Midnight Special "Interview & Take Me Away." Circa 1975
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@Nathan_Wolf777910 жыл бұрын
I love Clarence! He always seemed like such a sweet guy!
@monicacouto45753 жыл бұрын
what a great guitar player i love him too so sad hes gone
@THEScottCampbell11 жыл бұрын
There would have been no BYRDS without both McGuinn and Gene Clark. McGuinn was my favorite, but they had great chemistry, Gene had great songs, and they decided to form a band to work together. McGuinn brought out the best in everyone he worked with and Gene helped Jim rise to his best. True synergy.
@pedrobmg11 жыл бұрын
Thanks mcbyrds. because of you, i´m can see the Roger Mcguinn in one rare interview. I´m from brazil, and here not have most movies of "the byrds", but the democracy of internet, and your solidarity, much peoples in the word can meet the best musican group of all times. Thans and sorry for my bad english.
@karyluhernandez59662 жыл бұрын
Da gusto ver a alguien cuyo gusto y propósito es la música
@MrScottmc11 жыл бұрын
Saw the " Revue " in Toronto . Dylan came out in the pancake with his back to the audience. Thing was we were right behind the stage so he serenaded us with the first tune. Lightfoot had just released Sundown but he also played Race Among The Ruins for the first time as a surprise guest. They partied at his place all night after.Incredible show.
@MrTom-jo4ph4 жыл бұрын
May be the sound production but Rogers voice in the interview very deep
@stephenhenion83042 жыл бұрын
Roger did so much for 60s music. Let's face it. He's a giant...I saw Rolling Thunder Revue at the Palace Theater in Waterbury CT..🎩🇺🇸🎶🎩🇺🇸🎶
@mcbyrds11 жыл бұрын
Guerin was a jazz orientated drummer. His chops were way beyond what the Byrds required. Parsons was an excellent drummer, he also added banjo, harmonica, guitar, vocals and bass.
@davidmurray2539 Жыл бұрын
Michael Clarke was the perfect drummer for The Byrds during the only period in their career that gave them lasting and legendary status It matters not who manned the drum kit after The Notorious Byrd Bros. The product was atrocious from there on out and an embarrassment in the wake of the creative brilliance they'd achieved in the first five albums. Shame on McGuinn for, at the very least, smearing a jewel in the crown of great American music with byrdsh!t
@davidmurray2539 Жыл бұрын
@Coogan You have heard and felt as I have heard and felt, Coogan. And I applaud your taste in music.
@davidmurray2539 Жыл бұрын
@Coogan best high harmony singer ever, great when he took leads, too, but often horrible, divisive when in talk mode. If only David had been a "normal" brilliant musical collaborator along the lines of someone like REM's Mike Mills. Couple of those later Dylan choices, (This Wheels On Fire, Ballad of Easy Rider) would've been great tracks by the original Byrds' but, quite correctly, those later guys couldn't write a lyric or sing any better than any aspiring bar band. TWO brilliant guitarists were the only thing that carried these broken winged byrds to their final and long overdo demise
@stephenhenion83042 жыл бұрын
Great to see Clarence White in there too. We lost him way too young!!
@clasvirhodes49692 жыл бұрын
I wish there was a documentary about his life.
@mcbyrds12 жыл бұрын
I will be posting more Byrds. And as you said, Gene had a major role in forming The Byrds.
@northernlight46147 жыл бұрын
Never seen this before. Thanks mcbyrds
@THEScottCampbell11 жыл бұрын
Wow. Too bad. I would have wanted to see them together again. Gene Parsons was a really great addition to The Byrds. Thanks for the info!
@THEScottCampbell11 жыл бұрын
AND IT WORKED! It still does!
@decemberschild1217311 жыл бұрын
Oh I dunno perhaps a bit egotistical but I've seen him twice in small venues (by choice) and both times he was warm and appreciative of the audience....Like him or not he is unusual in that he is clearly THE Rock virtuoso at his instrument (12 string) without debate or argument....No Other(no pun intended, Geno) Instrumentalist (6 string, Bass, Kybd, Drums etc) can be so clearly defined as such
@karyluhernandez59662 жыл бұрын
Excelente Mcguinn
@THEScottCampbell11 жыл бұрын
Was Gene Parsons fired or did he quit to do his solo album? Either way, he was the best drummer the BYRDS ever had, plus banjo, pedal steel, harmonica, vocals, etc.
