The Byrds – When Folk Music Learned to Fly with Electric Wings
✨ A Song That Changed the Sound of the 1960s In early 1965, American popular…
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🎭 Fame as an Illusion By early 1967, The Byrds were already veterans of the…
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🌾 The Byrds in Transition By 1968, The Byrds had already traversed folk-rock and psychedelia,…
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🌍 A Flight That Changed Everything In 1966, The Byrds were no longer the clean-cut…
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🌟 The Dream Turns Sour In January 1967, The Byrds released a song that sounded…
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🌾 The Byrds at a Crossroads By 1968, The Byrds had already changed rock once…
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☁️ A SONG TOO HIGH FOR ITS TIME In March 1966, The Byrds released a…
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🌤️ A Folk Song Waiting for a New Sound In early 1965, Los Angeles was…
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🌾 A Band at the Crossroads By the late 1960s, The Byrds had already carved…
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