These Playboy After Dark clips are fantastic! Goin Nowhere>Wheels on Fire.(Holy ****) Check out Baez doing Tears of Rage and the Dead doing St. Stephen. Quality is sketch but the performances are unparrelled. Thank You x100.
@parabox65 Gram's not in this vid; the Telecaster guitarist is Clarence White, who along with Byrds ex-drummer Gene Parsons (not seen here) invented the "B-bender" (or String bender), that he's using on this song, which gives that it that "steel guitar sound". They ultimately sold the patent to Leo Fender.
Nibs2lou didn't see this line-up at Middle Earth. It didn't exist then. The band were: McGuinn, Hillman, Kevin Kelly on drums, Parsons and Doug Dillard. I was in Covent Garden that night and didn't have the cash to go. You can hear that lineup on the audio of the Piper Club gig. The next gig wasn't till August - at the Roudhouse but no Dillard. There's an audio of that gig on you tube too. Parsons didn't leave till later.
Gene Parsons' drumming is very poor on this.It might be argued he was a better drummer than Mike Clarke but too many times he goes for a 'clever' fill that he just can't pull off and it drags the whole performance down.And he keeps missing his snare for some reason.I like 'Gunga Din' though.
Fantastic, the only negative being the camera work - whenever Clarence fires off a solo, the cameraman gives us a close up of Roger McGuinn. Nice dancing though ( I wonder if Hef spiked the Kool-Aid?)
@StevieReidEFC hey Stevie no sweat I removed it myself...was gonna rewrite it...I agree with you non musician camermen ALWAYS show the wrong guy during a solo..Then I commented how weird it was to see Clarence and Skip so cleancut THEN I realized it couldnt be Skip on bass must be Gram Parsons???? PS I saw Mcguinn solo a few times he's awesome
@BipolarPics Crazy? I should say not. Those were the moves we all were doing back then (acid spiked cool-aid or not) because that was what the music called for. You must surely be too young to know of what I speak - one consolation of being older.
This riveting performance is driven and defined by the sheer brilliance of the late, great Clarence White. He ramped up the enduring, artistic quality of everything he touched. From his syncopated acoustic flat-picking to the B-Bender Tele, he is a legend...
The second song is called "This Wheel's on Fire" it was a Bob Dylan/Rick Danko song from Dylan's Basement Tapes. The Band has done numerous versions since.
I meant Gene. It's really hard to keep track of their drummers in that era. Kevin Kelley left sometime in 1968. I think this is Gene though. Despite your feeling about this cip, Gene was a great drummer though. Check out his drumming on some of the Byrds shows from 1970-71.
Playboy After Dark, a dorky 60's show that was supposed to let you into Hef's inner world. However, there was little skin and no sex. As a 15 year old it was rather disappointing. People tuned in to check out the babes, not really the music. BTW, that's Barbi Benton, Hef's babe, grooving in front of the band.
Anybody who has anything negative to say about the dancing in this video simply does not possess the maturity to realize that in the earlier days of rock, as in ANY era of rock& roll, the music,the dancing and the whole scene were in a constant state of flux...EVERYTHING changed very rapidly, they're were MANY things that influenced all aspects of music and society. BECOME A STUDENT OF POPULAR MUSIC AND CULTURE, NOT A CRITIC OF IT!
Guitarist Clarence White invented the B-Bender device. This device raises the b (second) string of the guitar a whole step by the use of pulleys and levers attached to the upper strap knob and the second string on the guitar. It is activated by pushing down on the neck, and produces a "pedal steel" type sound. White here play his 1954 Fender Telecaster with the prototype B-Bender. For example, on the songs--- "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", "Deportee" and here. Great and rare vid!!
Just a question guys, did Dylan himself ever perform the song with these lyrics or just with the going to see a movie called...... lyrics. Been looking all over and only been able to find videos of Dylan singing those lyrics.
