Gene Parsons could get more out of a little drum kit than any other drummer I have ever seen and that just scratched the surface of his real genius as part of the human race. So cool.
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Just amazing....I mean...just a few guys..some instruments plugged in and there you go people. No tits hanging out, no fancy auto tuners...no hip producers..just good music from some talented people. PERIOD.
HOLY SHIT. Amazing jam. That guy with the glasses, at the end of the bass solo is really feeling the thing. Would had loved to live in those times and go to such concerts. My dad spent 6 months in Washington D.C. in 1973, and he went to a concert. He was not much into music so he doesn´t know which group he went to see, so i would love to go back in time and go with him there, so I can know what amazing thing he went to see.
@TheSRalston the popular saying out of the 70's from those that lived during those times is "if you remember the 70's then you weren't there" and this is a reference to the mind altering drugs and subsequent memory lapses and missing time.
wow! THANKS FOR UPLOADING THIS ... to the 35 who came here, saw, did not understand, and nervously pushed "DISLIKE" to make themselves feel better .. I STICK MY TONGUE OUT AT YOU -- BLHD BLDHD BLUH ha ha
@pdorn777 Clyde Skip Batten. Played with The Flying Burrito Brothers, The New Ryders of the Purple Sage as well as The Byrds, wrote some great songs, sang a beautiful version of "Truck Stop Girl" and sadly ended his days in 2003 after a long battle with Alzheimers. Life can be cruel. and yes, great bass!!
@cottageorgan I couldn't agree more. While John York's playing was very good and he had a terrific voice for harmonies, I think Skip Battin's bass style was far more fluid and original. He is missed!
WOW, I was so born in the wrong decade (1986). This is EXACTLY what I love about music and is so missing today, this is nothing but a group of very talented musicians who actually know how to play an instrument just playing and making music, just loved it and don’t even really know who they are. Love the way they play off of each other, fed from each other, just great.
@dubious1s "Love the way they play off of each other, fed from each other, just great." Yep - don't see this kinda stuff much anymore outside of jazz...short attention spans these days I guess.The ubiquitous live show expploration with lead guitar - drum - bass - solos. I remember when this kind of thing was standar op...look for Rare Earth's long version of "Get Ready",and Iron Butterfly's -"In a Gadda da Vida"....in the real oldies section.
I saw this same tour at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor. The Byrds were my musical heroes; McGuinn was a god. All of that was destroyed when McGuinn picked up three clowns off the street and went on tour with them, calling themselves "The Byrds." I booed them at every turn during the show.
Saw them at The Bardney Folk Festival at Tupholme Manor in 1971? Show produced by Stanley Baker, the actor. They were recording at CBS in Bond Street in London and heard about the gig and just wanted to do it. After Buffy Sainte-Marie did her stuff at about 00.30 in the morning they just appeared on stage and strutted their stuff. 8 Miles High seemed to last for 20 to 30 minutes. Sheer heaven.
Scott Nienhaus and Terry Jones Rogers have played at my place of work a couple of times and they kick so much ass, and I can't say still because I'm only eighteen but holy hell they lay it down.
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Yeah, nice tune, pity about this "version", these guys were either on drugs when they did this, or they were just taking the piss out of their musically ignorant fans. I am a musician, and as far as I'm concerned, this is COMPLETE CRAP, it's just a loose jam based on ONE chord. How fucking musically mindless can anyone get?? It's a pity, as these guys were responsible for some absolute classics
John Lee Hooker's whole career was based around songs with one chord in them. Didn't make him a bad musician. I'm sure Skip could have put as many chords in as he wanted but I suspect the groove would have been lost somewhat. To me, music is not just about the number of chords you can fit into a song, it's about feel as much as anything. Fair enough if this isn't to your taste but I think you'd be in a minority amongst Byrds fans.
@geoffpmoss1 man, for a "musician" you really are ignorant! McGuinn was much into indian ragas, heavily oriented towards a single chord structure, which was what he was trying to replicate...read first before braying, I mean, talking...
Wow!9/23/70 damn it!!I've missed the concert b/c 2days later I was born9/25/70!Now,I understand why I'm always late 4everythin!It was my husband(RIP2009)who introduced me 2this group&other R&R legends. When I was comin in2 the world he was 15 goofin off w/his band instruments pretendin 2b R&R legends.He said even w/2day's advance comp&musical teachin aids no R&R bands of 2day can come close2 reproducin the genius of R&Rmusic of the 60's70's.The 80's literally marked the end of R&R as we know it!
@CrimsonStorm1968 Thank you my American friend. From a self-exiled Brit in Japan. Made my solitary Sunday morning, that did. Now, where exactly did I put Sweetheart of the Rodeo?
