In an interview years after the fact, McGuinn revealed how he came upon the group’s era-defining chime. “The sound that I have on the electric 12-string came about because I played the five string ...

One of the most famous classic rock songs of the 1960s is The Byrds’ “Turn! Turn! Turn!” A star who was not a member of The Byrds read a passage from the Bible and subsequently wrote the song. The ...

This band was feeling like 'jaded old men' when they wrote the song.

As the old adage goes, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, which might have been how The Byrds felt after two successful singles, both of which Bob Dylan penned. In the summer of 1965, the American rock ...

On the anniversary of the Byrds' seminal "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" album, listen to a Pete Seeger demo of the song that became a hit for the band in 1965. Pete Seeger was a full-fledged folk star at ...

Despite basically inventing the folk-rock genre, the Byrds never quite managed to sneak into the sacred cultural space occupied by the Beatles, Beach Boys, and Rolling Stones. But two isolated vocal ...