Friday, November 30, 2018

Fido by The Byrds (1969)



The Byrds shot to worldwide popularity in the mid-60's, largely based on their pristine covers of Bob Dylan material. While they had some great vocals, I've always just preferred to hear Dylan perform his own music. To me, the Byrds recordings later in the 60's had much more interesting music. Specifically, I really like the four albums released in 1968 and 1969. The last of these, The Ballad of Easy Rider, contained a few gems. I like the country rock stylings of Fido, which was written by then-bassist John York. Here it is...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYOTL_A3sVE

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