WOW, I was at this show in the 2nd row on stage left! way cool.....not many bassist ever use that headstock strap button that old Leo Fender put on his pre-CBS basses!
went to Fillmore East many a time, but missed these guys, saw CSN&Y and Santana there 7 times! Others seen, Jethro Tull, Canned Heat, Humble Pie, your momma, my momma...what's the difference? lol
@bonesstorage It's called a jam. Perhaps that should've been mentioned in the title. Whatever ... when's the last time you (or anyone else) heard one?
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Anyone know where to find the 1971 performance of this song , as performed on "Beat Club" ( or , "Music Laden" by then ? ) . It's a really , super mellow -- again instrumental -- take ; the opposite of this (excellent) version .
I love that lick clarence plays at 8:07, chickin pickin at its best. you can tell he didn't want to be in the spotlight considering he takes two 10 second solos in the whole song and both times all the guys look over and are just amazed! RIP Clarence
the negative comments dont prove you are right or wrong, I think that at the time the video was made, going to a "fillmore show" was going to listen to an artistic interpretation of what was done in the studio, this performance is similar to Quicksilver Messenger Service's " Happy Trail's"- side 1 is legendary. I dont think you are taking into account that technology had not reached the high point, we are at, in 2011.
Just responding to the five or so comments I can see: I loved this. It's of a time and a place- look at the lunatic audience member enjoying it towards the end (so what if he's tripping balls).
This was the finale of a long set full of tight, concise stuff, if you didn't know.
I prefer other periods of the Byrds better, but this was way cool.
I know the look in the guitarist's eyes before he realizes that everyone is too stoned to remember that they were actually going into the song. Whatever is one to do? I know....jam.
Jam sessions always put my feet to sleep. It's like...Christ, enough already! Nobody here in the audience is surprised to know that you really can play the guitar! For fuck's sake...play another song or drop dead.....choose....
@MrSavedawhales It's always been a staple for weaker bands......jam sessions. And they go hand in hand with the white trash audiences they always seem to draw....
@MrSavedawhales i hate when people use the word 'weasel' on youtube out of context......technically the word describes one who has, basically, hit and run......this would only be applicable to certain types of behavior on youtube like if i were to leave you a nasty comment and block you.......it is, oftentimes, fun to be a weasal, practical and righteous even if you've been attacked by a troll......cheers.
@colderbeer I partially agree with you. Don't confuse a jam session with noodling. The music in this video is just noodling. It goes nowhere and says nothing. Jam sessions, to me, are sessions that people like Dizzy Gillespi and John Coltrane innovated. That is where this psychedelic noodling came from except, with the bebop artists, the music had direction and said something. This noodling bullshit makes me want to kill myself!!
@rocknrollhoochiekoo1 Very well put. Like you, I'm all for listening to a band playing great music......but when they start noodling and bullshitting around, they deserve to have the stage collapse from underneath them.
@rocknrollhoochiekoo1 so typical of jazz heads to call rock improv crap....this seems like's an energy thing and i bet these musicians could hold their own against any jazz musician.....and, come to think of it, a lot of jazz is just as 'indulgent', like later era miles and coltranes 'supreme' or 'ascensions' -- and much of it, metaphysically speaking, wordy to boot.....though, in general, i'm impressed when people can put anything together and try to like things for what they are.
even if it is electric , compare this in the age old question of " nowadays and then" it;s still fucking really organic... hear any producers and execs saying where is Crosby?
@harrygstewart... I think its great that your into music like The Byrds at age 12 and I respect your opnion and view.I am 38 myself but got into this music via my dad who lived through the 60's.Great to see people of all ages appreciate good music and not Lady ga ga etc
I'm 12 and I really hate the music of my generation. My classmates listen to music like Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga. I think this is sooo much better!
You really have to keep in mind the Raga concept going on here with the modal E. It's also just really cool sounding music from, what I agree is the best musical incarnation of the Byrds. I still miss the hell out of David Crosby's vocals and rhythm playing.
its odd to see this lineup, and ath the FE no less . Crosby was by now singing with CSN(as gently-so he cant be heard) and occasionally strapping on a guitar-played with the skill of Elvis at best -3chord type shit. This was an eye opener for me !
At the September 23rd show, whcih was a videotaping for NET, the light show was Joe's Lights. On September 11th and 12th it was The Byrds with Pig Light Show. Joshua Light Show had disbanded by then.
Take note of the light show behind the band. I believe it was call The Joshua White Light Show. I went to maybe 30 shows at TFE and they always had that great light show going that would warp your brain!! LOL!! Saw this Byrds line up twice at Seton Hall University and Upsala College in 1970. AWSOME memories.