It's Gram Parsons, turned them on to the country for Sweet Heart of The Rodeo (and subsequent countrified music) heavily influenced the Eagles& Steve Miller (radio friendly, countrified rock) along with his own group the Flying Burrito Brother before dying young, now that is a lot in a very short span. I would like to see any of today's "artists and stars" show that much potential without being manufactured out of the industry. Also, for the record, I did not need to google any of this, peace ;)
Crosby once stated that there are only 7 Byrds. The 5 originals, + Clarence White (nice guy, awesome muscian, + longest tenure) & Gram (?) cuase of his talent
That is a bunch of urban myth. And it was the combination of voices and harmonies that made the Byrds special. Not who played what riff on what song. You must be too young to remember the very beginning of that era. To credit Clarence White is like saying Stevie Nicks made Fleetwood Mac
I love the Byrds.But the magic of the Byrds was (in my opinion) Jim/Roger, David, and Gene's writing. The later version sound like a totally different band. Peace!
Call them whatever you like but they ain't the Byrds. When Jim/Roger McGuinn (a fortune teller advised him to change it I believe) started recording stupid stuff like Jesus Was Just Alright and that White Horse song they lost their bite. Besides, when Chris Hillman (since you only seem to know Crosby, Hillman was the bass player) and Michael Clark (Byrds' drummer) went on to form the Flying Burrito Bros., they didn't call themselves The Byrds!
I believe that was because Roger kept the rights to the name "Byrds." Otherwise you're right. There was more Byrds members in the Flying Burrito Bros.
Life went on after Crosby's coke filled ego trip! This line up has the mighty forces of Parsons/White, seen by many as the vital component of The Byrds' latter years.
For mel, the only Byrds is the group that came out in '65. I never did care for this version of The Byrds. It seems like you can see Roger's unhappiness in some of the looks he gives Clarence White.
wow, this is fantastic. the track "you ain't goin' nowhere", in my humble opinion, is my one of the all-time BEST renditions of any bob dylan song. thank you for this!
I saw this version of the Byrds at Middle Earth Club, London, summer of '68, first live UK Byrds gig since '65. Small hippy club was packed to the rafters, band did seven encores and spill-over repeat gig a few days later. Front row of audience included Jagger and McCartney. That was the gig that hooked Gram Parsons up to the Stones. He was chemically wasted backstage: McGuinn didn't approve - Gram had taken over from Crosby as Roger's thorn in the flesh.
@nibs2lou Great description of this moment in Keith Richard's book. As Keith tell's the story, him and Gram were loaded, and the Byrds were leaving the next day for South Africa to tour. Keith told him about Apartheid, and Gram said screw that, I'm not going there, and up and quit.
@BeReal65 The Byrds didn't play well at either Middle Earth gig but so much love and respect for them had built up in UK 1965-68 that they got the best reception of any band I've ever seen, including Hendrix and the Doors. Personally, I badly missed the bowl-cutted original five-piece - they were magnificent.
@nibs2lou That line-up didn't exist when they played Middle Earth. It was McGuinn, Hillman, Parsons, Doug Dillard and Kevin Kelley.You can hear on them on the Piper Club audio. I don't think they got back to London till Augst. THye played the Roundhouse without Dillard. There's an audio of some of that gig too. This is the Dr Byrds line-up of 1969.
@tfmuch In '68 no fan was sure who was in the Byrds and I stand corrected about the precise line-up. But I recall clearly a mate getting backstage and meeting Gram Parsons, who was cracking an ampoule and passing it around. The first Middle Earth gig was11 May and my diary says it was 'indescribably too much, great live sound'. The band wore leathers and smoked endlessly. The hurriedly arranged repeat Middle Earth gig was four days later and my diary says 'Disappointing. Jagger and Paul there.'
There was a much better quality of this video, with the last few seconds of the interview, posted about a year or so back. So this is definitely kicking around somewhere.
This is very rare and an amazing look at a group that was always changing. Why are "folk-rocker" McGuinn and group dressed like US soldiers home from Vietnam on leave? Why are they playing only Dylan songs? Why doesn't anyone dance at concerts anymore?
Wow now that was an experience...I felt like I was there watching the early Clarence White Byrds make some of the most amazing music I ever heard while incongruous tall soul Brothers frugged wildly between me and the band.