@michaelmattichiii1595 Жыл бұрын
He was fired.
@jeffkendall91886 жыл бұрын
recorded this bit on cassette....before vhs
@Byrdfan11 жыл бұрын
Scott, Respectfully, I've been a Byrds fan since 1965. I've seen the orginal 5 guys once, and over the years the latter day Byrds versions at least a dozen times. I have also seen Roger solo live at least a dozen times. I have great respect for all Roger has done as a member. However in his case the use of the word "we" when describing who deserves much of the credit would not be the least bit out of place.
@diatroptoff9412 жыл бұрын
I really have to tell you that this post was absolutely fantastic! but i was wondering........ do you have any more footage or any at all of the byrds with clarence white, skip battin, john nuese/gene parsons?. Thank you so very much!!
@ejectorerector11 жыл бұрын
Well, that's your loss. The Byrds may not have made it without McGuinn, but that still doesn't change the fact that the Byrds formed due to a meeting between Clark and McGuinn, with Crosby joining in a short time afterwards. McGuinn didn't just get a bunch of guys together.
@tristanlouthrobins11 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I was aware Guerin was in the band briefly after McGuinn banished Gene Parsons. On a different note, put it down to my morbid curiosity, but I've always wanted to hear The Byrds final gig in ealry 1973 as a Byrds/Manasas mash-up of McGuinn, White, Chris Hillman (!!!) and some random percussionist. By all accounts (see Johnny Rogan's amazing tome on the Byrds) it was a complete disaster.
@crimkingson5612 жыл бұрын
I was also puzzled.. and looked it up.. and what do you know.. John Guerin (L.A, session drummer) played w The Byrds from July 1972 to January 1973.. I guess we don't associate him (or Jim Gordon) w the band because he wasn't a full-time official member..
@Byrdfan12 жыл бұрын
"I came out To Calfornia and started a group called The Byrds"...... I always thought Gene Clark played some role in starting The Byrds as well.
@lastnamefirst40354 жыл бұрын
He did. Gene wrote all their good songs. "Jim" sang alot between his. time w pat robertson and the 700 club (no joke)
@lastnamefirst40352 жыл бұрын
@White Summer lol
@lastnamefirst40352 жыл бұрын
@White Summer jc man. Give it a rest 😀
@THEScottCampbell11 жыл бұрын
I think Guerin only appeared on one unreleased single and no still photos, so even as an official member, he seemed to be there to fulfill live dates already booked. I think McG was passing time until the reunion album and Chris Hillman was already touring with The Byrds again. I WISH they had gone ahead and toured without Crosby in '73-'74 when Dave wouldn't commit to shows.
@ejectorerector11 жыл бұрын
I said just the still, not the whole video. It's a small picture from far away.
@Wildberryjamband8 жыл бұрын
his speaking voice is so different now, like a frail old man singing Skip To My Lou My Darling on his website, ha
@lastnamefirst40354 жыл бұрын
You should see him on the 700 club w pat robertson asking people for $ in the name of jesus. Made me puke. O and chris Hillman is a big 700 club guy too. "Jesus told me to tell everybody to send us cash"
@THEScottCampbell11 жыл бұрын
THANKS! I haven't seen this since it aired originally on NBC! I didn't remember McG playing a Guild 6 string on this, either. Wasn't there a line in this about firing "Bong" Crosby?
@lastnamefirst40354 жыл бұрын
Jim was the leader of the leader of the Byrds? According to him perhaps
@tristanlouthrobins11 жыл бұрын
For McGuinn to imply Guerin was a superior Byrds drummer is just typical McGuinn trolling. Guerin was in the band for less than six months before he was replaced by some guy called Joey Dragon (I think) who played about 3 shows for the group before they played their last two shows with Chris Hillman on bass (replacing the recently fired Skip Battin) and Joe Lala from Manassas on drums.
@thedesertroseband3 жыл бұрын
quite a deep voice or is the tape running slow?
@brohemian8 жыл бұрын
looks like he smoked a lot of rock mid 70s
@THEScottCampbell11 жыл бұрын
McGuinn named it and led the band. In a sense, he and Clark started it together, but otherwise, you start every sentence with "we" and start sounding like Queen Victoria!