Great rhythm track,and reminds me of the Allman Brothers. Who knows ,maybe Berry Oakley might have been there picking up some of their vibe. Always dug this lineup of the Byrds.
great comments to this vid man. I love it. right on. yep. This shit is way out there man, just cooking with gas turned up full. effortlessly cosmically beautiful. i wish we still had these kinds of bands
Wow! The audience is so receptive....a performance that was so perfect!!! 1970...I was ten years old!!! These Bryds....flew!!! yeah I was young but my two older sisters and brother had this going on!!!
That was flippin unreal. First footage I've ever seen of the Byrds, and that bassist kicks serious ass. That was amazing. Makes me want to learn how to play.
Thanks for uploading. Never knew what I'd been missing all these years.
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This band was the real thing. One of the original jammers and members of this band went on to be huge in music. The first to use a 12 string guitar to great effect. They had beautiful harmony which is a trademark of any band Crosby was in. They were extremely prolific, you would go broke buying their music discography. Ultimate musicians and way out song writers
@witchman67 Bowser from Sha Na Na was heckling McGuin???.... In a joking, friendly way?? Or seriously trying to be a dick?....because if it was the latter.....may I remind Bowser that McGuin plays guitar, sings and influenced the Beatles in the mid-60's to move away from the pop Beatlemania sound to a more versatile musician's band ....listen to the album Rubber Soul....I'm more impressed with McGuin than some buck-toothed, doo-wop bass tenor that flexes a weak bicep and shows buck teeth.
This group of Byrds is without a doubt the best live act. Vintage 70s giant Fender amps are a great back-drop. Clarence White was the king of the Telecaster, while McGuinn's Rickenbacker 12-string rings out with chiming tones.
Skip Battin & Gene Parsons are a great rhythm section that can't be beat.
I never knew this footage existed, thanks for sharing it!
I've owned two albums continuously since the early 70's. One is The Who - Live at Leeds. The other is the The Byrds Untitled, which this live version of Eight Miles High similar to. I was so impressed with Skip Battin's bass playing on this jam that I went out and bought a Gibson EB3 bass at 16 and started down the path to funky rock god-dom. Alas, the bass was stolen six months later... Best jam of the 70's, IMHO.
I'm a big fan of The Byrds, but this is really bad mindless jamming. Where's that great melodic signature hook and singing? The original bass player, Chris Hillman was so much better than the dude playing here.
@MrMeddled What do you have against jamming???? Is jamming self-indulgent??? For crying out loud, if you don't like jamming, how in hell can you like acts from the 60's and/or 70's??? Jamming maybe self-indulgent but it's also what we call "making music"
Jamming, for me at least, is about exploration and leaving musical boundaries back in the pristine environment of the studio. When the groove is there, there's nothing like working it, expanding on it. For me, self-indulgent would be playing a song live exactly like it was recorded in the studio. BTDT, want to show you I can again and again. If I want to hear the original, I'll put the album on for another spin. Peace.
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lago4 6 days ago
another song from the O.S.T. to my life
PeteMacCan 1 week ago
Not sure what inspired them to make this an instrumental but, its amazing!
CadillacL 2 weeks ago
were they so out of it they forgot to sing??
britladd 3 weeks ago
@britladd haven't you heard of jammin'?
keaton1895 3 days ago
total bassgasm!!! This jam is all about the bass!!!!
Django5198 3 weeks ago
Gene Parsons could get more out of a little drum kit than any other drummer I have ever seen and that just scratched the surface of his real genius as part of the human race. So cool.
GeorgieWise 4 weeks ago
PSSS LOVE 8 MILES HIGH COOL.G!
eye2eyeize 1 month ago
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eye2eyeize 1 month ago
insane drumming
Django5198 1 month ago
Simply mind-blowing! Clarence is smokin!
CadillacL 1 month ago
Just amazing....I mean...just a few guys..some instruments plugged in and there you go people. No tits hanging out, no fancy auto tuners...no hip producers..just good music from some talented people. PERIOD.
davehutchinson67 1 month ago
incredible bass!!!!!
Django5198 1 month ago
HOLY SHIT. Amazing jam. That guy with the glasses, at the end of the bass solo is really feeling the thing. Would had loved to live in those times and go to such concerts. My dad spent 6 months in Washington D.C. in 1973, and he went to a concert. He was not much into music so he doesn´t know which group he went to see, so i would love to go back in time and go with him there, so I can know what amazing thing he went to see.
TheSRalston 2 months ago
@TheSRalston the popular saying out of the 70's from those that lived during those times is "if you remember the 70's then you weren't there" and this is a reference to the mind altering drugs and subsequent memory lapses and missing time.
blastforyou 1 month ago
wow! THANKS FOR UPLOADING THIS ... to the 35 who came here, saw, did not understand, and nervously pushed "DISLIKE" to make themselves feel better .. I STICK MY TONGUE OUT AT YOU -- BLHD BLDHD BLUH ha ha
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blackandtanful 2 months ago
Great bass line by the Sasquatch!!
pdorn777 2 months ago
@pdorn777 Clyde Skip Batten. Played with The Flying Burrito Brothers, The New Ryders of the Purple Sage as well as The Byrds, wrote some great songs, sang a beautiful version of "Truck Stop Girl" and sadly ended his days in 2003 after a long battle with Alzheimers. Life can be cruel. and yes, great bass!!