Why do people even try do this when Bob Dylan had already done waaaaaaaay better.
Sucks hard!
eshneto 21 hours ago
@eshneto So does your mother, but we don't tell everyone!
vouvray59 18 hours ago
@vouvray59 Go fuck yourself you asshole! Did I offend your mother or you?
FUCK YOU!
eshneto 18 hours ago
Clarence White and John York have such a beautiful voices.
guitargeek1122 5 days ago
Great songs, interesting cover version of "This Wheels on Fire".
MrSlitskirts 1 week ago
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fleetwood1111 4 weeks ago
Was David Crosby still in the band at this point????
MariposaGirl1981 1 month ago
Ta baby I got one it is way cool
JohnSeattleMando 2 months ago
The first b-bender in existence. Thanks for the idea, Clarence. You changed tele players forever.
dtongay 2 months ago
roger mcguinn kind of resembles a snapping turtle.
ejectorerector 4 months ago
Ledgenday band! too bad Roger didn't solo more when Clarence joined. I've have loved to hear them duel.
Sweet pilots uniforms, instrument panel backdrop, and "soul trane" dance moves in the stimulated crowd.
1OrangeVW 4 months ago
!!!!!!!!! very good!
eddysnet 5 months ago
they changed the lyrics. Dylan should be sore ! Rummies
elec165 5 months ago
'still a great song
GreenhouseEffectGE 5 months ago
@GreenhouseEffectGE It oughta be a great song, Bob Dylan wrote it
jennifersman 5 months ago
Clarence is using the "B bender" that he invented to make a regular guitar sound like a pedal steel guitar!!
elducko1951 6 months ago
These Playboy After Dark clips are fantastic! Goin Nowhere>Wheels on Fire.(Holy ****) Check out Baez doing Tears of Rage and the Dead doing St. Stephen. Quality is sketch but the performances are unparrelled. Thank You x100.
theswitchroom 8 months ago
"Wheels on Fire" was theme music for the TV show "Absolutely Fabulous", a real crack-up.
Broncobyter101 9 months ago
Looks to be the "Dr. Byrds/Easy Rider" line-up: McGuinn, White, Gene Parsons (drums) and John York (bass).
11167KevA 10 months ago 3
@11167KevA This is the version where McGuinn sings: "Pack up your money pick up your tent". Dylan did not like that.....
ClubViking63 6 months ago
No, that's Roger McGuinn. Gram's on the other guitar.
parabox65 10 months ago
@parabox65 The other Guitar is Clarence White :)
LavenganzadeCtulhu10 10 months ago 5
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Revolution1117 7 months ago
@parabox65 Gram's not in this vid; the Telecaster guitarist is Clarence White, who along with Byrds ex-drummer Gene Parsons (not seen here) invented the "B-bender" (or String bender), that he's using on this song, which gives that it that "steel guitar sound". They ultimately sold the patent to Leo Fender.
Revolution1117 7 months ago
@parabox65 Gram was only with them about 5 months so he didn't play many live dates with them at all.
erico888 6 months ago
No, that's Roger McGuinn.
parabox65 10 months ago
Is that Gram in the suit, doing the lead vocals?
anticlimatic21 10 months ago
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phillipislbj 10 months ago
Nibs2lou didn't see this line-up at Middle Earth. It didn't exist then. The band were: McGuinn, Hillman, Kevin Kelly on drums, Parsons and Doug Dillard. I was in Covent Garden that night and didn't have the cash to go. You can hear that lineup on the audio of the Piper Club gig. The next gig wasn't till August - at the Roudhouse but no Dillard. There's an audio of that gig on you tube too. Parsons didn't leave till later.
tfmuch 1 year ago
Guess you never heard Bare Trees
rocket2416 1 year ago
kind of looks like GP on drums...
19jr82sr 1 year ago
The bass player is John York. Helluva nice guy, he and I played briefly together in the late eighties/early nineties.
johndavidpride 1 year ago
MgGuinn is smoking a cigarette in the interview, just before he gets up on the stage. No idea what he did with the butt.
