Yes! Thanks to the sound engineers & others who captured these live shows on tape. 🙏 I have & had a couple I really treasured, lost in a fire unlikely to be recovered from other sources. They wonderfully capture, a time and place and often unique performaces. 💖
It’s amazing how their vocals compliment each other so well. Gene’s voice fills in the mid tones perfectly complimenting Roger’s higher vocal harmonies. This is the Byrds sound. Crosby added a whispery harmony that floated between Clark and McGuinn.
I dont see and hear crosby's whispery harmony because this is a concert of mcguinn-clark only. Perhaps you mean the studio version of this song in the Album
@@normatible9795No, I think the reference is to The Byrds harmonies with Clark, McGuinn, Crosby all in the mix in the 60’s. Crosby didn’t sing on any McGuinn, Clark, Hillman studio recordings. 🙂
I went to this show at the Bottom Line. In fact I went to the early show on both Friday and Saturday, then went to CBGB's to see The Runaway's. This McGuinn & Clark show is such a precious memory.
Wotta pity there's no video to go with the audio of this performance. These two together going with an acoustic set is just sublime. A true loss, Gene Clark is. RIP, GC! ♐
I always thought the McGuinn, Clark & Hillman album that came out in 1979 was overproduced and didn't capture either the vocal harmonies or the 12-string Rickenbacker sound of the Byrds. This concert reveals what the MCH album could have sounded like as it features 4 songs from that record as well as Byrds gems. An amazing performance by Gene & Roger!
Exactly. These guys didn't realize that this was the sound. Instead they attempted to produce along the current trends of the time. Alternative country hadn't become an option yet. They were still looking for a radio hit. It seems they were stuck in that transition stage for most of the 80s, but THIS was the sound they should've continued with.
@@plusglossI think the Record Co putting up the money for the recording was chasing the Hit Record. And they got one Don’t You Write Her Off. But Release Me Girl, sung here, is just so much more poignant than what ended up on their 1st MCH album.
@@normatible9795McGuinn’s voice can sound plaintive absolutely. Clark’s provides a deeper warmer foundation for McGuinn’s voice to ride over. Together though you have the foundational sound of The Byrds harmonies. Crosby added a floating wistfulness that floated above both Clark & McGuinn’s voices to complete their beautiful Trio Sound. Magical.
The Byrds were the most influential American rock band ever. The Byrds introduction of folk rock changed American music completely. The Beatles became introspective, Dylan went electric, Simon & Garfunkel were resurrected like a Phoenix, Buffalo Springfield was born, Springsteen, Petty, REM, etc. Their pioneering of psychedelic rock changed the course of American music again. The Beatles, the Stones, Jefferson Airplane, Hendrix, Cream, and everyone else were affected. And then they pioneered country rock (along with Dillard & Clark), influencing Poco, the Eagles, outlaw country, and southern rock. Clarence White, of the latter day Byrds, also pioneered bluegrass flat picking and, along with Gene Parsons, invented the g stringbender. The latter-day Byrds were an excellent live band with White's incredible playing, but they simply weren't the great singers and songwriters of the original band. This is probably my favorite Byrds recording ever. McGuinn's 12-string creates a wall of sound all on it's own, and Clark's singing and songwriting is otherworldly.
This show and 1000’s more are available through Wolfgang’s Vault. It’s roughly $5.00 a month subscription. Full of radio concerts of your favorite performers.
Kees Kleinendorst I was there. And miss gene a lot. But Roger is still playing around you should go and see a show you will love it. God bless sweet memories !!!✌️🌟👍👍👍
@@mrdan471 Every time, Roger visited Europe, I went to his concerts in Holland. A pitty, he doesnot tour in Europe anymore. thank God.we have TH-cam to dream away with his (and Geno;s) heavenly vouice and guitarpicks. Greetings from Arnhem/Netherlands
Great stuff. Amazing renditions of Chestnut Mare, Train Leaves Here This Morning , Eight Miles High and the rest. But the rendition of Knocking on Heaven's Door is especially sweet. Thank you.
