We've just passed the 40th anniversary of The Notorious Byrd Brothers, so here's a vintage performance of "Goin' Back" from the Smothers Brothers show in late 1967.
Those are four of the five original Byrds. It was during the period after David Crosby had been fired and Gene Clark had rejoined the band. By the time of the release of Notorious Byrd Brothers a few months later, both Clark (Gene) and Clarke (Michael) would be gone, leaving Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman without a band.
This caused Roger and Chris to recruit Gram Parsons and Kevin Kelly for Sweetheart of the Rodeo and subsequently cause Hillman and Parsons to leave to form the Flying Burrito Brothers, leaving Roger as the last Byrd standing. Ric Menck's 33 1/3 book about The Notorious Byrd Brothers outlines how the Byrds were in constant turmoil during 1967 and 1968, and still managed to put out two classic albums.
The Bye Bye Blackbirds just covered "One Hundred Years From Now" for this Byrds tribute outlining their "country rock" phase. It includes two covers of songs from Sweetheart (including the BBBs) and a couple more from Notorious. That album isn't strictly country rock, more like "LA Canyon Rock". Here are a couple more covers of songs from Notorious Byrd Brothers from my iTunes library.
Goin' Back - Chris Wilson & the Sneetches
Draft Morning - The Chills
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