McGuinn band eight miles high live 1973

McGuinn band eight miles high live 1973

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• byrds
• McGuinn
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• eight
• miles
• live

[richardson1nh]

I think these guys were known as The Lone Star Band when they joined up with McGuinn as his back up. By 1973, McGuinn was no longer using the name The Byrds. Still it's part of McGuinn's evolution. As a solo performer today, McGuinn still rocks this song, and at age 65 (?) he still plays his 12 string Ric like no one else can.

[Hemulen40]

SKY high !

[jtmichaelson]

@englishsandy Actually the Beatles pre-dates all of that in 1964 with the Hard Days Night Soundtrack with "I'm Happy Just To Dance With You", "Tell Me Why" and "I'll Cry Instead". Even Roger admits it was this album that inspired the sound. The Beatles did it again on the Help soundtrack in 1965 and George's jangly Rickenbacher on "Another Girl", "Ticket To Ride", "Tell Me What You See" and "I've Just Seen A Face"

[ibseric]

My buddy and I are sitting in the parking lot of Chastain Park (Atlanta) in late August 2006 waiting for the James Gang to start, drinking beer. After a while, I realize I'm listening to the Byrds. It's Roger Mcguinn solo acoustic and fantastic! I tell my buddy to watch the beer or come with me but we're catching the rest. It was one of the best shows of my life.

[ladivina79]

@richardson1nh Make that 69 - and yes, he still rocks this. Saw him play it on 7-string (!) acoustic the other night and he blew my mind.

[cooper57m]

I saw McGuinn perform this song in 1974 at my college in Plattsburgh NY. I remember the 12 string guitar with the flashing lights. It was very impressive to a young 18 year old. The stage lights were taken down and all you saw were these flashing lights. I didn't see Roger live again until this year (2011) at Bethel Woods, at the site of the original Woodstock, and he still impresses.

[henrynevins]

@paulj0557 Neat about Bo Diddley, the man's a legend. I've noticed that people who aren't really famous will have an attitude, but legends like Bo Diddley and Clarence White will be very nice normal people. I found Clarence to be pleasant, humble, soft spoken, a true professional, a perfectionist and happy to answer anything I wanted for about ten minutes. He even handed me the pick he had been playing with, I still have it. 40 yrs later I still miss a really great guy. His fate was too cruel.

[paulj0557]

@henrynevins I kinda figured that. Very cool you got to speak with Clarence. I got to talk with Bo Diddley once at a fast food/ donut shop I worked at in Hollywood. I was so stiff and young, but he was sincere and knew I wanted him to do all the talking. Talked about his daughter and family stuff I could tell he missed home. Another oddity was hanging out with William Cosby junior one night after a Peewee Herman's Big Adventure premier at the Chinese Theater. We ended up at Carlos Cavazo's house

[henrynevins]

@paulj0557 Hello, I was referring to the expression "sh&t or get off the pot (toilet)", but I suppose if the latter bunch of Byrds were on pot (been stoned) they might have played a heck of a lot better...LOL. IMHO, Roger, Clarence, Skip and Gene musically connected and had their "sh&t" together. I saw them play live twice, got to speak with Clarence once, and to date was the most memorable experience of my life. The EMH - 9/23/70 video really captures what they were like live. Pure perfection.

[paulj0557]

@henrynevins Uh' with the aforementioned bunch of byrds you probably meant get 'on' the pot? Could you imagine keeping a band together in 73'? LOL!

[karlmarx914]

Wow, that mindblowing, creeper smile of Roger's at the beginning makes me forget the original intro completely...

[henrynevins]

@dantean  Here McGuinn is performing Byrds songs with this new line up. Yet he was the one who in Jan '73 wanted to break up the best performing bunch of Byrds the band ever had lamenting that he wanted to get back with Crosby and the original Byrds. He then fires drummer Gene Parson, fires bass player Skip Battin, and then 6 months later forms a new band of unknowns who's talent at performing Byrds songs is whoa-fully lacking. Now that's bizzare. To McGuinn I'd say "Poop or get off the pot".