They did start off as a Beatle copy band though

@@jsigur157 Not sure what that's supposed to prove

Well, this is a band that was put together to take advantage of the next big thing. the hippy movement itself was an orchestrated event by the deep state. Steven Stills tried out for the Monkies and got into Buffalo Springfield as a consolation prize. The Byrds had some local musicians play on the album due to incompetence of some of the players. Look at the initial album cover of The Byrds and check out that they all had Beatle haircuts@@brucemacmillan9581 The Byrds helped lead a CIA psyop assigned to change America from "I Love Lucy" to "Easy Rider" Don't get me wrong, I loved "Mr. Tamboree Man" by the Byrds

@@jsigur157 That would explain their ability - and desire - to play everything note for note. While I readily acknowledge the musical skill necessary to do this, I’ve never been a fan of copy bands.

Or someone was smart enough to have bootlegged the show😊

They always have periodically time to time. There never was any animosity between the two of them. Even when Chris left The Byrds it was a professional decision not a personal one. Chris wanted to get back to his musical roots with Gram Parsons. Roger wasn't ready to take The Byrds entirely Country/Rock he still had other type music he wanted to explore more deeply like his excursions with his Moog Synthesizer. Never was my favorite sound probably not Chris either. Once in a while even Chris, Roger, and Gene Clark, would unite again. In 1973 they even got back together with David Crosby for The Byrds Reunion Album. Chris was The Byrds member who could best get along with David and keep him relatively cooperative for short periods of time. Roger had just as soon not even try and Gene was ambivalent about David. That's sort of how things had always been in the group. When Gene and Roger first started together it was Gene who wanted David to join them because of his remarkable harmony singing. Roger wasn't real warm to the idea because he had known David previously in Greenwich Village in New York when he was a music arranger at The Brill Building and knew David could be difficult. Still his great voice won out and he joined Gene and Roger. Then they found Chris and lastly Michael Clarke.

Kenny is such a great talent and nice person. He came out after the show and talked to us for awhile.

Totally!❤

Got that right🎸

I have a Flying Burrito Brothers t-shirt! LOL Was a big Byrds fan in high school, then FBB after that.

Gary Usher, who produced a number of Byrds albums, said in an interview (a two-parter on KZfaq, lots of Byrds info.) that Chris and Roger often agreed with each other against whatever David's idea was.

@@georgefelton2975 yes I know. David didn't want to release the Carol King tune Goin' Back, as a Byrd's single. He wanted his song Triad to be next. They said it was to controversial. So he got Jefferson Airplane to record it for their next album. Few musicians have ever been more difficult then David. Before they formed as a group McGuinn was already uncomfortable with letting David in. He had known David in Greenish village in New York and knew he was problematic. But he sang great harmony and Gene Clark pushed for his inclusion for that reason.

He got to play it right in front of Lloyd Green in (I believe) Nashville.

He is shown playing ! His solo slide guitar playing

@@TR-yi8up Whoa, what a tribute. Chris's ability to reproduce that great steel ride is amazing but hat's off to Lloyd, the original!

@@msoiseth3419 my brother has been lucky enough to have LG play on his records.

The steel playing here is certainly great, but for my money, I’ll still take Lloyd Green, Jaydee Maness, or Al Perkins, all of whom have played superb versions of this at various times.

They all bumped Gram now enjoying his thoughts!

Really!

Yeah, he adds such a warmth. Such a unique tone.

Meh

NovaDetour agreed

Handsome Harry!

Amen to that .He is Great

I remember him from the band 'Silver'.

He also plays guitar!

Yep, and Vince gill ripped it off with pocket full of gold

Amazing how these things happen not into Gill but will give it a listen.

I think Kenny can play just about anything on a guitar.

Max Merry that’s Chris Scruggs...

Chris is just outstanding!

Yes we are

We sure are, I still miss Gram!

I’m both

That would be sublime!

Saw them do the 50th anniversary tour of "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" on Dec 17th, 2018. Great concert with Marty and the Fabulous Superlatives with Kenny Vaughan. Great show. They did every song in the album. and then some other old Byrds songs.

