The Byrds almost covered another Bob Dylan track before settling on a folk standard Pete Seeger wrote in the late 1950s.
Folk rock dominated the pop charts in the mid-1960s. These four massive hits put their definitive stamp on the genre.
A girl, listening to the Byrds’ version of “Mr. Tambourine Man,” a girl who loved Bob Dylan, once said, “I don’t like it because it sounds like church music.” Meaning she didn’t like it because she ...
The Byrds covered multiple Bob Dylan songs as a band. In some instances, their covers of his songs became more popular than Dylan’s versions. For the most part, Dylan didn’t mind. The Byrds’ take on ...
Anyone who thought the Byrds' debut album was the work of a one-hit wonder based on the commercial success of "Mr. Tambourine ...
Roger McGuinn explains how Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Bob Dylan and CBS-era Fender amps all factored into the making of The Byrds’ 1969 classic, Ballad of Easy Rider ...
When the Byrds released “Mr. Tambourine Man” in 1965, they introduced Bob Dylan’s songs to a new audience and launched a career that would make them among the most influential rock bands of all time.
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images “I don’t think of myself as a guitar hero,” Roger McGuinn tells Guitar World ...
In these excepts from 'The Byrds 1964-1967,' the group remembers performing with Bob Dylan, almost getting booted from 'The Ed Sullivan Show,' stardom, writing, fighting and other classic moments.
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