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The Byrds

The band Don Henley claimed “changed [my] life forever”

Giving a voice to his emotions.

Tim Coffman
Jan 14, 2024
Tom Petty - Musician - Guitarist - Songwriter - Singer

The classic Tom Petty song Roger McGuinn turned down

Just not the right sonic fit.

Tim Coffman
Jan 6, 2024
The Byrds - 1960s

‘Eight Miles High’: Who really wrote The Byrds’ hit song?

“The whole theme was my idea.”

Kelly Murphy
Jan 3, 2024
The Byrds - 1960s

The musician who inspired The Byrds’ Roger McGuinn to pick up the guitar

Informing an influential sound.

Arun Starkey
Dec 27, 2023
David Byrne - 2023

The song that pushed David Byrne into the unknown

“Hearing that, I realise: I have to get out of here”.

Ben Forrest
Dec 10, 2023
George Harrison - The Beatles

The Byrds riff George Harrison lifted for a classic Beatles song

George Harrison drew inspiration from the Byrds.

Kelly Murphy
Dec 1, 2023
Bob Dylan

The Roger McGuinn song that Bob Dylan disowned

A classic moment for the counterculture.

Arun Starkey
Oct 28, 2023
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers perform at Budweiser Gardens in London Ontario, on June 18, 2013

The 1960s band Tom Petty thought “changed the world”

Changing the perspective of rock and roll music.

Tim Coffman
Oct 19, 2023

The Bob Dylan song David Crosby originally thought sounded “terrible”

Not hearing the potential on first listen.

Tim Coffman
Sep 21, 2023
The Byrds - 1960s

How The Byrds reinvented country music on ‘Sweetheart of the Rodeo’

Going back to the roots of American music.

Tim Coffman
Sep 18, 2023
Which band invented raga-rock? - 2023

Which band invented raga-rock?

The birth of raga rock.

Tyler Golsen
Jul 13, 2023
The Byrds David Crosby

The Byrds covered ‘Hey Joe’ before Jimi Hendrix

Excellent as well.

Arun Starkey
May 1, 2023

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