The Byrds News

For the two hours veteran rock 'n' roll band Wilco was on stage at the Paramount Monday night, it was a seemingly unstoppable force of power-pop brilliance married to avant-garde leanings and a deep well of folk-rock legacy.

When some of the top country and bluegrass musicians in the country needed emergency repairs made to their instruments, they paid a visit to Joe "Snuffy" Smith's workshop in King in the shadow of the Sauratown Mountains.

It is winter. North Dakota winters can sometimes surprise us. Yesterday it was in the low 50s.

"When I think of this song," Gary Louris started to explain before launching into the Jayhawks ' most famous tune, "Blue," "I always think of the Byrds.

Emotions ran high, to be sure, at the Sebastopol City Council's hearing on the sharply debated proposal to build a national-chain drug store and bank branch on the prominent site of the defunct Pellini car dealership.

'Ringo 2012' out today. Michael Anthony won't go after Van Halen for songwriting royalties.

The British take a lot of pride in their rock 'n' roll, boasting that they studied its roots better than its host country; rescued the form after the crooners rushed in to fill Elvis' void; and, if you canvas the '60s titans, only the Queen's subjects showed any real longevity.

Orlando, Florida resident Roger McGuinn will be making a rare concert appearance on Saturday, March 17th at the Capitol Theatre in Clearwater .

Although they only attained the huge success of the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and the Beach Boys for a short time in the mid-'60s, time has judged the Byrds to be nearly as influential as those groups in the long run.

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Although they only attained the huge success of the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and the Beach Boys for a short time in the mid-'60s, time has judged the Byrds to be nearly as influential as those groups in the long run.

The only actual Byrd who performs on the record is lead guitarist/singer Jim McGuinn.

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Touted as one of the worst live albums of all time by Dave Marsh's Book of Rock Lists , Four Way Street may be anything but that.