@tristanlouthrobins12 жыл бұрын
Best live Byrds line-up feat. John Guerin???
@ranyeskinazi57495 жыл бұрын
Tristan Louth-Robins, I believe that the best live lineup was with John York. His tenure in the Byrds circa late 68-69 made the band such a tight live unit. The rhythm section and York’s vocals were superb. After the late Skip Battin joined, the rhythm section become much more loose, plus Battin’s vocals were not that great. That’s my humble opinion.
@timothyflyte94435 жыл бұрын
Nice guild guitar .
@richalderson60696 жыл бұрын
Nice hair Rog.
@MrCrispian11 жыл бұрын
look at that Barnett...
@tristanlouthrobins11 жыл бұрын
Care to expand?
@lastnamefirst40354 жыл бұрын
Gene was in the christy minstrels
@tristanlouthrobins11 жыл бұрын
Read: Roger McGuinn is notoriously arrogant.
@StephenS-20245 жыл бұрын
Great hair. No lips. Giant ego, ....i like her. Wait, wow! Is that Gene Clark? Now HE'S cool.
@lastnamefirst40354 жыл бұрын
Clark was a great musician
@tristanlouthrobins12 жыл бұрын
C-c-c-c-cocaine. Naughty Roger.
@georgefelton6693 жыл бұрын
Where's the Rick?
@THEScottCampbell11 жыл бұрын
If you saw this and thought McGuinn was a woman, you need to have someone else pick your dates for you, Shirley.
@tristanlouthrobins11 жыл бұрын
Parsons was fired by McGuinn in June 1972, complaining that his drumming was shit. They'd also been at each others throats over band payments, etc. Parsons was a superb drummer with the Byrds, though I can understand McGuinn's point around 1972 that his drum work wasn't right - listen to some of the concert bootlegs from that year, and you can hear his characteristic polyrhythms and tightness become occasionally loose and sloppy.
@michaelmattichiii1595 Жыл бұрын
You are indeed correct.The money was a big issue.
@AladdinSaneNYC11 жыл бұрын
Perhaps some are unaware of the fact that John McLaughlin (-spelling?) formerly of the Mahavshnu Orchestra is an excellent guitarist on 12 string electric guitar. To say McGuinn is "the best" with his electric 12 shows colossal ignorance, cause McLaughlin can easily give him a run for the money, so to speak. No dis on McGuinn, though. There's something about McGuinn, who can say, that made all the personnel changes of the Byrds happen at different intervals. Hmmm...Peace!
@plrndl5 жыл бұрын
McGuinn has defined the sound of the electric 12-string, and the Rickenbacker as the definitive such guitar. McLaughlin, for all his technical excellence, is nowhere in comparison..
Roger is so arrogant. On the plus side, i saw the still for this video and thought that it was a crazy woman.
@lastnamefirst40354 жыл бұрын
Haha
@HUBBAHUBBAWOOWOOWOO11 жыл бұрын
B.S.
@davidmurray2539 Жыл бұрын
I thought Roger had a higher voice than I hear in this interview. He sounds like Tom Brady which is off-putting.
@1954telecaster11 жыл бұрын
lol jim mcguinn trying to make folk music sound badass in the 70s...
@lastnamefirst40354 жыл бұрын
Haha turn turn turn msn
@maureendevries19047 жыл бұрын
Roger or Jim, your songs back in day have not aged well especially "Jesus is Just Alright with Me" and the "Ballad of Easy Rider." You were too dependent on Bob Dylan's material. I liked the old stuff that you co-wrote with Gene Clark. The Byrds' Pre-flyte album is pure and phenomenal.
@lastnamefirst40354 жыл бұрын
What a weird song- jesus is just alright gag. Ya outta see jim on 700 club w pat robertsonl. Jesus told jimbob to ask for 💰
@sunkintree2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, grab songs from one of the more the hit or miss eras of the byrds and not the peak of the byrds post-Gene. Gene fans are fucking obnoxious. Your favorite Byrd is Gene. We fucking get it. Shut up about it.
@HUBBAHUBBAWOOWOOWOO11 жыл бұрын
bullshit.
@keaton189511 жыл бұрын
I don't know why so many people so gaga over Gene Clark. But The Byrds would not have made it without McGuinn.
@lastnamefirst40354 жыл бұрын
Gene Clark had some excellent solo albums and wrote the Byrds biggest songs