The New Christry Minstrels & Gene Clark-1963-Part lV

Watch for Gene at 0:58, on 12 string Guitar!!

In what is probably the biggest irony of my life; my Dad's brother was Randy Sparks' best friend, up until the day he died in the late '90's.

Randy begged uncle Walt to stop smoking, which he didn't, and he succumbed to lung cancer.

I NEVER met my uncle, but I'm told that Randy was in our house around 1965 playing Guitar; I would have been only 4 years old then, and have no memory of this.

Before the Christys became famous, Randy told Dad that he was going to buy him a Rolls Royce when he bcame "Rich & Famous"!

The Rolls never materialised. :-)

I wouldn't make The Byrds/Christys connection until YEARS after I started playing.

Gene left The Minstrels shortly after this, after hearing "She Loves You" on a restaurant jukebox, and headed to California...

Part 1:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=97q9rPktuGo&feature=PlayList&p=E68E78A4...

Part 2:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TbXpvLL2N1o&feature=PlayList&p=E68E78A4...

Part 3:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kdwogBp7tas&feature=PlayList&p=E68E78A4...

Part 4:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=T2Bhr5E726E&feature=PlayList&p=E68E78A4...

Part 5:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=u5kpzlHr3iA&feature=PlayList&p=E68E78A4...

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• Byrds
• Gene
• Clark
• New
• Christy
• Minstrel
• Folk

[TheBabyboomkidof53]

gene looks much happier with the new christy minstrels then ever did with the byrds. no one in the byrds could get along......to many egos.

[coquito29010203]

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[riverwoodsbarry]

@tcrlaf WHAT? Kenny Rogers? No. You are about five years ahead of yourself.

[vincentfromia]

L-R Gene Clark, Art Podell, Barry Kane, Jackie Miller, Barry McGuire, Gayle Caldwell, Larry Ramos (later of the Association), Nick Woods, Clarence Treat...for those of you who are Christy-spotting.

[tcrlaf]

The Double Base Player is none other than KENNY ROGERS....

[wendydale1]

Loved Today and GreenGreen. I want to go back to 1960!

[misssunbeam]

Now everybody who wasn't there can see why we loved the NCM.

How charismatic was Barry M and Nick Woods!

Golly gee!

Luv ya!