“The summer of ’65”: Steve Van Zandt on the artists that ended the British invasion
A good 18 months.
The Byrds
Every artist who has covered the song ‘So You Want to Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star’ by The Byrds
“Take some time and learn how to play.T
David Crosby on the best song The Byrds ever made: “I like that a lot”
Making psychedelia sound iconic.
The artist Roger McGuinn thought kept The Byrds alive: “I don’t think people would even remember”
One of The Byrds’ biggest fans.
The Beatles classic George Harrison attributed to The Byrds: “That’s how I see it”
Cribbing from the new school.
The three artists that made Glenn Frey want to be a musician: “The pioneers”
Pointing the way to the West Coast.
Drug busts, pistols, and a decaying romantic rebel: David Crosby’s very own lost weekend
“He was abusing his nostrils.”
Musically Defeated: The artist that almost made David Crosby give up music
Learning to listen…not hear.
From The Beatles the Black Sabbath: 10 albums that started a new genre of music
The start of a new musical art form.
Jackson Browne explains why David Crosby typified “egalitarian” counterculture
The more generous side of the music business.