Byrds Gene Clark home video of a great interview
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- I just got around to posting an additional 20 minutes of video taken on this day at • Gene Clark additional ... In 1988, I spent a day riding around in a limo with the late Gene Clark (Byrds), Randy Meisner (The Eagles) and Rick Roberts (Firefall)... taking them around to radio interviews to promote an upcoming concert. With their consent, I video-taped most of the day with my home camcorder. This priceless video has been sitting in a box since then, only seen by a couple of my friends. Thanks to TH-cam... I can now share it with anyone who wants to enjoy it!
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Gene looked great here......unbelievable he had just three years to go......The guy sure was part of U.S. music history...
"I Feel A Whole Lot Better" had "hit" written all over it......such a missed opportunity.....
Gene made sure the door would stay open so i could watch for free when i was underaged and could not get in to the hotel ballroom in Orlando Fl. A wonderful kind human being to this
17 year old Byrds fan kid. It was like 1984. He will live in my heart forever.
Many people relate how kind hearted Gene was. Humble and kind and always seemed happy to give credit where credit was due. Eg: his comments about knowing The Beatles .... “Well we all knew each other” , his very positive regard for McGuinn’s creativity etc 😊
'No Other' by Gene Clarke is one of the most intense, moving and great albums I've heard.
Highly recommend it.
One of my favorite albums
Check out the pic on the back of the cover of No Other w Gene dressed in drag- great picture and make up
@@lastnamefirst4035 Omg! 😵 Thank heaven God had the good sense to make Gene a guy!
@@ccryder6605 I dated Gene in the 70s for a short time. Really nice guy and funny too. I recall he had just gotten a new ferrari and we took it out on PCH and he drove way over the speed limit. Fun. I was only 18 so Gene would have been 28-29. We didnt stay in touch since I was in college and Gene was the big rock star then. It was really sad how he died so young
Pls cc tell us more about your time with Gene!!
I don't think many people realize how gifted Gend Clark was. His prolific songwriting was among the best and he had a unique voice and wide vocal range where he conveyed a tremendous amount of emotion. His White Light album among other solo albums demonstrates this.
Gene Clark. Genius! Thanks kindly.
Could listen to Gene talk all day.
Gene Clark is one of the most tragic figures in rock n roll history. Even more tragic because so few people realize it.
R.I.P. Gene…
So true. Musical prodigy and tortured soul.
@@marygalati5195 most music makers wouldn't have much material with out it .
Gene Clark was a gem.
Absolutely Brilliant.
Great stuff.
I'm struck by how poised and well spoken these guys were. Contrast with the pop stars of today. Thanks for posting this gem!
Pop stars of today? Lol and cry
Now cry and lol
Now dispose of silly lol
And Just Laugh at that should-be oxymoronic phrase
"Pop Stars of Today"
Clark is the best ever
Gene Clark, they broke the mold with that guy. This is significant footage.
Thank you for posting this wonderful footage.... Beautiful Gene...to hear him talk about the poets that inspired him...he was such a great poet himself...and to hear Gene say he did vocals on Goin' Back too... Thank you Gene for all the pearls of songs you left us
+Pauline Lievens I've posted the additional footage with Gene Clark at th-cam.com/video/Mzt_BDRnCLE/w-d-xo.html
What a lovely man. so polite and nice. Thank you for this.
I am glad to say that I actually- did a show with GENE CLARK of the BYRDS- at the RAINCHECK ROOM in Hollywood- December 1980- I was a door man right down the street at the Troubadour nightclub and GENE CLARK would come in often and sit at the bar- WELL one night when my band (me "Hollywood" Joe Nania - guitar + vocals / Steve Grossman - later Van Orbitson- guitar-vocals / Andy Thorpe - bass rest in peace and / Bart Yarnold on drums)was playing at the RAINCHECK ROOM in walked GENE CLARK - he recognized me and asked to sit in with the band- so hHE did- I remember HIM sitting on a stool dressed in a blue denim jacket and pants with brown cowboy boots - 3 of the songs I recall that we did were- MR. TAMBOURINE MAN- STAND BY ME and ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN
Good to see Randy in an interview. Doesn't seem to be too many around with him. Unlike Henley and Frey.
Gene Clark is one of my all time favorite musicians. H e is really great I love his modesty and what he created was very special.
Thanks for the video. It's great to see more of Gene Clark. An american classic.
"It's an energy being channelled through you" That's the best way I've ever heard music described. Gene was a very special person 💖
So great that this footage exists.
Gene Clark is finally being recognized for his brilliant work. Genius songwriter and the greatest of The Byrds.