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@cottageorgan I couldn't agree more. While John York's playing was very good and he had a terrific voice for harmonies, I think Skip Battin's bass style was far more fluid and original. He is missed!
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pdorn777 2 months ago
Great live "jam" version.
MrSlitskirts 3 months ago
Liberation.
shorttermmelody 3 months ago
I heard them do this at a free concert in the park, in Boston. 1970. WOW!
jondoe8889 3 months ago
That was real rock-n-roll, unlike the shit that has been out there in the last 10 years.
Anasazi1 3 months ago
WOW, I was so born in the wrong decade (1986). This is EXACTLY what I love about music and is so missing today, this is nothing but a group of very talented musicians who actually know how to play an instrument just playing and making music, just loved it and don’t even really know who they are. Love the way they play off of each other, fed from each other, just great.
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there you missed when you say they do not know what they are. They know exactly what they are, why they are there. with grounded
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@dubious1s "Love the way they play off of each other, fed from each other, just great." Yep - don't see this kinda stuff much anymore outside of jazz...short attention spans these days I guess.The ubiquitous live show expploration with lead guitar - drum - bass - solos. I remember when this kind of thing was standar op...look for Rare Earth's long version of "Get Ready",and Iron Butterfly's -"In a Gadda da Vida"....in the real oldies section.
AOXOMOXO 2 weeks ago
@AOXOMOXO And of course who can forget this one: (also here on Youtube...)
Santana - Soul Sacrifice (Woodstock 1969) Incredible drum solo by 20 yr old boy! Michael Shrieve
AOXOMOXO 2 weeks ago
I saw this same tour at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor. The Byrds were my musical heroes; McGuinn was a god. All of that was destroyed when McGuinn picked up three clowns off the street and went on tour with them, calling themselves "The Byrds." I booed them at every turn during the show.
boblpage 4 months ago
This is an incredible instrumental jam about a plane ride over London.
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raoulandgretchie 4 months ago
amway salesmen
bettydaw1970 4 months ago
Saw them at The Bardney Folk Festival at Tupholme Manor in 1971? Show produced by Stanley Baker, the actor. They were recording at CBS in Bond Street in London and heard about the gig and just wanted to do it. After Buffy Sainte-Marie did her stuff at about 00.30 in the morning they just appeared on stage and strutted their stuff. 8 Miles High seemed to last for 20 to 30 minutes. Sheer heaven.
SimonWelburn 4 months ago
Did they forget how to play the song? :S
skitforbrains 4 months ago
Scott Nienhaus and Terry Jones Rogers have played at my place of work a couple of times and they kick so much ass, and I can't say still because I'm only eighteen but holy hell they lay it down.
xscivxx 4 months ago
I was there for this, I was 14.................
python134r 4 months ago 2
So...when does the song actually start? This sounds exactly like very jam session I've ever head.
evanbartlett1 4 months ago
@evanbartlett1 just a huge instrumental jam, the words appeared to be insignificant.
SimonWelburn 4 months ago
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Yeah, nice tune, pity about this "version", these guys were either on drugs when they did this, or they were just taking the piss out of their musically ignorant fans. I am a musician, and as far as I'm concerned, this is COMPLETE CRAP, it's just a loose jam based on ONE chord. How fucking musically mindless can anyone get?? It's a pity, as these guys were responsible for some absolute classics
geoffpmoss1 5 months ago
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John Lee Hooker's whole career was based around songs with one chord in them. Didn't make him a bad musician. I'm sure Skip could have put as many chords in as he wanted but I suspect the groove would have been lost somewhat. To me, music is not just about the number of chords you can fit into a song, it's about feel as much as anything. Fair enough if this isn't to your taste but I think you'd be in a minority amongst Byrds fans.
rickytshirt 5 months ago 4
@geoffpmoss1 man, for a "musician" you really are ignorant! McGuinn was much into indian ragas, heavily oriented towards a single chord structure, which was what he was trying to replicate...read first before braying, I mean, talking...
TheSRalston 4 weeks ago
Pretty feckin awesome. What is there to dislike?
nesnejls 5 months ago
ahh theres Mcguinn, 1/3 into the video
johnrx9243 5 months ago
Wow!9/23/70 damn it!!I've missed the concert b/c 2days later I was born9/25/70!Now,I understand why I'm always late 4everythin!It was my husband(RIP2009)who introduced me 2this group&other R&R legends. When I was comin in2 the world he was 15 goofin off w/his band instruments pretendin 2b R&R legends.He said even w/2day's advance comp&musical teachin aids no R&R bands of 2day can come close2 reproducin the genius of R&Rmusic of the 60's70's.The 80's literally marked the end of R&R as we know it!
tantricia44 5 months ago
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chozoman22 6 months ago
I was born on 9/6/70..........I'm amazed at the crispness of this concert video.
