@gittahfiend I think this looks and sounds 100% better than the nothing I saw before I saw it. Keep on the Sunny Side, always on the Sunny Side until it is over 100 degrees, then move to the Shady Side.
Thanks for the memory. Saw this band in '86. Great show, just wish they would have played more of their own songs instead of so many Bob Dylan covers.
ONLY thing i dont like abou this, is that when Gene wrote the tune in the hotel room, along comes the rest of the band making suggestions and such and they all got credit as writers and gene complained about that, that the final wasnt how he wrote it...yet...here he is doing the "BYRD" version which he supposedly despised so much..he would complain and say so " i used the byrd musicians on this new stuff and guess what it sounded like" so I dunno , id rather hear what he intended originally.
yes blondie is great beach boys and then warren zevon and to be asked to play with these greats. rick danko, john york who was with the mamas and papas and the early byrds he is on my space and living in california, and rick roberts ealy byrds and later firefall and micheal clarke on drums wow
i saw them in nashville may 7th 1985 at the boardwalk cafe gene was wearing white jeans and boots wonder if it was there i partied with gene and john and rick
It's nice to see Gene Clark, and he had quite a band here. I never knew that Blondie Chaplin was such a good guitarist. This band was light-years ahead of Mike Clarke's later "Byrds". By the way, Gene Clark co-composed this song with McGuinn and Crosby.
@bondee63 True, the songwriting credits are Clark/McGuinn/Crosby, but make no mistake this was mostly Gene's song (as if we all couldn't tell by his trademark lyrical style!). McGuinn's guitar solo earned him credit and, as the story goes, Crosby got a credit for contributing only the lines "Rain grey town/known for its sound."
Can you tell me what venue this was taken from?
abata15 4 months ago
This fucked up tape is hard to enjoy.the band is cool but the tape....
gittahfiend 6 months ago
@gittahfiend I think this looks and sounds 100% better than the nothing I saw before I saw it. Keep on the Sunny Side, always on the Sunny Side until it is over 100 degrees, then move to the Shady Side.
Besides, it sounds like Jimi Hendrix.
GeorgieWise 5 months ago
Groove!
zammammaro 6 months ago
Thanks for the memory. Saw this band in '86. Great show, just wish they would have played more of their own songs instead of so many Bob Dylan covers.
Jiffxx 8 months ago
Gene Clark, in an interview, stated that he was in a hotel room with Brian Jones, and the two of them composed it.
LMD33 1 year ago
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LMD33 1 year ago
ONLY thing i dont like abou this, is that when Gene wrote the tune in the hotel room, along comes the rest of the band making suggestions and such and they all got credit as writers and gene complained about that, that the final wasnt how he wrote it...yet...here he is doing the "BYRD" version which he supposedly despised so much..he would complain and say so " i used the byrd musicians on this new stuff and guess what it sounded like" so I dunno , id rather hear what he intended originally.
MrBruceBarham 1 year ago
I love the drums. It gives the song a whole new vibe.
tomthefunky 1 year ago 2
Hand me that bag... I'm going to be motion sick...
shoobedoowap 1 year ago
yes blondie is great beach boys and then warren zevon and to be asked to play with these greats. rick danko, john york who was with the mamas and papas and the early byrds he is on my space and living in california, and rick roberts ealy byrds and later firefall and micheal clarke on drums wow
vicg58 1 year ago
Hopefully there is more Gene Clark videos that will be found and posted regardless of the quality. Thanks for posting! Cheers!
SpectrumRob 1 year ago 2
Some record company should put out a live album with this line-up.
robertlaberge 2 years ago 2
i saw them in nashville may 7th 1985 at the boardwalk cafe gene was wearing white jeans and boots wonder if it was there i partied with gene and john and rick
vicg58 1 year ago
listen to rick lay down that bass line!
sportyspice21 2 years ago 3
It's nice to see Gene Clark, and he had quite a band here. I never knew that Blondie Chaplin was such a good guitarist. This band was light-years ahead of Mike Clarke's later "Byrds". By the way, Gene Clark co-composed this song with McGuinn and Crosby.
bondee63 2 years ago 11
@bondee63 True, the songwriting credits are Clark/McGuinn/Crosby, but make no mistake this was mostly Gene's song (as if we all couldn't tell by his trademark lyrical style!). McGuinn's guitar solo earned him credit and, as the story goes, Crosby got a credit for contributing only the lines "Rain grey town/known for its sound."
leamanc 1 year ago
what year was this ?
dfblond1 2 years ago
85..ish
Jim
captainsoul1953 2 years ago
Well it's better than nothing at all. This is the only time I heard a solo rendition of 8MH with Gene Clark. Rare I'm sure.
Byrds1967 3 years ago 5
Good rendition of a great song. Quite an aggregation of talent here.
reborn5310 3 years ago 4
This is fantastic. I saw Gene live two years later. This is just great, despite the quality.
mattyman1969 3 years ago 9
Thanks so much for sharing these.
longblkveil 3 years ago 4