Hillman and lead guitarist Roger McGuinn poured their cynicism into So You Want To Be A Rock’n’Roll Star. The song served as a two-minute manual for overnight fame, a potted guide to pop stardom with ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Jeff Hochberg/Getty Images The Byrds were famously one of the first rock ’n’ roll band to ...
How could a self-respecting rock musician truly rebel in 1968? This, after all, was after the Summer of Love, a time when musical and cultural conventions were regularly being upended. For two ...
Byrds co-founder Chris Hillman taps David Crosby, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty for new solo album Chris Hillman, a founding member of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, is releasing a new album, ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music and the business of music. There is an old music joke I point out to the Byrds’ Chris Hillman. It’s about how ...
At the end of 1971, only one member remained of the quintet of Byrds who had initiated the folk-rock boom six years earlier when they scored #1 hits by grafting their lush harmonies and jangly guitar ...
It all starts with a teen magazine. According to the book Canyon of Dreams: The Magic and the Music of Laurel Canyon, Byrds members Chris Hillman and Roger McGuinn were looking at a teen magazine and ...
Skip Battin is underrated in classic rock history, and I think his contributions via the likes of The Byrds deserve some love ...
In February 1990, a little over a year after Roy Orbison died from a sudden heart attack, an all-star tribute concert was held in his honor at the Universal Ampitheater in Los Angeles. Everyone from ...
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