@Byrds1967 Always loved the intro which starts with the 6 string and you wait for the 12 string to come in !!. I was waiting for your solo in the middle of this track and you nailed it to perfection, then again at the end of the song !!. Regards from the U.K. (Byrds loving country)
@MrDavearama The sky is blue, and grass is green. In other words, I KNEW that, thank you for telling me something I already knew. I was complimenting David on his resemblance to Roger McGuinn.
Love the Byrds, love the glasses, love the cover,tryin to learn it. Hi from accross the pond. Check out Liverpool band The Corals' version. Its pretty cool.
Tom....Peggy Hanson (see her on Facebook) she is selling the shirts, I got one myself, they are awesome, when you get one tell her Wild Bill sent you!
yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh mannnnn I LUV THIS TUNE, I luv your sound !! lucky day today, another guy proposes a great drummin, and you come with the ricky !!!
Hey - Just discovered you by accident. You're good, and I'll sub as soon as I'm done with this comment. Question: I think I can pick up up the instrumental lead by watching you (thanks!!). Is your guitar tuned normally? If I can pick this up, I will be one very happy dude. Good job, Byrds1967!
Great playing...nice glasses. This music is timeless and will last forever...not like todays hip-hop and rap. Hip-Hop is for kangaroos and rap is CRAP without the "C"
Heheheheheh . . . Hi, David! Long-time-no, but I was thinking about you yesterday: I was messin' around with *acoustic* twelves, a couple of very fine Taylors, at a local Guitar Center yesterday, and the cool-old-guy salesman is playing this-and-that --- and suddenly launches into "FaWLB"! First time I ever sang in public, EVER --- "Ohhh! The humanity!" :-)) I'd rather listen to *you*, to say the least, but Seems like *all* we old "Ornithologists" dig this one, and can't resist chiming-in ! :-D
Heheheheh . . . well, it *would've* been "cool" if I were not singing (I'm not William Shatner, but I ain't Gene Clark, either) LOL! I would've simply grabbed the other guitar and played-along, but the two were not in-tune with one another (and I usualy do it in another key). No purchase this time, because this is long-term stuff --- one was a Taylor GA-312, and the other a Taylor 885-12. Not as pricey as a McGuinn Ric, but both well-into four figures. *Awesome* acoustics, both of 'em! :-D
@sdingeswho "chiming in"....that's good, I like that! Whenever I hear this song, I can't help but to sing it aloud, as I was while watching this enjoyable video. Love to play the solo on my Rick as well.
@RockinRickSmith --- Ooops! Totally unintentional pun on my part LOL! But, it's true. The weird part is that I originally learned the vocal second-hand, via Tom Petty's lovingly-executed note-for-note cover on "Full Moon Fever". I always had "FMF" with me in my courier-truck, back then, and could thus get away with singing without "hurting anybody" <:)~. My voice is very reedy and nasal, so I fit in well with Byrds-y / Bob Dylan-y stuff (Petty's approach owes a lot to both).
You look and sound just like one of my best friends with two exceptions; You play & sing GREAT! I caught Gene Clark and McGuinn when they toured through the NY/NJ area in 1977 and they played this song. They did it OK, but man, you are so all over it!
Drop Roger a line and tell him you're available for a spot in his next incarnation of the Byrds!
I saw McQuinn,Clark and Hillman at Rugters Rose room 1978?,a very small room to say the least.Two hundred people maybe.They were the Byrds that night.Awsome!
OMG! This is soooo good! This is my favorite! In fact it is my very first favorite I have marked in youtube! Thank you so much for sharing with all of us. Makes me want to take up guitar lessons! Excellent, excellent job Dave!!!!!
You're really reaching us here in the Orkney Isles, off the North Coast of Scotland. We're like, feelin your vibes man!!!!!!!Beautiful looking and sounding guitar also!!!
