the charts,īut surely they linked the era of vocal ensembles (Everly Brothers,īeach Boys, Beatles) with that of the rock bands (Jefferson Airplane, Perhaps the Byrds didn't invent folk-rock, or psychedelic rock, These three groups had in common two things: the name and Roger McGuinn's guitar. Sweetheart Of The Rodeo (1968) is one of the two albums credited with Was still an eccentric hodgepodge of acid-rock, raga-rock, pop and country, but When David Crosby left and Gram Parsons joined, the sound took a turn
Space exploration, thereby coining a form of "space ballad". Was more complex and erudite than the average, borrowing elements fromįree-jazz and Indian music. Their version of psychedelic-rock, as announced byįifth Dimension (1966), one of the first psychedelic albums, Remembered for the Dylan covers the psychedelic group, In reality, there were three groups called Byrds: the folk-rock group,īest represented by Feel A Whole Lot Better (1965) although best Historically, they bridged the era of surf music (and Mersey-beat) with the era ( Copyright © 1999 Piero Scaruffi | Legal restrictions - Termini d'uso )Īs the band that co-developed (and popularized) folk-rock, acid-rock andĬountry-rock, the Byrds were responsible more than anyone else for creatingĪn American sound (and, more specifically, a California sound) in the 1960s. Byrds: biography, discography, reviews, links
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