Gene Clark's son Kai Clark has just released his new CD titled SILVER RAVEN.
It's a tribute to his late father.
Guests include John York, Carla Olson and Byron Berline.
Tracks:
1. I Found You (3:13)
2. Mr. Tambourine Man (2:31)
3. Train Leaves Here This Morning (5:18)
4. Here Without You (2:42)
5. Silver Raven (4:41)
6. Kansas City Southern (5:11)
7. Gypsy Rider (4:08)
8. Turn! Turn! Turn! (3:58)
9. Polly (4:32)
10. Your Fire Burning (8:06)
11. Eight Miles Higher (Bonus Track) (5:02)
Please share this with your friends and like it if you want to.
Our thanks go out to Ellen Giurleo at Keith Putney Productions for creating the page and to William Kollar at LBN Productions for his editing skills.
The first video in our "All in it Together" concert series will be up as soon as we have some friends for this new FaceBook page.
If you don't do FaceBook, the video series will also be on youtube.com soon, and also on John's website at: johnyorkmusic.com (Thanks to Don Gillespie for that.)
Pictures taken at the Byrds show at Boise State College, Boise, Idaho 1/28/1973, when Toulouse Engelhardt was on tour with them as the band's support act.
Update 04/9: we've had some questions about who the drummer was. The drummer is Dennis Dragon , who went on to curl his hair, color it blond and be a founding member of The Surf Punks.
We just received an e-mail from Toulouse Engelhardt:
Hello!
This is Toulouse Engelhardt, finger style acoustic guitarist who recorded for John Fahey's Takoma Records back in the 1970's. I wanted to let you know that I was the support act for The Byrds on many of their final American tour dates in 1973.
Please add these additional performance dates to your list
Jan. 27th, 1973 Fine Arts Center, Utah State University, Logan, Utah ( Two sold out shows in one evening)
Jan. 28th, 1973 College Gymnasium, Boise State College, Boise, Idaho
These dates are not mentioned in Christopher Hjort's book from 2008, so these additions are welcome. Thanks, Toulouse.
Toulouse's CD from 2004 titled "A Child's Guide To The Universe" features John York.
Byrds Flyght is parting with its huge collection of Byrds and Byrds-related items (records, reel-to-reel tapes, cassette tapes, CDs, CDRs, DVD, DVDrs, VHS video tapes, posters, books, magazines, etc…).
As far as records and CDs are concerned, we have a near-complete collection of every Byrds album release (official and unofficial) as well as every solo or group album release by the 11 ex-members and every participation by the 11 ex-members in other artists’ albums (except for recordings by and with David Crosby – we only have a few by him). We also have many 7’’ singles and E.P.s. Most of what we have can be viewed on Byrds Flyght’s pages.
So now is the time to get this rare item that you’ve been searching for for decades. Send an e-mail to Byrds Flyght at
byrdsflyght@skynet.be
with details of what you’re looking for, as well as the maximum price (including shipping) you’re willing to pay to get it. No funny low prices please. Serious offers only.
We will answer every e-mail, but of course we often have one copy only of each item. So don’t be disappointed if the answer is negative. If so, it’s either because the item has already been sold or because your offer doesn’t reach our own estimated value price. In the latter case, we will tell you so and give you a second chance to make a higher offer.
The Byrds had a small get together for die-hard fans at the Round House in London on Saturday 25th February 1967.
I was there along with my good friends Tony Poole and Ross McGeeney, both later to find fame with 'Starry Eyed and Laughing', who seven short years later (April 28, 1974) played the Roundhouse alongside Michael Nesmith and Red Rhodes (amongst others). Simple twist of fate!
Back to 1967 however; in true fan style we 'discovered' that the band were staying at the White House Hotel on Regent’s Park in London, so we all strode off and blagged the number of "Mr. McGuinn"'s suite from the front desk. Up we went and had the briefest of conversations with the great man, and emboldened by that knocked on the door opposite to find it answered by the ever voluble David Crosby! Wow, David spent what seemed like hours with us discussing all manner of subjects (I should have said we were 3 spotty faced schoolboys!!) and to this day none of us have forgotten the experience or his kindness.
Saturday, August 30, 2014, 9pm-12am, $5 suggested donation
The Way Station continues their Tribute Series by honoring trailblazers of rock ‘n' roll, The Byrds, by celebrating the 46th anniversary (to the day) of their release of Sweetheart Of The Rodeo on Saturday, August 30th from 9pm-12am.
Performing the entire Legacy Edition of the record will be Jordan Renzi, The Sensational Country Blues Wonders, The Cornell Brothers, Bourbon Express and The DiveBombers. Don't miss a single track as re-imagined by these most reverential performers.
From folk rock to psychedelic hippie pop, The Byrds were pioneers of rock ‘n' roll from the start. However it wasn't until 1968, when they hitched their wagon to Gram Parsons, that they left their indelible mark on American music with their seminal album, Sweetheart of the Rodeo. The traditional forms of folk, bluegrass and gospel laid the foundation for the very first major country rock album, and forged the creation of what became known as “Cosmic American Music”.