Wonderful. Could have appreciated a few more Gene Clark solo career songs included... but still a great show. Wow, no diss on Roger but Gene Clark was such a huge (largely unrecognized) talent. But the inclusion of "5D" is really quite spectacular!!!
Certainly no one else in the group came remotely close to Gene Clark as songwriter. No question that the group's sharp trajectory towards the absolute elite levels of rock back in the day was made less angular with Gene Clark's departure. He made the other's songwriting abilities, with a handful of exceptions, seem pretty pedestrian and it remained so throughout their respective careers.
@@davidmurray2539 Gene was much closer to being a poet than the others, often delving beyond the everyday & mundane as a writer. His use of metaphor and vocabulary beyond the descriptive distinguishes his writing. But there are still little gems in their repertoire written or co-written by the others; McGuinn, Hillman, Crosby. 🙂
I like the recording! Presume by a radio station? The sparse duo set-up of these not so old-timers works for me. Good mix of older and newer, though there are many Gene Clark classics missing.
No such thing as too much. Like Moby Grape, there was too much adolescent behavior, poor decision making, out of control egos, and lack of strong leadership, both within and outside these brilliant bands. No John Lennon figure and very little real friendship, respect, valuing the fact that greatness comes when the talents of all players find their home in a collective, like REM for example. The true shame here as I listen to this incomparably beautiful work is that Gene Clark was allowed to slip out of the Byrds' fold. They suffered. Gene went on to solo with his stunning musical creations. He really had the songwriting status of Bob Dylan. Damn the impulsiveness of many of the gifted in those long gone years of rock and roll and youth. Listening to these riches and thinking on the ways and directions that albums from Turn Turn Turn through Notorious Byrd Bros. took them, and the talent and ideas Gary Usher provided, the original band could've gone on for years and easily been the most influential band in multiple genres in American popular music history! And likely always kept their "alternative" cred doing it. Just a shame.
@@SingleMalt77005 And thanks to you for getting me thinking. Probably like you, I am a long time, enduring fan of the original group and this concert footage is a treasure for me. Never heard anything that captures the essence of The Byrds like this, and without Crosby's elite high harmonies, too. Don't know if you agree but hearing Chestnut Mare after several beautiful Gene Clark songs reveals a great disparity in their respective songwriting skills and makes clear that without Clark, his writing and vocals, they were destined for premature demise. Still one of the great misfortunes in American rock and roll history. That's showbiz. Peace to you.
@@ccryder6605 Thanks CC. Lifelong commitment to the original Byrds and much of that golden era, as I know you do. You actually have Moby Grape albums!? They're hard to find at reasonable prices and CDs, almost not at all. I've got one compilation. Never tire of what those guys accomplished under all kinds of duress. Peace. Have a great day!
Best version I ever heard of Feelin’ Higher is here. I never liked the recorded or MCH faster versions….they sounded kind of flippant, rushed…. This version here? Sung and played with much more awe or reverence.
I never really cared much for the original album version of Eight Miles High. But I have to say that after hearing Roger and Gene here, and also a very different solo version by Gene at a gig in Liberty, NY (available on YT at skipwaytube), my opinion has definitely changed.
Roger's harmonizing is great! This is the heart of The Byrds and why this concert is so special. I know you're a big Gene fan, as am I, but give Roger his due for harmonizing and his signature 12 string!
I take your point. The three-part harmony with Gene, Roger and (shudder) David Crosby was really what made the Byrds the Byrds and gave them their start. And you're right, no one can touch that 12 string!
'o) actually in this concert Roger comes up with full throated harmonizing (which gave me pause when I first heard it!) to add the Byrds flavor to Gene's songs. Crosby's a great harmony singer, but Gene and Roger are the essence of the Byrds. I hung on until Sweetheart of the Rodeo but then Gene was the one for me to follow--a genus songwriter and an amazing singer who sings his life in his songs (Why did you leave me today?). Thank God all these posthumous recordings are filling out the picture. 'o)
Couched in harmonies here. But to hear McGuinn's voice solo or at the forefront, for an ENTIRE song , like the whole of the faux Byrds post-Notorious period is to know aural pain! One song all by itself, Chestnut Mare, terminated my relationship, period, with any "Byrds" music beyond Notorious Byrd Bros. They flapped their wings to lower altitudes right to the very embarrassing end.