From August 2019... www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roger-mcguinn-shoots-down-david-crosbys-byrds-reunion-idea-again-867464/

Please don't do this; some people may get their hopes up. The same thing applies to the possible Van Halen shows. There's bad blood there that will cause trouble no matter what. Part of the professionalism that makes the pros great is to face the facts. Whether money can be made isn't at issue - it's the prospect of having to rely on unreliable people that these old pros object to, with the added attraction of withstanding the behavior of skilled professional assholes. These guys are retirement age, and yet they will keep playing and singing - because they LOVE it. Being a musician is a great gift, once you can actually do it; as Tom Petty said, "There's nothing like it; you count the song off, and then, music is happening." So, some lucky people go to see their favorites play music - and show them the love they inspire(the players are there because they love the fans BACK). These great people have every right to not have to suffer to play music, and they're not young anymore. Don't be so damned picky. Go see local musicians. I mean, once the pandemic is handled and life settles into a new normal. Support the new generation of musicians. And be critical; tell them when they ain't good enough - and praise them if they deserve it. YOU have to tell 'em - they won't learn, otherwise. Fortune passes everywhere.

'Cause Gram wrote from his heart.

This is a terrific collaboration, isn’t it?

Drugs Drugs and Drugs Again.Everybody does it better than him now

@@alfching2499 guess it depends on if he was high/drunk at the time. Pretty good on the album

@@alfching2499 There were some pretty painful reasons Gram took himself out of the game so early. We're lucky his music and spirit live on.

@@alfching2499 Gram didnt die from a drug od.. Look it up

It should be against the law for any kid to grow up with the kind of grief and stress that Gram did.

He was well compensated and I dare say I grew up with more stress than he did but I didn't inherit millions of dollars@@margaretross9150

@@jsigur157 I'm certain Gram would have traded all his money to have his father back.

@@margaretross9150 That is a ridiculous statement. Even if Graham said that, it means nothing. His dad died when he was quite young..Had he not died, who knows where Graham would have been and I am sure Graham was quite happy being one of the shining lights from LA

@@margaretross9150 Amazing how tons of money can buffer those kinds of losses. It actually looks like the event had little effect on Graham. I know some ppl where their parent dying was followed by a whole lot of negative acting out from which they never recovered. I don't get that sense here with Graham

I’m an old R&B guy from 1950’ s . I hate the word Souls music as it’s cleaned up blues which didn’t need cleaning . Gram is a country and a blues singer at the same time which really has no comparison. “He Sang for the People’s and people would cry “

I bet it's Chris Scruggs,Marty's utility player

he sounds great its that sho-bud guitar

Have you heard Lloyd Green and JayDee Manus's instrumental CD of the album. They were the original steel players for the album. Don't recognize the guy playing on this one.

Earl Scrugg’s grandson Chris. How’s that for credentials?

Yes,Roger said Gram wrote it for his grandmother.

Gram wrote it with former International Submarine Band member Bob Buchanan. Parsons and McGuinn did co-write "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man"--at a London hotel when the Byrds were on tour.

David was no a Byrd by that album This was the 50th anniversary of the Sweetheart of the Rodeo album Why aren’t Gram and the Byrds plus the Burritos in the Country music Hall of Fame Pioneers

On this song it is a pedal steel being played by Chris Scruggs while Marty strummed his acoustic.

Chris always says it that way. No idea why.

Hmmm...I only posted the video, but from their history...I can only imagine why!

It was a Sweetheart of the Rodeo show, and David wasn’t on that album to begin with.

McGuinn didn't desert Gram. Gram (effectively) quit the Byrds

Who would that be ?

Gram Parsons lead himself astray with the help of the druggie scumbags he surrounded himself with. Hillman and McGuinn had no part in it. If not for Gram Parsons, Gram Parsons would have been here to sing his own song.

@@robertc5387 We're all shaped by our childhoods, and despite the luxury, Gram's was painful.

@@margaretross9150 I stand by my statement, regardless of the childhood that he had. We’ve all had traumatic experiences in our youth, but at what point do we take responsibility for our lives and stop blaming our situation? I agree that Gram’s problems were likely too great for him to overcome on his own, but he certainly had the financial means to seek REAL help rather than turning to the ever popular self-medication that ended up destroying him. I find it strange that you choose to respond to my comment rather than the original one which attempts to blame Hillman for everything. Gram Parsons was responsible for his own demise through the choices that he made, regardless of the negative influences around him. Perhaps if you’d remove him from the godlike status that he holds in your mind, you’d see it as well.

@@robertc5387 That's an over-reaction. I think the original remark referred to Keith Richards, who has also sung Hickory Wind.