However, if no one else is gonna ask, I will. If the band was going out, at least they were going out bringing the rock.
One of the band’s final performances - and the last to be televised - the band sounds good with new-ish drummer, John Guerin. Here’s the other.īyrds – So You Want To Be A Rock N’ Roll Star Tambourine Man” was one of the songs they played. On February 3, The Byrds played the series premiere of The Midnight Special, a live music show that followed Johnny Carson on Friday nights and lasted until 1981. But, it was an ignominious ending for one of the most innovative American bands ever. To be fair, the reunion album wasn’t very good and the ending was probably 2 years overdue. They played ZERO times, leaving the album and both versions of the band dead on the vine. Unfortunately, the original Byrds failed to capitalize on the initial wave of enthusiasm for their reunion. However, the reunion album featuring Gene Clark, Chris Hillman, David Crosby, Roger McGuinn, and Michael Clarke was released in March and there was no point having gigs if the public expected the original five to show up. The road Byrds played a handful of shows in January and February, including a tribute to Earl Scruggs that turned into the film, Banjoman. But first, there was the end of The Byrds to address.Īfter four years of steady employment, the road Byrds were being phased out by the original Byrds. The beauty of Clarence’s first 7 months and 14 days of 1973 wasn’t just that he made a decisive step forward as a bandleader and solo artist, it’s that he returned to the family business: bluegrass. His death on July 15 left a huge hole in the development of rock, country, and bluegrass, but the loss to the White family was far more profound and immeasurable. I’ve put off this part of his bio for as long as I could because I know how it ends: tragically, painfully, and with a myriad of musical possibilities extinguished. And so we come to the final year of Clarence White’s life and the eleventh and final (for now) chapter of my Adios Loungeography.
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