The Byrds (1978) - David Crosby shows up on stage

The Boarding House gig was a 1978 reunion of McGuinn, Clark, Crosby and Hillman in a mainly acoustic performance which was broadcast over the radio locally (where the tape here comes from).

It's a pity Michael Clarke wasn't there

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[pjs7tube]

Here's Chris Hillman's statement, just after Gene died, on his role in the group: "At one time he was the power in the Byrds, not McGuinn, not Crosby - it was Gene who would bust through the stage curtain banging on a tambourine coming on like a young Prince Valiant. A Hero, our Savior. Few in the audience could take their eyes off this presence….He was the songwriter. He had the gift that none of the rest of us had developed yet."

[bobbycoltrane]

Gene Clark, you sound fantastic on this night. We miss you so much brother, the grass is very green right now here in the California desert.

[todd11561]

great vocal blend .....

[ejectorerector]

@hfelton because he was making songwriting royalties and they weren't. then they started trying to exclude his songs from the albums and relegating them to b-sides and instead putting tripe like "wait and see" (written by mcguinn and crosby) in place of better songs penned by clark. plus why the hell would hillman be jealous of mcguinn? hillman has been in many great bands and is a talented multi-instrumentalist. i also laughed at 2 string guitar.

[ejectorerector]

@hfelton well someone else already gave the story of how the group formed. it was more collective, not just mcguinn. also, why the hell does hllman praising clark mean that he is jealous of mcguinn? what? i'm not even following your logic. besides, hillman wrote much better songs than mcguinn. mcguinn was a great guitarist, sure, but not songwriter. clark was the principle songwriter for the group during his tenure, and it's been documented that both mcguinn and crosby were jealous of him

[macaibhistin]

Great harmonies on this slower arrangement. Sounds like Chris is play acoustic guitar here.  Love it!

[Tommy9104]

sorry to be a downer ... but this couldn't put a patch on the sixties ass 

[robertwitte92]

TERRIFIC SOUNDING!!!! Too bad Michael Clarke wasn't on this (or was he?) such a huge void in music today without the byrds. Although I love all the work of Crosby,Hillman and McGuinn what they created together can never be outdone by anyone. The Byrds are one of those bands often imitated but never equaled.

[noelpne]

This should be out on Official Release. 'nuff said.

[H4rryF]

i was not aware of this event. Great pics too

[labluvver]

@hfelton Dang....for such a fine Christian man, Chris Hillman sure is accused of a lot of jealousy, isn't he? I guess Gram Parsons filled his need to hate after McGuinn...LOL. Some of you people, I swear.....

[catoohey]

@hfelton McGuinn says this: As he told Rolling Stone in 1990, "I came out and started blending Beatles stuff with the folk stuff, and the audience hated it. I used to get mad at 'em because I thought it was good.... Later on I ran into [original Byrds vocalist] Gene Clark at the Troubador. He was one of the few people who understood it. He asked if I wanted to write some songs with him. Then [original Byrds guitarist] David Crosby came in and started singing harmony."