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Thank God for the tapers and collectors who keep these kind of gems around.
Excellent sound and killer versions.
Yes! Thanks to the sound engineers & others who captured these live shows on tape. 🙏
I have & had a couple I really treasured, lost in a fire unlikely to be recovered from other sources. They wonderfully capture, a time and place and often unique performaces. 💖
McGuinn and Clark are geniuses. Just voices and guitars =.great music !
Gene's harmonies on the bridge to "Chestnut Mare" are otherworldly. When he jumps the octave on the 2nd half it is stunning.
Omg yes. Simply amazing.
That was very cool!
This is what music is all about± brilliant voices and acoustics. Byrds forever. Greetings from Holland/Europe
It’s amazing how their vocals compliment each other so well. Gene’s voice fills in the mid tones perfectly complimenting Roger’s higher vocal harmonies.
This is the Byrds sound. Crosby added a whispery harmony that floated between Clark and McGuinn.
I dont see and hear crosby's whispery harmony because this is a concert of mcguinn-clark only. Perhaps you mean the studio version of this song in the Album
@@normatible9795No, I think the reference is to The Byrds harmonies with Clark, McGuinn, Crosby all in the mix in the 60’s.
Crosby didn’t sing on any McGuinn, Clark, Hillman studio recordings. 🙂
@@normatible9795dugh
As someone has already said... Sublime.... This is my music...
Love it all...
I went to this show at the Bottom Line. In fact I went to the early show on both Friday and Saturday, then went to CBGB's to see The Runaway's. This McGuinn & Clark show is such a precious memory.
From that show to The Runaways. That some wide ass broad taste. Like me! :)
It's nice to hear 'Release Me Girl' and 'Bye, Bye Baby' without the discofied glop the Albert brothers troweled on the album tracks.
Wotta pity there's no video to go with the audio of this performance. These two together going with an acoustic set is just sublime. A true loss, Gene Clark is. RIP, GC! ♐
There is one from 3-4-1978, similar playlist & sound: th-cam.com/video/9Lx3OG7hOkQ/w-d-xo.html
1960s-70s i guess no one had a recorder. Photo is black n white
The beautiful harmonies🙏 The heavenly harmonies🙏
I always thought the McGuinn, Clark & Hillman album that came out in 1979 was overproduced and didn't capture either the vocal harmonies or the 12-string Rickenbacker sound of the Byrds. This concert reveals what the MCH album could have sounded like as it features 4 songs from that record as well as Byrds gems. An amazing performance by Gene & Roger!
Exactly. These guys didn't realize that this was the sound. Instead they attempted to produce along the current trends of the time. Alternative country hadn't become an option yet. They were still looking for a radio hit. It seems they were stuck in that transition stage for most of the 80s, but THIS was the sound they should've continued with.
@@plusglossI think the Record Co putting up the money for the recording was chasing the Hit Record. And they got one Don’t You Write Her Off. But
Release Me Girl, sung here, is just so much more poignant than what ended up on their 1st MCH album.
Now I understand where that Byrd sound came from. You needed Clark's sadness.
Maybe. Mc Guinn voice sounds like he wants to cry
@@normatible9795McGuinn’s voice can sound plaintive absolutely. Clark’s provides a deeper warmer foundation for McGuinn’s voice to ride over. Together though you have the foundational sound of The Byrds harmonies. Crosby added a floating wistfulness that floated above both Clark & McGuinn’s voices to complete their beautiful Trio Sound. Magical.