Could be that is the reason it has been cut. All very pc today.
xdalpha773 1 year ago
incredible find, thanks for this
ktheintz 1 year ago
that was the same black who danced w/janis joplin on stage..just kidding
wisesatyr72 1 year ago
@wisesatyr72 I think all those white folks were there too but then anglo saxons all look alike.
pachacutti 1 year ago
the bassist could sing his ass off and c. white could b-bend the hell out that tele.Just some real clean country being played in the den of iniquity.
rw5791 1 year ago
Gene Parsons' drumming is very poor on this.It might be argued he was a better drummer than Mike Clarke but too many times he goes for a 'clever' fill that he just can't pull off and it drags the whole performance down.And he keeps missing his snare for some reason.I like 'Gunga Din' though.
FourMilesToRome 1 year ago
This is fabulous footage! Must have been shortly after Chris Hillman left. Is it 1968?
macaibhistin 1 year ago
Fantastic, the only negative being the camera work - whenever Clarence fires off a solo, the cameraman gives us a close up of Roger McGuinn. Nice dancing though ( I wonder if Hef spiked the Kool-Aid?)
StevieReidEFC 1 year ago
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decemberschild1217 1 year ago 2
@decemberschild1217 why was this flagged as Spam? who the hell did it offend?
StevieReidEFC 1 year ago
@StevieReidEFC hey Stevie no sweat I removed it myself...was gonna rewrite it...I agree with you non musician camermen ALWAYS show the wrong guy during a solo..Then I commented how weird it was to see Clarence and Skip so cleancut THEN I realized it couldnt be Skip on bass must be Gram Parsons???? PS I saw Mcguinn solo a few times he's awesome
decemberschild1217 1 year ago
@decemberschild1217 Ah, I see. I think its John York on the bass though. Agree totally about Roger - a living legend.
StevieReidEFC 1 year ago
gene didnt quite have what gram did, but he still rocked the house,,groovy man
hushketty 1 year ago
Strange, i thought of this as a dance song. crazy hippie dancing!
BipolarPics 1 year ago
@BipolarPics Crazy? I should say not. Those were the moves we all were doing back then (acid spiked cool-aid or not) because that was what the music called for. You must surely be too young to know of what I speak - one consolation of being older.
2baholic 1 year ago
Man, what the heck were they doing on that asinine "Playboy after dark" show?
KaptKan1 1 year ago
@KaptKan1 See reply above.
2baholic 1 year ago
Clarence is brilliant
BustardBuzzard 2 years ago
Bass player?
stunner video
H4rryF 2 years ago
Bass player--John York
aspersive 1 year ago
This riveting performance is driven and defined by the sheer brilliance of the late, great Clarence White. He ramped up the enduring, artistic quality of everything he touched. From his syncopated acoustic flat-picking to the B-Bender Tele, he is a legend...
edavidsalways 2 years ago
Thanks Christian! 2 of the most groovy songs in the WORLD!!
jgidd 2 years ago
thats afro american! duh!
gitfiddle87 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
who let the nigger in?
TheMilitantblackman 2 years ago
The second song is called "This Wheel's on Fire" it was a Bob Dylan/Rick Danko song from Dylan's Basement Tapes. The Band has done numerous versions since.
nickgast 2 years ago
There are two songs here... one's ' You aint going nowhere', WHAT is the second song?
biggy06605 2 years ago
Appalling drums...no feel....roped last minute in for the sesh?
theonlyantony 2 years ago
I think that must be Gram Parsons.
drummer78 2 years ago
I meant Gene. It's really hard to keep track of their drummers in that era. Kevin Kelley left sometime in 1968. I think this is Gene though. Despite your feeling about this cip, Gene was a great drummer though. Check out his drumming on some of the Byrds shows from 1970-71.
drummer78 2 years ago
No Gram here. McGuinn/White/GENE Parsons, and John York on bass
aspersive 1 year ago 2
@aspersive Yup
Clarence was such an innovator.
