The Byrds-"Country Suite"-1/17/72

[eaglewheels1995]

Why Clarence, John, Skip or Gene did not get inducted into the Hall of Fame with the Byrds, I do not get....

[F100ScottyG]

This was the neatest part of this generation of The Byrds.....kick-ass rock,and step right into bluegrass, followed by traditional folk songs....amonster of talent in one package. Some of the reworks of earlier Byrds songs were far superior to the originals...."Rock and Roll Star" for example, and the live version of "Eight mile High" is tremendous.....I personally love it all, but prefer the McGuinn, White, Parsons, and Battin line-up.

[F100ScottyG]

This was the neatest part of this generation of The Byrds.....kick-ass rock,and step right into bluegrass, followed by traditional folk songs....amonster of talent in one package.

[diatroptoff94]

everyone just looks at clarence like a little kid in candy store

[eyedocmark]

Who's playing banjo?



[RayNDeere]

@eyedocmark Gene Parsons, I think

[MrBEB123]

What I meant to say was his first band after leaving the Beatles. Interestingly Gene Clark put together an entirely different band which I saw performing live and he called that band the Byrds. The real Byrds was the group between 1965 to 1967 or possibly '68, after that it was a different band with one original member using the same name for marketing purposes. Commercialism has no place in artistry.

[MrBEB123]

This lineup of the Byrds which is except for McGuinn completely different than the group in 1965 is really good but like David Crosby said just shouldn't have been called the Byrds. Its a different band and should have been given a different name to go along with the new lineup. Also I don't care for them playing the first bands hits. This would be like Paul McCartney calling his first band the Beatles instead of Wings.

[diatroptoff94]

@MrBEB123 Roger said the reason he kept the name was because Clarence always wanted to play in the Byrds. So if they changed the name he wouldn't be playing in the Byrds and since Roger owned the band he called the shots

[skydogz1]

Saw 'em live (and every other band you can name) ...was never anything like this band. Best band ever.

[RasMajnouni]

And Clarence White,why;he even inhales,he exhales.Byrds were a band of many great talents.& they had the great producer Terry Melcher.And Clarence,don't forget Clarence.

[luthier269]

The first song is a Flatt and Scruggs standard. Leon Russell did it on his 1973 album Hank Wilsons back.

[luthier269]

The first song is Rolling in my sweetbabys arms.

[64chrisnickey]

thank you ! amazing footage of the largely overlooked later /last lineup . skip battin and Clarence and Gene parsons were an exceptional line up that litterly ushered in the age of Country Rock ....that ultimately brought us ...the eagles,the burritos, poco, jackson browne , and on and on . they were very influential though many people only remember turn turn turn or eight miles high ....

[Clagnaut]

What's the name of the first song they play?

[impala327]

Holier crap! Clarence playing mando!! Awwww shit.

[spacepatrolman]

@impala327 theres a musician bob baxter who had a tv show on folk music and a book to go with it he had clarence white and his brother on another time steve gillette and others

[impala327]

Holy Crap! Gene playing banger! Rock!

[kerrgal]

Where on earth did you find this? I'm a Byrds fan from waaay back and I've never seen anything like this.

[kerrgal]

Great find! The Byrds! I could do without all the hair.

[taariqtaariq]

the beards!

[capocamilo]

awesome haircuts, i didnt know the guys from lord of the rings had a band

[skydogz1]

Byrds, best band in the world.

[ChavezRey]

Historic, thanks for posting, Clarence's solo runs on Black Mountain Rag are unsurpassed these thirty five years.

[buckbuck666]

any band clarence sits in with automatically becomes kool and then starts playing bill monroe licks lol =)

[bobbyramada]

Wow, that's the first time I've seen Clarence play mandolin. Guess he was paying attention to his brother Roland the whole time.

God, I love to hear him pick...

[sonnyboygumbo]

Great !!! The Byrds playin" Bluegrass! More Clarence... tx for posting

[eaglewheels1995]

Holy shit!!!!!

[wesmantodd1974]

Never knew that they did this one-this is pure bluegrass, and very different from their country rock.

