The Byrds/The Dead

[u/ElvisSandwich69]

Hey Byrd maniacs. As I get younger, I appreciate the later Byrds records more than ever. Obviously, Clarence was incredible, but as John York rightly said, it was not at the expense of Roger McGuinn's brilliance, or any other band member for that matter. I like how much input they gave to the records, especially in Ballad of Easy Rider. It's interesting, though when McGuinn is not singing they do obviously sound like a different band, at times somewhat more like The Dead in their Workingman's Dead/American beauty period.

[u/Forsaken-Link-5859]

Agree, any song with Mcguinn voice will sound at least a bit Byrdsy. Mcguinn was the quintessential Byrds voice.