The Byrds were the most influential American rock band ever. The Byrds introduction of folk rock changed American music completely. The Beatles became introspective, Dylan went electric, Simon & Garfunkel were resurrected like a Phoenix, Buffalo Springfield was born, Springsteen, Petty, REM, etc. Their pioneering of psychedelic rock changed the course of American music again. The Beatles, the Stones, Jefferson Airplane, Hendrix, Cream, and everyone else were affected. And then they pioneered country rock (along with Dillard & Clark), influencing Poco, the Eagles, outlaw country, and southern rock. Clarence White, of the latter day Byrds, also pioneered bluegrass flat picking and, along with Gene Parsons, invented the g stringbender. The latter-day Byrds were an excellent live band with White's incredible playing, but they simply weren't the great singers and songwriters of the original band. This is probably my favorite Byrds recording ever. McGuinn's 12-string creates a wall of sound all on it's own, and Clark's singing and songwriting is otherworldly.
amazing how these two guys could deliver all that sound. this is what the BYRDS should sound like.
I’d say the Allman Brothers were. They created the southern rock category.
This show and 1000’s more are available through Wolfgang’s Vault. It’s roughly $5.00 a month subscription. Full of radio concerts of your favorite performers.
Roger and Gene on their best. I wished, I was there. Gene, R.I.P.
Kees Kleinendorst I was there. And miss gene a lot. But Roger is still playing around you should go and see a show you will love it. God bless sweet memories !!!✌️🌟👍👍👍
@@mrdan471 Every time, Roger visited Europe, I went to his concerts in Holland. A pitty, he doesnot tour in Europe anymore.
thank God.we have TH-cam to dream away with his (and Geno;s) heavenly vouice and guitarpicks. Greetings from Arnhem/Netherlands
Great electric Rickenbacker in this acoustic show
Simply the best. Greetings from Holland/europe
Musical heaven for me.
Likewise...
They started off writing and performing together. This is the culmination.
Yeah…. Like Gene Clark suggested back in ‘64, along the lines of “ Hey, would you like to play ad’s a duo, like Peter and Gordon”? 😁💖🎸
Great stuff. Amazing renditions of Chestnut Mare, Train Leaves Here This Morning , Eight Miles High and the rest. But the rendition of Knocking on Heaven's Door is especially sweet. Thank you.
As a lover of horses,I can never do more than grin each time I hear Chestnut Mare....that story song always picks me up and makes me smile.😁
Damn, wish I'd been there. But listening now ❤
Wonderful. Could have appreciated a few more Gene Clark solo career songs included... but still a great show. Wow, no diss on Roger but Gene Clark was such a huge (largely unrecognized) talent. But the inclusion of "5D" is really quite spectacular!!!
Certainly no one else in the group came remotely close to Gene Clark as songwriter. No question that the group's sharp trajectory towards the absolute elite levels of rock back in the day was made less angular with Gene Clark's departure. He made the other's songwriting abilities, with a handful of exceptions, seem pretty pedestrian and it remained so throughout their respective careers.
@@davidmurray2539 Gene was much closer to being a poet than the others, often delving beyond the everyday & mundane as a writer. His use of metaphor and vocabulary beyond the descriptive distinguishes his writing. But there are still little gems in their repertoire written or co-written by the others; McGuinn, Hillman, Crosby. 🙂
So so so much better than today’s music today’s music is just crap
Just one word - awesome
Really good concert
I like the recording! Presume by a radio station? The sparse duo set-up of these not so old-timers works for me. Good mix of older and newer, though there are many Gene Clark classics missing.
TYVM plusgloss. Awesome.
Uwe Rayer my pleasure
To good to let it go.
Unless they did the EXACT same show in 1977, the date of this show is 3/19/78.
Raw and excellent!
Amazing...
THIS is Historic ... turn it up... cccc
inspiration still abides to be a rock and roll Star ....
sounds phenomenal...
Sublime.
Thank you for sharing.
Love love love
These guys should have just stuck with this sound throughout the 80s
04: Bag Full Of Money
bag full of money!!!!!!!!
Simplemente hermoso!!!!!
The Byrds had too much talent for one band to hold.