[suninthefall]

Thank You Byrds, one of the best Anerican Band this music is so true, like the message from the past...

Oasis, ColdPlay, MTV ....? NO, NO, NO !!!

I'm Young man but I can see what is the Treasure and what is the Fake.

[gittahfiend]

You are SURELY on the right track young man .

[KOSMICKEN09]

man oasis is fun i like coldplay and i love the byrds. there's room for it all.

[FromHolbergsTime]

Acoustic heaven with fine pickin', playin' and celestial harmonies from those high-flyin' Byrds. A wondrous trip to the past and a memorable tribute to one of America's greatest bands.

[shoobedoowap]

That's awesome.

With the Albert Hall disc, and all this footage being dug up, it's becoming quite apparent that this lineup is one of the most underrated live acts of all time.

[bobbyramada]

Though, I like the Filmore show with John York on bass even more...

[collingsmando]

Just. Wow. Truly historic footage for the Clarence geeks like me.

[FiddleFan100]

Fantastic, never seen this before - thanks.

[11shinnosuke]

Clarence and skip are great!!!!!!!!!

[SkankBangertonsays]

This material should have been added to the Farther Along reissue! Would have made that CD worth getting.

[ChavezRey]

Absolute treasure. Unplugged Byrds! This is one of the best videos I've ever seen on Youtube, thanks for posting.

[Dukegrievousangel]

8 months later, I'm still drooling over this video. There was no band as musically talented as this era of the Byrds.

[JannoKlufs]

What Roger couldn't keep up with in virtusosity he sure leveled in the hair competition :)

[BigTriffy]

Superb. I always have preferred this line-up, great to see something new. Thank you.

[astrochicken]

Clarence's picking allways puts a smile on my face and laughing from sheer bliss.

The syncopated lead on mr tambourine with it's pauses, gaps and hangnotes.. music really just does not get any better.

[Ptrgamb]

How convenient to have a terrific drummer who is also a great banjo player.

[Wisegeorge]

Thank you from a true fan of this Byrds lineup. I saw them frequently as a teen and all but Skip Battin had breakfast prepared by my mom and her friend. Clarence liked his eggs cooked hard. I like my eggs cooked hard too, because Clarence was cool.

[crosbystillsnash68]

wish someone could restore the video/audio qulaity just a touch, still better than nothin

[mrFulci]

ok i capture it & restaured it and put it on my blog see ya Steph France

[maida1982a]

shows their versatility, even as the quality of the albums slid, the live shows got better - w/ clarence there

[mcbump]

what a find ,thanks so much for posting this.

[kardboardkid]

What show is this?

[kardboardkid]

I should have asked, where was this shown?

[taariqtaariq]

the byrds were GREAT and this was possibly their best line up.

[dagetage]

could that be the Roy Noble guitar CW is playing?

Also, the second half of CW:s mando break has some phrasing that sounds an awful lot like some of Grisman's 70:s stuff

[aspersive]

Maybe, at this point, they should have changed their name to The Beards! :-)

[tfmuch]

Might have been their favourite Bob Dylan song but McGuinn still managed to get the lyrics wrong. Like the guy said, you ain't goin' nowhere!

[macaibhistin]

Wow!  What a fabulous piece of footage! Huge thanks to whomever found this nugget. Clarence was such a monster talent.

[Midnightman3741]

Good to see Skip Battin singing lead and Clarence and Gene with the solos.

[cdvgrown]

Clarence looks like he's playing a 40's D-18. Anybody have any ideas. It doesn't look like D-28 that Tony Rice got...

[AndrewJ2007]

At the end Clarence turns the end of the guitar through the light and you can see it's rosewood. It's a D-28. Probably the one Brent has.

[cdvgrown]

I love that Clarence takes a mando break!

[MattHatter]

Wow! January 1972, not that long after "Farther Along" was released. A shame that this year here would be the last of this line up...you know...before David Crosby had to get his big mouth involved again!

[Dukegrievousangel]

Good to have this video back! The talent is unmatched.