It's been a few weeks since the last installment of the Clarence White Chronicles, so here's a capsule review of events from the summer of 1968: The Byrds played South Africa in July without Gram Parsons , who decided that shooting smack with Keith Richards was better than playing segregated Johannesburg, so he essentially fired himself. While GP's political motives were undoubtedly more expedient than heartfelt, to his credit he flew the coop on a tour that was, by all accounts, "Custer-esque." Back on home turf ... and without the [...]
There's exactly two weeks left until Election Day. For your pleasure, a pre-election playlist to pump you up for pulling the lever. And, in the spirit of the upcoming political throwdown, JamsBio is holding its own musical election. Vote now! "Vote, Baby, Vote!" by Deee-Lite [See post to listen to audio] A funky public service announcement with great drum breaks. [...]
Byrds: Positively 4th Street [Untitled 1970] [ purchase ] Byrds: Mr. Tambourine Man [Royal Albert Hall 1971] [ purchase CD ] [ purchase LP ] Byrds: Chimes Of Freedom [Fillmore West 1969] [ purchase ] Byrds: You Ain't Goin' Nowhere [Untitled 1970] [ purchase ] Byrds: This Wheel's On Fire [Fillmore West 1969] [ purchase ] [...]
The Byrds: My Back Pages [ purchase ] The Byrds are well known for their many excellent Dylan covers. My favorite is probably their version of My Back Pages . I like Dylan’s recording of the song mostly because of it's great lyrics, especially the famous refrain: “Ah, but I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now.” One of the great lines in rock music. Musically, Dylan’s version employs a foreboding tone, which is appropriate for the darker themes in the song: “In [...]
The Byrds: You Ain't Going Nowhere The Byrds: Nothing Was Delivered [ purchase ] I'll leave it to someone else to do the comprehensive The Byrds and Bob Dylan post. But I did want to jump in early with a quick post about two songs from one particular Byrds album that I have once again been listening to quite a bit lately. 1968's Sweetheart of the Rodeo featured a new line up for the band and marked a [...]
The Byrds: Hickory Wind [ purchase ] Hickory Wind is probably the first music blog that I ever came across and started reading regularly. I was on a serious Son Volt kick at the time and stumbled across a couple of posts about The Glorious Church of Jay Farrar . The posts made me laugh so I bookmarked the site and kept going back. That was over three years ago, and I still check the site almost every day. Hickory Wind is a music blog... not an [...]
yeah... new posts are coming, but while i work on em here @ 3 am, i figured i would get a few more re-posts in for good measure. here are the byrds performing at the avalon in san francisco on 11.2.68. for a recording that is almost 40 years old it sounds superb. 1. old blue 2. my back pages 3. mr spaceman 4. time between 5. goin' back [...]
When it comes to the major rock bands of the sixties, The Byrds are maybe the most divisive in terms of modern day respect. I've read arguments claiming their sound is long past dated, or they were only able to survive because of Bobby Dylan's songwriting . At the same time I've often heard of their revolutionary style and long spread and lasting influence. The best records often sink in gradually, the sound slowly nestling into the corners of your mind, and the Byrds were never quick to grab me. It's Sundazed's Sanctuary collection that's [...]
. This series is going to run for a few dozen instalments, the way my collection of lesser-known originals is going. I dread having to write an intro for all of them. Anyway, I think it’s right that I should thank my and our great pal RH for plying me with so much great music. In this lot, we owe him thanks for songs by Delaney & Bonnie, Larry Weiss and Racey. Delaney & Bonnie - Groupie (
This is one of the greatest songs ever written (in my opinion). It can never be heard enough. The Byrds ∞ Hickory Wind Gillian Welch ∞ Hickory Wind Bonus live versions I found at The Live Music Archive : Ryan Adams ∞ Hickory Wind Mutual Admiration Society ∞ Hickory Wind Dan Whitaker Country Band ∞ Hickory Wind Bloodkin ∞ Hickory Wind [...]
