The Byrds – Lover Of The Bayou

Posted by admin on October 22nd, 2009 and filed under bayou | 25 Comments »

Arguably the last truly great album from the Byrds, this was a double vinyl set when it appeared in 1970. The 16-minute “Eight Miles High” took up an entire side–allowing for plenty of the free-flowing guitar, bass, and drum solos that were in vogue at the time. The live portion of the program opens with a gritty “Lover of the Bayou” and an inspired take on Bob Dylan’s “Positively 4th Street.” The studio set centers around the group’s biggest latter-day hit, “Chestnut Mare,” as well as Roger McGuinn’s haunting “Just a Season.” Here, Untitled is supplemented by Unissued, a whole bonus disc of rare and unreleased material. There are storming concert versions of Dylan’s “You Ain’t Going Nowhere,” “My Back Pages,” and “This Wheel’s on Fire.” Studio highlights include “Lover of the Bayou” and an undubbed “Kathleen’s Song.”

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25 Responses

  1. henrynevins Says:

    Its a real shame to …
    Its a real shame to be mostly showing photos and album covers of the early Byrds when it is the later Byrds, Clarence White, Gene Parsons, Skip Batten and Rodger McGuinn, who wrote and is playing this song. That “MIGHTY GUITAR SOLO” is Clarence White plus the tremendous talent of the others. To see them live was to hear the Byrds at their best.

  2. CadillacL Says:

    Some hard-driving …
    Some hard-driving music :)

  3. EricDMyers Says:

    I don’t think …
    I don’t think Clarence is underrated at all. Everyone who hears his playing knows he is the man.

  4. jmtappenden Says:

    BEAUTIFUL MINOR KEY.
    BEAUTIFUL MINOR KEY.

  5. jmtappenden Says:

    MIGHTY GUITAR SOLO!
    MIGHTY GUITAR SOLO!

  6. jmtappenden Says:

    THE BYRDS AT THEIR …
    THE BYRDS AT THEIR BEST!

  7. jmtappenden Says:

    BEST GUITAR SOLO !!
    BEST GUITAR SOLO !!

  8. sullydeb Says:

    Agreed
    Agreed

  9. DisposableHero187 Says:

    this kills mudfuck
    this kills mudfuck

  10. CadillacL Says:

    Clarence & Roger …
    Clarence & Roger have got to be the most under-rated guittar duo.

  11. loungecruz Says:

    what record is this …
    what record is this from?

  12. aa4018881 Says:

    He was as …
    He was as underrated during his time like Mike Campbell has been during his time

  13. leftywitt Says:

    sooo true!
    sooo true!

  14. SteveGaines Says:

    Listen to ‘my man” …
    Listen to ‘my man” Clarence White..

  15. patgerzan Says:

    this music band is …
    this music band is awesome man lol long live the byrds and the beatles sweet awesome tunes man just like the lemon pipers lol peace man lol .

  16. Sugarbird1978 Says:

    Thats nice to hear! …
    Thats nice to hear!!!

  17. IdaGno Says:

    well remembered
    well remembered

  18. foodeater398 Says:

    straight up rock …
    straight up rock and roll

  19. 35695 Says:

    i had no idea …
    i had no idea mudcrutch’s version was a cover of the byrds… Still, both versions kick ass!

  20. ENBATTA Says:

    Hey boys and girls! …
    Hey boys and girls! There’s a good cover of this fabulous song on my solo LP!

  21. sillydream1969 Says:

    not the sampler,, …
    not the sampler,,but the album when it came out…in 72 ? and it got me through those days like a great byrds album should..i played it alot….there was a song with a girls name on it if i remember right ”and i loved that song,,,,actually the album was the first one of the beginning of my collection back then….also i had starships 1st and it was unreal……the studio mixing, and creativity was fantastic.

  22. LEEDSPETER001 Says:

    I 1st heard this in …
    I 1st heard this in about 1971 on a sampler called ”together”. Anyone else as old as me? Same sampler has ”rock n roll hoochie coo” by J Winter. Check that out on utube – studio version Peter

  23. gittahfiend Says:

    McGuinn & Clarence …
    McGuinn & Clarence made a great guitar team.

  24. DoingTheFrenchMistak Says:

    Thanks for posting …
    Thanks for posting this, it speaks to a life I almost forgot.

  25. chrisufromaut Says:

    There’s nothing …
    There’s nothing like a twelve string rickenbaker smile

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