Not so sure about that . The Byrds , like many great groups ,were more than the sum of their parts.
@@bernicia-sc2iw
Really?
Listen to “No Other” - only Crosby came close with his first solo album. In fact Gene’s first album is wonderful and the 2 albums he made as Dillard and Clark are fantastic!
Are you serious?
i was in those lines on the strip in L.A.l absolutely loved this band and Gene Clark.What a great talent!this is a treat...🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️
Thanks, Larry, for letting us use some of this unique film in our Gene Clark documentary, 'The Byrd Who Flew Alone'.
Gene Clark besides being an incredible talent was also the most humble person in the world
that honor would go to David Crosby
@@errorsofmodernism9715 i thought you were dead
@@errorsofmodernism9715 lol Crosby is one of the LEAST humble people on the planet
@@errorsofmodernism9715 😆
And to think Crosby insulted gene about his lack of formal education, look at this, gene is very intelligent and well spoken.
In the late 1980s I got a postcard from Gene Clark's management inquiring about the possibility of him playing at my church basement coffeehouse. I didn't follow up, realizing that we could not have afforded him.
Seemed like a super nice guy.
huge huge Meisner fan , thanks for posting this. The Eagles were never really the same after he left them.
I agree. Randy was one of the best vocalists.
Randy sang 1 song only so he csn not possivebly be great
@@normatible9795Randy sang lead on one #1 hit (Take it to the Limit), but his falsetto/vocal range and SOLID bass playing made him an integral member of the band. Schmidt did a great job filling the void, but Randy certainly held his own as a founding member. You should revisit their albums from their debut to Hotel California. Give them another listen and crank up the BASS. Randy had the chops and he was every bit as worthy of the "great" label imo👍🎸🎶🎵
Loved Gene Clark. I met him when he toured with McGuinn in 1976.
What an evening. 😊 Thanks for this.
Fascinating, Thank you. "Feel a Whole Lot Better" is a well-written song. Thank you, Gene Clark. RIP.
+Steve Dakota I've posted the additional video on Gene Clark th-cam.com/video/Mzt_BDRnCLE/w-d-xo.html
Larry Wagner It ain't there. :-(
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@@LarryWagner1957 Thank you.
RIP Randy Meisner, your song "Too Many Hands" was surely prophetic. 1946-2023.
Too bad he didn’t live long enough to get his due and get some victory laps. He deserved it. In my opinion the heart and soul of the byrds.
Guy Clark - Heartbroke RIP Gene & Guy
Cant believe even still that Guy is gone Gene wrote some big hits. Guy wrote a ton of great songs but no big hits- the music biz
thanks for uploading..clark was the songwriter in the group, jealousy broke the band
Have a tremendous amount of respect for Gene Clark and Rick Roberts.. I have to admit Randy Meisner is the conduit that lead me to this awesome video...Thank you so much, George
Joe Michaels was a good interviewer as he didn't interject trying to show how much he knew but let GC and RM take their time to dig up memories and speak thoughtfully. That is rare and is nice for the audience. And I enjoyed hearing GC speak of the Beatles which reminded me of how George Harrison acknowledged to Roger McGuinn his borrowing of a guitar riff from The Bells of Rhymney for his If I Needed Someone.
Go to 11:20 , Gene says he was w/ Brian Jones when getting Idea for Eight Miles High.
Both brilliant people RIP
This footage is amazing. I’d also recommend reading “Mr. Tambourine Man” the biography of Gene Clark. Thank you for uploading this!!
For A Spanish Guitar is such a beautiful song
Thanks a lot. Gene Clark is my hero. I've never seen this interview. Please post the other half of the video, if possible. There must be thousands of people interested in. Thanks again and greetings from Holland.
Fantastic interview with Gene! He wrote many of my favorite Byrds songs- Here Without You, Set Me Free This Time, Feel A Whole Lot Better and the co-write with 8 Miles High. I also really like his album with The Gosdin Brothers.
Great interview with Gene. Thanks.
Thanks for posting this! Gene was a great talent and no one ever looked cooler playing tamborine
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Like Gram Parsons a mediocre talent without a distinct voice,that’s why they both failed!
@@stephenellis2866 😂🤡
Fascinating, priceless footage for those of us who love and miss Gene. Thank you so much for sharing :)
gene clark is correct about poetry and in movies Hitchcock did the same thing, leave some things vague and to the imagination, etc.
I saw McGuinn , Clark , & Hillman On the same bill with Steve Forbert…at the Capitol Theater in Passaic NJ… they had their album out… and Steve had Alive On Arrival… out… around the same time. It seems like such a long time ago… now… and I guess it was… RIP… Gene and Randy… thank you 🙏 both for your music 🎶 and creative voices. 💐💐 🌎🕊️
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Yay! A new Geno interview! I've only watched that one from '84 a few thousand times, so it's great to see him up close and personal again. R.I.P. Gene, wish I could have met you in person.
