The Byrds - Oil in My Lamp (audio) [alternate version]

[melodyl52]

Hello there,

Thank you for posting "Give me oil in my Lamp" by the Byrds. I haven't heard it in years.

I was trying to share your video with some friends,

but I must be pretty tired...because I wrote the note

that I wrote for them as a comment for your video :)

Could you *please* delete my comment?

Thank you so much.

Melody

[melodyl52]

Claire,This is such a wonderful version of this song. I thought you and Dan would enjoy it. Lots of love and warm hugs...Melody

[Slackmaster9]

I love to hear Clarence White's album version just so i can savor that soaring Telecaster with string bender. Sounds a bit like a pedal steel. This is a nice version too, maybe more traditional than the album version

[incongra]

First time I have heard this, and I must admit I came on youtube today looking for the Clarence White "heavy guitar" version. But this is a beautiful version.

Thanks again, I am going looking for Clarence's "heavy guitar" version now!

[racine09]

I think the album version is great mainly because of Clarence White's powerful guitar fills

[9erfandex]

@racine09 You are correct sir! I, like you, prefer the "heavy" version on The Ballad of Easy Rider" L.P. Clarence, God Rest His Soul, was a picker extraordinaire! Plus, I enjoyed the line up of The Byrds that inncluded: Clarence, Gene Parsons and Eventually Skip Battin on bass, and of course Jolly Roger Mc!

[captainfairfield]

Never understood why this version wasn't placed on the Easy Rider album.  Much more lively than the cut used. Album track is ok, but this one is superior.

[GayleMI]

Really liked the Easy Rider version, but this has such a nice groove. Thanks for raising my consciousness regarding this matter.