No such thing as too much. Like Moby Grape, there was too much adolescent behavior, poor decision making, out of control egos, and lack of strong leadership, both within and outside these brilliant bands. No John Lennon figure and very little real friendship, respect, valuing the fact that greatness comes when the talents of all players find their home in a collective, like REM for example. The true shame here as I listen to this incomparably beautiful work is that Gene Clark was allowed to slip out of the Byrds' fold. They suffered. Gene went on to solo with his stunning musical creations. He really had the songwriting status of Bob Dylan.
Damn the impulsiveness of many of the gifted in those long gone years of rock and roll and youth. Listening to these riches and thinking on the ways and directions that albums from Turn Turn Turn through Notorious Byrd Bros. took them, and the talent and ideas Gary Usher provided, the original band could've gone on for years and easily been the most influential band in multiple genres in American popular music history! And likely always kept their "alternative" cred doing it. Just a shame.
@@davidmurray2539 That is a great, well thought out reply. I especially agree concerning Gene Clark. Thanks.
@@SingleMalt77005 And thanks to you for getting me thinking. Probably like you, I am a long time, enduring fan of the original group and this concert footage is a treasure for me. Never heard anything that captures the essence of The Byrds like this, and without Crosby's elite high harmonies, too. Don't know if you agree but hearing Chestnut Mare after several beautiful Gene Clark songs reveals a great disparity in their respective songwriting skills and makes clear that without Clark, his writing and vocals, they were destined for premature demise. Still one of the great misfortunes in American rock and roll history.
That's showbiz. Peace to you.
@@davidmurray2539- Thank you, beautifully articulated. (P.S. - Now I have to go dig out my old Moby Grape albums as well!)
@@ccryder6605 Thanks CC. Lifelong commitment to the original Byrds and much of that golden era, as I know you do. You actually have Moby Grape albums!? They're hard to find at reasonable prices and CDs, almost not at all. I've got one compilation. Never tire of what those guys accomplished under all kinds of duress. Peace. Have a great day!
I like all these stupid comments pitting one Byrd against the other. No wonder they broke up, their fans were jerks.
Originally I only agreed with your first sentence but not the rest. But now after reading a lot of these comments .......
I'm gonna catch that horse if I can...
Very diggable.
I think this is 1978.
Best version I ever heard of Feelin’ Higher is here. I never liked the recorded or MCH faster versions….they sounded kind of flippant, rushed…. This version here? Sung and played with much more awe or reverence.
I agree. MCH should have done the Notorious sound with Gene instead of Cros. We and Byrds fans would have loved it.
Anyone know whether this show is the early or late show? Also whether 5D is actually from 3/20?
The Original Byrds
Shes a real fine lady dont you see
I never really cared much for the original album version of Eight Miles High. But I have to say that after hearing Roger and Gene here, and also a very different solo version by Gene at a gig in Liberty, NY (available on YT at skipwaytube), my opinion has definitely changed.
I hear Gene's voice and it's balm for my soul. I hear Roger's and I just want to climb the walls.
Roger's harmonizing is great! This is the heart of The Byrds and why this concert is so special. I know you're a big Gene fan, as am I, but give Roger his due for harmonizing and his signature 12 string!
I take your point. The three-part harmony with Gene, Roger and (shudder) David Crosby was really what made the Byrds the Byrds and gave them their start. And you're right, no one can touch that 12 string!
'o) actually in this concert Roger comes up with full throated harmonizing (which gave me pause when I first heard it!) to add the Byrds flavor to Gene's songs. Crosby's a great harmony singer, but Gene and Roger are the essence of the Byrds. I hung on until Sweetheart of the Rodeo but then Gene was the one for me to follow--a genus songwriter and an amazing singer who sings his life in his songs (Why did you leave me today?). Thank God all these posthumous recordings are filling out the picture. 'o)
Agree. Definitely agree.
Couched in harmonies here. But to hear McGuinn's voice solo or at the forefront, for an ENTIRE song , like the whole of the faux Byrds post-Notorious period is to know aural pain! One song all by itself, Chestnut Mare, terminated my relationship, period, with any "Byrds" music beyond Notorious Byrd Bros. They flapped their wings to lower altitudes right to the very embarrassing end.
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