The Byrds - Live At Monterey: Renaissance Fair

[NLFilms]

those dudes were fucked up in this show, drugs drugs drugs

[simonsbuddy]

Introduced by Mike Bloomfield

[catman605]

Yea I know what you mean about providing fill It just sounds a little cluttered to my ear. No biggie.

[ruffdraft07]

why the hell wasn't this on the criterion Monterey DVD??? well the Dead still isn't on there because of legal issues

[Brainkid88]

@tfmuch different sound mixing ex. reverb/ its not a studio. its live man

[SuperACEJONES]

The Byrds were so cool. I remember seeing them in '66 in Shreveport, La. One of the best concerts I've ever been to. Chris Hillman's one of the best bass players ever.

[gackstacker]

always love that last drum roll- class!

[skydogz1]

Very cool.

[catman605]

The bass was a bit over played. As a bass player I understand that trying to carry the back beat while playing melodically can be fun though.

[49kasey]

@catman605 I disagree about the overplaying. With what the guitars are doing he's simply providing fill. The song wouldn't sound right without what he's doing.

[shanehenning26]

great song

[janfreidun]

I think clarkes drumming is really cool here worry free also, I always liked his style like hell the albums he's on was always the best

[49kasey]

@janfreidun Yeah, when you think about it, they had a great, tight, understated rhythm section as well as terrific harmonies and a great lead guitarist with an unusual style. A great American band that was the prototype of many others.

[janfreidun]

who introduced them?

this is a killer tune by the way

[milosrankovic]

@janfreidun Mike Bloomfield from Electric Flag introduced them.

[maida1982a]

not Miichael Clarke's finest moment

[12347771]

More Than Wonderful.!!!!! ..That's Mike Bloomfield as the MC great introduction.Legend has it that as fellow Chicagoans McGuinn actually tutored Bloomfield in a little string bending technique. Musically this WAS a strong period for The Byrds. Too bad the public didn't go along too well.....

[LTF6161]

I don't think it is nearly as bad as a lot of folks here seem to think it is.

[captainsoul1953]

True...but check out the other acts....The Association sound better than this...sadly

Jim

[skydogz1]

This was the most inovative music at Monterey. Byrds are king.

[6749er]

Think that intro is by the great

Mike Bloomfield

[wrightylew]

The reason the Byrds' Monterey set was so shit in my opinion was the fact they sped all the songs up. They didn't even play Eight Miles High did they?

[Gooseberry51]

To high on substances.. he could have sound great without beeing so f*up.. pity there are no proper live recording form that line-up.. so great this songs.. even performed badly as on Monterey..Crosby has proven to be a great live artist.. afterwards..

[jeffkahl]

I think Crosby knew his days were numbered and just didn't give a toss. Hell to think he was "sitting in" with the Buffalo Springfield while Neil had quit briefly!

[byrdsss]

Have always heard The Byrds were a terrible live band. Heard that about the Cars as well. You know what both bands made really good music, despite their live sound. The Beatles were also knocked for their live performances, and look where that got them.

[suva55]

This may sound offensive to some, so I will preface it by saying that I love the Byrds, no matter what. However, this is perhaps the worst performance by a drummer in a famous group ever recorded. Mike's performance on "Lady Friend" at the same concert runs a close second, in which he makes a couple of obvious gaffs, but nothing compared to the sustained out-of-touchness of this performance. I must also admit that Crosby blows chunks here as he did on every Byrds song at Monterey.

[maida1982a]

pretty sure david didn't care about the byrds at this point nor did they care for him, mcguinn in particular. mike always had problems with playing anything remotely intricate, but worked at it when he had to-he had other interests (wink)

[TheFunkyBubble]

fucking love this song.

Not the best recording, but still amazing