I spent a couple of weeks w gene
@@lastnamefirst4035 Yeah? How was it?
@@Vesnicie it was great. Gene was a funny guy, he joked around. We laughed alot, we went for a ride in his Ferrari on pch. (thought we were going to be airborne) and hung out at his house in simi valley for couple of wks. Im an old lady now. Been so long ago. What impressed me the most I think is his kindness. He was genuinely a nice guy (and a good lookin one)
@@lastnamefirst4035 Wow that's really something. You are a lucky lady. Did he like to talk about his music much?
@@lastnamefirst4035 I think I hate you (kidding!).He was my biggest crush since I was 15. 💕
Gene Clark genial!!!!!!RIP
Thanks for sharing this Larry for all of us Gene Clark fans! The interview is great as well as the candid moments...Thank you!
I so love Gene Clark , some of the MOST beautiful songs ever.
I had to post here to register my utter horror at the remastered version of NO OTHER.
What the hell were they thinking.
It's so terrible , it's beyond belief.
You can not improve on perfection.
It's one of the most sublime recordings ever made.
WHY????!!!!!!!
Fantastic interview, Southern rock music and musicians interest me, the reason i go looking for unheard or unseen interviews, have the DVD from Eagles History Documentary, bought on the first day it came to Europe, Great work Done Great Musicians
Thanks for the video..great info
this is great! any interview footage of gene is rare, so this is a real treat to see. thank you, sir!
Thanks for sharing. This is precious.
Wow. I can't wait to spread this around to my Gene Clark pals. Thanks for sharing.
Very nice; Gene seems like such a good natured, down to earth guy… wish he were still here. Thanks for posting.
RIP Gene and Michael
Agreed. Can not believe it didn't sell millions and become an all time mainstream classic.
Fantastic and inspiring interview with Gene Clark! Thanks so much for putting this up!
Thank you SO MUCH for posting this. I'm a lifelong fan/admirer of both Gene Clark and Rick Nelson and these interviews are truly great!
For me, the most beautiful voice in 20th Century's pop music......
My favorite band of all time!
This is incredible. Thank you so much for posting!!!
To get this view of Gene Clark was amazing. I never knew. I have always been a fan of Gene. The compilation album Flying High is a fantastic dedication to his artistry. Thanks for this video. It is the best on Gene. I also love the Randy Meisner. I thought he was with Poco. I love Poco.
Thanks for posting this, wonderful. All good guys and talented.
This is great! Thanks so much for sharing!
Wonderful video! Thanks a lot for sharing.
Great video-thanks for uploading.
Thanks for sharing this, Larry!
Larry, thank you so much for posting this. You made a lot of people happy. Best wishes, Ben.
My hero. Thanks on who loaded this.
It was really cool to see this footage, a moment in time where they were able to be themselves... The honesty in which they spoke was just so rare in today's everyone wants to be a reality star ,simply refreshing.. Thanks for the share Larry Wagner..
Larry.Thanks very very much.
Very enjoyable, thanks so much for posting.
10:26 This point about writers getting song ideas from their waking dreams makes perfect sense. I have had this experience throughout life, where you just begin to wake up and have some incredibly beautiful melody playing in your head. I mean it's so beautiful it could bring a tear to your eye. A couple of times I even tried to write it down or sing it into a tape recorder. Problem is that you have to have something ready next to the bed to capture it because the whole feeling dissipates rapidly as you transition to being fully awake.
Keith Richard's talks about that. Some of his best links came from dream delivery.
Just found this and the second part little while ago - thank you!
Cool video - thanks for posting.
THIS IS SOOO AWESOME !!!!!
Thanks Larry. Well done for having the cop to switch on the camera. Loved the bit about Guy Clark. 17:50. So funny and Gene is so gracious. And your camera work is unobtrusive and the guys sound relaxed.
Was nice gene was familiar w guy
Cool interview. Gene Clark's songs were both accessible and compelling lyrical. "Fell A Whole Lot Better" comes to mind. His descriptions of coming up with music through "walking day dreams" is a great description of what it's like. He comes across as a serious, introspective, thoughtful person. And that likely relates to the music in "No Other" as the expression of his artistic presence. His reminisces about songs like "My Back Pages" beings back the experience of that great era of rock music in the middle & late '60's. And the influence goes on, like this interview. Rick Robert's song "Colorado" with the Flying Burritos. Rick Nelson's song "Garden Party" resonates.