Mykkus 1 year ago
Great song.I like the byrds more than other bands.Don't care If they make Country or Folk Rock they are one of my favorites
NightByrdFlying 2 years ago 2
Playboy After Dark, a dorky 60's show that was supposed to let you into Hef's inner world. However, there was little skin and no sex. As a 15 year old it was rather disappointing. People tuned in to check out the babes, not really the music. BTW, that's Barbi Benton, Hef's babe, grooving in front of the band.
The Byrds -legendary. McGuinn-Rock/Guitar God
Clarence White-WOW!
Hillman- Had gone. A Great talent .
Crosby-Best known as the Cowardly Lion, overrated
markartusio 2 years ago
Anybody who has anything negative to say about the dancing in this video simply does not possess the maturity to realize that in the earlier days of rock, as in ANY era of rock& roll, the music,the dancing and the whole scene were in a constant state of flux...EVERYTHING changed very rapidly, they're were MANY things that influenced all aspects of music and society. BECOME A STUDENT OF POPULAR MUSIC AND CULTURE, NOT A CRITIC OF IT!
auzndm 2 years ago
Almost every TV show in the 60's had shitty dancers.
(Dancers=shitty)
gabrieldinelli 2 years ago
as much as I love the byrds and specially sweetheart... why all this silly dancing? wtf?
byrdmaniac1983 2 years ago
Guitarist Clarence White invented the B-Bender device. This device raises the b (second) string of the guitar a whole step by the use of pulleys and levers attached to the upper strap knob and the second string on the guitar. It is activated by pushing down on the neck, and produces a "pedal steel" type sound. White here play his 1954 Fender Telecaster with the prototype B-Bender. For example, on the songs--- "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", "Deportee" and here. Great and rare vid!!
gdosic 2 years ago 3
Those girls look like bobbleheads!
pantsmatants 2 years ago
Hey you know what, never mind i found it :)
FastSexyDangerShow 2 years ago
Just a question guys, did Dylan himself ever perform the song with these lyrics or just with the going to see a movie called...... lyrics. Been looking all over and only been able to find videos of Dylan singing those lyrics.
Thanks in advance :)
FastSexyDangerShow 2 years ago
On the Basement Tapes
djadjective 2 years ago
Now you know why there were so many black guys killed in Vietnam. Everytime the Sarg told'em to get down, they'd do what they're doin in this video.
mysteria31 2 years ago
there he was again, Jesse Jackson, danceing at 1:24 he is in a LOT of these Playboy After Dark dance sessions
scrabbleking1965 2 years ago
HaHa That's some shit!!
waterdoggz 2 years ago
well he had a lot of free time back then since he hadn't started shaking corporations downs yet
meekrob 2 years ago
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byrds1968 2 years ago
er....maybe I was wrong..he left in the fall of 1968,refusing to go tour with the byrds to South Africa....my bad.
spudwas 2 years ago
I'm sorry folks, but Gram Parsons had already bolted from the band before this was taped!
spudwas 2 years ago
It's Gram Parsons, turned them on to the country for Sweet Heart of The Rodeo (and subsequent countrified music) heavily influenced the Eagles& Steve Miller (radio friendly, countrified rock) along with his own group the Flying Burrito Brother before dying young, now that is a lot in a very short span. I would like to see any of today's "artists and stars" show that much potential without being manufactured out of the industry. Also, for the record, I did not need to google any of this, peace ;)
pesmith8768 2 years ago
The Solid Gold Dancers of hippiedom??
francofrogg 2 years ago
sex
OscillateWilde 2 years ago 2
Crosby once stated that there are only 7 Byrds. The 5 originals, + Clarence White (nice guy, awesome muscian, + longest tenure) & Gram (?) cuase of his talent
hiwayjack 2 years ago
was gonna say 'what are the audience on,?' but i think we all know don't we. this is the 60s after all.
tiddler111 2 years ago
Get it straight, these things are all good:
Clarence White
Roger McGuinn
Gram Parsons
Chris Hillman
many many more, don't diss any of these guys, you wouldn't have the cheese you idiots listen to without em.
gibsono62 2 years ago
That is a bunch of urban myth. And it was the combination of voices and harmonies that made the Byrds special. Not who played what riff on what song. You must be too young to remember the very beginning of that era. To credit Clarence White is like saying Stevie Nicks made Fleetwood Mac
kathleenevabeen 2 years ago
@kathleenevabeen Actually Lindsey Buckingham made Fleetwood Mac, Kathleen
StevieReidEFC 1 year ago
I love the Byrds.But the magic of the Byrds was (in my opinion) Jim/Roger, David, and Gene's writing. The later version sound like a totally different band. Peace!