Hendrix had died just a few days before, I was just a couple weeks old .....nice little time capsule to the month I was born.
karenpato1 6 months ago
@karenpato1 Nope you're thinking of Janis in October. She died Oct. 4, 1970. Jimi died Sept. 18, 1970. But yeah, Jimi was to die about a week later.
MattHatter 4 months ago
This blows everything made today straight out of the water.
transonicbuoy1 6 months ago 19
@transonicbuoy1 That may be true but I'm sure middle aged Frank Sinatra fans said the same thing in 1970.
demonhoopa 5 months ago
@transonicbuoy1 thumbs up to you bro ,it damn sure does ,awsome jamz
CrimsonStorm1968 1 month ago
@CrimsonStorm1968 Thank you my American friend. From a self-exiled Brit in Japan. Made my solitary Sunday morning, that did. Now, where exactly did I put Sweetheart of the Rodeo?
transonicbuoy1 1 month ago
@transonicbuoy1 Yeah! And the vocals were KILLER! LMAO!
coopyfenderbeupus 3 weeks ago
WOW, I was at this show in the 2nd row on stage left! way cool.....not many bassist ever use that headstock strap button that old Leo Fender put on his pre-CBS basses!
jbass62 6 months ago
WOW, I was at this show in the 2nd row on stage left! way cool.....
jbass62 6 months ago
went to Fillmore East many a time, but missed these guys, saw CSN&Y and Santana there 7 times! Others seen, Jethro Tull, Canned Heat, Humble Pie, your momma, my momma...what's the difference? lol
EMBpodcast 6 months ago
I was expecting some lyrics!
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bonesstorage 7 months ago
@bonesstorage It's called a jam. Perhaps that should've been mentioned in the title. Whatever ... when's the last time you (or anyone else) heard one?
rherbert57 5 months ago
the Hy-Byrds reptilian drummer 6.25 onwards
MrFlagon 7 months ago
That's some schitt, right there. Brilliant!
welcome2myhell 7 months ago
I almost expect Miles Davis to come in with a trumpet solo on this version!
sukumvit 7 months ago 2
@sukumvit John Coltrane actually recorded the solo melody saxaphone version
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vividDC 7 months ago
This ain't Eight Miles High.
UnseenCaller 7 months ago
@UnseenCaller if you can't hear it you weren't there!
EMBpodcast 6 months ago
i love this song
donottawaguitar 7 months ago
Anyone know where to find the 1971 performance of this song , as performed on "Beat Club" ( or , "Music Laden" by then ? ) . It's a really , super mellow -- again instrumental -- take ; the opposite of this (excellent) version .
1970ifeelalright 7 months ago in playlist The Byrds
perfect !!!
MystiqueSieraden 7 months ago
I love that lick clarence plays at 8:07, chickin pickin at its best. you can tell he didn't want to be in the spotlight considering he takes two 10 second solos in the whole song and both times all the guys look over and are just amazed! RIP Clarence
diatroptoff94 8 months ago
Who's the drummer??
chukklebunny 8 months ago
@chukklebunny Gene Parsons- no relation to Gram
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chukklebunny 7 months ago
Hippies! Damn good!
jbeng1953 8 months ago
the negative comments dont prove you are right or wrong, I think that at the time the video was made, going to a "fillmore show" was going to listen to an artistic interpretation of what was done in the studio, this performance is similar to Quicksilver Messenger Service's " Happy Trail's"- side 1 is legendary. I dont think you are taking into account that technology had not reached the high point, we are at, in 2011.
greg4557 8 months ago
Just responding to the five or so comments I can see: I loved this. It's of a time and a place- look at the lunatic audience member enjoying it towards the end (so what if he's tripping balls).
This was the finale of a long set full of tight, concise stuff, if you didn't know.
I prefer other periods of the Byrds better, but this was way cool.
tuskedbeast 8 months ago
Way to butcher your own song, druggies.
Druffmaul 8 months ago
This is totally fucking dreadful.
mantra3000 9 months ago
Great!
Morux1973 9 months ago
I know the look in the guitarist's eyes before he realizes that everyone is too stoned to remember that they were actually going into the song. Whatever is one to do? I know....jam.
JackSlugman 9 months ago
Jam sessions always put my feet to sleep. It's like...Christ, enough already! Nobody here in the audience is surprised to know that you really can play the guitar! For fuck's sake...play another song or drop dead.....choose....
colderbeer 9 months ago
@colderbeer Stfu you whiny ass little weasel......go watch an American Idol rerun.
