Best Byrds Spin-off/connex Band?

[Dr Fate]

Poll question: Best Byrds Spin-off/connex Band?

Honorable mention: Buffalo Springfield. But who can tell me WHY???-what is the direct connex?

A highly specialized Poll for my fellow music geeks...ENJOY!

Am I missing anyone????!?!?!

[Lindsay]

1. Dunno if he's the best,

but I hadda vote for Gene Clark because he is my all-time favorite singer.

Sad story there.

[DBoon]

2. Souther Hillman Furay Band?

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[Dr Fate]

4. Sweet! You got the easy one. There is at least another direct connex...

...a member of the Byrds took the place of a Springfield member for one show.

Who were the 2 musicians, and what famous show was it?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

12. What about Poco..they don't rate?

[Dr Fate]

17. There is not a direct membership connex, is there?...

The connections are more tenuous- but good call...

No members of the Byrds were in Poco, or vice versa- but here are some connections:

* Tim B. Schimt was in Poco AND on Gene Clark's solo record "No Other..."


Then of course Furray is connected through SHF Band to Byrds member Chris Hillman...

AND- the Poco classic "Crazy Eyes" is about Gram Parsons...

[DBoon]

3. David Crosby was link with Buffalo Springfield

"David Crosby ended up substituting for an absent Young at the Monterey Pop Festival, foreshadowing his future work with Stills and foreshortening his tenure with the Byrds"

http://ebni.com/byrds/relassociates02.html


On Edir Mis-spelled "Buffalo"

[Dr Fate]

6. You nailed both of them. Bonus round:

On which Burrito tune does Crosby share a 3 part harmony???

[DBoon]

10. All this talk about burritos

has made me hungry. I'm abandoning DU for my favorite Mexican restaurant.

[AntiCoup2K4]

5. Wasn't there a "McGuinn, Clark, and Hillman" semi-reunion in the Mid 70's?

And a "McGuinn Crosby and Hillman" semi reunion in the late 90's who recorded a few tracks for a Byrds box set (which I've never heard)

[Dr Fate]

7. Yep. Not their finest moments...

...in my humble opinion.

Now the McGuinn/Thunderbyrds stuff from '77 is pretty damn rockin- you can get live CDs of it...

[mac56]

19. "Don't You Write Her Off Like That"

was all over the radio in the spring of '79.

[Sufi Marmot]

8. Haven't heard all of those, but...

Gram Parsons' first two solo albums (G.P. & Grievous Angel) are brilliant, in no small part due to Emmylou Harris' gorgeous harmonies.


-SM

[Dr Fate]

9. First two & only two!

Unless we count stuff put together after he croaked at Joshua Tree...

GP was the lead singer of the Burritos & the Submarine Band, BTW

Yeah, GP is one of the reasons I sing & play guitar...

[Sufi Marmot]

11. Good point...

I picked up the Reprise CD of G.P./Grievous Angel for a ridiculously cheap price, (Vancouver, BC has some of the cheapest CDs in North America...), and it was one of the best purchases I've made in a long time. I'll have to acquire the Flying Burrito Bros. sometime soon...

-SM

[Dr Fate]

15. Make sure you get one's with Gram on it...

There is a good "Best of" CD that I believe is still in print...

....the Burritos made several records w/o him that are mostly bad...

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

13. Oh and then there's CPR...Crosby, Pevar and Raymond (Crosby's son)

and did I notice you left off Crosby Stills Nash and Young :D

[Dr Fate]

14. Ha! Too obvious- can you believe I FORGOT that one!!!!

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[nothingshocksmeanymore]

16. If Jeff Pevar weren't a personal friend, I would've forgot it too

[Dr Fate]

18. No- I meant CSNY-

I've never heard of his son's band- are they any good?

[Dr Fate]

20. kick

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[Dr Fate]

21. Kick

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[Bridget Burke]

22. Voted for Gram Parsons Solo: meaning "with Emmylou"

Of course.

Another connected band is the Dillards. They came out of Bluegrass, appeared as The Darling Family on the Andry Griffith Show, began experimenting with folk rock & helped invent country rock. "Wheatstraw Suite" came out in 1968--before "Gilded Palace of Sin"--& was unavailable on CD for a long time. Really good if you like that sort of thing*.



Direct Byrds link? I think Clarence White played with them at one time. And then Doug Dillard left to join ex-Byrd Gene Clark for the two excellent Dillard & Clark albums.

Even more obscure: Hearts & Flowers. Also out of the LA scene; Bernie Leadon was a member pre-Burritos. A double-set of their long lost LP's is available on CD's.

* You might say I "like that sort of thing".

[Dr Fate]

23. They were on the Andy Griffith Show too...

They appeared as "The Darlings"...

Yep- a direct connection- did you noticed Dillard & Clark was on the poll?