The Byrds with Earl Scruggs, His Family And Friends - YOU AIN'T GOING NOWHERE

JOHN YORK : BYRDS & BEYOND
with Billy Darnell & Chad Watson
Friday, April 6, 2012 6:30~7:30pm, Free
ECOFEST at Cal State San Bernardino University
www.csusb.edu

JOHN YORK SOLO
Saturday, April 14, 2012 8pm, $15
FRET HOUSE
309 N. Citrus Ave. Covina, CA 91723
626-339-7020

JOHN YORK : BYRDS & BEYOND
with Billy Darnell & Chad Watson
Thursday, April 19, 2012, 8pm, $20
Coffee Gallery Back Stage
2029 N. Lake Ave. Altadena, CA 91001
Reservations: 626-798-6236

http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en&v=nLZoaPlmNhM

Sierra Records' 2007 CD Sixties Transition (with Byrds - Byrds-related unreleased tracks) has just been re-released by the RetroWorld label in the U.K. with different artwork.

John York's new CD, called FANFARE FOR 2, has just been released by GRA Records.

Track listing:

1 Half Moon Bay
2 Lone Wolf, No Club
3 Red, White & Blue
4 Coyote
5 I Feel It Now
6 Sea Of Wine
7 Wasn't That You
8 You Just Love Cocaine
9 Power Of Now
10 Reach Out (I'll Be There)
11 Behind The Scenes
12 Lucky & The Trash Angel
13 Setup for Heartbreak

You can order your copy directly from the label at http://www.gragroup.com/johnyork.html/

The Byrds' 5th LP, The Notorious Brothers, has just been re-released on high quality (180 gram) vinyl by the Music On Vinyl label (a subsidiary of Sony/Columbia).

The Byrds’ PREFLYTE recordings (recorded at World Pacific Studios when they were still called The Jet Set and The Beefeaters) has now been released with 8 bonus tracks,as mentioned earlier on this blog.

Months and months after being announced, this DVD has finally become available from some outlets.

The Byrds – The Lost Broadcasts

Roger McGuinn, Clarence White, Gene Parsons, Skip Battin, Jimmi Seiter

Label: Gonzo

The Lost Broadcasts are a series of DVD sets featuring performances that have rarely been seen since the original transmission on german television, in some cases more than forty years ago.

The Byrds first session from the 19th of May 1971 featured newer material including Chestnut Mare from the band’s critically well received album Untitled alongside the classic songs So You Want To Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star, Mr Tambourine Man and Eight Miles High. The second session comes from October 1972 and they perform three versions of Black Mountain Rag and two versions of So You Want To Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star.

1. Chestnut Mare 1

2. Chestnut Mare 2

3. Eight Miles High

4. Mr Tambourine Man

5. Black Mountain Rag 1

6. Black Mountain Rag 2

7. Black Mountain Rag 3

8. So You Want to Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star 1

9. So You Want to Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star 2

Issue # 6  of FANTASTIC EXPEDITION is out.

Dedicated to Rick Roberts’ solo work, this issue features an in depth review of WINDMILLS with a return to the Burritos for a 3rd Dutch tour.

New interviews with Erik Dalton and Rick Roberts which touches upon his Flying Burrito Brothers period, solo and Firefall.

Plenty of amazing anecdotes including new stories involving Chris Hillman, Michael Clarke and Gram Parsons.

You can order it from Jason at http://www.fantasticexpedition.com/

Setlist: The Very Best Of The Byrds - Live

is the complete title of the newly released CD by The Byrds.

It features previously released tracks from Radiohuset (Sweden 1967), The Fillmore West (San Francisco 1969), The Fillmore East (New York 1970), The Felt Forum (New York 1970) and The Queen's College (New York 1970)