Actually, we weren’t!Ĭhris: When we were set to guest on Hullabaloo David had on this big Navy peacoat. It was very artificial.ĭavid : We don’t look like we’re having a great time. Sometimes they wouldn’t even have a microphone or a guitar cord. We all thought those shows were really silly. Roger : They had us come in to do camera blocking for the Hullabaloo shoot. Are you in The Bird? Come over here.” The Bird, singular. I remember someone saying, “Bird, please. It was their first nationally-televised appearance… This was the period when McGuinn debuted a new look with his now-iconic glasses.Ĭhris : This is the rehearsal for the Hullabaloo TV show. On May 5, 1965, The Byrds flew to New York City for a short two-day trip to film an appearance on Hullabaloo. I didn’t know at the time what an absolute shit he was. ![]() He was the only guy I knew who knew anything about show business. He got me a session with this jazz guy, Bud Shank. He had been talking to me and trying to help me. When we started doing this, I thought we needed to have somebody to help us do it. It was while performing solo that David Crosby caught the attention of Jim Dickson, a would-be manager and record producer, who helmed projects for Elektra Records and the World Pacific label.ĭavid : Jim Dickson was a guy that I knew. Gene and Roger-Roger looks like he’s an academic. David Crosby-Look at him, he looks great. What an asshole.Ĭhris : The three of these guys look like they just came out of a college coffee house doing a folk set but, good-looking guys. This is photosession that our “manager” set up for us. Roger : David said, “If I can be in your band, I know this guy Jim Dickson, who has a recording studio we can use for free.” I said, “That’s cool,” and we became a trio.ĭavid : This was relatively soon-within a month or two-after met. Roger was playing better than anybody else, so he made Gene’s songs sound really great. Roger never did really turn into anywhere near as much of a writer as Gene, but Roger knew they were good songs. He was the first one of us who was writing. They were doing Beatles songs, so I sat down and started singing harmony. Gene and Roger were already together, so they were the earliest Byrds. He said, “Let’s write some songs and see what happens.” So, we started writing songs.ĭavid : I walked into the front room of the Troubadour, the bar, and they were sitting there. I was doing a solo gig at the Troubadour, and Gene came backstage and said, “Hey, I get what you’re doing.” I was doing a mix of folk and rock, and he’d just come out of The New Christy Minstrels. Roger : This is The Jet Set, prior to The Byrds. ![]() They were initially known as The Jet Set. The group that eventually became The Byrds started as a trio when Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, and David Crosby joined forces at The Troubadour, a popular folk club on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California, in 1964. Annie Fell, Editor-in-chief, Talkhouse Music The book will be published by BMG on September 20, but is available for pre-order now. Below is an excerpt with images from the band’s early days, including a photo shoot from when they were known as The Jet Set, their first TV appearance, and more. The Byrds: 1964-1967 is a new 400-page art book, featuring images curated by the surviving members of the band - Roger McGuinn, David Crosby, and Chris Hillman - and their running commentary throughout.
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