Byrds1967 2 years ago
There was NO magic to the 1967 Byrds without Gene Clark, like their ultimate 1967 show at Monterey,,,what an embarassment .
Gene Clark was magic in the early days.
And this, THIS was magic!!!
Roger McGuinn, John York, Clarence White and Gene Parsons ....the BEST live Byrds ...and this clip proves it!
knk95775 2 years ago 3
Call them whatever you like but they ain't the Byrds. When Jim/Roger McGuinn (a fortune teller advised him to change it I believe) started recording stupid stuff like Jesus Was Just Alright and that White Horse song they lost their bite. Besides, when Chris Hillman (since you only seem to know Crosby, Hillman was the bass player) and Michael Clark (Byrds' drummer) went on to form the Flying Burrito Bros., they didn't call themselves The Byrds!
kathleenevabeen 2 years ago
I believe that was because Roger kept the rights to the name "Byrds." Otherwise you're right. There was more Byrds members in the Flying Burrito Bros.
Byrds1967 2 years ago
Roger McGuinn was the Byrds,,,,not Chris Hillman and Michael Clark....
McGuinn was the ONLY Byrd to play on Mr. Tambourine Man, their ultimate hit single. LOL!!!
Clark was a non factor. He wasn't even allowed to play on recordings and could not keep a beat.
knk95775 2 years ago
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kathleenevabeen 2 years ago
The Byrds Mk2, after Crosby got canned and they went country. Still Gud though!!!
fourfingershuffel 2 years ago
Who are these people? They aren't The Byrds! Other than Jim/Roger McGuinn. And the dancers on the floor are HILARIOUS!
kathleenevabeen 2 years ago
Life went on after Crosby's coke filled ego trip! This line up has the mighty forces of Parsons/White, seen by many as the vital component of The Byrds' latter years.
coneramp67 2 years ago 3
They are the Byrds. Why are you multiple posting moronic crap like this?
knk95775 2 years ago
you are too right about he guitar work here .
vermiciousk1 3 years ago
Sad these times are long passed but least I met two of these men play after recent solo outings.
coneramp67 3 years ago
Roger McGuinn looks so much like Stephen Malkmus from Pavement in this video it's crazy.
Seperated at birth, twenty years apart.
mizzo72thrizzy 3 years ago
For mel, the only Byrds is the group that came out in '65. I never did care for this version of The Byrds. It seems like you can see Roger's unhappiness in some of the looks he gives Clarence White.
stratman2617 3 years ago
McGuinn has consistently remarked on how Clarenece White was his best friend, and he was really into this period of the Byrds.
dannystrat 3 years ago 2
i dont like the sweetheart lp at all......but i love this raw rollickin version of this song...and the psychedelic black man too!
posthumanhero 3 years ago
Clarence White is such a badass!
digemout81 3 years ago
FANTASTIC!!!! 500 stars, no doubt about it!!! Thanks to share this video!
blueskyearth 3 years ago 2
LOVE IT ! WHEELS ON FIRE TOO !!!