Very nice David!I actually saw Gene Clark sing this live in the 80's when he was touring with Michael Clarke.The billing said "The Byrds" but McGuinn and the other Byrds weren't even in that particular line-up. I was disappointed,but still enjoyed hearing the old tunes.
Hi, j7777777! Thanks for the tip --- I had never heard the Groovies' cover "FaWLB". Gives me an idea, too --- Hey, David! Are you familiar with the Groovies' "Shake Some Action"? That would be absolutely *majestic* on the Ric! :-D (Might even want to throw in just a *hint* of "fuzz", too!) Lots of big, open arepeggios (nice, on an instrument that already plays things in octaves), and *much* " 'kerrang!' potential" LOL!
hi , sdingeswho, i agree with you that , shake some action, would sound great on a 12 string rick , as would quite a few of the groovies great songs like , take me back, i can,t hide ,sometimes, you tore me down ,yes its true,please please girl,i,ll cry alone ,i saw her ect .
i think that dave is just into his byrds renditions though , but if he is interested, i would send him all the tracks mentioned to hear him do them on his rick !!
if he,s never heard of the themi think he would digthem
Oh, YEAH! Made my day as usual, David! I learned to sing (to the extent that I can at all) by trying to blend into Tom Petty's note-for-note cover while I was driving a courier truck in the early 90s, so this is an all-time-favourite Byrds-thing for me (as apparently it also is for TP). By the way, I'm still cogitating about your recent off-board note to me regarding making the Ric fit into something "modern" --- maybe have a couple of ideas to bounce at you, shortly.
Great job, man!
SoberKennedy 1 month ago
Great job David. I play along on my MIM Strat each day for practice. I get 'Byrd jangle" with the bridge pickup.
olpaul1 3 months ago
wow, allmost better than the real thing!!!
frankie28web 3 months ago
Outstanding cover, David!!!
DonGomez007 3 months ago
im not much on leaving comments on youtube. but i must say BYRDS 1967 you did a damn good job here. thank you for the lift
7theflyingdutchman 3 months ago
Hey lookalike!
:-)
Ihy744ppp 5 months ago
absolutely beautiful! you look like rubber soul john lennon doing his impersonation of roger mcguinn
dwdeclare 7 months ago
B-R-A-V-O!!! Great performance in every respect!
cmf1965 9 months ago
Great middle on the Ric 12!...not many can pull it off...^/^
1Phoebus 9 months ago
WOW!....nice job Dave....really enjoyed that...lets jam sometime!
GTM57 10 months ago
really, really well done.
twig1688 11 months ago
really, really well done.
twig1688 11 months ago
Byrdmania, forever. Nice Job!
LavenganzadeCtulhu10 1 year ago
Quite frankly, I hate YouTube covers of great classics by amateurs, but...
This is sensational !! Kudos to you.
dlphcoracl 1 year ago
I usually avoid most of the "covers"... but this one is good! If they ever create a "Son of Byrds" group, I encourage you to audition! lol
hb310dude 1 year ago
/watch?v=pY86DBYSCOE
angelsalta 1 year ago
David, I swear, you are Roger McGuinn, Jr. You nailed this to a T. Awesome job!!!
ChicagoKid5 1 year ago 3
@ChicagoKid5 hahahaha....thanks!
Byrds1967 1 year ago
@Byrds1967 Always loved the intro which starts with the 6 string and you wait for the 12 string to come in !!. I was waiting for your solo in the middle of this track and you nailed it to perfection, then again at the end of the song !!. Regards from the U.K. (Byrds loving country)
TheKenfig 4 months ago
@ChicagoKid5 -Roger McGuinn didn't sing the leads on this song, it's was the superior
vocalist Gene Clark.
MrDavearama 3 weeks ago
@MrDavearama The sky is blue, and grass is green. In other words, I KNEW that, thank you for telling me something I already knew. I was complimenting David on his resemblance to Roger McGuinn.
