The Byrds

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The Byrds portrait
The psychedelic masterpiece inspired by John Coltrane, Ravi Shankar and an aeroplane flight

By Henry Yates Published

Eight Miles High was the single that should have launched The Byrds into the stratosphere. So why did it instead mark the precise moment when it all came crashing down?

Tracks & Singles
The Byrds in 1967
How The Byrds, aided by a pair of South African legends, slammed manufactured pop music in song

By Rob Hughes Published

A light-hearted pop at the superficial workings of the pop industry in the 60s, it remains a minor classic. And if you saw the band live in Bournemouth in 1965, you might actually be on it!

Music
The Byrds’ Roger McGuinn posing for a photograph in the late 1960s
The Byrds’ Roger McGuinn on Lennon, Dylan and the forgotten guitarist who was as good as Hendrix

By Rob Hughes Published

Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, The Beatles – Roger McGuinn has crossed paths with the them all

Bands & Artists
Segments of album covers from albums under 30 minutes long
10 brilliant rock albums that last less than 30 minutes

By Fraser Lewry Published

Buying guide Only got half an hour to spare? These mighty producers of musical brevity are here to answer your prayers

Buying guide
Excerpts from the cover art of nine 60s West Coast rock albums
10 West Coast rock albums you really need to hear... and one to avoid

By Bill DeMain Published

Buying guide From surf guitars to psychedelia, peace to paranoia, the 60s sound of Los Angeles and San Francisco was bright and multicoloured

Buying guide
David Crosby posing for the camera in 1976
“The 80s? A lot of hard drugs, cocaine, heroin, people dying”: the epic life and times of David Crosby

By Kevin Murphy Published

In 2007, Classic Rock challenged the legendary David Crosby to an epic game of word association. Cue tales of women, drugs, prison, liver transplants and ex-bandmates

Interviews
David Crosby in 1976
David Crosby: celebrating the life of a quick-witted, acid-tongued raconteur and troublemaker with the voice of an angel

By Simon Harper Published

A look back at the life and times of the man who, with The Byrds, CSN, CSN&Y and solo, wrote and recorded a soundtrack to a golden era

Interviews
Segments of five classic country rock album covers
A beginner’s guide to country rock in five essential albums

By Bill DeMain Published

Five must-hear albums that answer the burning question: what is country rock?

Albums
David Crosby headshot
The 10 best David Crosby songs

By Rob Hughes Published

Ten of the best from the late and legendary singer-songwriter David Crosby, the man with the honeyed voice

Albums
The Byrds standing on the tarmac next to an aeroplane
The Byrds, Bob Dylan, and a guitar sound that defined the sixties

By Ian Fortnam Published

Roger McGuinn recalls The Byrds’ first-album flight of Mr Tambourine Man – and how that guitar sound was created

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