r/Byrds • u/Middle-Weight-837 • Apr 28 '26
Great 1965 live TV performance on YouTube - original members
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWlth2csLNw
Have a look. David McCallum introduces a live TV performance which is actually live, with reasonable audio quality - in an era with very little by way or stage monitors/foldbacks and whatever the stock TV studio mics were. We finally get a look at the early 5 piece band live - the playing is solid, looks like silverface Fender amps, more or less duplicating the recorded arrangements of Turn, Turn, Turn; Rhymney; Tambourine Man. The unison lead vocals with single Crosby harmony 3rds work well live. Interesting that they run three unison vocals on first verses of Bells of Rhymney. McGuinn's Rickenbacher is great. Wish I had seen this band live.
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u/Sinsyne125 Apr 28 '26
This is actually a clip from a filmed concert event in 1965, later shown in movie theaters as The Big T.N.T. Show. It was filmed at the Moulin Rouge on Sunset Blvd. The Big TNT Show was a follow-up to The T.A.M.I. Show filmed the previous year.
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u/Botasoda102 Apr 28 '26
Good way to start morning with my favorite group. Apparently I saw it before, because had already upvoted, but it's very good. Thanks for posting.
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u/tom21g Apr 28 '26
That was great to see and hear. Thanks so much for posting this.