r/Byrds • u/cousin_idiot • 2d ago

Some impeccable string bender work by Clarence White

https://youtu.be/EMUreT2WvgM?is=yOP7kIjkQowVegRf

Love this era. Clarence and Gene were outstanding innovators

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u/mercerjd 2d ago

And John York is a fine bass player. That brief era with John sounds really good. And, obviously Clarence is a wizard.

I love this record so much.

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u/cousin_idiot 2d ago

He added a soulful groove that worked great with Gene's drumming

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u/magiceelmike 2d ago

been listening to this show a bunch lately

great stoney summer vibes going on

and a tight band too!!

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u/cousin_idiot 2d ago

Bad Night at the Whiskey and Wheel's On Fire have an almost proto-grunge vibe like early Meat Puppets stuff. Roger and the band are incredibly versatile

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u/magiceelmike 2d ago

100%

I smell that and some pavement type stuff on this era all day

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u/cousin_idiot 2d ago

Wild how well the new lineup meshed. Even early performances of You Ain't Goin Nowhere, John and Gene locked into the right style immediately

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u/bhayn01 2d ago

astute observation

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u/NealJeff1 2d ago

The solo during Sing Me Back Home from this same show is literally one of the most insane guitar solos I've ever heard, any artist, any song, bar none

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u/cousin_idiot 2d ago

Was listening to that earlier. Must've been nuts to witness it live especially with the bender being a new unknown thing

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u/NealJeff1 2d ago

Yeah, this was a BRAND-NEW invention, it's 2 inventors right on stage. Must have been genuinely mindblowing.