ChicagoKid5 3 weeks ago
Excellent! Like those cool Roger McGuinn granny glasses, too!
bjorn2run 1 year ago
Nicely done!
karenzappa 1 year ago
Great cover....loved it!!!!!!!!
guitarkis49 1 year ago
Love the Byrds, love the glasses, love the cover,tryin to learn it. Hi from accross the pond. Check out Liverpool band The Corals' version. Its pretty cool.
sarnian59 1 year ago
Tom....Peggy Hanson (see her on Facebook) she is selling the shirts, I got one myself, they are awesome, when you get one tell her Wild Bill sent you!
wildbilco55 1 year ago
Where can I get a BYRDS shirt like that ? totally Awsome, Worn by McGuinn on the BYRDS reunion album> right ? Oh , and That pretty good too!
Tom57ish 1 year ago
Damn, David, what's left to say except thank you for posting the most pristine cover of this Byrds' classic anywhere on YouTube.
andyinoregon 1 year ago
Bravo! I'm learning these songs, too. Between YouTube and chordie.com I'm havin' a ball!
johnkiene 1 year ago
sly stallone's brother?????
good cover though!
TheSinisterSnowman 1 year ago
I was looking for Byrd covers and when I came across this I was stunned. I love it. The glasses are good too.
TonyHickschick 1 year ago
Great job on a GREAT Byrds song! One of their BEST!.....Love that Ric!
49erBW 1 year ago
You're REALLY TALENTED, David.
TroutDancert 1 year ago
Leopold, you're looking at $2000 or more for a new one.
TroutDancert 1 year ago
Roger McGuinn was a master of the 12 string, I have a hollow body 12 made by Fender. Had it since'85
TroutDancert 1 year ago
where do you buy the rickenbaker and what´s the price ? thanks and best regards from México
leopoldomarcialochoa 1 year ago
IN the jargon of that era...."Far out man!"....you did the song very nicely...great middle...^/^ harkens me back to my band days..1966/67
1Phoebus 1 year ago
@1Phoebus I've heard many covers...this one was much like my band of the late '60's...in L.A.
1Phoebus 1 year ago
yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh mannnnn I LUV THIS TUNE, I luv your sound !! lucky day today, another guy proposes a great drummin, and you come with the ricky !!!
arribabundesband 1 year ago
You do an excellent job at this song.
jwkent1973 1 year ago
Excellent performance!
jwkent1973 1 year ago
Excellent performance!
jwkent1973 1 year ago
Excellent performance!
jwkent1973 1 year ago
Excellent performance!
jwkent1973 1 year ago
Great job! "That signature Ric!!!....One of my Byrds Favorites!
49erBW 1 year ago
Hey - Just discovered you by accident. You're good, and I'll sub as soon as I'm done with this comment. Question: I think I can pick up up the instrumental lead by watching you (thanks!!). Is your guitar tuned normally? If I can pick this up, I will be one very happy dude. Good job, Byrds1967!
mudhens4ever 1 year ago
this is the best one of your's I've heard--because harmony is better.
hopibooks 1 year ago
Great great - Fantastic! :-)
Stringfeeling 1 year ago
Do Ya Have The Tablature?
is SO can ya send it to me?
EndOfTheNight1 1 year ago
First rate.!
B17b25guy 2 years ago
You do McGuinn better than McGuinn does...lol. Terrific. The old guy would be proud of you.
thozzman 2 years ago
Rickenbackers rule!
eaglewheels1995 2 years ago
i love this song!!
rickenbacker370/12!!
fantastic sound!!
rickenvox 2 years ago
Great playing...nice glasses. This music is timeless and will last forever...not like todays hip-hop and rap. Hip-Hop is for kangaroos and rap is CRAP without the "C"
Keyboardman88 2 years ago
Fantastic!
reborn5310 2 years ago 4
music isn't made like this anymore
coreyagraph 2 years ago 2
Great job Dave, Toby Myers here, my band has done this years, thanx for helping me with the solo.