MrSavedawhales 9 months ago
@MrSavedawhales It's always been a staple for weaker bands......jam sessions. And they go hand in hand with the white trash audiences they always seem to draw....
colderbeer 9 months ago
@MrSavedawhales i hate when people use the word 'weasel' on youtube out of context......technically the word describes one who has, basically, hit and run......this would only be applicable to certain types of behavior on youtube like if i were to leave you a nasty comment and block you.......it is, oftentimes, fun to be a weasal, practical and righteous even if you've been attacked by a troll......cheers.
posthumanhero 4 months ago
@colderbeer I partially agree with you. Don't confuse a jam session with noodling. The music in this video is just noodling. It goes nowhere and says nothing. Jam sessions, to me, are sessions that people like Dizzy Gillespi and John Coltrane innovated. That is where this psychedelic noodling came from except, with the bebop artists, the music had direction and said something. This noodling bullshit makes me want to kill myself!!
rocknrollhoochiekoo1 8 months ago
@rocknrollhoochiekoo1 Very well put. Like you, I'm all for listening to a band playing great music......but when they start noodling and bullshitting around, they deserve to have the stage collapse from underneath them.
colderbeer 8 months ago
@rocknrollhoochiekoo1 so typical of jazz heads to call rock improv crap....this seems like's an energy thing and i bet these musicians could hold their own against any jazz musician.....and, come to think of it, a lot of jazz is just as 'indulgent', like later era miles and coltranes 'supreme' or 'ascensions' -- and much of it, metaphysically speaking, wordy to boot.....though, in general, i'm impressed when people can put anything together and try to like things for what they are.
posthumanhero 4 months ago
@posthumanhero Duely noted and I respect your opinion
rocknrollhoochiekoo1 4 months ago
@colderbeer people who hated jam bands went to see the stones, credence clearwater revival, the band or mc5 back then
theachtungtree 8 months ago
Hot Damn!
loracnmit729 9 months ago
even if it is electric , compare this in the age old question of " nowadays and then" it;s still fucking really organic... hear any producers and execs saying where is Crosby?
veufcliquot 9 months ago
Brilliant.-Jam on!!
Jo C
Josie5100 9 months ago
@harrygstewart... I think its great that your into music like The Byrds at age 12 and I respect your opnion and view.I am 38 myself but got into this music via my dad who lived through the 60's.Great to see people of all ages appreciate good music and not Lady ga ga etc
mushypeas20 9 months ago
jonny1251, I agree. It's a different band.
blossomsquirrel 9 months ago
Well spoken Harry Stewart. I loved the Beatles and the Stones when I was 12.
That was 1971. I first bought the Byrds in 1975. So i was a child then
That does not stop you from listening to great Music and having a good taste.
I can not believe how fast the years go.
I did not experience the 60's consciously but I think that was a very good era.
So were the 70's and even the 80's.
I like your taste.Ga-Ga is shit:Agreed
verenigdkoninkrijk 9 months ago
I'm 12 and I really hate the music of my generation. My classmates listen to music like Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga. I think this is sooo much better!
harrygstewart 10 months ago 2
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pjautuvas 10 months ago
@pjautuvas Hey, you should be congratulating the 12yr old for preferring this to music of his generation.
He's just expressing his opinion on this great jam and not irritating anyone.
This isn't right, how you'd like it if someone used same language on your son?
Believe you owe the kid an apology, that's what a grown man would do.
gyrene1966 9 months ago 2
@pjautuvas Grow up jackass. More so, no one cares about you and your opinion.
brofranomo 9 months ago
@pjautuvas you r a jerk for going off the young boy. people like you are not needed here.
smthcrg22 9 months ago
@pjautuvas oh my god dude, u attacked someone who utterly agrees with u
posthumanhero 4 months ago
You really have to keep in mind the Raga concept going on here with the modal E. It's also just really cool sounding music from, what I agree is the best musical incarnation of the Byrds. I still miss the hell out of David Crosby's vocals and rhythm playing.
jerryehamric 10 months ago
M a g i c a l !
inn7516 10 months ago
damn these dudes sure are eight miles high...
nevynnuggie 10 months ago
Wow, great stuff for a buncha stoned guys :-)
Nigelxman1 10 months ago
ANYONE WHO HATES JAMMING HATES JAZZ
EyMeng 10 months ago
this is one of the best jams i have ever heard in my life!!!!
