The Byrds: London Arena, June 21, 1966
Were you there? JBNBlog, then a somewhat precocious 13-year-old, was among the 500 (a guess) who did not crowd the grand old lady of Bathurst St. to hear The Byrds 45 years ago Wednesday.
There are at least six people I know who were there. In hopes of writing a My London on one of the formative experiences of my life, I’m going to try contacting them.
What about you? By any chance were you a Byrds fan? Must have been their one & only appearance in London. This is the one & only place to share this week . . . all I really wanna do etc.
You can still hear The Byrds all over the place .All those rootsy & twangy guitars owe something to Roger McGuinn — just saw him on PBS fundraiser (!) with a gospel-style quartet doing the harmonies (!!) and a distant looking studio band (no surprise there) being the Byrds. So do guitar raveups and jam bands. So do Drive-By Truckers via Gram Parsons (who arrived after the 1966 band I saw). So does Home County’s Wild Mountain Thyme.So does Siss Boom Bang, so grand with k.d. lang at the Grand on Saturday.
My chief memories of that 1966 night on another planet are shouting “Where’s Gene?” — because Gene Clark had left & I didn’t know why there were only four Byrds now — & being terrified George Olliver of The Rogues or Five Rogues would dance right up in front ot me. The bill was The London Set (I think), The Rogues or The Five Rogues and The Byrds. Dick Williams aka The Tall One was the emcee and told a Red Skelton style seagull joke.
Let’s see where this takes us on a magic swirling ship, our toes too numb to step . . . turn, turn, turn.
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The Rogues or The Five Rogues and The Byrds. Dick Williams aka The Tall One was the emcee and told a Red Skelton style seagull joke. Let's see where this takes us on a magic swirling ship, our toes too numb to step . . . turn, turn, turn.
The metaphors of sowing and reaping, of advance planning, of understanding that everything has its right place, have long been exalted in poetry and alliterative song — the timeless classic Turn, Turn, Turn by the Byrds comes to mind.
Legendary former Byrds frontman and founding member, Roger McGuinn returns for a string of UK dates this October. The Bryds' era defining songs like "Eight Miles High", "Mr Tambourine Man", "Turn, Turn, Turn" and "All I Really Wanna Do" became classics
There's a Meetin' Here Tonight; Silver Dagger; Gambler's Blues (aka St. James Infirmary); The Water Is Wide; You Showed Me; Mr. Tambourine Man; You Ain't Goin' Nowhere; Mr. Spaceman; Dreamland; Up To Me; Eight Miles High; Turn, Turn, Turn.
Creator of The Byrds' distinctive jingle-jangle sound, McGuinn played under the Walnut Street Bridge during the '95 festival. Armed with only a 12-string acoustic guitar, he played some of his best-loved Byrds hits including “Turn, Turn, Turn,” “Mr.
The Byrds: London Arena, June 21, 1966 « James' Brand New Blog
Were you there? JBNBlog, then a somewhat precocious 13-year-old, was among the 500 (a guess) who did not crowd the grand old lady of Bathurst St. to hear The Byrds 45 years ago today (wow . . .ie. Tuesday.
There are at least six people I know who were there. In hopes of writing a My London on one of the formative experiences of my life, I’m going to try contacting them.
What about you? By any chance were you a Byrds fan? Must have been their one & only appearance in London. This is the one & only place to share this week . . . all I really wanna do etc.
You can still hear The Byrds all over the place .All those rootsy & twangy guitars owe something to Roger McGuinn — just saw him on PBS fundraiser (!) with a gospel-style quartet doing the harmonies (!!) and a distant looking studio band (no surprise there) being the Byrds. So do guitar raveups and jam bands. So do Drive-By Truckers via Gram Parsons (who arrived after the 1966 band I saw). So does Home County’s Wild Mountain Thyme.So does Siss Boom Bang, so grand with k.d. lang at the Grand on Saturday.
My chief memories of that 1966 night on another planet are shouting “Where’s Gene?” — because Gene Clark had left & I didn’t know why there were only four Byrds now — & being terrified George Olliver of The Rogues or Five Rogues would dance right up in front ot me. The bill was The London Set (I think), The Rogues or The Five Rogues and The Byrds. Dick Williams aka The Tall One was the emcee and told a Red Skelton style seagull joke.
Let’s see where this takes us on a magic swirling ship, our toes too numb to step . . . turn, turn, turn.
James Reaney has covered everything from operas to Neil Young concerts to baseball's World Series in more than 25 years at The London Free Press. In recent years, he has enjoyed the chance to concentrate on London arts & entertainment in his Saturday Today section column and Forest City lore in Thursday's My London column on Page A2.
James' Brand New Blog is intensely local. It is the place to find extensive Q&As with London rock musicians, podcasts of London music and James's reports from all over the London A&Everse. It is also a home to Reaney's Pick, a weekly lfpress.com video starring London performers which James hosts. James is a member of the Jack Richardson Music Awards steering committee, helping to bring about an annual gala and other free events in London's only not-for-profit recognition of our musical excellence. He is also a vice-chair with the London Heritage Council, a city hall-tied organization dedicated to the preservation, promotion and celebration of regional heritage resources and cultural heritage activities in London.
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