muddycafe 2 years ago 2
That's great. Sounds like McGuinn and Clark original. Very nicely done!!
riskltd 2 years ago 2
Great cover! Very nice.
riskltd 2 years ago 2
This is the best cover of "Feel a Whole Lot Better" on YouTube
rmannin0217 2 years ago 11
wow ..excellent playing and singing. Very impressive chap..
coldfusion1111 2 years ago
Absolutely fantastic!!! Best Byrds covers I've heard!
kevyrob13 2 years ago
Heheheheheh . . . Hi, David! Long-time-no, but I was thinking about you yesterday: I was messin' around with *acoustic* twelves, a couple of very fine Taylors, at a local Guitar Center yesterday, and the cool-old-guy salesman is playing this-and-that --- and suddenly launches into "FaWLB"! First time I ever sang in public, EVER --- "Ohhh! The humanity!" :-)) I'd rather listen to *you*, to say the least, but Seems like *all* we old "Ornithologists" dig this one, and can't resist chiming-in ! :-D
sdingeswho 2 years ago
That's cool. So you did a public performance of the Byrds huh? Yeah, this song was made for the 12. So did you buy a guitar at GC?
Byrds1967 2 years ago
Heheheheh . . . well, it *would've* been "cool" if I were not singing (I'm not William Shatner, but I ain't Gene Clark, either) LOL! I would've simply grabbed the other guitar and played-along, but the two were not in-tune with one another (and I usualy do it in another key). No purchase this time, because this is long-term stuff --- one was a Taylor GA-312, and the other a Taylor 885-12. Not as pricey as a McGuinn Ric, but both well-into four figures. *Awesome* acoustics, both of 'em! :-D
sdingeswho 2 years ago
@sdingeswho "chiming in"....that's good, I like that! Whenever I hear this song, I can't help but to sing it aloud, as I was while watching this enjoyable video. Love to play the solo on my Rick as well.
RockinRickSmith 1 year ago
@RockinRickSmith --- Ooops! Totally unintentional pun on my part LOL! But, it's true. The weird part is that I originally learned the vocal second-hand, via Tom Petty's lovingly-executed note-for-note cover on "Full Moon Fever". I always had "FMF" with me in my courier-truck, back then, and could thus get away with singing without "hurting anybody" <:)~. My voice is very reedy and nasal, so I fit in well with Byrds-y / Bob Dylan-y stuff (Petty's approach owes a lot to both).
sdingeswho 1 year ago
Dave,
You look and sound just like one of my best friends with two exceptions; You play & sing GREAT! I caught Gene Clark and McGuinn when they toured through the NY/NJ area in 1977 and they played this song. They did it OK, but man, you are so all over it!
Drop Roger a line and tell him you're available for a spot in his next incarnation of the Byrds!
RTL1954 2 years ago
You're too kind. Thanks......... I would have loved to see McGuinn and Clark back in the day.
Byrds1967 2 years ago
I saw McQuinn,Clark and Hillman at Rugters Rose room 1978?,a very small room to say the least.Two hundred people maybe.They were the Byrds that night.Awsome!
mcbump 2 years ago
This is too cool. You, Jim and Ed need to cut an album together...tomorrow. This is my favorite Byrds tune and you nailed it!
indyme2 2 years ago
Yeah, I would totally love to jam in the real world with Jim and Ed!
Byrds1967 2 years ago
OMG! This is soooo good! This is my favorite! In fact it is my very first favorite I have marked in youtube! Thank you so much for sharing with all of us. Makes me want to take up guitar lessons! Excellent, excellent job Dave!!!!!
tlynn57 2 years ago
Thanks for the compliment. I'm flattered
Byrds1967 2 years ago
Nice work, mate! Now, I can see the solo and get this one sussed.
Byrds for ever!
tradfan 2 years ago
It's all for you man!
Byrds1967 2 years ago
Great cover!
Dig the shades too :)
peace
jippek 2 years ago
Thanks. I was checking out your videos. Where are you from?
