I loved playing the stuff we did in the Byrds. It was a good band. I was lucky to be in it.
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I really dig The Byrds. I think they are the most underrated - in their original form - pop group.
We were really grown up for our age and it was an incredible special band.
The Byrds weren't rock n' roll guys. We were kinda like your Seekers... folkies who took it a step further.
The original Byrds were very much Beatles-influenced, and then we gradually got our own sound. We started mixing things together more.
I think what makes the Byrds stand up all these years is the basis in folk music. Folk music, being a timeless art form, is the foundation of the Byrds. We were all from a folk background. We considered ourselves folk singers even when we strapped on electric instruments and dabbled in different things.
We used to play the underground clubs like the UFO, and Middle Earth, and they were great because they would have on things like a poet, string quartets, and then a rock band! It was kinda cool!
I was into playing American music, especially the blues.
That was one of the best, exciting things for me to play with them. They were very young and eager to go. I'd been playing with a band that was mostly old folks that had been together so long we couldn't do anything to excite each other.
I was in Redwood for almost six years. It was an acoustic trio that I still think was the best band I've ever been a part of. We do have a double CD of the Redwood stuff available called 'Lost But Not Really.' I'm very proud of the old Redwood stuff.
My favorite band was The Band, and nobody compares in my mind with The Band.
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