Wow!
great upload thank you
+tyronerodgers I've posted the additional footage with Gene Clark at th-cam.com/video/Mzt_BDRnCLE/w-d-xo.html
Very cool. Thank you!
+pcsbeat I've posted the additional footage with Gene Clark at th-cam.com/video/Mzt_BDRnCLE/w-d-xo.html
+Larry Wagner great! Thank you.
Thanks so much for this
I know this was posted a while ago but I want to say thank you.
Thank you so much, Mr. Wagner! Randy Meisner interviews are tragically rare; this is a treasure. Seems like a sweet man. His explanation of what "Too Many Hands" is about makes me appreciate the song even more.
+Daisy Jane I've posted the additional footage with Gene Clark at th-cam.com/video/Mzt_BDRnCLE/w-d-xo.html
Would have liked more with Gene, can't have everything.
I do have another 20 minutes of video of Gene filmed at KZOK in Seattle. Keep an eye on this account and I'll post it when I can. Have been planning to anyway. Also, a documentary was made about Gene Clark in England called "The Byrd Who Flew Alone" by Four Suns Productions. They used a couple audio and video clips from my video in their story.
Larry
+Larry Wagner Larry, I noticed that with the film. Great job on this. Thanks so much for this. The best Gene Clark interview by far!
+Kate Deveau I've finally gotten around to posting the extra 20 minutes of Gene Clark video. Sorry for the wait. th-cam.com/video/Mzt_BDRnCLE/w-d-xo.html
Oh, that's awesome thank you. I'll watch it now.
Randy has kept that same haircut for about 35 years now
RIP Gene x
Wow.
Cool narration.
Amazing..thanks man..
In a misty morning. ⚘
Thanks. Very interesting. According to Meisner's touring history, that double bill at the Temple Theater in Tacoma on May 13, 1988 was cancelled due to Clark being sick. I wonder if Meisner had any idea he'd be back with Poco in '89. I had the pleasure of seeing the Roberts-Meisner band at Montana's in '87 and Clark's Byrds band with Rick Danko, Blondie Chaplin, Roberts and Michael Clarke at Parker's in '86.
What an interesting interview. Overall I don't know that much about Randy Meissner but Gene Clark I do. What came out was how different his version to events were that I have heard in the past. (Eight miles high Roger claims he wrote it coming back from England on the plane.) He was gracious and humble toward the other guys like McGuinn and Crosby. certainly these two aren't talking even to this day. You would think that there was great animosity. I know there was a lot of jealousy in the early days over Gene's royalties from songwriting. It would put his financial income above the others. They've all got together over the years for part reformations and concerts and things so maybe things weren't too bad after all. None the less a slice of history and I have hit the save button for this. RIP Gene.
Über talent Gene
I miss KBSG, an oldies station that ended in '08. Joe Michaels is now a DJ at Christian station KWPZ Praise 106.5 in Lynden.
Great interview with Gene Clark
Heartbroke was written by the late Guy Clark for anyone that wonders what they are talking about. Ricky Skaggs recorded it. OK, they got to it. :)
RIP Guy Clark and Gene
the dream sing thing is simply when you make or and listen to music you love constantly and always play with guitars , organs , pianos or any musical instrument youll naturally also dream about making songs and melodies and chords ect , i get that too just before i wake up at times , sometimes i record it and sometimes i just forget as dreams sometimes go as you all know . peace .
Doesn’t that suck when you hear a perfectly made up song in your head in your dream and then you wake up and it all leaves you? It happens to me a lot
@@kai326 it has happened to me a bunch of times , that's why you keep your phone handy then you can record it right away as you wake up , and a little notebook to write down the particularities of said tune ect
@@zzzwy777 great idea, I’ll have to do that!
@@kai326 😊
I am sorry. The few copies of the full interviews I sent out cost a lot more time and money than I expected. So, I won't be offering to send any more out. There is a documentary being made in London about Gene Clark's life which includes all of my footage. You might keep an eye out for it. Thanks. Larry
From cars to stars.
Larry, this is a real treasure my friend, you are a lucky guy and thanks for sharing this. I grew up and still live in Colorado and Randy was a big part of our musical past as was Rick Roberts. Rick is back in Colorado and it's great to have him back! Gene is a personal hero and there is nothing I can say that hasn't been said before. Thanks for adding this...oh question, who is the blonde girl that is seen throughout this video?
Incorrect. Roger McGuinn was the last surviving member of The Byrds. Gene Clark, an exceptional songwriter and vocalist, effectively quit the band in 1966 when he was unable to board airplanes in order to tour with the band, and so left to pursue a solo career.