Byrds1967 2 years ago
Absolutely Brilliant Dave!!!
You're really reaching us here in the Orkney Isles, off the North Coast of Scotland. We're like, feelin your vibes man!!!!!!!Beautiful looking and sounding guitar also!!!
Cringnafold 3 years ago
You've nailed those righteous arpeggios! Great job!
Regards,
JB
thebirdman47 3 years ago
Another one of my favorite Byrds songs. I was singing the echo parts of the song.
bender1958 3 years ago
What a treat to watch,excellent!
mcbump 3 years ago
Great job.
blair227 3 years ago
VERY GOOD !! Thank for posting.
rollingstones1965 3 years ago
Very nice David!I actually saw Gene Clark sing this live in the 80's when he was touring with Michael Clarke.The billing said "The Byrds" but McGuinn and the other Byrds weren't even in that particular line-up. I was disappointed,but still enjoyed hearing the old tunes.
footchaplain 3 years ago
May favorite "jangly guitar" band!
nov20five 3 years ago
Grabbed my accoustic and played with you - good stuff. Thank you for posting. I so remember Gene Clark singing this on Shindig.
klaw56 3 years ago
wow, love it!!
peggy1953 3 years ago
One of your better mixes.
What vocal mic are you using?
Do you sequence your own drums or get someone to do the sequencing?
Are you playing bass too?
ScalerWave 3 years ago
way cool !!!
jimbogm4dhj 3 years ago
You are a genius man!!!
Paolo250376 3 years ago
great cover dave .
have you heard the , flamin groovies, version ?
allmost as good as the origonal, as is your version too.
cheers ,jimmy :) .
j7777777 3 years ago
Hi, j7777777! Thanks for the tip --- I had never heard the Groovies' cover "FaWLB". Gives me an idea, too --- Hey, David! Are you familiar with the Groovies' "Shake Some Action"? That would be absolutely *majestic* on the Ric! :-D (Might even want to throw in just a *hint* of "fuzz", too!) Lots of big, open arepeggios (nice, on an instrument that already plays things in octaves), and *much* " 'kerrang!' potential" LOL!
sdingeswho 3 years ago
hi , sdingeswho, i agree with you that , shake some action, would sound great on a 12 string rick , as would quite a few of the groovies great songs like , take me back, i can,t hide ,sometimes, you tore me down ,yes its true,please please girl,i,ll cry alone ,i saw her ect .
i think that dave is just into his byrds renditions though , but if he is interested, i would send him all the tracks mentioned to hear him do them on his rick !!
if he,s never heard of the themi think he would digthem
j7777777 3 years ago
Yes pretty good mate
betover68 3 years ago
Man, I really enjoy this song!!! Keep them coming!!!
sleepyjohnblues 3 years ago
Nice as always David! That really high "A" note you hit at 1:18???
That's actually 14th fret on the "G" string, making the solo a "Three stringed chord" for that part of the solo!
The dominant sound of the octave string here gives alot of folks the illusion that it's way up on the high "E" strings.
As soon as I get a free moment here (I'm trying! ;-( I'll send along the notes I have for "The Bells Of Rhymney."
Keep up the great work,
Chris
craviola880 3 years ago
valeu, thanxs from brazil!!!
marcotukoff 3 years ago
Oh, YEAH! Made my day as usual, David! I learned to sing (to the extent that I can at all) by trying to blend into Tom Petty's note-for-note cover while I was driving a courier truck in the early 90s, so this is an all-time-favourite Byrds-thing for me (as apparently it also is for TP). By the way, I'm still cogitating about your recent off-board note to me regarding making the Ric fit into something "modern" --- maybe have a couple of ideas to bounce at you, shortly.
My best, always!
Steve
sdingeswho 3 years ago
Yeah, I would be interested in your ideas on making a 12-String Ric sound updated to today's music.
Byrds1967 3 years ago