"To have been a Renaissance Hillbilly in Hollywood in the 1960s would have been great for me. I could have hung out with Leo Fender, Buck Owens and Don Rich, Moon (Ralph Mooney), Merle and Roy Nichols. Gone to check out Wynn Stewart recording at Capitol or witnessed Johnny Cash, Joe Maphis, and Merle Travis terrorizing Tex Ritter. Cruised up Lankershim Boulevard to the Palomino with Nudie (Cohn) to catch James Burton burning it up with Ricky Nelson while anticipating the Stanley Brothers, Bill Monroe, or Lester (Flatt) and Earl (Scruggs) bringing some bluegrass to the West. [...]
For those who were absent last time... the Super Swingin’ Mix is, like, a fuckton of MP3s in a single post focused on a particular genre or theme. The songs sequenced are meant to be listened to, ya know, as a mix. Hence, it’s recommended that you enjoy each song in order without commercial interruption. So you should hit Apple + T (or Ctrl + T for you, egad, PC users) on that shit, throw some D’s on that bitch, and keep the MP3s on this page rockin’ whilst you browse whatever it is you browse on the [...]
Vancouver, British Columbia's You Say Party! We Say Die!'s new remix album Remik's Cube is out via Paper Bag Digital. The band includes Becky Ninkovic(voice), Krista Loewen(keys), Derek Adam(guitar), Stephen O'Shea(bass) and Devon Clifford(drums). They begin an extensive three-month tour across Canada tonight, starting with the Rifflandia Music Festival . You Say Party! We Say Die! - mp3: Opportunity [Montag's I Love Her Remix] : Buy [...]
The Postmarks will be releasing another collection of cover songs. Eight Miles High is the 8th installment of their By The Numbers series. The band have a specific mindset when it comes to covers. “I think in doing covers, there are two ways of approaching it,” explains the band’s Christopher Moll. “One, you scientifically-backwards engineer the original and try to recreate it down to a ‘t.’ The other, you use the arrangements of the original as a starting point and let the creative and sonic precedents you've laid down with your own music guide you. [...]
The writing is on the wall for the Summer of 2008, "the summer that really wasn't." Already the leaves on the patio cherry tree are staring to fall, and there has been an undeniable crispness to the air these past few nights. Granted this is New England I'm talking about, so the possibility of a suffocating Indian summer shouldn't yet be dismissed, but the present vibe is leaning heavily toward "autumnal." I suppose I could lament the passing of the season, which came and went without even registering on my consciousness, but this is the first Sunday in [...]
"By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the most bitter." - Confucius "Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens." - Jimi Hendrix "Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life." - Immanuel Kant "Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?" - T. S. Eliot "The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom." - H. L. Mencken [...]
If you need an introduction Go get Sweethearts of the Rodeo Go get Hickory Wind Go get hammered in the Mojave The notes on this Flying Burrito Brothers gig at the Palomino Club in North Hollywood (06.08.69) say: Almost 15 years ago, a friend of mine told me that a co-worker of his had recorded the Flying Burrito Brothers in the late '60s. As the story goes, the guy was something of an audiophile and had recorded this show on reel to reel in stereo, of sorts, with [...]
1965 had to be bittersweet for Clarence White ( pictured far right ) and The Kentucky Colonels. In February of that year, fiddler Scotty Stoneman ( pictured far left ) joined the band for a half-year stint, transforming the Colonels into perhaps the greatest bluegrass group of all-time. If Clarence and Scotty weren't the Bird and Diz of bluegrass ... which is what I contend ... they were at least its Moon and Entwhistle . Unfortunately, the downside to that musical brilliance were diminishing paying gigs. By 1965, bands like The Beatles, Stones, [...]
One of the things I like to do here at Setting The Woods On Fire is to compile what I call the "original" version of well-known cover albums. It's no secret that The Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo was an important album in the development of country rock. (Read about it here , here , and here .) But you might be surprised to learn that nine of the eleven songs were covers. Listening to earlier versions of the songs covered by The Byrds, along with two originals written by then-member [...]
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