1947Chief 3 years ago 5
Clarence White = Guitar God!!
jkoff76 3 years ago
The Poet of Guitar!!
coneramp67 3 years ago 2
wow, this is fantastic. the track "you ain't goin' nowhere", in my humble opinion, is my one of the all-time BEST renditions of any bob dylan song. thank you for this!
iamthelazerviking23 3 years ago 3
I saw this version of the Byrds at Middle Earth Club, London, summer of '68, first live UK Byrds gig since '65. Small hippy club was packed to the rafters, band did seven encores and spill-over repeat gig a few days later. Front row of audience included Jagger and McCartney. That was the gig that hooked Gram Parsons up to the Stones. He was chemically wasted backstage: McGuinn didn't approve - Gram had taken over from Crosby as Roger's thorn in the flesh.
nibs2lou 3 years ago 21
Wow man, that's history!!! I was born 20 year too late. On the other hand - being young in the sixties would most likely have killed me.
miltbrand 3 years ago 2
@nibs2lou And Roger said somewhere that Chris Hillman was becoming another thorn before the latter left to form The Burrito Brothers.
RoyFive 1 year ago
@nibs2lou Did u really see this???
ClubViking63 1 year ago
@nibs2lou Great description of this moment in Keith Richard's book. As Keith tell's the story, him and Gram were loaded, and the Byrds were leaving the next day for South Africa to tour. Keith told him about Apartheid, and Gram said screw that, I'm not going there, and up and quit.
BeReal65 1 year ago 2
@BeReal65 The Byrds didn't play well at either Middle Earth gig but so much love and respect for them had built up in UK 1965-68 that they got the best reception of any band I've ever seen, including Hendrix and the Doors. Personally, I badly missed the bowl-cutted original five-piece - they were magnificent.
nibs2lou 1 year ago
@nibs2lou That line-up didn't exist when they played Middle Earth. It was McGuinn, Hillman, Parsons, Doug Dillard and Kevin Kelley.You can hear on them on the Piper Club audio. I don't think they got back to London till Augst. THye played the Roundhouse without Dillard. There's an audio of some of that gig too. This is the Dr Byrds line-up of 1969.
tfmuch 1 year ago
@tfmuch In '68 no fan was sure who was in the Byrds and I stand corrected about the precise line-up. But I recall clearly a mate getting backstage and meeting Gram Parsons, who was cracking an ampoule and passing it around. The first Middle Earth gig was11 May and my diary says it was 'indescribably too much, great live sound'. The band wore leathers and smoked endlessly. The hurriedly arranged repeat Middle Earth gig was four days later and my diary says 'Disappointing. Jagger and Paul there.'
nibs2lou 1 year ago
speedy ronan on myspace plays this.
fataf24 3 years ago
"This wheel's on fire" starts at 2:54
robertlaberge 3 years ago 2
There was a much better quality of this video, with the last few seconds of the interview, posted about a year or so back. So this is definitely kicking around somewhere.
livegreenday 3 years ago
You should have mentioned "If Your Memory Serves You Well" in the video title somehow.
That caught me off guard, but I'm glad it's on You Tube now.
byrdsmaniac 3 years ago
The correct title is "This Wheel's on Fire".
livegreenday 3 years ago 2
I wonder why John York stuck around for such a short time? Nice blend voices here; one of the best of the many line-ups.
aarfeld 3 years ago 3
Clarence White's bends are just awesome. What a great player.
thomastjb 3 years ago 4
Gods, even if it wasn't a cracking performence, I'd love it for the dancing.
That said, it's an AMAZING bit of the Byrds.
fastrnb 3 years ago
better harmonies than the original 5 managed live!
gibb253 3 years ago
This is very rare and an amazing look at a group that was always changing. Why are "folk-rocker" McGuinn and group dressed like US soldiers home from Vietnam on leave? Why are they playing only Dylan songs? Why doesn't anyone dance at concerts anymore?
sponson 3 years ago
because they need drugs like them here
jaredfogel 3 years ago
5 stars for sharing, but only 4 for the original camera man for totally missing Clarence's soloing!
boobcube 3 years ago 3
This has got to be a rare video. One of the few albums with John York in the mix.
Byrds1967 3 years ago
Wow now that was an experience...I felt like I was there watching the early Clarence White Byrds make some of the most amazing music I ever heard while incongruous tall soul Brothers frugged wildly between me and the band.
5 stars, and added to my favorites
Raymantico 3 years ago
This is one of the best clips I've ever seen of the Byrds!
Thanks for posting this.
Clarence White is absolutley on form
geneclart1 3 years ago