AQuantumChaos 10 months ago
its odd to see this lineup, and ath the FE no less . Crosby was by now singing with CSN(as gently-so he cant be heard) and occasionally strapping on a guitar-played with the skill of Elvis at best -3chord type shit. This was an eye opener for me !
joeknee4767 10 months ago
DAMN....damn damn that was killer
VINTAGEQUEEN54 10 months ago
clarence white you ripper! a great picker.
gratefultiger 10 months ago
Nice jam for sure...definitley only the Byrds in name though.
bughead3 10 months ago
At the September 23rd show, whcih was a videotaping for NET, the light show was Joe's Lights. On September 11th and 12th it was The Byrds with Pig Light Show. Joshua Light Show had disbanded by then.
TheRealPigLightShow 11 months ago
@TheRealPigLightShow Thanks for the correction, realpig!!
garyshu71 11 months ago
Take note of the light show behind the band. I believe it was call The Joshua White Light Show. I went to maybe 30 shows at TFE and they always had that great light show going that would warp your brain!! LOL!! Saw this Byrds line up twice at Seton Hall University and Upsala College in 1970. AWSOME memories.
garyshu71 11 months ago
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TheRealPigLightShow 11 months ago
Gene Parsons is the star here. Incredible drumming
DaMuttzNutz 11 months ago
crazy drummin' !!!!
sgbr76 11 months ago
I really don't like this era of the byrds. Sure, they are technically better but everything I love about the byrds is pretty much gone by this point.
jonny1251 11 months ago
Great rhythm track,and reminds me of the Allman Brothers. Who knows ,maybe Berry Oakley might have been there picking up some of their vibe. Always dug this lineup of the Byrds.
EKWalmsley 11 months ago
Yeah its on the Untitled Album, try finding a guitar - bass talk back like this,
good luck ...
MUSESQ 11 months ago
@MUSESQ I heard that the Untitled album was recorded at Queens College, but could never confirm it...
Bobgdtrfb 11 months ago
Elements of country,jazz ,rock & last- but not least....acid .
DaDa2Phlux 1 year ago
What's with the guy on acid wearing the bowtie and suspenders towards the end? LOL. The 60s...gotta love those days.
mtopper66 1 year ago
looks like dave grohl on guitar
gretschsounds 1 year ago
@gretschsounds Clarence White was way out of Dave's league
DaMuttzNutz 11 months ago
The band was cookin' - this was happening 5 days after Hendrix's death : (
cezarsantana 1 year ago
@cezarsantana Hendrix lives!
fasfadsfsd 11 months ago
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cezarsantana 1 year ago
O-yeah... its time to torch one up after that.... ahhhhh
BunBrown 1 year ago
you can find it at Wolfgangs Vault audio concert site
BVODDBALL 1 year ago
Another "jewel" on you tube!!!!!
josgvis 1 year ago
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DecisionGuru 1 year ago
Personnel on this track: Clarence White, lead guitar; Roger McGuinn, 12 string guitar; Skip Battin, bass; Gene Parsons, drums
DecisionGuru 1 year ago
Looking baxk at the 60,s it rocked. proving that you didnt have to be high to listen it just helped lol!
husker666 1 year ago
TOTALLY GREAT FOOTAGE, THANK YOU FOR SHARING WITH US "ALL"!!!!!!!!!!!
MrMegaFredzeppelin 1 year ago
Damn! These guys totally ripped shit up live! Who is that drummer?
EMoneyB 1 year ago
great comments to this vid man. I love it. right on. yep. This shit is way out there man, just cooking with gas turned up full. effortlessly cosmically beautiful. i wish we still had these kinds of bands
Mrmorlam1 1 year ago
Wow! The audience is so receptive....a performance that was so perfect!!! 1970...I was ten years old!!! These Bryds....flew!!! yeah I was young but my two older sisters and brother had this going on!!!
sclaybou 1 year ago
1:49 looks like Kurt Cobain playing the bass in a hockey jersey...what is going on here!!!??
MegaSoulSearcher 1 year ago
Great tune. Its realy in my liveing Soul. Great growing up being the youngest and hearing what the best music was and always be. - Steve
bamber1960 1 year ago 6
@bamber1960 remember, drop the 'e' add 'ing'
mikecappa 8 months ago
Just goes to show after all these years, if you have the talent, basic equipment will do just fine, if you have touch, taste and timing.
dennisl2008 1 year ago
where is that damned time machine? I need a ticket to the past...........great compose....!!!!
ioannis2005gr 1 year ago 2
Good to see the Tea+cake trolly turn up @4.00
MultiPeacedog 1 year ago
Man, this lineup was definitely tight. Great video.
gfac22 1 year ago
fuck man pass the mushess this shit is out there man
muppet1015 1 year ago 2
Ispiration for my Mind!!!!
minoleone 1 year ago
whoa. off the hook.
felicer 1 year ago
hehe ... Derek Smalls on bass! He wrote this!
Vorrox 1 year ago 2
That was flippin unreal. First footage I've ever seen of the Byrds, and that bassist kicks serious ass. That was amazing. Makes me want to learn how to play.
