A visitor of this website sent us the following story:
My name is Mike. I attended a Byrds concert on Friday March 3rd, 1972 in Greeley Colorado at the University of Northern Colorado.
I do remember the crowd went crazy when the band did AMERICA'S GREAT NATIONAL PASTIME and of course EIGHT MILES HIGH, MR TAMBOURINE MAN and TURN TURN TURN. My roommate was Jack K. who was a DJ at the University Radio Station: KUNC. He invited the group over after the concert to our house that was a half block east of the Student Center. We partied that night. I woke up on the living room floor the next morning, and everyone was gone. I guess they were better at partying than I was. I sure wish I would not have partied that night.
Chris Hillman, Clarence White, Gene Parsons, Michael Clarke
Digging into our archives, we found this picture of the famous Byrds/Flying Burrito Brothers joint performance at the Vancouver Pop Festival in August 1969.
Jimmi Seiter is closely related to the Byrds, having been their roadie, percussionist at concerts, and writer of 7 books about the band.
Kevin Kelley, Chris Hillman, Jimmi Seiter (Sweetheart Of The Rodeo Sessions)
He also worked with tens of other acts, such as The Flying Burrito Brothers, Flo & Eddie, The Runaways, David Cassidy, Rocky Burnette, Terry Melcher, Kim Fowley, Brian Wilson, Dobie Gray, Gram Parsons, Jim Morrison And Alice Cooper to name but a few.
He has just created a website called "Echoes From The Canyons"; podcasts telling his side of the story will be published there.
R.I.P. Tom Stevens (The Long Ryders) (January 23, 2021)
Tom Stevens was an American bassist, guitarist, singer, and songwriter with The Long Ryders. He also released albums under his own name and collaborated with many other artists
The reason why his death is mentioned here is because he’s linked to The Byrds:
Gene Clark sang dual lead vocals on some verses of The Long Ryders’ “Ivory Tower” from their "Native Sons" LP
Tom Stevens played bass with Gene Clark and Carla Olson at concerts (see picture)
The Long Ryders opened for Roger McGuinn at McCabe’s in August 1984, with Gene Clark joining McGuinn for two songs.
Chris Hillman joined The Long Ryders on stage for 3 or 4 songs at The Roxy, Hollywood, in November 1986 (see picture of Sid Griffin with Chris Hillman)
Our regular correspondent David E. sent us some pictures he took while attending Roger McGuinn's concert at The Old Vienna Kaffehaus, Westboro, MA on March 5th, 1989.
The Flying Burrito Brothers / Sierra with Mickey McGee (far right)
We just learned that drummer / singer / songwriter William Michael "Mickey" McGee (born October 25, 1947) died of complications from COVID-19 on July 20, 2020.
He was a member of The Flying Burrito Brothers in and out from 1975 to 1981, and appears on the 1977 LP they released under the name “Sierra”.
He was also a member of the “reunion” Swampwater recording sessions in 1979, replacing original drummer Stan Pratt. These recordings were released in 1987 only on the "Reunion" LP.
He also worked for The Burrito Brothers, Bobby Gentry, Linda Ronstadt, Juice Newton, Jim Ringer, Blue Steel, Maureen McGovern, Keith Moon, Ricky Nelson, Jackson Browne, John David Souther, Warren Zevon, Chris Darrow and more.
