The Byrds

Musique TV Belgium 05/17/1971

[durrtyb]

Makes me proud to discover videos of my grandfather Clarence White. Died way too young. I would’ve loved to have met him.

[yippierb]

68 -72 Byrds my favorite lineup..a natural progression, wish it had lasted longer.

[scottmeli]

A talented group of Byrds (Roger McGuinn, Gene Parsons, Skip Battin, Clarence White and Jimmi Seiter) that doesn’t get enough credit. These guys were great!

[margaretmoore-xmzv]

Clarence was very kind and funny too. I met him in about 1970 in Boston. He, IMO, saved my life. I was in a very deep depression and he along with Skip, helped me snap out of it. I will always be forever grateful to them. They played a lot in the Boston area at that time and I saw them each time. Clarence was awesome!

[crimsonwolf]

Calling them The Byrds upsets a lot of folks apparently BUT call them what you want THESE GUYS were a tremendous band and blew the country rock bands that followed them (Eagles etc) right out the door. Like the Grateful Dead they could go from c&w, blues, bluegrass right into strong jazz riffing. Absolutely incredible live and FUN! This clip suffers from poor lighting and a bad sub par sound mix but not from a bad performance by THESE GUYS.

[cliffbarber]

I first heard the Byrds, in the summer of 65 "Mr. Tamborine Man", This line up in, my opinion, had the best players, great live band. Clarence White currently resides in the Pantheon
One of the best guitarists ever!

[MichaelHattem]

Twenty years ago, I discovered the 1968-72 lineup of The Byrds. Still can't get enough...

[talileali]

The best musician line up of the Byrd's, period! Loved this band! They rocked the jeans off of every tune they covered! Clarence, Skip, Roger, and Gene sailed thru these turns with so much ease and brilliance it boggles the mind! Stellar! Simply Stellar!

[THEScottCampbell]

I wish Roger had kept THIS version of The Byrds together with the possible addition of Hillman and occasionally Gene Clark. Four years of constant touring and SIX albums made this the greatest lineup.

[seabertotter]

Way tight. I think that is the best ever video of the later band.

[chrisfinnegan]

No light show, no explosion, no giant inflatable pig. In 1972 I saw them , I wasn't ready for what I was about to hear ! I sat memorize, there sound was from the ethers . What a band Rogar, Clarence , Skip , Gene and don't forget Jimmi Seither. 50 years later, still the greatest band I've ever heard !!!

[robertstill]

Saw this line up in the early 70s absolutely brilliant.

[jansenwilco]

My favorite band, I saw them 2 times in the Netherlands, during this European tour.

[michaelbruns]

These guys during this time period almost became The Eagles before The Eagles...

[gregorybarrett]

I saw this brilliant line-up, the finest Byrds ever in my view (although I'm a big Chris Hillman and Gram Parsons fan) live four times

[briankorbelik]

Clarrence, was a fantastic axe man. He co-invented the string bender for the Fender Telecaster, which made it soundl ike a pedal steel guitar. I'm along time Stratocaster man. Bought it at age 16 all ready to be the next Jimi. But I burned all the way down. Serves me right. 8-)

[tylermcauliffe]

This Byrds line up have an authenticity that CSN never could touch.

[rosselkins]

This was the best lineup musically of the Byrds. Saw them early on out on Long Island around Turn Turn Turn and later in Northern Cal with this line up. Clarence was the reason they stood out...

[BreconWalsh]

They do a fabulous and sparky rendition of Little Feat's "Truckstop Girl" in 1971, whoa how gloriously cool is that!

[jamescrow]

I just discovered this line-up of the Byrds a couple days ago. I had the old Whoopy Cat boot CD of their sessions from the mid-1960s. Drummer is incredible along with the bassist. Drummer is what all drummers should aspire to being! Even an average song is brought alive by this drummer and bassist. Amazing stuff.