Thanks for uploading. Never knew what I'd been missing all these years.
SixSpeedSS 1 year ago
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supersondessixties 1 year ago
How many pentatonic bass riffs can a man bear?
Vorrox 1 year ago 2
@Vorrox Ya gotta remember, pretty much everyone was stoned on something. It probably sounded good to them
wpmacyt 1 year ago
@Vorrox true, hehe - I hope those in the audience that paid their hard earned knew what they were in for
MrSlimjimk 1 year ago
Washington University Quad, St. Louis, MO USA 1972: What a fine evening with Roger and the lads! R.I.P. Eugene Russel Dale
radiootoo 1 year ago
Very bad audio. The video features the bass but all you can hear is the drums.
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supersondessixties 1 year ago
that guy at 7:58 is fantastic:-)
TheMartras 1 year ago 2
This band was the real thing. One of the original jammers and members of this band went on to be huge in music. The first to use a 12 string guitar to great effect. They had beautiful harmony which is a trademark of any band Crosby was in. They were extremely prolific, you would go broke buying their music discography. Ultimate musicians and way out song writers
mrwilson41 1 year ago
Not really liking this video. McGuinn isn't shown nearly enough during the complex guitar parts.
stalrunner 1 year ago
i bet this is drummers favorite version
missmarplefan 1 year ago
This looks as if it is from the 1970 PBS special at the Fillmore East.
I used to have this on bootleg.
After this performance, Bowser from Sha Na Na heckles Roger McGuin.
witchman67 1 year ago
@witchman67 Bowser from Sha Na Na was heckling McGuin???.... In a joking, friendly way?? Or seriously trying to be a dick?....because if it was the latter.....may I remind Bowser that McGuin plays guitar, sings and influenced the Beatles in the mid-60's to move away from the pop Beatlemania sound to a more versatile musician's band ....listen to the album Rubber Soul....I'm more impressed with McGuin than some buck-toothed, doo-wop bass tenor that flexes a weak bicep and shows buck teeth.
karenpato1 6 months ago
This the best Byrds line up, Skip on bass Left to join the New Riders (RIP) Clarence on lead guitar (RIP) Gene on drums and McGuinn in his prime.
inforapint 1 year ago
That music soiund free....free as a Bird! lolol...nice and good play...10mn?wow
MrMelodynelson 1 year ago
This is fkn awesome! I'm so stoned!!
error236 1 year ago
incredible-thanks so much for your post...
majomor 1 year ago
This group of Byrds is without a doubt the best live act. Vintage 70s giant Fender amps are a great back-drop. Clarence White was the king of the Telecaster, while McGuinn's Rickenbacker 12-string rings out with chiming tones.
Skip Battin & Gene Parsons are a great rhythm section that can't be beat.
I never knew this footage existed, thanks for sharing it!
Scottstunesful 1 year ago
the byrds with clarence white
55pogue 1 year ago
I've owned two albums continuously since the early 70's. One is The Who - Live at Leeds. The other is the The Byrds Untitled, which this live version of Eight Miles High similar to. I was so impressed with Skip Battin's bass playing on this jam that I went out and bought a Gibson EB3 bass at 16 and started down the path to funky rock god-dom. Alas, the bass was stolen six months later... Best jam of the 70's, IMHO.
sumodiver 1 year ago
Raving up!
jum205 1 year ago
Man, I wish I was there!!! That guy at 7:50 really was trippin´ !!! Good times for music.
lalbruiz 1 year ago
LOL, what the hell is that guy carrying at the background, at 4:01?? He wasn´t aware he was getting in the picture, LOL. What an amazing performance.
lalbruiz 1 year ago
The legndary Clarence White on guitar! Gone but not forgotten.
deptfordsid 1 year ago
I'm a big fan of The Byrds, but this is really bad mindless jamming. Where's that great melodic signature hook and singing? The original bass player, Chris Hillman was so much better than the dude playing here.
rhythmantic 1 year ago
saw em do this in texas,corpus christi in 67 or 68
moodyh750 1 year ago
@MrMeddled What do you have against jamming???? Is jamming self-indulgent??? For crying out loud, if you don't like jamming, how in hell can you like acts from the 60's and/or 70's??? Jamming maybe self-indulgent but it's also what we call "making music"
cutis1000 1 year ago 12
When done by pros, jamming can be done forever.
drummer78 10 months ago 8
@cutis1000
Jamming, for me at least, is about exploration and leaving musical boundaries back in the pristine environment of the studio. When the groove is there, there's nothing like working it, expanding on it. For me, self-indulgent would be playing a song live exactly like it was recorded in the studio. BTDT, want to show you I can again and again. If I want to hear the original, I'll put the album on for another spin. Peace.